Enlisted Professional Military Education (PME) Survey

1. SITUATION. SINCE THE FOUNDING OF THE MARINE CORPS 
UNIVERSITY (MCU) IN 1989, SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN
THE QUALITY AND METHOD OF DELIVERY OF OUR ENLISTED PROFESSIONAL
MILITARY EDUCATION (EPME) PROGRAMS. MCU CONTINUALLY ASSESSES 
ITS INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS THROUGH A VARIETY OF INTERNAL
AND EXTERNAL SURVEY INSTRUMENTS. MCU IS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING A
REVIEW OF ALL PME PROGRAMS AND POLICIES. THE FIRST ITERATION 
OF THIS PROCESS IS THE COMMAND SPONSORED CORPORALS COURSE (CSCC). 
2. MISSION. TO SOLICIT PARTICIPATION IN AN ON-LINE SURVEY
OF THE CSCC BEING CONDUCTED BY MCU IN ORDER TO HELP DIRECT THE
FUTURE OF THE CSCC.
3. EXECUTION. 
 A. COMMANDER'S INTENT. TO GIVE STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED 
 OFFICERS (SNCO'S) AND COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, MARINE 
 CORPS-WIDE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT/COMMENTS TO
 MCU WHICH WILL BE USED TO ASSESS THE CSCC FOR 
 EFFECTIVENESS AND RELEVANCY. END STATE WILL BE ACHIEVED
 WHEN THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY REFLECT A QUANTIFIABLE 
 REPRESENTATION OF THE TARGET AUDIENCE.
 B. CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS. SNCO'S (GUNNERY SERGEANT THROUGH
 SERGEANT MAJOR) AND OFFICERS (CAPTAIN THROUGH COLONEL),
 FROM ALL OCCUPATIONAL FIELDS (OCCFLDS) AND LEVELS OF PME,
 ARE REQUESTED TO PARTICIPATE. 
 C. COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS. THE SURVEY WILL BE 
 ADMINISTERED ON-LINE FROM 14 JANUARY TO 7 FEBRUARY 2003
 AT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE:
 HTTP://WWW.MCU.USMC.MIL/MCU/SURVEYS/EPME.HTM. THE SURVEY
 TAKES APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES TO COMPLETE. COMMANDERS 
 AT ALL LEVELS ARE REQUESTED TO VIGOROUSLY SUPPORT THIS
 SURVEY EFFORT. COMPREHENSIVE AND HONEST INPUT BY ALL
 PARTICIPANTS IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR ABILITY TO OFFER PME 
 PROGRAMS THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE,
 THE MARINE CORPS, AND THE INDIVIDUAL MARINE.
4. ADMINISTRATION AND LOGISTICS. OMITTED.
5. COMMAND AND SIGNAL. COMMENTS AND/OR QUESTIONS MAY BE SENT TO
EPMESURVEY@TECOM.USMC.MIL OR BY CONTACTING THE POC MENTIONED ABOVE.