FY05 U.S. Army Logistics Education Opportunities

1. PURPOSE. THIS MESSAGE ANNOUNCES U.S. ARMY LOGISTICS 
EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR FY05 AND SOLICITS MARINE CORPS 
NOMINATIONS FOR EACH.
2. LOGISTICS SUPPORT OF JOINT OPERATIONS (FORMERLY JOINT COURSE ON
LOGISTICS). SUBJECT COURSE IS CONDUCTED AT THE U.S. ARMY LOGISTICS
MANAGEMENT COLLEGE (ALMC), FORT LEE, VA. COURSE MATERIAL IS 
UNCLASSIFIED AND IS DESIGNED TO PREPARE MILITARY AND CIVILIANS TO 
FUNCTION IN ASSIGNMENTS THAT INVOLVE JOINT LOGISTICS PLANNING,
INTERSERVICE AND MULTINATIONAL LOGISTICS SUPPORT IN A THEATER OF
OPERATIONS. IT INTEGRATES COMPONENT FUNCTIONAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
THROUGH THE STUDY OF STRATEGY, DOCTRINE, THEORY, PROGRAMS AND
PROCESSES AT THE OPERATIONAL LEVEL.
 A. DESCRIPTION. THE COURSE IS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
PRINCIPALLY AIMED AT FIELD GRADE OFFICERS IN PRIMARY MOS 0402, 1302,
3002, 6002/4 AND MID-LEVEL CIVILIANS (GS12-GS/GM14), ASSIGNED OR
ENROUTE TO POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE JOINT/MULTINATIONAL LOGISTICS
KNOWLEDGE. COMMANDS MAY REQUEST WAIVERS FOR CAPT OR MGYSGT/MSGT
THROUGH MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY (CODE SOML). QUOTAS WILL BE
APPROVED PENDING VERIFICATION BY THE DIRECTOR, SCHOOL OF MAGTF
LOGISTICS, AND CURRENT CLASS ALLOCATIONS. 
 B. DUE TO THE INTENDED SCOPE OF THIS COURSE, ATTENDEES SHOULD 
BE JOINT PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION (JPME) 1 CERTIFIED
(GRADUATES OF RESIDENT INTERMEDIATE LEVEL SCHOOL OR 8700/8800 SERIES
EQUIVALENT NONRESIDENT PME). THOSE OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT JPME 1
CERTIFIED SHOULD, AT A MINIMUM, BE ENROLLED IN JPME CERTIFIED
NONRESIDENT EDUCATION AND BE FAMILIAR WITH JOINT PUB 0-2, UNIFIED
ACTION ARMED FORCES (UNAAF) AND JOINT PUB 1, JOINT WARFARE 
OF THE U.S. ARMED FORCES.
 C. FUNDED ALLOCATIONS. CG MCCDC WILL FUND ALL TO/FROM 
TRAVEL, LODGING, AND PER DIEM COSTS FOR 40 USMC STUDENTS. SEAT
ALLOCATIONS ARE LISTED BELOW, READ IN FIVE COLUMNS:
 CLASS NR DUE START GRAD QUOTAS
 05-001 040910 041025 041105 4
 05-002 041210 050124 050204 4
 05-003 050121 050307 050318 4
 05-004 050211 050328 050408 4
 05-005 050311 050425 050506 4
 05-006 050401 050516 050527 4
 05-007 050603 050718 050729 4
 05-008 050701 050815 050826 4
 05-009 050812 050926 051007 4
 D. UNFUNDED ALLOCATIONS. IN THE EVENT THAT OTHER SERVICES 
DO NOT FILL THEIR SEAT ALLOCATIONS, ADDITIONAL SEATS MAY BE OFFERED
TO THE MARINE CORPS AS A LAST MINUTE FILL. COMMANDS DESIRING TO USE
OTHER SERVICE ALLOCATIONS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FUNDING THEIR
NOMINATIONS.
 E. COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS/ACTION. REQUEST ADDRESSEES 
SUBMIT THE NAME, GRADE, MOS, CURRENT BILLET, DSN PHONE NUMBER AND
INTERNET E-MAIL ADDRESS OF THEIR NOMINEE(S) VIA NAVAL MESSAGE, 
SUBJECT LINE "JCL NOMINATION..." TO CG EDCOM PRES MCU QUANTICO VA
C40 LOG(UC) INFO CG EDCOM PRES MCU/G-1(UC) BY THE DUE DATE. 
NOMINATIONS MUST INCLUDE PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE CLASS CHOICES FOR
EACH. MCU (SOML) WILL NOTIFY EACH NOMINEE VIA E-MAIL DETAILING THE
ASSIGNMENT TO A PARTICULAR SCHOOL SEAT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CONCERNING THE SCHOOL, FORT LEE, AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY CAN BE
ACCESSED THOUGH THE ALMC HOME PAGE AT WWW.ALMC.MIL/LEDD/INDEX.ASP. 
3. MULTINATIONAL LOGISTICS COURSE. SUBJECT COURSE IS CONDUCTED AT 
THE U.S. ARMY LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT COLLEGE (ALMC), FORT LEE, VA. 
COURSE MATERIAL IS UNCLASSIFIED AND IS DESIGNED TO INTRODUCE THE 
STUDENT TO THE WORLD OF MULTINATIONAL LOGISTICS OPERATIONS. IT WILL
COVER ALLIANCES (PRIMARILY NATO) AND COALITIONS INCLUDING THOSE 
INITIATED UNDER THE BANNER OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND THOSE THAT ARE
AD HOC IN NATURE. 
 A. THE COURSE IS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PRINCIPALLY AIMED AT 
FIELD GRADE OFFICERS IN PRIMARY MOS 0402, 1302, 3002, 6002/4 AND 
MID-LEVEL CIVILIANS (GS12-GS/GM14), ASSIGNED OR ENROUTE TO 
POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF MULTINATIONAL LOGISTICS.
 B. THOSE OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT JPME 1 CERTIFIED SHOULD, AT A 
MINIMUM, BE ENROLLED IN JPME CERTIFIED NONRESIDENT EDUCATION AND BE
FAMILIAR WITH JOINT PUB 4-08 JOINT DOCTRINE FOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT IN
MULTINATIONAL OPERATIONS.
 C. WAIVERS. COMMANDS MAY REQUEST WAIVERS FOR CAPTAINS 
THROUGH MCU (SOML). QUOTAS WILL BE APPROVED PENDING CURRENT CLASS
ALLOCATIONS. 
 D. FUNDED ALLOCATIONS. ALLOCATIONS ARE AVAILABLE, HOWEVER 
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO FUNDED SEATS. COMMANDS DESIRING TO 
PARTICIPATE IN THE COURSE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FUNDING THEIR
NOMINATIONS. IF FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE, PERSONNEL REQUESTING 
SEATS WILL BE PROVIDED APPROPRIATION DATA ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. 
SEAT ALLOCATIONS ARE LISTED BELOW, READ IN FIVE COLUMNS:
 CLASS NR DUE START GRAD QUOTAS
 05-001 041015 041201 041210 TBD
 05-002 050201 050316 050325 TBD
 05-003 050415 050601 050610 TBD
 05-004 050729 050914 050923 TBD
 E. COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS. ADDRESSEES CAN SUBMIT THE 
NAME, GRADE, MOS, CURRENT BILLET, DSN PHONE NUMBER AND INTERNET 
E-MAIL ADDRESS OF THEIR NOMINEE(S) VIA NAVAL MESSAGE, SUBJECT LINE
"MLC NOMINATION..." TO CG EDCOM PRES MCU QUANTICO VA C40 LOG (UC) 
BY THE DUE DATE. INCLUDE PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE CLASS CHOICES FOR 
EACH. MCU (SOML) WILL NOTIFY EACH NOMINEE VIA E-MAIL DETAILING THE
ASSIGNMENT TO A PARTICULAR SCHOOL SEAT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CONCERNING THE SCHOOL, FORT LEE, AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY CAN BE
ACCESSED THOUGH THE ALMC HOME PAGE AT WWW.ALMC.MIL/LEDD/INDEX.ASP.