Staff Noncommissioned Officers Advanced Distance Education Program (SNCOADEP) Revision and Publication
This MARADMIN announces the revision and replacement of the Staff Noncommissioned Officers Advanced Distance Education Program (SNCOADEP). Effective June 22, 2003, the current 7200 SNCOADEP will be discontinued and replaced by the revised 8200 SNCOADEP, which consolidates advanced course requirements and warfighting skills into a single program for gunnery sergeants seeking promotion to first sergeant or master sergeant.
Issued: June 3, 2003
1. PER REF (A), GUNNERY SERGEANTS DESIRING PROMOTION TO FIRST SERGEANT OR MASTER SERGEANT MUST COMPLETE THE SNCOADEP AND WARFIGHTING DEP. COMPLETION OF THE SNCOADEP IS A PREREQUISITE FOR ATTENDING THE RESIDENT SNCO ADVANCED COURSE AND IS AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR THOSE DESIRING PROMOTION TO FIRST SERGEANT. 2. EFFECTIVE 22 JUNE 2003, THE CURRENT 7200 SNCOADEP WILL BE DISCONTINUED AND REPLACED BY THE REVISED 8200 SNCOADEP. 3. THE 8200 SNCOADEP CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES: 8201 MILITARY STUDIES, 8202 MILITARY JUSTICE AND LAW OF WAR, 8203 WARFIGHTING TECHNIQUES, 8204 COMBAT TECHNIQUES, 8205 COMBINED ARMS AND OBJECTIVES FROM THE 7400 WARFIGHTING SKILLS DEP. 4. COMPLETION OF THE 8200 SNCOADEP WILL APPEAR IN THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEMS AS "SNCO ADVANCED DEPWF (8200)", AND ASSIGNED A SERVICE SCHOOL CODE OF T3K. THIS REVISED PROGRAM WILL SATISFY DISTANCE EDUCATION PME REQUIREMENTS FOR GUNNERY SERGEANTS. 5. UPON COMPLETION OF THE WARRANT OFFICER BASIC COURSE, THE REQUIREMENT FOR WARRANT OFFICERS TO ENROLL AND COMPLETE 7400 WARFIGHTING SKILLS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNLESS THEY HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THE 8200 PROGRAM. 6. STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE 7200 PROGRAM WILL HAVE UNTIL 22 JUNE 2005 TO COMPLETE ALL COURSES WITHIN THE 7200 PROGRAM. UPON COMPLETION OF THE 7200 PROGRAM, STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO COMPLETE 7400 OR 8200 IN ORDER TO SATISFY DISTANCE PME REQUIREMENTS. STUDENTS WHO ENROLL IN 7400 OR 8200 WILL HAVE FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE THEY ENROLL TO COMPLETE THE RESPECTIVE PROGRAM. 7. THOSE WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE 7200 PROGRAM BY 22 JUNE 2005 WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DISENROLLED WITHOUT RECEIVING CREDIT AND WILL HAVE TO COMPLETE 8200 IN ORDER TO SATISFY DISTANCE PME REQUIREMENTS. 8. STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED 7200 AND ARE ENROLLED IN 7400 SHOULD COMPLETE THE 7400 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR COURSE COMPLETION DATE, WHICH IS FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE THEY ENROLLED. 9. STUDENTS WHO DECIDE TO DROP OUT OF THE 7200 OR THE 7400 PROGRAM AND ENROLL IN THE 8200 PROGRAM WILL NOT BE GIVEN CREDIT FOR COURSES ALREADY COMPLETED IN THE 7200 OR 7400 PROGRAM.