Announcement of the Academic Year (AY) 2024-2025 Joint & Combined Warfighting School (JCWS) Seat Quotas

1.  Situation.  The Marine Corps is required to 
designate a sufficient number of quality officers to be a Joint 
Qualified Officer (JQO). In order to be eligible for JQO, officers 
must complete Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) Phase II. 
The Joint Forces Staff College (JFSC) offers JPME Phase II through 
their Joint & Combined Warfighting School (JCWS) ten week resident 
curriculum and a Hybrid curriculim, which is split up into three 
phases.  
2.  Mission.  Provide qualified officers in the grades of O-4 to O-6 
and staff noncommissioned officers in the grades of E-7 to E-9 the 
opportunity to achieve JPME II through JCWS in order to increase 
joint qualification eligibility, meet service talent management 
requirements, and to ensure commands are staffed with officers who
can lead joint planning efforts, integrate the creativity of 
operational art with the analytical and logical process of 
operational design, and be proficient with the Joint Planning 
Process as the application framework to develop theater strategies
and operational plans. 
3.  Execution.
3.a.  Dates and allocations for AY 2024-2025 courses are (read in 
five columns):
Course  Submission Deadline    Report       Graduation   Allocations
25-1    12 Nov 24              12 Jan 25    21 Mar 25        15
25-2    30 Jan 25              30 Mar 25    06 Jun 25        13
25-3    22 Apr 25              22 Jun 25    29 Aug 25        12
25-4    14 Jul 25              14 Sep 25    21 Nov 25        14
3.b.  Dates for the AY 2024-2025 JCWS-Hybrid are as follows (read in 
five columns):
Course  Submission Deadline   Week 0      Start Date    Graduation              
25-1    02 Oct 24             02 Dec 24   09 Dec 24     26 Sep 25     
25-2    21 Nov 24             21 Jan 25   27 Jan 25     31 Oct 25        
25-3    10 Dec 24             10 Feb 25   17 Feb 25     21 Nov 25      
3.b.1 Dates for Hybrid face-to-face are as follows (read in three 
columns):
Course    F2F-1               F2F-2
24-1      28 Apr-2 May 25     15-26 Sep 25
24-2      2-6 Jun 25          20-31 Oct 25
24-3      23-27 Jun 25        10-21 Nov 25
3.c.  Major subordinate commands may nominate Marines in the grade 
of E-7/E-8/E-9/O-4/O-5/O-6 to attend the course in accordance with
the above allocations. JCWS Hyrbid Courses have one active duty
allocation per course. 
3.d.  Course prerequisites (Officer and Enlisted)
3.d.1.  An active secret clearance, validated in the Defense
Information Security System is required.  Marines who do not 
possess an active security clearance will not be accepted into the 
course due to the classification of several classes.
3.d.2.  Must be in compliance with height/weight/physical 
fitness test/combat fitness test standards.
3.d.3.  Must be in the first year of (365 days), or en route to, a 
joint assignment or equivalent (only applies to O-4s).
3.e.  Officer nominees must have completed JPME I credit from an 
accredited Intermediate Service School. Marines that have not 
completed JPME I will require a Direct Entry Waiver.  Direct Entry
Waivers will be submitted to the Joint Staff J-7 for final approval.  
Only 10 percent are allowed per course. Officers on Direct Entry
Waiver must complete the prepatory Joint Transition Course (JTC) 
the week prior to JCWS start date at JFSC in Norfolk, VA. 
3.f.  Senior enlisted prerequisites.
3.f.1  Senior enlisted nominees should be in the functional area 
consistent with joint planning groups (occupational specialties:
operations, intelligence, communications, or logistics).  
3.f.2.  Bachelors degree (accredited).
3.f.3.  Service Professional Military Education (PME) complete for 
pay grade.
3.f.4.  Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education 
(SEJPME) Course (distance education course offered by JKO) 
completed.
3.f.5.  Attend JTC one week prior to JCWS at JFSC in Norfolk, VA. 
JTC may be waived with completion of both SEJPME I and SEJPME II. 
4.  Administration and Logistics.
4.a.  Senior enlisted personnel must submit a nomination package 
that includes the following:
4.a.1.  Nomination letter from the first Flag/General Officer or SES
in their chain-of-command.
4.a.2.  A one-page student biography or resume to include education
and career history.  
4.a.3.  An undergraduate transcript and a copy of the SEJPME course 
completion certificate or JPME I certificate from an Intermediate 
Service School.  
4.a.4.  Nomination package must be submitted 90 days prior to class
date to the JFSC's Dean of Academic Affairs (DAA).
4.a.5.  Joint Officer Matters will forward nomination packages to
the Executive Admin, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman, Joint 
Chiefs of Staff for final endorsement before it is sent to the JFSC 
for enrollment.  Final admissions authority rests with the JFSC 
Commandant.  
4.a.6.  Forward required nominee information, identified above, to
the joint matters email account at jointmatters.active@usmc.mil.
4.b.  All officer applications must be submitted to the Joint 
Officer Matters Office, MMOA no later than 60 days prior to the 
course convene date.
4.c.  All senior enlisted nominations must be received by the Joint
Officer Matters Office, MMOA no later than 90 days prior to the
course convene date.
4.d.  Students registered in the Marine Corps Training Information
Management System (MCTIMS) who cannot attend a scheduled course must
have their registration canceled within MCTIMS.
4.e.  Appropriation data.  Funding will be provided by Training and
Education Command (TECOM), which includes travel to/from the course, 
meals, and lodging.  Rental cars are unit funded.
4.f.  Prior to arriving, students must read and become familiar with 
all pre-requisites by the JFSC.
5.  Command and Signal.  Additional information is available on the
MMOA-3 website at https:(slash)(slash)www.manpower.usmc.mil/
webcenter/portal/OA6.
6.  This MARADMIN is not applicable to the Marine Corps Reserve.
7.  The POC for JPME courses with the Reserves may be reached at
jointmatters.reserves@usmc.mil.
8.  Release authorized by BGen Ryan S. Rideout, Director, Manpower 
Management Division.