USMC Rank Advocacy for Professional Military Education

1. EFFECTIVE 01 AUGUST 2005, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTES A RANK ADVOCACY POLICY FOR PROFESSIONAL MILITARY
EDUCATION (PME). THE RANK ADVOCACY POLICY INSTITUTIONALIZES A
SINGLE BILLET TO ACT AS A PROPONENT FOR ALL RANKS OF ENLISTED MARINE
PME CONTINUUM AND ONE BILLET PER PME LEVEL TO ACT AS A PROPONENT FOR
THE OFFICER PME CONTINUUM. RANK ADVOCATES ARE RESPONSIBLE TO THE
PRESIDENT OF MCU FOR RECOMMENDING APPLICAPLE PME REQUIREMENTS AND
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS IN ORDER TO KEEP THE EDUCATION CONTINUUM
RELEVENT, THE FORCE EDUCATED, AND ENSURE THAT THE GOALS OUTLINED IN
REFERENCES ARE ACCOMPLISHED. RANK ADVOCATES ARE DELINEATED AS
FOLLOWS:
DIRECTOR EPME ALL ENLISTED MARINES
DIRECTOR AP&O* CHIEF WARRANT OFFICERS
DIRECTOR EWS PRIMARY/CAREER LEVEL (O-3)
DIRECTOR CSC INTERMEDIATE LEVEL (0-4)
DIRECTOR MCWAR SENIOR LEVEL (0-5 AND 0-6) 
PRESIDENT MCU GO LEVEL (0-7 THROUGH O-10)
(* ACADEMIC POLICY & OPERATIONS, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY)
2. RANK ADVOCATES WILL CONTINUOUSLY EVALUATE CURRENT AND EMERGING
REQUIREMENTS AGAINST AN EVOLVING OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT THAT IS
BECOMING INTRINSICALLY JOINT. RANK ADVOCATES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
OWNERSHIP OF THE CURRICULUM AT THEIR PME LEVEL AND MUST ENSURE THAT
THE DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM SERVING THEIR PME LEVEL IS RELEVANT
TO THE NEEDS OF THE FORCE AND THE DEMANDS OF THE CURRENT/JOINT
OPERATING ENVIRONMENT. FURTHER, RANK ADVOCATES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
IDENTIFYING AND PROVIDING SOLUTIONS TO BRIDGE DEFICIENCIES BETWEEN
MARINE PME REQUIEMENTS AND THE EDUCATION PROVIDED BY FOREIGN AND
SISTER SERVICES.
3. ACADEMIC POLICY & OPERATIONS DIVISION OF MCU IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
PME ORDERS AND POLICY TO INCLUDE MANAGEMENT AND INTEGRATION OF JOINT
PME. ALL PME RELATED MARADMINS, MESSAGES, AND OTHER TRAFFIC WILL BE
COORDINATED THROUGH ACADEMIC POLICY & OPERATIONS DIV, MCU.
4. MCU PRESIDENT IS THE PME PROPONENT FOR THE MARINE CORPS.