FY05 Marine Corps Logistics Education Opportunities
This MARADMIN announces FY05 Marine Corps logistics education opportunities across multiple courses including ALOC, TLOC, Joint Course on Logistics, Multinational Logistics Course, LOGTECH programs, and MCLEP. The message provides course descriptions, eligibility requirements, class schedules, and funding information for officers, staff NCOs, and civilian logisticians seeking to enhance their logistics knowledge and prepare for key leadership positions.
Issued: October 26, 2004
1. PURPOSE. THIS MESSAGE ANNOUNCES U.S. MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR FY05. 2A. ADVANCED LOGISTICS OPERATIONS COURSE (ALOC). ALOC SERVES AS THE MARINE CORPS INTERMEDIATE LEVEL LOGISTICS COURSE TO PREPARE OFFICERS, STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND CIVILIAN LOGISTICIANS FOR A WIDE RANGE OF KEY LOGISTICS LEADERSHIP AND STAFF POSITIONS WITHIN THE MARINE CORPS AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO THE SOML WEB SITE AT WWW.MCU.USMC.MIL/SOML. B. FUNDED ALLOCATIONS. CG TECOM/MCU WILL FUND ALL TO/FROM TRAVEL, LODGING, AND PER DIEM COSTS FOR USMC STUDENTS. SEAT ALLOCATIONS ARE LISTED BELOW, READ IN FIVE COLUMNS: CLASS NR TRAVEL DATE START GRAD QUOTAS 2005-001 20041011 20041012 20041029 76 2005-002 20050227 20050228 20050401 76 3A. TACTICAL LOGISTICS OPERATIONS COURSE (TLOC). THE TACTICAL LOGISTICS OPERATIONS COURSE PROVIDES MARINES WITH CAREER-LEVEL EDUCATION. THIS CURRICULUM ASSUMES THE STUDENT HAS AN UNDERSTANDING OF TACTICAL LEVEL LOGISTICS RECOGNIZES THAT STRATEGIC, OPERATIONAL, AND TACTICAL LEVELS OF LOGISTICS FUNCTION AS A COORDINATED WHOLE, NOT AS INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES. THE COURSE PLACES EMPHASIS ON HOW TO INTEGRATE TACTICAL LOGISTICS WITHIN THE MAGTF AND COORDINATE WITH HIGHER HEADQUARTERS FOR OPERATIONAL-LEVEL SUPPORT TO THE MAGTF COMMANDER. FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO THE SOML WEB SITE AT WWW.MCU.USMC.MIL/SOML B. FUNDED ALLOCATIONS. CG TECOM/MCU WILL FUND ALL TO/FROM TRAVEL, LODGING, AND PER DIEM COSTS FOR USMC STUDENTS. SEAT ALLOCATIONS ARE LISTED BELOW, READ IN FIVE COLUMNS: CLASS NR TRAVEL DATE START GRAD QUOTAS 2005-001 20041205 20041206 20041217 60 2005-002 20050320 20050321 20050401 60 2005-003 20050529 20050530 20050610 60 2005-004 20050828 20050829 20050909 60 4A. JOINT COURSE ON LOGISTICS (JCL). 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. B. DESCRIPTION. THE COURSE IS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PRINCIPALLY AIMED AT FIELD GRADE OFFICERS AND MID-LEVEL CIVILIANS, 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. FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO THE JCL WEB SITE AT WWW.ALMC.ARMY.MIL/ SCHEDULE/J. C. FUNDED ALLOCATIONS. CG MCCDC WILL FUND ALL TO/FROM TRAVEL, LODGING, AND PER DIEM COSTS FOR 40 USMC STUDENTS. CLASS NR DUE START GRAD QUOTAS 05-002 20041210 20050124 20050204 4 05-003 20050121 20050307 20050318 4 05-004 20050211 20050328 20050408 4 05-005 20050311 20050425 20050506 4 05-006 20050401 20050516 20050527 4 05-007 20050603 20050718 20050729 4 05-008 20050701 20050815 20050826 4 05-009 20050812 20050926 20051007 4 5A. MULTINATIONAL LOGISTICS COURSE. 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. B. THE COURSE IS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PRINCIPALLY AIMED AT FIELD GRADE OFFICERS AND MID-LEVEL CIVILIANS THAT ARE ASSIGNED OR ENROUTE TO POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF MULTINATIONAL LOGISTICS. 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. FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO THE JCL WEB SITE AT WWW.ALMC.ARMY.MIL/SCHEDULE/J. CLASS NR DUE START GRAD QUOTAS 05-001 20041015 20041201 20041210 TBD 05-002 20050201 20050316 20050325 TBD 05-003 20050415 20050601 20050610 TBD 05-004 20050729 20050914 20050923 TBD 6. LOGTECH. THE PRIMARY MISSION OF THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN LOGISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY (LOGTECH) IS TO LEVERAGE GLOBAL BEST PRACTICES AND EXPLORE LEADING-EDGE LOGISTICS TECHNOLOGIES TO PREPARE DOD LOGISTICIANS FOR ADVANCES THAT WILL DRIVE LOGISTICS AND ITS SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE FUTURE. THROUGH THE KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, LOGTECH HAS DEVELOPED AND OFFERS TWO DISTINCT EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR MILITARY, DOD AND PRIVATE SECTOR PERSONNEL: THE LOGTECH EXECUTIVE AND ADVANCED PROGRAMS. A. LOGTECH ADVANCED. THIS EXPERIENCE IS CONDUCTED THROUGH A SERIES OF INTEGRATED AND SUSTAINED OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE MILITARY, PRIVATE SECTOR AND ACADEMIC LOGISTICS COMMUNITIES. DESIGNED FOR O-4 TO O-6 GRADE MILITARY OFFICERS, GS-13 TO GS-15 (GS-12 BY EXCEPTION) CIVILIANS AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPANTS AT THE OPERATIONAL OR REGIONAL LEVEL. FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO THE LOGTECH WEBSITE AT WWW.LOGTECH.UNC.EDU/ CLASS NR DUE START GRAD QUOTAS 05-010 20050206 20050207 20050211 TBD 05-020 20050508 20050509 20050514 TBD 05-030 20051002 20051003 20051007 TBD B. EXECUTIVE LOGTECH. DESIGNED FOR MILITARY FLAG OFFICERS (O-6 BY EXCEPTION), SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE CIVILIANS AND EQUIVALENT PRIVATE SECTOR EXECUTIVES. THIS PROGRAM FOCUSES ON STRATEGIC AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FROM THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE. FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO THE LOGTECH WEBSITE AT WWW.LOGTECH.UNC.EDU/ CLASS NR DUE START GRAD QUOTAS 05-010 20050117 20050118 20050121 TBD 05-020 20050327 20050328 20050401 TBD 05-030 20050912 20050913 20050916 TBD 8. MCLEP: MCLEP IS A TWO-WEEK COURSE TAUGHT BY THE PENN STATE UNIVERSITY SMEAL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS. THE CURRICULUM FOCUSES ON THE INTEGRATION OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT, TRANSPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION, ORDER MANAGEMENT, AND MAINTENANCE WITHIN EFFECTIVE LOGISTICS CHAIN MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES. THE COURSE IS DESIGNED TO EXPOSE MARINE AND CIVILIAN LOGISTICIANS TO BOTH PROVEN AND EMERGING CIVILIAN INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES TO ENHANCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMANDERS, EXECUTIVE-LEVEL LOGISTICS MANAGERS AND STAFF AT THE SERVICE, COMPONENT, JOINT, AND MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE LEVELS, AND MARINE AIR-GROUND TASK FORCE STAFF MEMBERS OPERATING IN A JOINT ENVIRONMENT. THE COURSE CAPACITY ALLOWS 55 STUDENTS TO BE NOMINATED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMANDS. THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT,I&L WILL FUND TUITION, TRAVEL, LODGING, AND PER DIEM. FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO THE SOML WEB SITE AT WWW.MCU.USMC.MIL/SOML. CLASS NR DUE START GRAD QUOTAS 05-01 20041205 20041206 20041217 TBD 05-02 TBD TBD TBD TBD