As part of its continuing mission to build international partnership capacity, the Marine Corps’ Security Cooperation Education and Training Center and CCE will convene the first EWSDEP Blended Learning Seminar at MCB Quantico. This program offers select international military officers and U.S. officers in the 0-3 pay grade from all military services, including both active duty and reserve components, the opportunity to complete the existing EWSDEP seminar curriculum in less than one year instead of the typical two academic years. This blended seminar features a combination of resident and online learning that provides U.S. and international students a wider perspective and differing points of view intended to strengthen relationships for participating in future coalition partnerships around the world.

The mission of the program is to provide career-level, Professional Military Education on theemployment of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force in expeditionary operations with particular focus on maneuver warfare, combined arms, amphibiousoperation and tactical decision making to prepare students to serve as company commanders and principal staff officers at appropriate levels in theOperating Forces up to and including the MarineExpeditionary Brigade. As in other EWSDEP programs, the curriculum is based on the career-level USMC EWS resident school curriculum. Overall, the program’s focus is to develop officers who think critically, intellectually engage, and solve problems in the complex and dynamic operational environment of the 21st century.

The EWSDEP Blended Learning Seminar follows a structured, sequential timeline, consisting of two resident seminar periods surrounding one nonresident online period. The first residentseminar will take place from Oct. 14 to Nov. 8. The second resident seminar will take place from April 8, 2011 to May 10, 2011. The intervening nonresident online seminar begins Dec. 1 and runs through to April 4, 2011.

International military officers participating in the program will also complete a Field Studies Program appended to both resident seminars. The FSP is intended to provide international students with a balanced understanding of U.S. institutions, goals, and ideals, and to increase their awareness of how these reflect the U.S. commitment to the basic principles of internationally recognized human rights. For U.S. officers, the FSP events are strictly extra-curricular and are scheduled so as not to interfere with the progression of the EWSDEP curriculum.

U.S. students may also opt to attend the Expeditionary Warfare School graduation ceremony as the culminating event and will have their diplomas presented by the distinguished guest, theDirector of EWS, and the President of the Marine Corps University.

For further question or information aboutenrollment, contact your Regional Coordinator www.tecom.usmc.mil⁄cce or 1.888.4DL-USMC.