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SUBJ/ACADEMIC YEAR 2019-2020 NAVAL WAR COLLEGE FLEET SEMINAR PROGRAM//

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RMKS/1.  This NAVADMIN announces the Naval War College (NWC) Fleet Seminar 
Program (FSP) which offers intermediate level Joint Professional Military 
Education (JPME-I) through a set of three courses:  Strategy and War (S and 
W), Theater Security Decision Making (TSDM), and Joint Maritime Operations 
(JMO), offered at multiple locations. Each course normally requires one 
academic year to complete, which runs from September through the following 
May.
All three courses are not offered simultaneously at all locations.
There is no tuition fee and course materials are provided on a loan basis at 
no cost to students.

2.  The NWC FSP will be offered in 19 regional locations in the United States 
for academic year 2019-2020.  Planned locations and courses are:

    a.  Annapolis, MD (S and W, TSDM and JMO)
    b.  Dahlgren, VA (TSDM)
    c.  Everett, WA (TSDM)
    d.  Fort Worth, TX (TSDM)
    e.  Great Lakes, IL (JMO)
    f.  Jacksonville, FL (TSDM and JMO)
    g.  Kitsap, WA (JMO)
    h.  Mayport, FL (S and W)
    i.  Millington, TN (JMO)
    j.  New Orleans, LA (TSDM)
    k.  Newport, RI (S and W, TSDM and JMO)
    l.  Norfolk, VA (S and W, TSDM and JMO)
    m.  Patuxent River, MD (JMO)
    n.  Pearl Harbor, HI (S and W, TSDM and JMO)
    o.  Pensacola, FL (Whiting Field) (S and W)
    p.  Port Hueneme, CA (JMO)
    q.  San Diego, CA (S and W, TSDM and JMO)
    r.  Washington, DC (S and W, TSDM and JMO)
    s.  Whidbey Island, WA (S&W)

3.  FSP courses are similar in content and delivery methodology to the 
intermediate level program of study offered by the resident College of Naval 
Command and Staff in Newport, RI.  Seminars for each course meet once a week 
in the evening for approximately 34 weeks, commencing in early September 2019 
and ending in May 2020.
Successful completion of all three courses results in the award of a College 
of Naval Command and Staff diploma, as well as credit for JPME-I.  The FSP 
seminars at all locations are conducted in-step each week so it is possible 
for a student who is transferring to or assigned temporary additional duty at 
another seminar location to attend class at that location.

4.  NWC accepts program applications from commissioned officers (active and 
reserve) and civilian employees of the federal government, subject to the 
following eligibility requirements
    a.  Members of the sea services (Navy, Marine Corps and Coast
Guard) in the pay grade of O-3 or above, while officers from the other 
services must be in the pay grade of O-4 or above.  Civilian employees of the 
federal government in the grade of GS-11 and above, or equivalent, are also 
eligible for enrollment.
    b.  All applicants must have previously earned at least a baccalaureate 
degree.

5.  Qualified individuals currently stationed in areas listed in paragraph 
two, or those who expect transfer to those sites prior to 1 September 2019 
are encouraged to apply.

6.  NWC will make enrollment selections and accepted applicants will be 
advised of their enrollment status via email.

7.  More information is available and applications must be submitted on the 
NWC College of Distance Education FSP website available at 
https://www.mnp.navy.mil/group/training-education-qualifications
(NWC Academic Programs link).  The application period will close on 
31 May 2019.

8.  Request widest dissemination of the above information. Regional 
coordinators at the sites listed in paragraph two are requested to pass this 
information to all Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard units and 
all reserve units located within safe-driving distance of an FSP seminar.

9.  Points of contact are Ms. Stephanie Accaputo who can be reached at (401) 
841-7677/DSN 841 or via e-mail at fsp(at)usnwc.edu, Ms. Kelly Folger who can 
be reached at (401) 841-6520/DSN 841 or via e- mail at fsp(at)usnwc.edu and 
Professor Ronald Oard who can be reached via e-mail at oardr(at)usnwc.edu.

10.  This message will remain in effect until superseded or 31 May 2019, 
whichever occurs first.

11.  Released by Vice Admiral R. P. Burke, N1.//

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