ROUTINE R 121735Z SEP 22 MID600052296078U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 206/22 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N7// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N7// MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N71/SEP// SUBJ/ACADEMIC YEAR 2023 EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE SCHOOL MARINE AIR/GROUND TASK FORCE OPERATIONS AFLOAT COURSE// RMKS/1. The USMC Expeditionary Warfare School (EWS) is seeking motivated Navy officers to augment its Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Operations Afloat course at Quantico, VA in January 2023. This funded 11-week course will give students a deeper understanding of amphibious warfare and its associated planning processes. While optimized for officers with amphibious warfare experience, it provides opportunities to promote and better understand naval integration across all warfare domains. The EWS MAGTF Operations Afloat course is scheduled for 09 January - 17 March 2023. Application deadline is Friday, 11 November 2022. Selected applicants will be notified by Monday, 02 December 2022. 2. The goal of EWS is to provide junior officers with the academic foundation, warfighting ethos, and professional growth that will enable them to excel in billets of greater leadership responsibility across the Navy, Fleet Marine Force, and the Joint Force. The course places emphasis on the warfighting capabilities of a MAGTF operating within a complex and distributed naval expeditionary environment. EWS hosts more than 30 Joint officers from the Air Force, Space Force, and Army. Additionally, EWS hosts 20 officers from partner and allied nations. The Marine Corps selects its most competitive junior officers to attend this course in residence, making EWS a tremendous networking opportunity to build relationships with the Marine Corps' future leaders. a. The MAGTF Operations Afloat course is an 11-week block of instruction designed to educate EWS students on sea-based MAGTF operations through the lenses of naval military theory, maneuver warfare, single naval battle, and Amphibious Ready Group/Marine Expeditionary Unit (ARG/MEU) integration. Using amphibious operations doctrine and planning fundamentals, the course educates and trains EWS students in a range of naval expeditionary operations while applying the Marine Corps Planning Process (MCPP). b. The MAGTF Operations Afloat course comprises four sub-courses: Maritime Expeditionary Environment, Amphibious Doctrine and Fundamentals, the ARG/MEU, and Amphibious Planning Exercises. Students are divided into ARG/MEU teams in which Naval personnel will serve as the ARG codes N2, N3, etc. c. The MAGTF Operations Afloat block is taught in residence at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, by U.S. Marine Corps, Navy, and Army instructors. The school utilizes lectures, seminar discussions, and deliberate planning practical exercises. U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Space Force students from the Joint Force and international military officers from partner and allied nations contribute to the broader understanding of the multi-service requirements to fight and win in the maritime environment. 3. The Marine Corps greatly values Navy presence in this learning environment. EWS has funding to support 20 Navy officer quotas for the resident course taught at Geiger Hall aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico. These officers will attend for the duration of the 11 week MAGTF Operations Afloat course and capstone exercise ANGKOR CROSS. For those unfamiliar with Marine Corps Base Quantico, it is situated 20 miles south of Washington DC and offers a bounty of recreational opportunities in both the rural surroundings and urban center of the National Capital Region. 4. Eligibility. The course is open to all warfare qualified active and reserve component officers in the paygrades of O2 and O3 in all designators. While all officers are encouraged to apply, EWS specifically desires unrestricted line officers whose previous operational experience will enhance the learning of other participants. 5. Administration and Logistics. a. Application. Officers desiring to attend the course must submit an application containing the following documents: (1) A letter, in naval letter format, explaining why you would like to attend the course. (2) Commanding Officer endorsement of the letter. (3) Service Member Biography to include education and military experience. Submit your application with the documents listed above to the EWS Registrar email address in paragraph 6c below. b. Logistics. (1) TAD Travel. Marine Corps University (MCU) will fund travel, lodging, and per diem via the Defense Travel Service (DTS). Creating a travel authorization in DTS is the traveler's responsibility; however, the EWS S1 is available to assist as needed. Coordination will be made with EWS S1/MCU G1 via POCs listed in section 6a. Local travel will not be funded. (2) Berthing. Authorized Government lodging facility is Liversedge Hall (703) 784-3149, located on Marine Corps Base Quantico. Attendees must contact Liversedge Hall to inquire about lodging prior to making reservations elsewhere. If Liversedge cannot accommodate your reservation, you must obtain a Certificate of Non-Availability (CNA) from Liversedge Hall prior to making other lodging arrangements. If a CNA is issued, attendees are directed to book commercial lodging through DTS. (3) Transportation. When arranging air transportation, attendees must choose the most cost effective General Services Administration City Pair Fare. Travel shall be completed to check-in no later than 0800 on 09 January 2023 with EWS S1 at Geiger Hall. Return travel will be no earlier than 17 March 2023. Rental cars are not authorized unless funded by the attendee's parent command, mission required, or the most cost efficient means of transportation. Documented approval by the TAD authorizing official is required. 6. Officers interested in the EWS course may visit the Marine Corps University web pages at https://www.usmcu.edu/EWS/. Points of Contact: a. Travel and funding: Capt Matthew Bryan (Primary, EWS S1), 703 -784-2592, matthew.bryan@usmcu.edu, or Maj Brian Perez (Secondary, MCU G1), 703-432-4632. b. Course related questions: LCDR James Lambert (EWS Naval Officer), 703-432-1321, jim.lambert@usmcu.edu. c. Deputy Director Expeditionary Warfare School: LtCol Thomas Vallely, 703-784-1843, thomas.vallely@usmcu.edu. d. MCU Navy Chair: CAPT Benjamin Miller, benjamin.miller@usmcu.edu. 7. Released by VADM J. W. Hughes, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Development, (N7).// BT #0001 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//