Fleet Seminar Application Deadline for JPME I Extended to 2 JUN

Posted on May 30, 2024

Here’s a message I got from the War College:

Dear USNWC Alumni: 

Greetings! 

We are seeing your assistance in recommending participants (or for yourself) to attend USNWC’s much touted Fleet Seminar Program (FSP).  Do you know high-performing mid-career Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard Officers, or eligible DON or DoD Civilians seeking to develop critical leadership skills?  While the application deadline is 31 May, 2024, the application will remain on the website through Sunday, 02 JUNE, 2024.

Fleet Seminar Program:

The U.S. Naval War College (NWC), Fleet Seminar Program (FSP) delivers the NWC Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) Phase I to students who cannot attend the NWC in-residence. The FSP curriculum expands critical and creative thinking and develops problem-solving skills as they pertain to decision-making and leadership in the maritime domain.

Who is Eligible:

Active Officers, Reserve Officers, and Government Civilians, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard (O3 and above); Active and reserve officers in other military services (04 and above); Federal civilians (GS11 and above, or equivalent). Select staff members in the federal Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary branches are also eligible. Contracted personnel are not eligible to apply. For more information please visit our Eligibility & Overview page.

What to Expect:

Students typically take three years to complete all core courses: Strategy and War, Theater Security Decision Making, and Joint Maritime Operations. Seminar-style classes that also include research, writing, and class discussion. Classes meet one evening per week for three hours. Courses offered at multiple Naval bases and stations across the United States (San Diego, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Rhode Island, Virginia, Washington DC, and Washington state).  

How to Enroll:

Please apply ONLINE at (HERE). 

Application Information: 

FSP is an online application.  New students must submit an initial application, which is then reviewed to determine eligibility. Only continuing students can request dual enrollment.

Program Information:

FSP program information is available online at Fleet Seminar Program

Contact Information:

For additional information about the program, or to enquire about submitting a late application, please contact FSP@usnwc.edu or call (401) 856-5530.

Warmly,

The USNWC Alumni Relations Team

2023-2024 War College Fleet Seminar Program

Posted on April 11, 2023 Updated on April 8, 2023

This is how I got my Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) I:

This NAVADMIN announces the U.S. 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). Each course typically 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 the students. Applicants must apply by 31 May 2023. Please see the NAVADMIN:

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RMKS/1.  This NAVADMIN announces the U.S. 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). 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 the students. Applicants must apply by 31 May 2023. 
 
2.  Background: 
    a.  The NWC FSP will be offered in 18 regional locations in the United 
States for academic year 2023-2024.  Planned locations and courses are: 
        (1)  Annapolis, MD (S and W, TSDM and JMO) 
        (2)  Everett, WA (S and W) 
        (3)  Dahlgren, VA (JMO) 
        (4)  Fort Worth, TX (S and W) 
        (5)  Great Lakes, IL (TSDM) 
        (6)  Jacksonville, FL (TSDM and JMO) 
        (7)  Kitsap, WA (TSDM) 
        (8)  Mayport, FL (S and W) 
        (9)  Millington, TN (S and W) 
        (10) New Orleans, LA (JMO) 
        (11) Newport, RI (S and W, TSDM and JMO) 
        (12) Norfolk, VA (S and W, TSDM and JMO) 
        (13) Patuxent River, MD (TSDM) 
        (14) Pearl Harbor, HI (S and W, TSDM and JMO) 
        (15) Pensacola, FL (Whiting Field) (S and W) 
        (16) San Diego, CA (S and W, TSDM and JMO) 
        (17) Washington, DC (S and W, TSDM and JMO) 
        (18) Whidbey Island, WA (JMO) 
     b.  Seminars meet once a week in the evening for 34 weeks. 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 also provides a path to 
attain the NWC Masters Degree through the College of Distance Education (CDE) 
Graduate Degree Program (GDP). FSP students may apply for the GDP following 
successful completion of their first FSP course. The FSP at all locations are 
conducted in-step with each other, so students who transfer to or are 
assigned temporary additional duty at another location may attend class at 
the new location. 
 
3.  Criteria: 
    a.  NWC accepts program applications from commissioned officers (active 
and reserve) and civilian employees of the federal government, subject to the 
following eligibility requirements: 
        (1)  Members of the sea services (Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard) 
in the paygrade of O-3 or above, while officers from the other services must 
be in the paygrade 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. 
        (2)  All applicants must have previously earned at least a 
baccalaureate degree. 
    b.  Qualified individuals currently stationed in areas listed in 
paragraph two, or those who expect transfer to those sites prior to 1 
September 2023 are encouraged to apply. 
 
4.  Application Process. More information is available and applications must 
be submitted at the NWC College of Distance Education FSP website at 
https://www.mnp.navy.mil/group/training-education-qualifications (NWC 
Academic Programs link). The application period will remain open until 31 May 
2023. 
 
5.  Selection Notifications. NWC will make enrollment selections and accepted 
applicants will be advised of their enrollment selection status via email. 
 
6.  Points of contact are Ms. Kelly Folger who can be reached at (401) 856-
6530 or via email at fsp(at)usnwc.edu and Professor Ronald Oard who can be 
reached via email at oardr(at)usnwc.edu. 
 
7.  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, Space Force, and Coast 
Guard units and all reserve units located within safe-driving distance of an 
FSP site. 
 
8.  This message will remain in effect until superseded or 31 May 2023, 
whichever occurs first. 
 
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Academic Year 2021-22 Naval War College Fleet Seminar Program for JPME I

Posted on May 24, 2021 Updated on May 23, 2021

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Throwback Thursday Classic Post – U.S. Naval War College Launches Streamlined Program for Earning JPME-I Credit

Posted on March 11, 2021 Updated on March 6, 2021

By Jeanette Steele, U.S. Naval War College Public Affairs
NEWPORT, R.I. (NNS) — U.S. Naval War College’s College of Distance Education has launched a streamlined version of its online program for delivering professional military education coursework required by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The new Online Naval Command and Staff Program allows students to finish the intermediate joint professional military education requirement, known as JPME-I, in 10 months. The previous framework, called the Web-Enabled Program, usually took 18 months to two years to complete.

“The closure of the college’s CD-ROM Program necessitated the development of a pathway to JPME-I certification in less than 12 months to satisfy the Navy’s requirement for the joint education of its officer corps,” said Dean of the College of Distance Education Walt Wildemann.

Officials said they were able to condense the time frame without sacrificing quality by doing away with administrative pauses and some redundancies in the coursework of the legacy Web-Enabled Program.

“The goal was to deliver JPME-I education in a shorter period of time while maintaining the graduate-level standards and professional military education career requirements,” said Tim Garrold, deputy dean of the College of Distance Education.

Adding to the efficiency, students will now only register once for the program, instead of having to register three times – once for each core course – in the past. The new design is a single program made up of five blocks.

The first eight seminars in the new program started Nov. 15, and similar numbers will follow each quarter. The seminars, which accommodate 20 students each, are moderated by full-time and adjunct faculty members.

The online program is intended for Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard officers whose career commitments make them unable to complete the certification in residence at the War College or in the face-to-face classroom model of other College of Distance Education programs.

Eligible Navy unrestricted line officers, Marine Corps and Coast Guard officers receive the highest enrollment priority, followed by those services’ staff corps officers. Based on availability, the program is also open to Navy Reservists, officers from other U.S. military branches, Coast Guard officers, federal civilian employees grades GS-11 and higher and U.S. Public Health Service officers.

Unlike the Naval War College’s 10-month resident program and the non-resident Fleet Seminar Program, the online program is not accredited to award the Master of Arts degree in defense and strategic studies. However, the program fully covers the concepts and skills required for the award of JPME-I credit.

The program engages students in the complexities of the national security and theater security arenas and develops their critical-thinking skills.

Successful students will gain an understanding of the fundamentals of U.S. national security policy and military strategy – and appreciate the relationships between the two. Students will also learn to plan and conduct military operations that achieve national-level goals and objectives.

The program also introduces students to the role of both political and military leaders in the formulation of policy, the planning of joint and combined military operations and the conduct of war.

Students who completed College of Distance Education core courses through the Fleet Seminar Program, the former Web-Enabled Program or the former CD-ROM Program will receive credit for the appropriate blocks of the new online program.

To submit an application for the Online Naval Command and Staff Program, or for more information, go to https://usnwc.edu/college-of-distance-education/Online-Program.