Marine Corps University

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The Marine Corps University was established on August 1, 1989 by Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Alfred M. Gray, Jr., reporting to the United States Marine Corps Training And Education Command.

Marine Corps University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Master's Degrees.

1 Mission and Vision
2 History
3 Degree programs
4 Schools and Programs
5 References
6 External link

[edit] Mission and Vision

Mission: Marine Corps University's mission is to "Develop, deliver, and evaluate professional military education and training through resident and distant education programs in order to prepare leaders to meet the challenges of operational environments."

Vision: To parallel the excellence of our Corps with an educational institution that facilitates the continuing development of our leaders, skilled in the arts and sciences of war and capable of critical and creative thinking, sound judgment, and reasoned decision-making.

[edit] History

The Marine Corps University's history dates back to 1891 when 29 company officers attended the School of Application. This facility became the Officers Training School in 1909, and later relocated to Marine Corps Base Quantico. In 1919, Major General John A. Lejeune ordered the creation of the Marine Corps Officers Training School, followed under Brigadier General Smedley D. Butler by the establishment of the Field Officers Course, in October 1920 and the Company Grade Officers Course in July 1921.

[edit] Degree programs

Marine Corps War College: The mission of the Marine Corps War College is to educate selected senior officers and civilians for decision-making across the range of military operations in a joint, interagency, and multinational environment. Marine Corps War College graduates are prepared to assume senior leadership positions of increasing complexity through the study of national military strategy, theater strategy and plans, and military support to those strategies within the context of national security policies, decision-making, objectives, and resources. Marine Corps War College graduates receive a Master of Strategic Studies (MSS) degree.

Command and Staff College: Informed by the study of history, language and culture, CSC educates and trains its joint, multinational, and interagency professionals in order to produce skilled warfighting leaders able to overcome diverse 21st Century security challenges. Command and Staff College offers students the option of completing the requirements for a Master of Military Studies (MMS) degree.

School of Advanced Warfighting: The School of Advanced Warfighting provides a follow-on, graduate-level professional military education for selected field grade officers who have completed the Marine Corps or sister service command and staff college course. The course develops complex problem solving and decision making skills that can be used to improve the warfighting capabilities of an organization at the operational level of war. School of Advanced Warfighting graduates receive a Master of Operational Studies (MOS) degree.