What is meant by “fair share” of quotas granted to one command?
Quotas are granted on a “first-come, first-served” basis to those prospective students who meet the course pre-requisites. If more than 20% of the available quotas are received from a command for a particular course at a particular date/location, then quotas will only be granted to 20% of the total quotas for the class from that command. If the class is not full within 30-days of a convening, then additional quotas will be granted to a command regardless of whether that command has received its’ “fair share” or not. These quotas will also be granted on a “first-come, first-served” basis. Marines who wish to attend our regularly scheduled courses, the “fair share” limitation of 20% is applied to the entire Marine Corps, not to individual commands within the Marine Corps. No more than 20% of the available quotas will be granted to Marine Corps applicants on a “first-come, first-served” basis in competition with applicants from Navy activities. Additional quotas may be granted to Marine C
