Preparing Oficers for Joint Duty: An Analysis of U.S. Joint Professional Military Education

Abstract

Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) is more important to the U.S. Armed Forces today than it has ever been. It is imperative that far more of the officer corps, active and reserve, understand joint operational art and doctrine to face the challenges that the 21st Century will present. Currently, the JPME system is meeting the intent of the Goldwater-Nichols Act. It has been effective in making the officer corps more educated, aware of, and concerned about joint warfare than ever before. Yet, today's JPME is not adequate to prepare officers to make JPME2010 and JV2010 a reality, particularly in the areas of JTF operational effectiveness, the on-going challenges associated with the Armed Forces Staff College, and educating a majority of both active and reserve officers in JPME Phases I & II. The answer lies in new, non-traditional, visionary educational approaches that leverage technology in order that more officers receive joint education when and how they need it.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 08, 2000
Accession Number
ADA378433

Entities

People

  • Michael T. Endres

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Distance Learning
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Instructors
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Education
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Schools
  • Students
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States European Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.