United States Special Operations Command Professional Military Education

Abstract

The United States Special Operations Command does not have an intermediate-level professional military education program for its officers. Current service-provided PME programs are not adequately meeting the educational goals for officers as required by USSOCOM. Through the Joint Special Operations University, SOCOM could establish its own PME program for officers of all services who are assigned to USSOCOM. Through the review of formal documents and interviews with senior officers in USSOCOM, an education gap was identified and analyzed. Three courses of action are presented as to how USSOCOM can overcome this education gap and meet Admiral William H. McRaven's intent to have the best educated force in the United States military.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA620431

Entities

People

  • Robert M. Dexter

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Distance Learning
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Instructors
  • Management Personnel
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Students
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • STEM Education

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control