ASEP executes General Officer Professional Military Education (PME) for the entire population of Army General Officers across the total force. Provides assessments to keep senior leaders informed and to support programmatic change through evidence-based decision making. Office with Primary Responsibility for execution and assessment of the GO-Readiness program.
There are 21 course broken down into three different categories of courses available (some required) for attendance.
The three categories are Army Core Courses; Joint Courses, and Positional/Selective Courses.
Target Audience: BGs/COL(P)s
Location: National Capital Region (NCR)
Duration: 11 Days
Offered: Annually (Fall)
SLDS is a required strategic leader development course for newly promoted BGs and COLs selected for promotion*.
The course is hosted by the Commandant, U.S. Army War College on behalf of the Chief of Staff of the Army and is conducted in the National Capitol Region. It is the first component of the Army Strategic Education Program and provides a foundation for Army strategic leaders as they enter the general officer corps. Its purpose is to prepare newly selected Brigadier Generals and their spouses to understand and adapt to the cultural and professional norms, requirements, and expectations of service at their new levels of responsibility. Spouses are invited and encouraged to attend the first week of the course, which includes a separate, concurrent curriculum specifically for them. Funding for this course is through Military Training Specific Allotment (MTSA) funds through your unit of assignment.
*NOTE: Regular Army and Army Reserve officers Senate confirmed for promotion to BG are automatically registered to attend the next available course iteration. Army National Guard officers are selected through the ELAB process conducted by NGB GOMO.
Target Audience: MGs/BG(P)s
Location: USAWC, Carlisle Barracks, PA (week 1); Rotational location (week 2); Washington, DC area (week 3)
Duration: 3 weeks
Offered: Three times per year
ASEP-A is a required three-week strategic leader development course for recently promoted Major Generals and Brigadier Generals selected for promotion.*
The course provides a broad learning experience focused on thinking, leading, and communicating at the strategic level. Students will participate in required academic deliverables in persuasive writing, speaking on issues of strategic importance, and the provision of best military advice. The curriculum consists of presentations, seminar sessions, a case study, practical exercises, and experiential learning opportunities. The second week of the course consists of executive-level education at a top-tier business school and corporate engagement visits with Fortune 500 companies and their leaders. The third week of the course includes engagements with Army, Joint, Senior civilian leadership, and key influencers and thought leaders in the national capital region. ASEP-A includes notable and talented strategic level presenters from joint military, inter-governmental, non-governmental, business, media, and academic communities to address contemporary and future leadership, management, strategic, and security issues. The course is facilitated by a retired Generals (GENs). Each student receives weekly feedback and individual coaching by a designated retired Lieutenant Generals (LTGs) in the role of Strategic Coach. Funding for this course is through Military Training Specific Allotment (MTSA) funds through your unit of assignment.
*NOTE: Regular Army and Army Reserve officers Senate confirmed for promotion to MG are automatically registered to attend the next available course iteration. Army National Guard officers are selected through the ELAB process conducted by NGB GOMO.
Target Audience: LTGs (upon confirmation)
Location: Washington, DC area
Duration: 6 days
Offered: Three times per year
ASEP-S is a required strategic leader development course for confirmed LTGs*. A much smaller class size than the other ASEP courses, students have the opportunity to personally interact the nation’s joint military, inter-governmental, academic, media and civilian leaders. ASEP-S enhances each general officer’s ability to impact the issues and challenges facing the Army and Joint Force. The first part of the course consists of small-group interactions on a variety of topics to enhance strategic leadership and thought. The latter part of the week consists of individually tailored engagements with key leaders and influencers identified by the student and the student's transition team. Students take advantage of these days to engage at the national policy level on topics that will establish/sustain relationships and gain knowledge vital to their unique assignment. Funding for this course is through Military Training Specific Allotment (MTSA) funds through your unit of assignment.
NOTE: Regular Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard officers Senate confirmed for appointment to LTG are automatically registered to attend the next available course iteration.
Location: Fort Belvoir, VA
Duration: 5 days
Offered: Four or five times per year
Target Audience: Active Component GOs of all ranks within 12-18 months of expected retirement
ASEP-T is a required strategic leader course for LTG and below Regular Army (USAR/NGB, with Active Federal Service (AFS) retirement); Generals (GENs) are welcome to attend in class; however, can be provided with a desk-side brief, as requested. The course prepares GOs for one of the more significant events of their lives, the transition from military life into the private sector. It includes critical administrative information regarding the processes of departing Army service. The course also provides GOs with comprehensive education on determining their personal private sector objectives and developing the skills and strategies to reach those objectives.
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NOTE: Spouse travel is to be approved on a case-by-case basis. Per diem is not authorized for spouses attending ASEP-T; only travel expenses. Approval authority for accompanying spouse travel to ASEP-T for GO’s outside HQDA is delegated to four-star Army commanders for their own spouses and the spouses of individuals within their organizations. Approval authority for accompanying spouse travel to ASEP-T inside HQDA is the VCSA (delegated to the DAS). Funding for spouse travel to ASEP-T is also command funded, and the command retains the discretion not to fund the travel.
Target Audience: COL(P)s and BG (within 24-months of confirmation to BG)
Location: Fort McNair (weeks one and five); CONUS installations (week two), OCONUS (weeks three and four)
Duration: 5 weeks
Offered: Four times per year
Capstone is congressionally mandated (Title 10 U.S.C) for all Active Component BG selectees and must be completed within approximately two years of Senate confirmation of selection for promotion to BG. The National Defense University (NDU) conducts this course which provides a joint and combined operations perspective. Students travel to unified, specified and combatant commands worldwide. Spouses are invited to accompany sponsors for week five.
Course Details available at http://capstone.ndu.edu/
Target Audience: LTGs in designated billets identified by the Joint Staff
Location: Fort McNair, Washington DC & Joint Staff Suffolk, VA Complex
Duration: 5 days
Offered: Twice per year (April/September)
The course prepares prospective joint/combined force commanders to lead joint and combined forces, building upon the progression of knowledge imparted first by CAPSTONE and then by the Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course. Attendance will be coordinated with GOs in CJCS specified billets by the ASEP Program Manager.
Course Details available at http://pinnacle.ndu.edu/
Target Audience: 1-, 2-, and 3-star GO/FOs of all services and select international partners; senior interagency leaders
Location: USAWC, Carlisle Barracks, PA
Duration: 5 days
Offered: Twice per year
C/JFLCC is a position-dependent strategic leader development course for general/flag officers and select senior civilians preparing to assume duties as either Commanders or senior staff officers in a Combined/Joint Force Land Component organization. The course prepares senior leaders to plan, coordinate, and conduct land-centric operations/campaigns in a Joint, Interorganizational, and Multinational environment (JIM). The curriculum utilizes scenario-driven exercises and seminar-style discussion to reinforce the foundational concepts of land-centric operations provided by presentation from senior joint military, interagency, and civilian leaders.
Target Audience: Reserve and Active Component U.S. Joint and Allied BGs/MGs
Location: USAWC, Carlisle Barracks, PA
Duration: 5 days
Offered: Two times per year
JSRCOC is position-dependent strategic leader development course for general/flag officers of all services and select international partners. The course provides GO/FOs a broad educational experience focused on thinking, leading, and communicating at the strategic level. The curriculum addresses foundations of strategic leadership, the joint interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational (JIIM) environment, economics of national security, civil-military relations, working with Congress, Army enterprise, and total force dynamics. The course includes notable and talented strategic level presenters from joint military, interagency, inter-governmental, non-governmental, business, media, and academic communities.
Target Audience: Division/2-star Commanders within six months of taking command.
Location: Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
Duration: 5 days
Offered: Two times per year (March/September)
The course prepares G/FOs of all Services for the responsibilities of theater-level combat leadership. It is tailored to provide our future combatant, Service component and joint task force commanders with a broad perspective of the strategic and operational levels of war.
Course Details available at https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/LeMay/Display/Article/1099524/general-and-flag-officer-course/#JFOWC
Target Audience: AV, FA, AD MGs and BGs.
Location: Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
Duration: 8 days
Offered: Three times per year (October/February/June)
The course prepares potential C/JFACCs for responsibilities of theater-level combat leadership by studying war fighting, military doctrine, and the application of unified, joint and combined combat forces with particular emphasis on air and space power employment in theater-level operations. It also focuses on vertical and horizontal integration of air and ground assets while discussing ways to shape future operations on the battlefield.
Course Details available at http://www.airuniversity.af.mil/LeMay/Display/Article/1099524/senior-leader-courses
Target Audience: GOs who may function as JFMCC/CFMCCs and who are assigned in the regional area of focus
Location: Varies
Duration: 6 days
Offered: Three or Four times per year
The purpose of the Joint Force Maritime Component Commander (JFMCC) Course is to prepare future Maritime Component Commanders to plan and execute complex maritime operations. As the senior executive component of the Navy's Professional Military Education continuum, and part of the senior JPME continuum, this course addresses the practical challenges confronting the maritime operational commander. It also considers existing maritime component concepts and doctrine, operational-level capabilities, command and control processes and applications, and the considerations and expectations of joint force commanders and supporting functional component commanders.
Course Details available at https://usnwc.edu/college-of-maritime-operational-warfare/Professional-Military-Education/Joint-Force-Maritime-Component-Commander
The purpose of the flag level Combined Force Maritime Component Commander (CFMCC) Flag Course is to develop a network of leaders, focused on the operational level, in support of cooperation in the theater, oriented toward maritime security. It serves as a forum to develop and deepen relationships based upon trust and confidence among stakeholders/nations in the framework of regional challenges. It also helps to evolve the Combined Maritime Command and Control concepts and mechanisms, while advancing the understanding of those security issues facing participating nations.
Course Details available at https://usnwc.edu/college-of-maritime-operational-warfare/Professional-Military-Education/Combined-Force-Maritime-Component-Commander
Target Audience: SOF general officers/flag officers (to include selects), along with senior executive service level senior leaders from other government agencies and select international foreign military special operations senior leaders
Location: MacDill AFB, Florida
Duration: 5 days
Offered: Once per year
The course prepares SOF GOs to function effectively as special operations component commanders in joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multinational environments. The course also increases non-SOF GOs' understanding of the complexities of SOF employment in joint, combined and interagency operations to accomplish strategic objectives.
Course Details available at https://jsou.edu/Courses/Index/37
Target Audience: OP and OS functional category MGs and BGs
Location: Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
Duration: 5 days
Offered: Twice per year (December/April)
The course prepares attendees to develop Information Operations into a war fighting core military competency that will enable Combatant Commanders to target adversary decision-making while protecting our forces. All attendees must have a valid TS-SCI clearance.
Course Details available at http://www.airuniversity.af.mil/LeMay/Display/Article/1099524/senior-leader-courses
Target Audience: GOs in OP or OS functional category; all attendees must have a TS-SCI clearance. The course alternates between the BG-MG level (Junior) and LTG – GEN level (Senior).
Location: Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
Duration: 2 Days
Offered: Twice per year (December/April)
While not a warfighting course, the focus of COEC is primarily centered on the strategic decision-making aspects of cyber policy. COEC is offered semi-annually and serves as a senior/intermediate G/FO-level professional continuing education course in the Department of Defense.
The seminar provides senior leadership an understanding of the network, its vulnerabilities, threat activity, and ongoing efforts to protect and operate within it as they shape cyber-related Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel and Facilities (DOTMLPF).
Course Details available at http://www.airuniversity.af.mil/LeMay/Display/Article/1099524/senior-leader-courses
Target Audience: Select BGs/MGs
Location: Fort Leavenworth, KS
Duration: 5 Days
Offered: Three times per year
A developmental course for select General Officers to enhance their leadership capabilities and competencies prior to assuming select 1 and 2 Star level command assignments. The course is designed to complement Army and Joint GO educational courses by focusing on Army doctrinal concepts, systems and capabilities that enhance unit readiness and better prepare commanders to conduct Unified Land Operations. Funding for this course is through Military Training Specific Allotment (MTSA) funds through your unit of assignment.
Course Details available HERE
Target Audience: MG(P) and above at CSA discretion
Location: Varies
Duration: Two weeks
Offered: All year long
The program provides a setting for senior executives to deepen their understanding of current security issues, exercise their evaluation and decision-making skills in a group of their peers, and contribute their own ideas and perspectives.
Senior Executives in National and International Security is an intensive two-week program convening senior security officials from around the world.
The program format will consist of formal classes, discussion groups, interactive seminars, exercises, guest speakers and informal conversations with faculty, colleagues, classmates and staff. The range of interactions-from traditional academic learning activities to more intimate discussions and discourse—provide you with a well-rounded, hands on educational experience.
Course Details available at https://www.hks.harvard.edu/educational-programs/executive-education/senior-executives-national-and-international-security
Target Audience: MG(P) and above at CSA discretion
Location: Cambridge, MA
Duration: Typically one week
Offered: Annually at CSA discretion
The Intersection of Policy and Technology will equip practitioners with the tools necessary to conceptualize the cyber issue, develop policies appropriate for its resolution, and frame strategy and action to address the emerging threats.
Course Details available at https://www.hks.harvard.edu/educational-programs/executive-education/cybersecurity
Target Audience: GENs and LTGs at CSA discretion
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Duration: 5 days
Offered: All year long
The course provides a comfortable, secure environment for attendees to evaluate their leadership style and effectiveness and focus on the high-level challenges that are unique to leaders in those respective positions. The course is offered on a weekly basis and must be scheduled at least six weeks in advance. Due to budgetary constraints, attendance/participation could be reduced or curtailed.
Course Details available at https://www.ccl.org/open-enrollment-programs/leadership-at-the-peak/
Target Audience: COL(P) through MG
Location: Naval Post Graduate School (Monterey, CA)
Duration: 4 weeks
Offered: Once per year
This four-week executive education program brings together flag and general rank international military officers and equivalent civilian officials from around the world. In this course, participants develop skills and insights suitable to strategic-level decision-making and management, and address contemporary security challenges. Participants leave with an enhanced ability to define and evaluate the relationships among national security objectives, defense strategies, program alternatives/capabilities, and budget resource requirements.
Target Audience: BGs – LTGs, serving as Senior Commanders
Location: Washington, DC
Duration: 4 Days
Offered: Two times per year
SCC is a mandatory training requirement for all Installation Commanders. The course is intended to ensure that Senor Commander's (SC) recognize and understand their authority as the Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) and the Senior Army Element Commander (SAEC) for resolving installation issues, utilizing the garrison and its tenants to execute installation management functions, analyze, determine, synchronize and integrate installation management Army priorities and initiatives at the installation, and to understand that SC command authority over the installation is a direct delegation from the Chief of Staff, Army (CSA) and Secretary of the Army (SECARMY).