1. JFSC Mission To educate national security leaders
in joint, multinational, and interagency
operational-level planning and warfighting,
to instill a primary commitment to joint,
multinational, and interagency teamwork,
attitudes, and perspectives
Commandant
Joseph Ward, Brig Gen, USAF
Joint Advanced
Warfighting
School
JAWS
Joint and Combined
Joint Command, Control, and Information Operations School
AJPME
Joint Continuing and Distance Education School
SEJPME
JIOPC
JC4ISOC
JCWS
HLSPC
JIMPS

2. JFSC – The Southern Campus of the National Defense University
National Defense University Information Resources Management College (iCollege) Marshall Hall
College of International Security Affairs
Lincoln Hall
JFSC is one of five College’s of the National Defense University. The other Colleges are shown on the slide and are located at Fort McNair.
Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Eisenhower Hall
National War College
Roosevelt Hall

3. Commandant Briefing: First Draft
Joint and Combined Warfighting School (JCWS)
Joint Professional Military Education Phase II Course
Educate military professionals to effectively plan operational level warfighting for joint and combined forces
Four 10-week classes per year
Graduate credit granted with partnership schools
Assessments: Exams and a Collaborative Paper
14 or 15 seminars of students: Service, Interagency and multinational mix
Current Class 255: 223 Active; 9 Reserve; International; 2 Civilian
Focus:
National Security Strategy
Theater Strategy & Campaigning
Joint Planning Process & Systems
Joint, Interagency & Multinational Capabilities
At this time, we would like to provide you some additional details about our Schools. The Dean of the Joint and Combined Warfighting School is CAPT Bowers who will discuss JCWS.
Note: If CAPT Bowhers or a JCWS rep isn’t available, the briefer could follow this script:
JCWS is what has evolved from the original 5 ½ month course. Today, this 10-week course is conducted four times each year. Each JCWS course has quota for 210 U.S. personnel, 30 International Fellows, and 15 civilian interagency students. The curriculum is focused on the areas shown on the slide.
Through Class 12-01
Since 1947,
40K + Graduates
Including 1, International Fellows

4. Commandant Briefing: First Draft
Joint Advanced Warfighting School
Joint Professional Military Education Single Phase (JPME I & II) SLC
Educates military & national security professionals as experts in joint planning processes; capable of critical analysis in the application of all aspects of national power
11- month school - Grants Masters of Science in Joint Campaign Planning & Strategy (accredited)
60-70 page individually prepared thesis with oral defense
Two-hour individual oral comprehensive exam
3 Seminars of Students: Service, Interagency, and Multinational mix
32 U.S. Officers, 7 Civilians, and 2 International Fellows
Focus
Foundations in History and Theory of War
Strategic Foundations (National Security & Military Strategy)
Operational Art and Campaigning (Commander’s Design)
Adaptive Planning (practicum, simulation, exercises) and Decision-making
Cultural Awareness and Future Warfighting Concepts
Maximize Subject Matter Experts and Senior Fellows
The Dean of the Joint Advanced Warfighting School is CAPT Fish who will discuss JAWS.
Note: If the Dean wasn’t available, briefer would generally follow the script:
Our next School is JAWS. In many ways, JAWS is the opposite of JCWS. Small number of students (41 in the current class); long duration (11 ½ months); and instead of producing graduates an understanding of joint planning capable of serving in on a joint planning team, JAWS graduates are intended to fill critical positions leading Campaign Planning Cells at the various COCOMs and on the Joint Staff. The JAWS educational experience in intense. Students earn a Master’s Degree in Joint Campaign Planning and Strategy; each student does an extensive amount of reading and research; prepares and defends a thesis; individually writes a comprehensive planning directive and as part of a group develops an entire campaign plan .
The curriculum is focused on the areas shown on the slide.
Other Key Points:
- Only Joint Advance Planning School
- Key provider of joint/multinational/interagency planners
- Graduates sought by CCDR’s
Since 2004, 200+ Graduates
42 students currently enrolled

5. Joint Command, Control and Information Operations School
Two divisions offer specialized courses for officers, senior enlisted and civilians
Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) with J6 oversight
Resident three-week Staff and Operations Course
One week MTT
Information Operations (IO) with J39 oversight
Resident four-week Joint IO Planning Course
One-week Joint IO Orientation Course (resident or mobile training team)
Both courses rely heavily on practical exercises
@ 350
JC2IOS
graduates
per year
JC2IOS faculty
provided more
than 1,300
student contact
hours to JFSC
The Dean of the Joint, Command, Control, and Information Operations School, is COL Cicalese who will discuss his School.
Note: If COL Cicalese is not available, briefer would generally follow the script:
JC2IOS, is comprised of the Information Operations Division and the Joint, Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence Division. The School offers courses that educate U.S. operational level planners, civilian equivalents and selected allied officers. The main emphasis is on individuals assigned to or en route to Information Operations or C4I positions on joint and combatant command staffs. Courses include a one-week Joint Information Operations Orientation Course; a four-week Joint Information Operations Planning Course; a two-week, classified Joint Information Operations Course; and a Joint C4I Staff and Operations Course.

6. JFSC Short Courses
Joint Transition Course JTC is a preparatory course for interagency and international students attending JCWS or JAWS. JTC is conducted the week prior to the start of JCWS and JAWS.
Homeland Security Planners Course HLSPC is a one-week course focusing on Homeland Security Strategy and Policy and Defense Support to Civil Authorities. Established in 2003, it is conducted 4 times a year in residence and 4 times a year as a mobile training team.
Joint Interagency and Multinational Planners Course JIMPC is a one-week course focusing on interagency and multinational coordination necessary to effectively respond to complex contingencies and stabilization operations. Established in 2006, it is conducted 4 times a year in residence and is also conducted as a mobile training team throughout the year.
We also have three short courses, so named because they are only one-week in length.
The purpose of each course is described on the slide.

7. Joint Continuing and Distance Education School (JCDES)

8. JCDES Two unique programs: Senior Enlisted JPME (SEJPME) &
Advanced JPME
(AJPME)

9. Agenda Senior Enlisted JPME – Online Course
Advanced JPME – Blended Course
Background
AJPME Course Content / Schedule / Capacity
Student Outcome
Points of Contact

10. Senior Enlisted JPME (SEJPME)

11. CJSCI 1805.01A Enlisted Professional Military Education Policy (EPMEP)
CJCS sponsored and authorized course
Signed by General Pace on 28 Oct 2005, reaffirmed 20 Sep 2011
Purpose: “Circulates the policies, procedures, objectives, and responsibilities for enlisted professional military education (EPME) and enlisted joint professional military education (EJPME).”
Applicability: Joint Staff, National Defense University (NDU), and the Military Services
Policy: “Our overarching goal is to educate and train the right person for the right task at the right time. We can not wait until an individual is placed into a leadership position before providing the proper education and training. This is especially true today; the War on Terrorism requires [NCOs] from all Services to work in the joint environment more often than they have ever before. It is imperative that we expand “jointness” to all appropriate levels in our Armed Forces.”

12. CJSCI 1805.01 Enlisted Professional Military Education Policy (EPMEP)
- Identifies senior level EJPME courses:
-- Senior Enlisted JPME Course (SE JPME Course):
“Provides CJCS-sponsored, assignment oriented
educational opportunities for senior enlisted leaders
(SELs) serving in, or slated to serve in, joint and
combined organizations.”
-- KEYSTONE Course:
“This nominative course prepares command senior
enlisted leaders (CSELs) for service in a flag officer joint
headquarters and compliments the G/FO CAPSTONE
Course.”

13. SEJPME Course Overview
Type: Certificate - “NDU / JFSC SEJPME Course” signed CMDT & NDU-P
Eligibility: All branches, E-6 to E-9 (active, reserves, National Guard, USCG). **Note: Officers and Civilians have also completed course
Method: Asynchronous E-learning course via internet
Content: Interactive multi-media instruction (IMI): audio, videos, pictures, slides, text
Data Enterprise System (DES): online registration, pre-test, post test (80%), student course survey, robust reporting capability, completion certificates
Length: 90 days to complete 45 hours of coursework
Prerequisites: Individual should be Service PME complete for grade
Impact: Over 35,000 completions (12K alone in 2011) > All COCOMS, SERVICES

14. Advanced JPME (AJPME)

15. AJPME Background Title 10 USC, Chapter 38, Section 666 (1986 G/N Act)
“The Secretary of Defense shall establish personnel policies emphasizing education and experience in joint matters for reserve officers not on the active-duty list. Such policies shall, to the extent practicable for reserve component, be similar to the policies [for the AC].”
Congress (1999 Defense Authorization Act)
“directs that a course similar in content to, but not identical to, the in- residence Joint Forces Staff College course”
“periods of in residence training, as well as distance learning, present the best combination of academic rigor, cohort development, and cross- service acculturation”
Funding – 2002 / Implementation
Joint Qualification System – Oct 2007 15

16. AJPME Requirements To Attend: To Graduate: JPME Phase I Completed
Nominated by Service/Agency, most hold boards to select attendees
USMCR, USAR, USN, AFR, and National Guard
Expected to use AJPME for JQO education requirements
Joint Operational experience desired
Attendance & Participation
Max 10% Absence during F2F
Online collaboration mandatory
Three Short Answer / Essay Exams
Two Papers
Joint Information/Position Paper
Joint Research Paper: page
Boards meet annually at each Component and the Services decide who attends and when? 16

17. AJPME Curriculum Flow
10-02 & OPMEP

18. Fulfills the educational requirement for JQO Level III
AJPME Student Outcome
Graduates are able to lead joint planning efforts, integrate the creativity of operational art with the analytical and logical process of operational design, and be proficient with Design and the Joint Operation Planning Process (JOPP) as the application framework to develop theater strategies and operational plans in a complex global operating environment.
Fulfills the educational requirement for JQO Level III 18

19. AJPME Class Schedule http://www.jfsc.ndu.edu
New schedule offer classes only 4 times per year, as opposed to old schedule which offered classes 8 times per year. Less classes w/same amount of students equals more/better acculturation and greater efficiencies as it relates to the other JFSC schools and support.

20. Blackboard and Classroom Tools
Lecture Capture
Introduction
Classroom
Guest Speakers
Experts
Grammarly
Clickers/tablets in F2F sessions
Synchronous collaboration lessons
Library Organization
Embedded into Class
5-6 synchronous library sessions per class
Increased use of…
Wikis + Discussion Boards
Virtual classrooms (Wimba & DCO)
Instant messaging (BB IM)
Shared content (Case studies/JDOC)
Less reliance on…
Discussion boards alone &
Office Hours
Wimba Classroom
Blackboard IM
Purple Guardian HLS

21. AJPME Admissions POC’s Refer to the SEJPME Web Page from
Each POC has information concerning their RC-specific nominative process
USAR (HRC-OPMD)
Comm: (314) (DSN 892)
USN (COMNAVRESFORCOM)
CNRFC N7- Training
YN1 Michael Hightower
Comm: (757) /6616 (DSN 262)
ARNG & ANG (NGB J-7)
Comm: (703) (DSN 327)
USAFR (AFRC/A1TS)
MSgt Michael Jackson
Comm: (478) (DSN 497)
USMC (RAM-4)
Ms. Janet Green
Comm: (703) (DSN 278)
USCGR
LTJG Yanira Tirado
Comm: (202)
For SEJPME
Refer to the SEJPME Web Page from 21

22. JCDES POCs Col Jeff Waechter Director, JCDES (757) 443-6531
DSN
Mr. John Lipps
SEJPME
Program Manager
(757)
DSN
Col John Paul
AJPME
Program Director
(757)
DSN 22 22

23. Questions? 23 23

24. SUMMARY JCDES has two unique programs offering Joint Education:
SEJPME – Enroll through our website
AJPME – Contact your Service POC to enroll
Fulfills educational requirement for Fully Joint Qualified
Call / your questions