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INTERNATIONAL MILITARY STUDENT

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Friendships established here often form the basis for a network of personal relationships that continue for years and enhance mutual cooperation as graduates assume senior positions in their services and agencies.

An important part of the college experience is “acculturation”or the process by which students gain a better understanding of how other services and agencies apply their doctrine and expertise in a joint environment, and how planning, operations, and coordination are accomplished by a wide variety of U.S. and international military services and agencies.

Graduates of these courses are capable of performing staff officer functions on Joint Military Commands, Joint Interagency Task Forces, Multinational Commands and other organizations requiring an understanding of joint and combined operations.

7800 Hampton Boulevard

For admissions information and assistance, contact the JFSC International Military Student Office by: Email: imso@ndu.edu Commercial Phone: or(757) 443-6626 (757) 443-6309 National Defense Universityand via Mail: Joint Forces Staff College

Norfolk, Virginia 23511-1702

JAWS attendees must be in the rank of O-5 / O-6 are open to officers O-4 and aboveJCWS & JCWS-H

All other courses are open to E-7 and above

Who Can Attend ? What is the Value Added ?

Croatia

Azerbaijan

Afghanistan

India

France

Czech Republic

Australia

Benin

DR Congo

AlgeriaArgentina

Chile

Estonia

Dom Rep

Austria

Bahrain

Canada

BotswanaBrazil

Denmark

Finland

Georgia Germany

Congo

Guinea

Colombia

Albania

EgyptEl Salvador

Greece

HondurasHungary

Bulgaria

Indonesia

Italy

Kazakhstan

Iraq

Japan Jordan

Kenya

Kyrgyzstan

Luxembourg

Kuwait

Latvia

MacedoniaMadagascar

Lebanon

MalawiMalaysia

Mexico

Morocco

Korea

Mali

Mozambique

LesothoLithuania

Nepal

Moldova

Nigeria

Papua New Guinea

Poland Philippines

Norway

Pakistan

Netherland New Zealand

Peru

Oman

Qatar

UAE

Tonga

Serbia

Yemen

Zimbabwe

SwazilandSweden

Turkey

Spain

Taiwan

Singapore

Uruguay

South Africa

Seychelles

Romania

RwandaSaudi Arabia

Tanzania

Slovenia

Trinidad

Slovakia

Sri Lanka

Switzerland

Russia

Suriname

Thailand

Tunisia

Turkmenistan

UkraineUnited Kingdom

Uganda

Venezuela

Zambia

How to Contact Us

NORFOLK, VIRGINIA

Students From the Following Countries Have Attended JFSC

CJCS formulates pol icies, issues guidance, and approves the college's charter and mission. CJCS is also responsible for accrediting the college's PJE, for recommending to the Secretary of Defense a nominee for President of NDU, and for approving the selection of the JFSC Commandant in coordination with the President of NDU.

JFSC is a Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) insti tut ion that conducts the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Program for Joint Education (PJE), for both intermediate- and senior-level military, civilian and international officers. The college operates under CJCS through the National Defense University (NDU).

The JFSC Commandant directs and supervises the college’s academic programs through the Dean, Faculty and Academic Programs to the Directors of four schoo ls : Jo in t & Combined Warfighting School (JCWS), Joint Advanced Warfighting School (JAWS), Joint Continuing & Distance Education School (JCDES) and Joint Command, Control & Information Operations School (JC2IOS).

WHOWho Are We ?

AVAILABLE COURSES

Joint and Combined Warfighting School (JCWS-Hybrid)

MASL B171018 is a prerequisite course for all international officers prior to attending JCWS and JCWS-H. JTC is intended to give the international officer a concise overview of the basic elements of the JPME Phase I and introduce the organization and the planning processes associated with the United States and its Department of Defense. Duration: 1 week

MASL B171061 is designed to educate and train military students between the ranks of O-4 through O-6, and DOD civilian equivalents, to plan, integrate, and synchronize full spectrum into joint operational level plans and orders. JIOPC is offered once a year to International Students. These classes are taught at the TS/SCI level; invitations are extended to Australia, Canada, Great Britain, and New Zealand. Duration: 3 weeks

MASL B471350 is a blended learning course consisting of two Distance Learning (DL) periods and two in residence Face to Face (F2F) sessions. It is best suited for International Officers who are posted in the continental United States. JCWS-H is offered four times a year. Duration: 40 weeks

Joint Information Operations Planner’s Course Distance Learning (JIOPC-DL)MASL B171003 is a prerequisite for JIOPC (MASL B171061). The course consists of an introduction to Joint Planning, Joint IO doctrine and policy, Intelligence Support to IO, Information Related Capabilities (IRCs), Joint Targeting, and associated topics, taught at the unclassifled level. Invitations are extended to Australia, Canada, Great Britain, and New Zealand. Duration: 4 weeks

MASL B171021 is an OPMEP senior-level school focused on educating expert joint campaign planners, to populate the Joint Staff and combatant commands with officers expert in the joint planning processes and capable of critical analysis in the application of all aspects of national power across the full range of military operations. A Masters Degree is awarded upon successful completion. Duration: 11 Months

Joint and Combined Warfighting School (JCWS)

Joint Advanced Warfighting School (JAWS)

MASL B171017 conducts specialized education for those officers expected to be selected to be Joint Specialty Officers. Our goal is to graduate individuals capable of applying the enduring principles of joint planning across the full spectrum of the ever-changing security environment. Classes are held in January, April, June, and September of each year. Duration: 10 weeks

Joint Transition Course (JTC)

Joint Information Operations Planner’s Course (JIOPC)

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