§2155 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

After September 30, 2009, an officer cannot start Phase II joint professional military education unless they have finished Phase I. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs can make a rare, case-by-case exception if an officer already has the Phase I-level knowledge of joint matters. At the Joint Forces Staff College or a senior-level service school the Secretary names a joint school, no more than 10% of officers chosen for the main course may be those who skipped Phase I. The Secretary must make Phase II teach real joint warfighting skills and prepare students to work in joint, multiservice jobs. The course should build on Phase I knowledge up to the higher skills needed for joint work. Phase II must cover national security strategy; theater strategy and campaigning; joint planning processes and systems; and how to combine joint, interagency, and multinational capabilities. For Phase II courses at designated senior schools, by September 30, 2009, students and active-duty teaching faculty from the school’s own service may each be at most 60%, with the other services given proportional places.

Title 10, §2155

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(a)(1)After September 30, 2009, an officer of the armed forces may not be accepted for, or assigned to, a program of instruction designated by the Secretary of Defense as joint professional military education Phase II unless the officer has successfully completed a program of instruction designated by the Secretary of Defense as joint professional military education Phase I.

(2)The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff may grant exceptions to the requirement under paragraph (1). Such an exception may be granted only on a case-by-case basis under exceptional circumstances, as determined by the Chairman. An officer selected to receive such an exception shall have knowledge of joint matters and other aspects of the Phase I curriculum that, to the satisfaction of the Chairman, qualifies the officer to meet the minimum requirements established for entry into Phase II instruction without first completing Phase I instruction. The number of officers selected to attend an offering of the principal course of instruction at the Joint Forces Staff College or a senior level service school designated by the Secretary of Defense as a joint professional military education institution who have not completed Phase I instruction should comprise no more than 10 percent of the total number of officers selected.

(b)The Secretary shall require that the curriculum for Phase II joint professional military education at any school—

(1)focus on developing joint operational expertise and perspectives and honing joint warfighting skills; and

(2)be structured—

(A)so as to adequately prepare students to perform effectively in an assignment to a joint, multiservice organization; and

(B)so that students progress from a basic knowledge of joint matters learned in Phase I instruction to the level of expertise necessary for successful performance in the joint arena.

(c)In addition to the subjects specified in section 2151(a) of this title, the curriculum for Phase II joint professional military education shall include the following:

(1)National security strategy.

(2)Theater strategy and campaigning.

(3)Joint planning processes and systems.

(4)Joint, interagency, and multinational capabilities and the integration of those capabilities.

(d)Not later than September 30, 2009, for courses of instruction in a Phase II program of instruction that is offered at senior level service school that has been designated by the Secretary of Defense as a joint professional military education institution—

(1)the percentage of students enrolled in any such course who are officers of the armed force that administers the school may not exceed 60 percent, with the remaining services proportionally represented; and

(2)of the faculty at the school who are active-duty officers who provide instruction in such courses, the percentage who are officers of the armed force that administers the school may not exceed 60 percent, with the remaining services proportionally represented.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–364, § 1071(a)(13), substituted “Phase” for “phase” in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–364, § 1071(a)(14), inserted “Phase” after “Education” in heading.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Pilot Program on JPME Phase II on Other Than In-Residence Basis Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title V, § 552(b), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1412, authorized the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of offering a program of instruction under this section on an other than in-residence basis and provided that the authority for the program would expire five years after Dec. 31, 2011.

§2155 Joint professional military education Phase II program of instruction