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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§2152 Joint Professional Military Education: General Requirements

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART III — TRAINING AND EDUCATION › CHAPTER 107 — PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION › § 2152

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must create and run a complete program for joint professional military education for officers, including those nominated for the joint specialty under section 661. With advice from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretary must regularly review and update the National Defense University and other joint school curricula and keep high standards for the joint specialty. The Secretary must also require all DoD professional military schools to periodically update senior and midlevel officer courses so they focus more on joint matters and prepare officers for joint duty.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §2152

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In General.—
The Secretary of Defense shall implement a comprehensive framework for the joint professional military education of officers, including officers nominated under section 661 of this title for the joint specialty.
(b)Joint Military Education Schools.—
The Secretary of Defense, with the advice and assistance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall periodically review and revise the curriculum of each school of the National Defense University (and of any other joint professional military education school) to enhance the education and training of officers in joint matters. The Secretary shall require such schools to maintain rigorous standards for the military education of officers with the joint specialty.
(c)Other Professional Military Education Schools.—
The Secretary of Defense shall require that each Department of Defense school concerned with professional military education periodically review and revise its curriculum for senior and intermediate grade officers in order to strengthen the focus on—
(1)joint matters; and
(2)preparing officers for joint duty assignments.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Subsecs. (b) and (c) of section 663 of this title, which were transferred to this section by Pub. L. 108–375, § 532(b), were based on Pub. L. 99–433, title IV, § 401(a), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1027.

Amendments

2004—Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 108–375, § 532(b), transferred subsecs. (b) and (c) of section 663 of this title to end of this section. See Codification note above.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 2152

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110