Us Code § 2155 - Joint professional military education Phase II program of instruction
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§ 2155. Joint professional military education Phase II program of instruction
(a)
(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)
(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)
(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)
(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.
(Added Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, §532(a)(2), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1898; amended Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title X, §1071(a)(13), (14), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2399.)
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.
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