The ACTEDS Training Catalog
National War College (NWC) (Resident) | |||||||||
| Modern DCPDS Course Code | 12NWC | ||||||||
| Length of Program | 10 months | ||||||||
| Location |
Ft. Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC. The web site is http://www.ndu.edu/ | ||||||||
| Degree Awarded | Master of Science in National Security Policy | ||||||||
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Suspense Dates Dates of Program |
* Applicants must check with their servicing Human Resources Office and comply with local, intermediate and MACOM/equivalent suspense dates | ||||||||
| Eligibility Requirements |
DA civilian employees at GS-14/15 or equivalent grade levels who have career status and are serving in permanent competitive appointments; Schedule A, Excepted appointments without time limitation; or are serving under an Excepted Service appointment in the Civilian Intelligence Personnel Management System (Title 10 USC 1590); and have a minimum of three years of consecutive service under one or more permanent appointments.
See Chapter 2 Eligibility Requirements | ||||||||
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| Purpose | To prepare future leaders of the Armed Forces and federal officials for high-level policy, command, and staff responsibilities through a senior-level course of study in national security strategy. The NWC focuses on national security policy and strategy, and emphasizes the joint and interagency perspective. | ||||||||
| Description | The NWC curriculum is composed of a core program, and advanced and regional studies. It provides grounding in national security strategy and policy, and military strategy and operations. The core curriculum focuses on the domestic and international contexts in which national security policy is developed, national security organizations and decision-making processes, and the formulation and implementation of military strategy. The advanced studies program complements the core curriculum. The college offers a wide range of courses which provide participants the opportunity to broaden and deepen their study. The college conducts a regional studies program throughout the year. The program begins soon after the start of the academic year when participants register preferences to study particular regions of the world. The program builds throughout the year and culminates in May with a two-week visit to the region, where participants will meet with key leders, foreign affairs officials, and senior military commanders to study first-hand their security concerns, military capabilities, and perceptions of U.S. policy. At the conclusion of the curriculum, participants will understand that national security strategy and policy are formulated and implemented within international and domestic political processes and environments that are dynamic, changing, and replete with competing interests. | ||||||||
| Application Process | Follow the guidelines listed here and in Chapter 2 of the ACTEDS catalog. Applicants: Your application requires your command endorsement. You must forward your package through your chain-of-command to the designated Army Commands (ACOM), Army Service Component Commands (ASCC), and Direct Reporting Units (DRU) equivalent HRD Staff "MACOM-equivalent" organizations' representative. Your command representative may have established local points of contact as well as internal suspense dates earlier than the HQDA date. Applications sent directly to HQDA will be returned to the sender. Army Commands (ACOM), Army Service Component Commands (ASCC), and Direct Reporting Units (DRU) equivalent HRD Staff: "MACOM-equivalent" organizations' representative will arrange for command endorsement following guidelines listed in the ACTEDS catalog Chapter 2 and will forward all approved applications of best qualified candidates (original and one copy) to: Department of Army | ||||||||
| Selection and Notification |
A DA Secretariat Selection Board will be convened to select the best qualified candidates from among those nominated. The board will make selection recommendations based upon its assessment of the potential and qualifications of each nominee for continued outstanding service to the Army; the level and degree to which the nominee possesses the knowledge and abilities required of the program; the appropriateness of the training to the nominee's occupation; the nominee's career aspirations, goals and suitability for attendance; and the overall benefit to the nominee and the Army as reflected in the official record before the board. The board will be provided all documents that are submitted IAW the NDU Checklist with the exception of the Transcript, NDU Student World-Wide Travel Form, NDU Authorization to Release Education Records, Agreement to Continue in Service, SSC GPP Mobility Agreement, and Race and National Origin Form. Selectees are subject to final approval and acceptance by NDU. HQDA announces the tentative results of the HQDA Selection Board to MACOM Human Resource Directors (HRD), and later, final acceptance decisions. MACOM HRDs will notify applicants, their supervisors and commanders of their status. Principal selectees will receive a welcome packet directly from NWC. | ||||||||
| Declination Procedures | IAW AR 350-1 a selectee who declines a quota will be removed from any future consideration for PME. The AG-1 POC will be notified immediately by telephone by the selectee if a declination is necessary. A formal declination must be submitted in writing by memorandum through chain of command to the address provided above. The telephone number is 703-325-2456 (DSN 221). | ||||||||
| Funding | See Funding under Administrative Procedures: Post Selection in Chapter 2. | ||||||||
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