Background
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction (CJCSI) 1805.01 Enlisted
Professional Military Education Policy (EPMEP) was signed on 28 October 2005. The purpose of this instruction is to
circulate the policies, procedures, objectives, and responsibilities for enlisted professional military education (EPME)
and enlisted joint professional military education (EJPME). It applies to the Joint Staff, the National Defense
University (NDU), and Military Services.
Within the policy the Chairman states,
Protecting our Nation, preventing future conflicts, and prevailing against adversaries require that the US Armed
Forces sustain and extend their qualitative advantage against a very diverse set of threats and adversary
capabilities. Maintaining our qualitative advantage begins with improving education programs across the Services.
Our overarching goal is to educate and train the right person for the right task at the right time. We can not
wait until an individual is placed into a leadership position before providing the proper education and training.
This is especially true today; the War on Terrorism requires [enlisted leaders] from all Services to work in the
joint environment more often than they have ever before. It is imperative that we expand "jointness" to
all appropriate levels in our Armed Forces.
The EPMEP defines CJCS objectives and policies regarding the education and training institutions that comprise
the EPME and EJPME programs. It also provides guidance to the military education and training institutions regarding
joint learning areas (JLAs) and joint learning objectives (JLOs) that should be included into EPME curricula in order to
achieve the goal of expanding "jointness" to all appropriate levels within the US Armed Forces.
The Services provide EPME to members of the US Armed Forces. Relevant JPME learning objectives sponsored by the Joint
Staff/J-7 and NDU have been developed to support JPME for enlisted personnel. Veined throughout Service-specific PME,
enlisted personnel should receive different levels of JPME from initial enlistment (E-1) through the most senior
enlisted grade (E-9).
The expansion of the joint operating environment to all levels of war necessitates the expansion of JPME to enlisted
personnel. While not mandated by law (as is the case for officers), this policy is a recognition that operating in
joint, interagency, multinational, and coalition warfighting organizations and staffs requires that joint learning
objectives be made available to all enlisted personnel.
All enlisted personnel should make a continuing, strong personal commitment to their professional development beyond
the formal schooling offered in our military educational and training system. Senior enlisted (SE) personnel (E-6/7 –
E-9) should embrace the greatest responsibility for ensuring continued growth of themselves and others.
The EPMEP in its entirety is available through the Joint Staff J-7 Joint Education and Doctrine Division (JEDD)
at: http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/education.htm
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