Mission
JAWS produces graduates who can create campaign-quality concepts, plan for the employment of all elements of national power, accelerate transformation, succeed as joint force operational / strategic planners and be creative, conceptual, adaptive and innovative.
JAWS is envisioned to populate the Joint Staff and combatant commands with officers expert in the joint planning processes and capable of critical analysis in the application of all aspects of national power across the full range of military operations. Students must be capable of synergistically combining existing and emerging capabilities in time, space and purpose to accomplish operational or strategic objectives.
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Organization
JAWS educates selected O-4s through O-6s, rank equivalent interagency civilians and selected international officers in the art and science of joint, interagency and multinational planning and warfighting at the strategic-operational level of war as directed by the CJCS Officer Professional Military Education Policy. JAWS awards Service Intermediate (Staff College) or Senior Level College (War College) credit (based on student rank and experience) as well as single phase Joint Professional Military Education (JPME I & II). JAWS graduates earn a fully accredited Masters of Science degree in Joint Campaign Planning and Strategy. The rigorous JAWS program recently underwent an initial CJCS Process of Accreditation for Joint Education assessment and received formal certification for the next two years.
Currently, three JAWS seminars are organized with up to fourteen students in each seminar. Each seminar notionally consists of a balanced mix of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, Coast Guard, interagency civilians and international military students. Students are assigned to seminars with an intent to provide an optimum mix of Service, grade, experience, specialty and expected follow-on assignment potential. Each seminar is conducted in collaborative learning and Collaborative Information Environment with current information technology tools available at student desktops in the classrooms. Each student is required to complete an individual graduate level thesis of at least 60 pages and an individual campaign plan within the course of their studies. Students also participate in several staff rides and research visits throughout the busy academic year. The AY07-08 class began class on 23 July 2007 and will graduate on 13 June 2008. The next JAWS class, the fifth since inception, will arrive on 21 July 08 and graduate on 12 June 2009.
The faculty of the Joint Advanced Warfighting School (JAWS) consists of senior officers with joint experience from all Services and civilian professors. In addition to this highly qualified staff, students have multiple occasions to meet and discuss issues with active and retired flag/general officers and Ambassadors. Retired flag/general officers and Ambassadors, as Senior Fellows, are an integral part of the faculty and are a key element of the learning experience within the collaborative seminar. Additionally, the school employs several distinguished academics and a variety of subject matter experts throughout the course in the role of guest speaker and as a participant in seminar forums, formally and informally.
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JAWS STUDENT BILLETING/HOUSING INFORMATION:
On-campus family housing is available for JAWS students in newly refurbished 3 and 4 bedroom, two-story, duplex townhouses. These houses come with window treatments, refrigerator, and stove only. [ Family Housing Floor Plans ]
Once you have completed online registration, you may verify reservations by contacting the Navy Gateway Inns and Suites Site director either by e-mail: mwr_vq@jfsc.ndu.edu or by phone: (757) 443-6118. All non-JAWS students may verify billeting by contacting Navy Gateway Inns and Suites front office at (757) 963-9600 ext 0.
For more family housing policy information (I.E. pets, satellite dishes, and sheds) contact Lincoln Military Housing office either by E-mail: navalstationdm@lpsi.com or by Phone: (757) 416-7220.
Navy Gateway Inns and Suites accommodations are available for those traveling unaccompanied (maximum 90 days).
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Last update: 10 April 2008
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