JCWS Mission Statement
"The Joint and Combined Warfighting School (JCWS) produces graduates capable of creatively and effectively planning operational level warfighting for joint and combined military forces while integrating the effects of the United States Government, nongovernmental organizations, and intergovernmental organizations to ensure the success of Combatant and Joint Task Force Commanders operating within an uncertain operating environment."
JCWS conducts Phase II of Joint Professional Military Education. JPME Phase II completes the process of joint education for officers who qualified as joint qualified officers (JQOs).
Below are the Officer Professional Military Education Program (OPMEP) objectives that all JCWS graduates will obtain prior to graduation:
- JCWS Learning Areas and Objectives. JCWS incorporates the specific OPMEP (CJCSI 1800.01C, Appendix G to Enclosure E) as well as CJCS Special Areas of Emphasis, Congressional guidance and recommendations from the combatant commanders.
- JCWS uses the 13 Academic Objectives, described below, under the appropriate learning area to achieve the desired outcomes for JPME Phase II students. Those learning areas and objectives are as follows:
Learning Area 1 -- National Strategic Security Systems and Guidance, and Command Structures
a. Apply appropriate strategic security policies and guidance used in developing joint operational plans across the range of military operations to support national objectives.
b. Analyze the integration of all instruments of national power in achieving strategic objectives. Focus on the proper employment of the military instrument of national power at the joint force level both as a supported instrument and as a supporting instrument of national power.
Learning Area 2 -- Joint, Interagency and Multinational Capabilities
a. Synthesize the capabilities and limitations of all Services (own Service, other Services -- to include SOF) in achieving the appropriate strategic objectives in joint operations.
b. Analyze the capabilities and limitations of multinational forces in achieving the appropriate strategic objectives in coalition operations.
c. Analyze the capabilities and limitations of the interagency processes in achieving the appropriate strategic objectives in joint operational plans.
d. Comprehend the attributes of the future joint force and how this force will organize, plan, prepare and conduct operations.
e. Value a thoroughly joint perspective and appreciate the increased power available to commanders through joint, combined, interagency efforts and teamwork.
Learning Area 3 -- Information Operations
a. Analyze the principles, capabilities and limitations of information operations across the range of military operations and–- to include pre- and post-conflict operations.
b. Analyze the use of information operations to achieve desired effects across the spectrum of national security threats.
Learning Area 4 -- Joint Planning
a. Synthesize examples of campaign/theater planning and operations. Focus on the use of planning concepts, techniques and procedures as well as integration of battlespace support systems.
b. Analyze complex contingency operations for use of appropriate planning principles.
c. Apply current technology, modeling, simulation and wargaming to accomplish the synchronization, employment, support and transportation planning of the joint force.
d. Analyze the appropriate mix of battlespace support systems and functions to develop joint operational plans.
e. Comprehend the roles that factors such as geopolitics, geostrategy, culture and religion play in shaping planning and execution of joint force operations.
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JCWS ADVANCE READINGS
During the first three weeks of your JPME II education there are several readings from U.S. National Security documents and on the Operation Torch 1942-43 case study that may compete for your time and energy.
Although there is time in your schedule for research and reading, many students find it useful to refresh their memories about the details of these documents and campaign prior to their arrival at their JPME II course. When you read about Operation Torch relate the campaign to the six joint functions, which you can find in Joint Pub 3-0.
During the Registration process, there is a link to these readings labeled “JCWS Advance Readings” on the first page of the JFSC Data Enterprise System (DES). We strongly encourage students complete the JCWS Advance Readings.
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JCWS CURRICULUM
To accomplish the mission, JCWS delivers a rigorous and comprehensive curriculum incorporating the latest in joint operational concepts and joint lessons learned into classroom learning and exercise application.
The JCWS curriculum emphasizes the joint operational level of warfighting. It encompasses the integrated deployment, employment and synchronization of land, sea, air, space, and special operations forces. JCWS designed the curriculum for the faculty to teach using a scenario of events that supports a broader course of study. This expanded framework allows for an understanding of joint actions and processes as well as the environment within which they occur.
The JPME Phase II curriculum consists of the following five course summarized below. The overall curriculum uses a background scenario, based on a fictitious Combatant Command, U.S. Eastern Command (USEASTCOM), to provide a framework for the ordering of lessons as well as provide a contextual framework for the assignments students complete as part of the lessons. The students in each seminar serve as members of the USEASTCOM staff and, as part of the lessons, complete the strategic and operational requirements that represent actual assignments, tasks and missions that a real Combatant Command performs. This allows students to gain first-hand experience in the broad range of activities completed by combatant and other joint commands. The structure of lessons and practical exercises replicate normal staff requirements. The curriculum exposes the students to the replication of nearly two years of activities in a Combatant Commander’s area of responsibility (AOR).
The five courses are Administration (ADM), Assessments, Papers and Electives (APF), Multidimensional Campaign Planning (MCP), Contingency Planning (CNP),and Crisis Action Planning (CAP) Exercises -- Purple Guardian, Purple Lightning and Purple Eclipse. JCWS normally schedules Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for core curriculum courses. JCWS normally sets aside Wednesdays for student research and, Elective classes.
The JCWS program uses an integrated learning concept. The courses, less ADM, build on previous instruction, exercises and simulations. As a result, we schedule nearly all lessons in accordance with selective constraints identified by each curriculum course director.
Each seminar functions independently with the students in each seminar serving as members of the USEASTCOM staff and working curriculum-based requirements, either as individuals or as a team. Depending on the particular exercise or simulation, students have an opportunity to role-play a number of different staff positions found at a Combatant Command. In some situations students serve as members of the Combatant Commander’s planning staff, while in other situations they serve as members of the USEASTCOM Standing Joint Force Headquarters (SJFHQ) Staff.
The curriculum structures the lessons and practical exercises so that they serve to replicate normal staff requirements. In addition, the lesson developer built the scenario so the decisions students make during each exercise are cumulative. In other words, when students take actions in their seminar concerning an issue, their decisions affect the starting point of future exercises and influence later actions throughout the remainder of the curriculum. This cumulative approach ensures that the group is not only learning as part of a class, but also gaining a greater appreciation for the impact and outcomes of decisions and policies. The curriculum provides a great opportunity for personalized education. While each seminar’s faculty guides the students’ through the curriculum using the same OPMEP learning areas and lesson objectives, their lessons may vary in depth of coverage and teaching methodology based on the background of the students and their actions and decisions throughout the curriculum.
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Last Updated: 09 June 2009
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