AOASF Curriculum

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AOASF Curriculum

• 2005-2006
• As of 6 JUN 05

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Advanced Operational Arts Studies Fellowship
(AOASF)

• Within the School of Advanced Military Studies
  (SAMS), CGSC
  
• Senior Service College (SSC) level course
• Attended by centrally selected LTCs and COLs
• Mostly former battalion/squadron level
  commanders
  
• Participating Services Army, USMC, USAF
• One international officer, to date
• Focuses on the operational and strategic levels
  of war
  
• Includes travel to the regional combatant
  commands
  
• Unlike typical fellowships (i.e.,Harvard,
  Georgetown)

Navy stopped attending seven years ago
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Changes in the Environment

• National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2005
  allows JPME II at Senior Service Colleges
  
• JPME II does not include Service Fellowship
  programs at Intermediate Level Colleges
  
• This will require one of the following
• Slate only JPME II officers into AOASF
• Have all AOASF officers attend the short JPME II
  course after departure from SAMS or before
  attendance at the Fellowship
  
• Extract the required 6 weeks from the program to
  attend TDY JPME II course during first or second
  year of Fellowship
  
• Gain JPME II credit for AOASF program

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AOASF Curriculum 2005-2006

• Fellowship Outcomes
• Competent senior leaders who
• 1. Understand and can leverage the
  multi-national, joint and interagency
  contemporary operational environment for
  accomplishment of national security objectives,
  including success in current operations.
• 2. Are knowledgeable of Joint doctrine for
  theater-strategic and JTF planning.
  
• 3. Can apply land power, airpower, maritime,
  special operations and information components of
  modern operations.
  
• 4. Are confident in their ability to plan large
  formation operations across the spectrum of
  conflict.
  
• 5. Can lead planning groups, to include teaching
  and mentoring junior officers in appropriate
  planning skills and tactical, operational, and
  theater-strategic analysis.

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AOASF Curriculum 2005-2006

• The course explores four significant themes
• Contemporary Operations
• Developments in military decision making,
  inter-agency planning and coordination, and the
  effects of Joint interdependence on the
  application of US and Coalition power in all
  forms
• International Affairs in the first half of the
  21st century
  
• The GWOT and American and Coalition global
  influence and the rest of the world.
  
• Culture, religions, ideologies and governance in
  the 21st century
  
• The Western concepts of freedom of religion,
  democracy failing and failed states global
  influence of the liberal democratic ideal today
  and in the future understand the moral, ethical,
  and practical issues involving confrontation in
  the COE.
• Human cognition and education
• The role of officer education in SAMS, how to
  optimally influence the majors in the AMSP
  course, and the development of functional
  awareness of both the contemporary and future
  operating environments.

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AOASF Curriculum 2005-2006

• The course facilitates professional and personal
  development through travel, in-class discussion,
  and directed research and analysis projects.
  
• Travel is focused on the planning and conduct of
  current and future operations at Joint and
  Service levels.
  
• Directed research and analysis is the foundation
  for development of Fellows ability to understand
  the contemporary and future security environments
  and to best educate general staff officers. The
  directed research incorporates appropriate
  writing requirements.
• Independent research is at the option of the
  individual Fellow. For Fellows who already have a
  Masters degree, research may culminate in a
  paper suitable for presentation at a conference
  or publication in a reputable journal, or
  specialized projects as approved by the Director,
  SAMS. For MMAS credit, research must result in a
  scholarly monograph.

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Learning Areas

• Learning Area 1 -- National Security Strategy
• Learning Area 2 National Military Strategy and
  Organization
  
• Learning Area 3 Joint Warfare, Theater
  Strategy, and Campaigning
  
• Learning Area 4 National and Joint Planning
  Systems and Processes
  
• Learning Area 5 Integration of Joint,
  Interagency, and Multinational Capabilities
  
• Learning Area 6 Information Operations, C2, and
  Battlespace Awareness
  
• Learning Area 7 Joint Strategic Leader
  Development
  
• Drawn from CJCSI 1800.01B JPME II Learning
  Areas for Service Senior-Level Colleges

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War College - level Learning Objectives (p 1 of 4)

• General Learning Objectives
• Analyze and evaluate techniques for leading
  strategic change and building consensus among key
  constituencies, including service, coalition and
  interagency partners, given the changing nature
  of conflict and national security. (JPME, JAWS,
  Learning Area 5, Appendix I to Enclosure E CJCSI
  1800.01B)
• Evaluate technological means, methods, and
  processes that can lead to rapid adaptation,
  change, and innovation in organizations to
  achieve competitive advantage. (JPME, ICAF,
  Learning Area 2, Appendix G to Enclosure E CJCSI
  1800.01B)
• Evaluate how enduring philosophical and
  historical American principles contribute to US
  strategic thinking. Analyze the foundations and
  operation of democratic government, the US
  Constitution, and the design of the national
  security establishment. (JPME, ICAF, Learning
  Area 1, Appendix G to Enclosure E CJCSI
  1800.01B)
• Analyze the nature of the ever-changing domestic
  and international security environments, and
  their implications for the formulation and
  implementation of future national security
  strategy. (JPME, ICAF, Learning Area 1, Appendix
  G to Enclosure E CJCSI 1800.01B)
• Evaluate national security organization and
  strategy and the instruments of national policy
  to achieve US objectives in peace and war by
  applying historical lessons learned. (JPME,
  ICAF, Learning Area 1, Appendix G to Enclosure E
  CJCSI 1800.01B)

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War College - level Learning Objectives (p 2 of 4)

• National Security Learning Objectives
• Comprehend the roles and influence of
  international organizations and other non-state
  actors. (JPME, NWC, Learning Area 2, Appendix F
  to Enclosure E CJCSI 1800.01B)
• Evaluate key military, non-military, and
  transnational challenges to US national security.
  (JPME, NWC, Learning Area 2, Appendix F to
  Enclosure E CJCSI 1800.01B)
• Evaluate how joint and multinational campaigns
  and operations support national objectives and
  relate to the national strategic, theater
  strategic, and operational levels in war. (JPME,
  ICAF, Learning Area 4, Appendix G to Enclosure E
  CJCSI 1800.01B)
• Evaluate the national security decision-making
  system and the policy formulation process and
  evaluate how effective they are in establishing
  and supporting US national security objectives.
  (JPME, ICAF, Learning Area 2, Appendix G to
  Enclosure E CJCSI 1800.01B)
• Evaluate the national economy and the national
  budget process. (JPME, ICAF, Learning Area 2,
  Appendix G to Enclosure E CJCSI 1800.01B)

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War College - level Learning Objectives (p 3 of 4)

• Theater-Strategic, Operational and Tactical
  Learning Objectives
  
• Synthesize the capabilities and limitations of
  all Services (own Service, other Servicesto
  include SOF) in achieving the appropriate
  strategic objectives in joint, interagency, and
  multinational operations. (JPME, SLC, Learning
  Area 5, Appendix E to Enclosure E CJCSI
  1800.01B)
• Evaluate the responsibilities and relationships
  of the interagency and the joint community and
  evaluate their implementing policies and
  processes for planning, organizing, coordinating,
  and executing national security strategies.
  (JPME, ICAF, Learning Area 2, Appendix G to
  Enclosure E CJCSI 1800.01B)

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War College - level Learning Objectives (p 4 of 4)

• Theater-Strategic, Operational and Tactical
  Learning Objectives
  
• Synthesize national military strategies, with
  emphasis on mobilization and logistic
  requirements, across the range of military
  operations. (JPME, ICAF, Learning Area 3,
  Appendix G to Enclosure E CJCSI 1800.01B)
• Apply an understanding of the combatant
  commanders perspective of the resources required
  to support campaign plans, to include
  mobilization, deployment, and sustainment. (JPME,
  ICAF, Learning Area 4, Appendix G to Enclosure E
  CJCSI 1800.01B)
• Evaluate the organization, responsibilities, and
  capabilities of military forces available to the
  JFCs. (JPME, ICAF, Learning Area 4, Appendix G to
  Enclosure E CJCSI 1800.01B)
• Analyze the integration of IO, C2, and
  battlespace awareness to theater campaign
  development. (JPME, SLC, Learning Area 5,
  Appendix D to Enclosure E CJCSI 1800.01B)

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AOASF 2005 - 2006 travel 14 () weeks
Mod 1 DC (Joint Staff, NSC, Congress, CIA, Army
Fellowship Orientation) Jul 05
Mod 2 DC DOD and DA staff, AWG visit Sep 0
5 Mod 3 US GWOT HQs (CENTCOM, SOCOM, Third Army
, FORSCOM, Fort Bragg) Sep 05
Mod 3 Europe regional study 10 21 Oct 05
Mod 4 Middle East regional study Dec
05 Mod 5 Pacific and Asia regional study Feb
Mar 06 Mod 5 STRATCOM (visit during in-class w
eek) tbd Mod 5 TRANSCOM (visit during in-clas
s week) tbd Mod 5 NORTHCOM (visit during in-
class week) tbd Mod 6 USAF red flag exercis
e at Nellis tbd Mod 6 USN at sea training ex
ercise tbd Mod 6DC Trip 3 second visit to
some locations, first to others Apr 06
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AOASF and JPME II Requirements

• 2005 NDAA Legislative Changes
• JPME II Faculty and Student Composition (60/40) 
  Host military department faculty and student
  representation not more than 60 host service
  population.
• AOASF has no military faculty. We use all
  civilian PhDs, of whom some are retired
  officers. 
  
• AOASF consists of eight US Army, one USAF one
  International officer and one USMC officer every
  other year. No naval officers attend due to no
  JPME II Credit.
• 2005 OPMEP (Draft) JPME II Guidance
• Faculty-to-student ratio JPME II requires
  13.5. AOASF meets this ratio.
  
• JPME II learning areas  AOASF needs to review
  its curriculum to determine if it meets this
  requirement.
  
• Currently, AOASF meets one of the three
  requirements for JPME II.

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Possible Consequences of No Change to JPME II

• JPME II credit awarded to students attending SSC
  except AOASF and other Service fellowship
  programs
  
• This may impact volunteer rate for AOASF
• Volunteer quality may decline
• Officers no longer ambitious for flag promotion
• Possibility that only JSO officers will apply
• Volunteer quantity may decline drastically

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Questions and / or Comments ?
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War College - level Learning Objectives (p 5of 6)

• Doctrinal analysis and practical application
  weeks
  
• a. Evaluate how joint and multinational campaigns
  and operations support national objectives and
  relate to the national strategic, theater
  strategic, and operational levels in war. (JPME,
  ICAF, Learning Area 4, Appendix G to Enclosure E
  CJCSI 1800.01B)
• b. Synthesize joint theater strategies to meet
  national strategic goals, with emphasis on
  logistic requirements across the range of
  military operations. (JPME, ICAF, Learning Area
  4, Appendix G to Enclosure E CJCSI 1800.01B)
• c. Apply an understanding of the combatant
  commanders perspective of the resources required
  to support campaign plans, to include
  mobilization, deployment, and sustainment. (JPME,
  ICAF, Learning Area 4, Appendix G to Enclosure E
  CJCSI 1800.01B)
• d. Evaluate the organization, responsibilities,
  and capabilities of military forces available to
  the JFCs. (JPME, ICAF, Learning Area 4, Appendix
  G to Enclosure E CJCSI 1800.01B)
• e. Analyze the integration of IO, C2, and
  battlespace awareness to theater campaign
  development. (JPME, SLC, Learning Area 5,
  Appendix D to Enclosure E CJCSI 1800.01B)
• f. Synthesize the capabilities and limitations of
  all Services (own Service, other Servicesto
  include SOF) in achieving the appropriate
  strategic objectives in joint, interagency, and
  multinational operations. (JPME, SLC, Learning
  Area 5, Appendix E to Enclosure E CJCSI 1800.01B)

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War College - level Learning Objectives (p 6 of 6)

• Visits to COCOMs and RCCs
• Synthesize joint theater strategies to meet
  national strategic goals, with emphasis on
  logistic requirements across the range of
  military operations. (JPME, ICAF, Learning Area
  4, Appendix G to Enclosure E CJCSI 1800.01B)
• Evaluate the force structure requirements and
  resultant capabilities and limitations of US
  military forces and the associated risks that
  affect the development of national military
  strategy. (JPME, ICAF, Learning Area 3, Appendix
  G to Enclosure E CJCSI 1800.01B)
• Conduct strategic assessments of selected
  international regions, states, or issues and
  develop security policy options that integrate
  the elements of national power and the
  instruments of national policy in support of the
  national security strategy. (JPME, ICAF, Learning
  Area 1, Appendix G to Enclosure E CJCSI
  1800.01B)
• Comprehend the major social, cultural, political,
  economic, military, technological, and historical
  issues in selected states and regions. (JPME,
  NWC, Learning Area 2, Appendix F to Enclosure E
  CJCSI 1800.01B)

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Europe Trip for AOASF 2005-2006

• NATO and EU
• Brussels for two days
• Weekend battlefields
• Ardennes 1940 and 1945
• Verdun
• Meuse-Argonne
• EUCOM
• Monday
• German Perspective
• Berlin ??

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Middle East Trip for AOASF 2005-2006

• ______

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Asia Trip for AOASF 2005-2006

• Hawaii
• Fly on Tuesday
• visit on Wed, Thur, Fri
• Asia Pacific Center for a day
• Pacom for a day
• Pacaf on Fri AM CINCPAC on Fri PM
• Fly out on Sat (arrive Sunday)
• Korea
• Arrive on Sunday
• Visit on Mon, Tue, Wed
• Mon C/U/J staff
• Tue DMZ
• Wed OSAN and ROK
• Fly to China on Thur
• China
• Arrive Thur
• Visit -- Fri Embassy and DAT staff
• Tourist stuff Sat Sun
• Visit Mon Tues PRC/PLA war college, .

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New books and questions for AOASF 2005-2006

• Locher, Victory on the Potomac
• David Galula, Counterinsurgency Warfare
• UQ06 full participation (AMSP too) or nothing
• Questions
• Date of Eisenhower or replacement (Fletcher ?)
• How long is necessary history and theory block
  sets ?
  
• Exercise frequency, number and duration 11
  Fellows
  
• Each Fellow to be lead two groups as norm
• Each Fellow to be OC 11 Fellows
• Requires 6 (opt) or 4 (min) exercise events
• Could be 5 in 2 groups and one large group
• Could be 3 in 3 groups and 1 in 2 groups

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AOASF Curriculum Approval Process

• Requirements
• Each element of the course meets the learning
  requirements of the outcomes of the Fellowship
  
• Each element has appropriate internal learning
  objectives which build on the previous elements,
  serve as foundations for the following elements,
  and support the course outcomes.
• Each element learning objectives will be written
  by the course author in collaboration with the
  Director, AOASF. These learning objectives will
  then be approved by the Director, SAMS.
• Each faculty input to the element will be
  reviewed and approved by the Director, AOASF.
  
• Initial course element discussion will be 8 weeks
  out.
  
• Final approval will be at 6 weeks.
• Final posted copy of advance sheet at 3 weeks
  out.
  
• Should be part of the active ACM process if it
  exists next year !

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This last year AOASF 2004-2005

• Trial efforts
• Jointness through two-week long exercise blocks
  -- much more useful when fully effective as an
  exercise need to establish the right procedures
  early in the year (July ?) to set the right tone
• Monday Thursday Friday schedule trial
  balloon? -- retain, expand, make routine
  schedule for most weeks
  
• Not quite right
• Operational art taught based on campaign design
  -- still remains a general weakness add some
  T-H-D crosswalk sessions
  
• Sequence of instruction needs to be more than
  just trips in a random sequence sort out
  sequence, then organize trips accordingly
  
• Eisenhower Conference not helpful replace with
  some other event
  
• Reorganize sequence for DC events do this in
  the proper sequence, driven by outcome not by
  calendar. OSD civilians Joint Staff CIA
  (keeper) Pasquale, etc
• Guest speaker program for the Fellowship
  pulling from HQs and other locations
  

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New Ideas for AOASF 2005-2006

• Add significant planning practice, including
  several efforts at UEx and UEy levels partial
  prep for seminar leading, partial Army
  transformation skills as well as continue to
  develop theater and JTF exercises SOD, Adaptive
  planning EBO MDMP
• Integration with AMSP students in exercises
• Systems ? How to integrate / when to integrate
• Integrate new classroom capabilities make the
  Thursday schedule a PE in part with appropriate
  homework once a week practice application in
  academic weeks
• Adjust trips to make them cultural awareness
  experiences perhaps sacrifice some of the
  headquarters to find the proper balance of TDY
  and at - Leavenworth time modify Europe
  abbreviate Hawaii travel out on Sat If
  China/India/Israel/Egypt or Jordan added, then
  remove several headquarters ? Regional centers
  ?
• New system for USAF and USN fam red flag/Nellis
  and at sea trials for Navy can I get this done?
  
  

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New Ideas for AOASF 2005-2006

• Sequence of instruction thoughts
• Course intro Human cognition, instruction,
  change over time
  
• Strategic arts theory, history of
  Goldwater-Nichols, current practice
  
• DC visit Joint Staff, Congress, CIA, HLS,
  (Fletcher ?) Sun Fri ?
  
• Campaign planning --- theory, historical case
  study, current doctrine, practice
  
• Change over time classical to industrial to
  mechanized to current
  
• UEy / UEx issues and instruction focused on
  AMSP teaching skill set
  
• GWOT Middle East regional study
• Islam and Middle East study period(s)
• CENTCOM/SOCOM/FORSCOM/Third Army/JSOC (w/o
  German)
  
• Israel, Egypt Jordan trip
• Current transformation
• Key Commands NORTHCOM (RCC) STRATCOM
  TRANSCOM
  
• USAF and USN field experience and familiarity
  with their transfomation
  
• Regional studies and cultural awareness
• Europe October fit is good
• Asia and Pacific
• Instructing operational art
• Instruction by DAD special course for Fellows
  work with Ellen
  

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A typical week - academic
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday Assess the themes of the week and
discuss relevant sources and methodologies
0900-1200 Fellows assigned individual and group r
eadings and given guidance for the week
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Individual research and reflection time as
required
Friday Meet to discuss, critique and assess the
themes of the week
0900-1500 brown bag
Alternate week schedules are at the option of the
course author
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A typical week doctrine and practice
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday Discuss the nature of the problem for
the week and identify solution parameters and me
thods
0900 1100
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Group work as
practice exercise,
practicum, or project related
Friday Meet to present and critique results of
group work and assess the themes of the week 09
00-1200 and 1300-1500
Alternate week schedules are at the option of the
course author
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Course Material 2005 - 2006 (p 1 of 4)

• Module 1 National Policy Decision Making
• Intro -- Human cognition, theory construction
  and COE (1 week)
  
• Schifferle and Butler-Smith
• Political development and Inter Agency National
  Security Planning (1 week 1 week
  visit)
  
• Gregor and Burbach
• Module 2 Evolution to Contemporary Operational
  Practice
  
• Doctrinal analysis and practical application
  issues of UEy to JTF and HQ transitions (1 week)
  
• Garrett
• Evolution of Contemporary Operational Practice
  (3 weeks)
  
• Schifferle / Garrett / Gregor
• Module 3 US Strategy and Operations for the
  GWOT
  
• GWOT, national and theater-strategic issues and
  current operations (1 week)
  
• Butler-Smith / Challans / Schifferle
• Complexity and the COE EBO, SOD and
  theoretical issues (1 week)
  
• Schifferle
• GWOT, Islam and Culture (1 week)
• Butler-Smith
• US headquarters and the GWOT (1 week visit)
• Schifferle / Butler-Smith

Black academic weeks Blue practice and
exercise weeks Green TDY visits
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Course Material 2005 - 2006 (p 2 of 4)

• Module 4 Europe and the GWOT
• Regional Development and US policy Europe (1
  week 2 week visit)
  
• Burbach / German Fellow / Schifferle
• Module 5 Campaign Planning, Team Building and
  Officer Education
  
• How to teach campaign planning (2 weeks)
• FDP / Schifferle / Garrett / Gregor
• Campaign Design Classical to the Current (1
  week)
  
• Schifferle / Garrett / Gregor
• Doctrinal analysis and practical application
  issues of transitions from combat operations to
  post-conflict operations (1 week)
  
• Gregor / Garrett / JSOU

Black academic weeks Blue practice and
exercise weeks Green TDY visits
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Course Material 2005 2006 (p 3 of 4)

• Module 6 Middle East and the GWOT
• Regional Development and US Policy Middle East
  and Islam (1 week 2 weeks visit)
  
• Butler-Smith / Challans
• Module 7 Asia Regional Study and
  Expeditionary Warfare
  
• Deployment Case Study Rwanda (TRANSCOM visit)
  (3 days 2 day visit)
  
• Schifferle
• Doctrinal analysis and practical application
  issues relevant to defeat of a nation state as an
  expeditionary force (2 weeks)
  
• Weaver / Gregor / Schifferle
• Regional Development and US foreign policy
  Asia, the Pacific Rim, China and the Korean
  Peninsula (1 week and 3 week visit)
  
• Babb / Bjorge / Butler-Smith

Black academic weeks Blue practice and
exercise weeks Green TDY visits
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Course Material 2005 2006 (p 4 of 4)

• Module 8 Movable items separable weeks for
  flex in POI
  
• Asymmetric threats and homeland security and
  defense (NORTHCOM visit) (3 days 2 day visit)
  
• Butler-Smith / Burbach
• Global influence (STRATCOM visit) (3 days 2
  day visit)
  
• ?
• Moral, ethical and lawful warfare (1 week)
• Challans
• Red Flag (1 week visit)
• USAF Fellow
• USN sea trials (1 week visit)
• USMC Fellow
• Blank space on the calendar (2 weeks)
• TBD
• Module 9 teaching AMSP
• Teaching the 2006-2007 AMSP curriculum - (3
  weeks 1 week visit)
  
• Includes involvement in AMSP BCTP exercise as
  senior leaders
  
• Benson and Faculty

Black academic weeks Blue practice and
exercise weeks Green TDY visits