Information
Operations Course
CMS-10
Duration:
9 Weeks MASL ID# B129201
Purpose:
To
educate mid- to senior-level military officers and selected civilian
government officials in information operations (IO). The course
focuses on teaching approved U.S. Army IO doctrine and Joint IO
policy guidance. Primary emphasis is on training the students to
function as IO staff officers and advisors at the division and joint
level. Students learn to plan, organize, and supervise the integration
of all resources into effective IO campaigns in military operations
in peace and in times of conflict. Students are instructed in the
critical roles of public affairs and civic action in command-and-control
(C2) operations as well as the separation of these abilities to
ensure institutional credibility, effectiveness, and international
legitimacy.
Scope:
The
course gives students a common baseline of IO knowledge upon which
to correctly and legally employ IO tools and techniques. Students
are exposed to five foundational elements of IO—integration
and coherence; intelligence and exploitation; information projection;
information protection; and organization, training, and equipping.
The instruction includes a combination of instructor lectures, guest
speakers, and guided discussions. The course concludes with a practical
exercise focusing on the role of information management in integrated
IO. Additional instruction for each student integrates a mandated
minimum of fifteen hours of instruction in human rights, the rule
of law, due process, civilian control of the military, and the role
of the military in a democratic society. The American Council on
Education (ACE) has recommended six university credit hours for
this course.
Democratic-Sustainment
Course
CMS-2
Duration:
6 Weeks MASL ID# B179105
Purpose:
To
introduce and teach theory and practice of military and civilian
leadership in a constitutional nation-state, drawing on the shared
traditions of the countries in the Western Hemisphere.
Scope:
This
course explores the role of the military within a democratic and
constitutionally derived, civilian-controlled government. Information
and theoretical discussions are fully based upon the shared principles
and cultures of the Western Hemisphere. Instruction consists of
governmental operations, civil/military law, historical foundations
of regional democracy, and religious influences in both cultures.
Instruction will be presented in a variety of formats, including
student papers and oral reports, guest lectures, liaison visits
with city and county leaders, political groups, and public administrators.
The American Council on Education (ACE) has recommended three university
credit hours for this course based on a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) with Troy State University.
Departmental
Resource Management and Logistics Course
CMS-3
Duration:
6 Weeks MASL ID# B169355
Purpose:
To
develop an understanding and appreciation of the concepts, principles,
methods, techniques, and decision-making skills related to defense
resources and logistics management for selected military and official
civilian leaders and managers.
Scope:
This
course is designed to instruct personnel in resource and logistics
management concepts, principles, methods, techniques, systems analysis,
and decision-making skills, culminating with a practical, hands-on
resource-management case study. Instruction includes economic reasoning,
management theory and group dynamics, quantitative reasoning, strategy/policy
formulation, analytical decision-making, and program analysis, implementation,
execution, and control. Logistics instruction enhances the understanding
of the interrelationships and interdependence among logistics functions
and the organizational structure of logistics management. Also included
is an overview of the Army logistics system using the life-cycle
management model as the common thread of the course. The management
skills instruction is oriented toward improving the decision-making
abilities of the students. This instruction provides knowledge of
the techniques and considerations involved for transparent and accountable
resource and logistics-management procedures. The American Council
on Education has recommended one university credit hour for this
course based on a Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) with Troy State
University .
Human-Rights
Instructor Course
CMS-5
Duration:
3 Weeks MASL ID# B166150
Purpose:
To
present a number of techniques for effective teaching and integration
of human rights within military and security-force training. The
students will be taught to implement the concepts and methodology
of human-rights training in battalion-sized units within their country
of origin. Retainable course materials will include a professionally
developed human-rights video, a professional textbook issued with
pertinent reading materials, and a computer-assisted training package
to help in presenting the instruction.
Scope:
This
course is developed to qualify students as human-rights instructors
at the battalion level and to provide a pragmatic approach to the
integration of human rights into actual training environments. The
course includes in-depth discussions of relevant topics followed
by practical exercises. Topics covered include a human-rights core
block of instruction, ethics, the doctrine of “Just War,”
the historical development of human rights, case law, pertinent
international documents and legal principles, the relationship between
human rights and the law of armed conflict, and case studies. A
systematic approach to training providing a “learning by doing”
system will include performance-oriented instruction, learning analysis,
tests construction, and presentation techniques. Additional instruction
will contain a seminar on current human-rights issues and practical
exercises focusing on human-rights situations. All exercises are
critiqued and terminated with thorough after-action reviews (AAR).
The American Council on Education (ACE) has recommended four university
credit hours for this course.
Peace
Operations Course
CMS-6
Duration:
7 Weeks MASL ID# B129203
Purpose:
To
train military and civilian personnel in current United Nations
(UN) peace-operation techniques and procedures (TP).
Scope:
This
course will familiarize students with emerging UN doctrine for peace
operations. Training will focus on TP for peace operations, to include
logistics support, chain-of-command structures, rules-of-engagement
development, and information operations. Further instruction will
be conducted in preventive medicine and sanitation for peacekeepers
as well as national citizens. Training will encompass the role of
civilian controls on military operations and the varying roles civilian
non-governmental organizations have in supporting peace operations.
The American Council on Education (ACE) has recommended three university
credit hours for this course.
International
Operational Law Course
CMS-7
Duration:
3 Weeks MASL ID # 176225
Purpose:
To
provide both civilian officials and uniformed personnel training
in the contemporary applications of international law associated
with the planning and execution of military operations.
Scope:
This
course provides instruction on the legal responsibilities commonly
faced by military and civilian leaders in peacetime and during times
of conflict. Instruction in operational law includes the legal bases
for the use of force, rules-of-engagement development and training,
laws relating to civilians supporting military operations and the
law of war in operations other than war. Students research international
treaties and agreements as well as international organizations that
affect military operations and international maritime law. Students
are provided with lessons on and the opportunity to discuss current
issues related to military operations such as human rights, military
discipline, non-combatant evacuation, and domestic-support operations.
Instructor
Training Course
DEV-2 (English)
Duration:
2 Weeks, 3 Days MASL ID # B166010
Purpose:
To
provide students with the theory and practice of concepts, methods,
techniques, and technology of performance-oriented training.
Scope:
This
course will be conducted in English. The course consists of performance-oriented
training on how to prepare for and present classroom instruction.
The topics covered include methods of instruction, training aids,
questioning techniques, communication skills, among many other subjects.
The course consists of two phases of training; in the first, students
learn theories and concepts related to enhancing their instructional
abilities. In the second phase, students present three classes wherein
they implement what they learned in phase I. All students experience
the unique opportunity to see and hear themselves instruct, as one
of their presentations is filmed and shown to the students as part
of the feedback process during the course. Additional instruction
for each student integrates a mandated minimum of eleven hours of
instruction in human rights, the rule of law, due process, civilian
control of the military, and the role of the military in a democratic
society.
Instructor
Training Course
DEV-2
Duration:
2 Weeks, 3 Days MASL ID # B179117
Purpose:
To
provide students with the theory and practice of concepts, methods,
techniques, and technology of performance-oriented training.
Scope:
This
course consists of performance-oriented training on how to present
classroom instruction, including methods of instruction, training
aids, questioning techniques, and communication skills, among many
other subjects. The course consists of two phases of training; in
the first, students learn theories and concepts related to enhancing
their instructional abilities. In the second phase, students present
three classes wherein they implement what they learned in phase
I. All students experience the unique opportunity to see and hear
themselves instruct, as one of their presentations is filmed and
shown to the students as part of the feedback process during the
course. Additional instruction for each student integrates a mandated
minimum of eleven hours of instruction in human rights, the rule
of law, due process, civilian control of the military, and the role
of the military in a democratic society. The American Council on
Education (ACE) has recommended three university credit hours for
this course.
Small-Group
Instructor Course
DEV-5
(English)
Duration:
1 Week MASL ID# TBD
Purpose:
To
prepare instructors to deliver training using small-group-instructor
methodologies. The course is designed to teach military, police,
and civilian instructors how to facilitate learning in a small group
to achieve a training objective. The course also provides insights
into how adults learn and develop as individuals and group members
with common goals.
Scope:
This
course will be conducted in English. The course covers classroom
orientation, student and instructor roles and responsibilities,
small-group-instructor concepts, adult-learning theory, group development,
and methodologies presented by students through conferences and
practical exercises, The class size must be a maximum of 12 students
to increase student interaction and group balance. Additional instruction
for each student integrates a mandated minimum of eleven hours of
instruction in human rights, the rule of law, due process, civilian
control of the military, and the role of the military in a democratic
society.
Small-Group
Instructor Course
DEV-5
Duration:
1 Week MASL ID# TBD
Purpose:
To
prepare instructors to deliver training using small-group-instructor
methodologies. The course is designed to teach military, police,
and civilian instructors how to facilitate learning in a small group
to achieve a training objective. The course also provides insights
into how adults learn and develop as individuals and group members
with common goals.
Scope:
The
course covers classroom orientation, student and instructor roles
and responsibilities, small-group-instructor concepts, adult-learning
theory, group development, and methodologies presented by students
through conferences and practical exercises, The class size must
be a maximum of 12 students to increase student interaction and
group balance. Additional instruction for each student integrates
a mandated minimum of eleven hours of instruction in human rights,
the rule of law, due process, civilian control of the military,
and the role of the military in a democratic society.
Cadet
Leadership Development Course – Infantry
LDR-1
Duration:
6 Weeks MASL ID# B172630
Purpose:
To
train cadets or other small-unit leaders in the rank of second lieutenant
or equivalent in the leadership skills required to lead small units
at the squad and platoon level.
Scope:
This
course is designed to introduce cadets and junior commissioned officers
to basic light-infantry tactics, techniques, and skills. During
the tactics portion of the training, students learn basic light-infantry
squad and platoon operations, air-assault operations planning, and
the application of leadership theory in a field environment. Intense
focus is given to performance in leadership positions and situation
and field-training exercises. Additional training for each student
integrates a mandated minimum of fifteen hours of instruction in
human rights, the rule of law, due process, civilian control of
the military, and the role of the military in a democratic society.
The American Council on Education (ACE) has recommended three university
credit hours for this course.
Cadet
Troop-Leader Training Course (Infantry)
LDR-4
(A)
Duration:
3 Weeks, 1 Day MASL ID# B179051
Purpose:
To
provide training in U.S. combined-arms doctrine, new technology,
and leadership development.
Scope:
Students
receive hands-on training in the use of computer simulations, night-operations
capabilities, and new technology demonstrations. Field training
consists of infantry tactics and force-on force operations where
the Multiple Integrated Laser System (MILES) is used to provide
students direct feedback and enhance their awareness of leadership
challenges in command and control in a tactical scenario. Professional
development instruction is provided through classroom and training
scenarios involving the laws of war and human rights as well as
the leadership reaction course where they will be challenged in
a varied array of leadership problem-solving tasks. Training includes
practical application of human rights relate scenarios in a field
environment. Additional instruction for each student integrates
a mandated minimum of eight hours of instruction in human rights,
the rule of law, due process, civilian control of the military,
and the role of the military in a democratic society.
Cadet
Troop-Leader Training Course (Intelligence)
LDR-4
(B)
Duration:
3 Weeks MASL ID# B172635
Purpose:
To
provide training in U.S. combined-arms doctrine, new technology,
and leadership development.
Scope:
Students
receive hands-on training in military intelligence and the use of
computer simulations. Professional development instruction is provided
through classroom and training scenarios involving the laws of war
and human rights as well as the leadership reaction course where
they will be challenged in a varied array of leadership problem-solving
tasks. Training includes practical application of human rights relate
scenarios in a field environment. Additional instruction for each
student integrates a mandated minimum of eight hours of instruction
in human rights, the rule of law, due process, civilian control
of the military, and the role of the military in a democratic society.
Cadet
Troop-Leader Training Course (CS)
LDR-4
(C)
Duration:
3 Weeks, 1 Day MASL ID# B174501
Purpose:
To
provide training in U.S. combined-arms doctrine, new technology,
and leadership development.
Scope:
Students
receive hands-on training in the use of computer simulations, technology
demonstrations, and first aid training. Field training consists
of engineer operations and introduction to mines awareness. Professional
development instruction is provided through classroom and training
scenarios involving the laws of war and human rights as well as
the leadership reaction course where they will be challenged in
a varied array of leadership problem-solving tasks. Training includes
practical application of human rights relate scenarios in a field
environment. Additional instruction for each student integrates
a mandated minimum of eight hours of instruction in human rights,
the rule of law, due process, civilian control of the military,
and the role of the military in a democratic society.
Joint-Operations
(Mobile Training Team)
MTT-1
Duration:
2 Weeks MASL ID# B302026
Purpose:
To
train field-grade officers in national-defense strategy, military
instruments of power, joint operations, decision-making, and planning
processes through formal lectures and ample case-study analysis.
Scope:
This
training is designed to be conducted using a mobile training team
(MTT) deployed to a requesting country. The training is for field-grade
officers who will be assigned as multinational and joint-operations
officers. The training is divided into six sections: national-defense
strategy, military instruments of power, joint planning, crisis-action
planning, regional-contingency planning, and a force-projection
wargame. National-defense strategy consists of strategic concepts,
domestic and internal factors influencing a nation’s foreign-policy
agenda, an analysis of national security and military strategy,
and the relationship between the two. Military instruments of power
describe the structure, missions, and functions of the Department
of Defense, to include the joint commands and the services (army,
navy, marine corps, and air force). Joint-planning training consists
of instruction in deliberate planning (initiation, concept development,
and plan-development procedures), and crisis-action planning procedures
(CAP). Regional-contingency planning consists of mission analysis,
planning guidance, staff estimates, commander's estimates, concept
of operations, and concept review. The plan-development phase includes
force planning, support planning, and transportation planning. The
joint-operations force-projection wargame is conducted as a capstone
exercise to integrate all previous joint-operations instruction.
Additional instruction for each student integrates a mandated minimum
of eight hours of instruction in human rights, the rule of law,
due process, civilian control of the military, and the role of the
military in a democratic society.
Battalion/Brigade
Staff-Operations (Mobile Training Team)
MTT-2
Duration:
2 Weeks MASL ID# 3202027
Purpose:
To
develop battalion- and brigade-level staff-planning skills in senior
company-grade or junior field-grade officers through the execution
of multiple exercises.
Scope:
Students
will learn to function as various members of a battle staff at battalion
and brigade level. The focal point of the course is the decision-making
process. Staffs conduct intelligence preparation of the battlefield
(IPB); prepare personnel, logistics, and civil-military operations
estimates; develop courses of action; write orders and annexes;
and coordinate the execution of command decisions. Additional instruction
for each student integrates a mandated minimum of eight hours of
instruction in human rights, the rule of law, due process, civilian
control of the military, and the role of the military in a democratic
society.
Noncommissioned-Officer
Professional-Development Course
(Mobile
Training Team)
MTT-3
Duration:
2 Weeks MASL ID# B305002
Purpose:
To
train selected noncommissioned officers to lead, train, and direct
subordinates at the squad and platoon level.
Scope:
This
training is design to be conducted using a mobile training team
(MTT) deployed to a requesting country. The course develops leadership
skills required by NCOs who will serve as squad leaders or platoon
sergeants. The instruction focuses on training management, battle-staff
planning, and squad and platoon tactics. Additional skills are acquired
through training in fire support, leadership, communications, land
navigation, and human-rights awareness. Additional instruction for
each student integrates a mandated minimum of eight hours of instruction
in human rights, the rule of law, due process, civilian control
of the military, and the role of the military in a democratic society.
Human-Rights
Instructor Course
(Mobile
Training Team)
MTT-4
Duration:
2 Weeks MASL ID# B309001
Purpose:
To
present a number of techniques for effective teaching and integration
of human rights within military and security-force training. The
students will be taught to implement the concepts and methodology
of human-rights training in battalion-sized units within their country
of origin. Retainable course materials will include a professionally
developed human-rights video, a professional textbook issued with
pertinent reading materials, and a computer-assisted training package
to help in presenting the instruction.
Scope:
This
training is designed to be conducted using a mobile training team
(MTT) deployed to a requesting country. This course is developed
to qualify students as human-rights instructors at the battalion
level and to provide a pragmatic approach to the integration of
human rights into actual training environments. The course includes
in-depth discussions of relevant topics followed by practical exercises.
Topics covered include a human-rights core block of instruction,
ethics, the doctrine of “Just War,” the historical development
of human rights, case law, pertinent international documents and
legal principles, the relationship between human rights and the
law of armed conflict, and case studies. A systematic approach to
training providing a “learning-by-doing” system will include
performance-oriented instruction, learning analysis, test construction,
and presentation techniques. Additional instruction will contain
a seminar on current human-rights issues and practical exercises
focusing on human-rights situations. All exercises are critiqued
and terminated with thorough after-action reviews (AAR).
Peace
Operations Course
(Mobile
Training Team)
MTT-5
Duration:
1 Week MASL ID# B309002
Purpose:
To
train military and civilian personnel in current United Nations
(UN) peace-operation techniques and procedures (TP).
Scope:
This
course will familiarize students with emerging UN doctrine for peace
operations. Training will focus on TP for peace operations, to include
logistics support, chain-of-command structures, and rules-of-engagement
development. Training will encompass the role of civilian controls
on military operations and the varying roles civilian non-governmental
organizations have in supporting peace operations. Additional instruction
for each student integrates a mandated minimum of four hours of
instruction in human rights, the rule of law, due process, civilian
control of the military, and the role of the military in a democratic
society.
Instructor
Training Course
(Mobile
Training Team)
MTT-6
Duration:
2 Weeks MASL ID # B309003
Purpose:
To
provide students with the theory and practice of concepts, methods,
techniques, and technology of performance-oriented training.
Scope:
This
course consists of performance-oriented instruction on how to develop,
prepare, and present instruction. Students learn how to develop
plans and tests to measure learning. Students receive training on
methods of instruction, training aids, communication skills, interaction
and control techniques, among other subjects. Additional instruction
for each student integrates a mandated minimum of eight hours of
instruction in human rights, the rule of law, due process, civilian
control of the military, and the role of the military in a democratic
society.
Noncommissioned-Officer
Professional-Development Course
NPME-8
(English)
Duration:
6 Weeks MASL ID # B179116
Purpose:
To
train selected noncommissioned officers to lead, train, and direct
subordinates at the squad and platoon level.
Scope:
This
course, conducted in English, develops leadership skills required
by NCOs who will serve as squad leaders or platoon sergeants. Training
focuses on M16A2, training management, battle-staff planning, and
squad and platoon tactics. Additional skills are acquired through
training in fire support, leadership, communications, land navigation,
and human-rights awareness. Additional instruction for each student
integrates a mandated minimum of fifteen hours of instruction in
human rights, the rule of law, due process, civilian control of
the military, and the role of the military in a democratic society.
Noncommissioned-Officer
Professional-Development Course
NPME-8
Duration:
6 Weeks MASL ID# B179115
Purpose:
To
train selected noncommissioned officers to lead, train, and direct
subordinates at the squad and platoon level.
Scope:
This
course develops leadership skills required by NCOs who will serve
as squad leaders or platoon sergeants. Training focuses on M16A2,
training management, battle-staff planning, and squad and platoon
tactics. Additional skills are acquired through training in fire
support, leadership, communications, land navigation, and human-rights
awareness. Additional instruction for each student integrates a
mandated minimum of fifteen hours of instruction in human rights,
the rule of law, due process, civilian control of the military,
and the role of the military in a democratic society. The American
Council on Education (ACE) has recommended four university credit
hours for this course.
Captains
Career Course
OPME-3
Duration:
18 Weeks MASL ID# B171420
Purpose:
To
train combined-arms company commanders and battalion-level staff
officers.
Scope:
Officers
initially receive foundation-building instruction in the fundamentals
of leadership, communications, land navigation, and military law.
This is followed by an extensive study of the battle operating system,
to include intelligence preparation of the battlefield, logistics,
combat engineer employment, use of indirect fire and close-air support,
and civil affairs. Using small-group instruction, students then
study the tactical level of war and plan military operations at
the company and battalion level. Brigade operations are also covered.
The course consists of numerous tactical exercises without troops,
supported by the JANUS Combat Simulations System, and is designed
to reinforce the concepts of combined-arms operations in a tactical
environment under the law of land warfare. Additional instruction
for each student integrates a mandated minimum of fifteen hours
of instruction in human rights, the rule of law, due process, civilian
control of the military, and the role of the military in a democratic
society. The American Council on Education (ACE) has recommended
nine university credit hours for this course.
Command
and General Staff Officer Course
OPME-4
Duration:
49 Weeks MASL ID# B171425
Purpose:
To
educate and train officers and civilian officials of all services
for duty as field-grade commanders and as principal staff officers
at brigade and division level in their armed forces. Graduates will
be able to command battalions, brigades, and equivalent-sized units
in peace or war; train these units to accomplish their assigned
missions; employ and sustain weapon and equipment systems in combined-arms
operations; serve as principal staff officers from brigade to corps
and as staff officers of major army, joint, unified, or combined
headquarters; and efficiently manage manpower, equipment, money,
and time. The CGSOC provides a broad base of fundamental knowledge
and skills via the core curriculum and develops student intellectual
depth and analytical ability. The Department of the Army has accredited
this course as equivalent to the U.S. Army Command and General Staff
College Course presented at Fort Leavenworth , Kansas . U.S. students
attending WHINSEC’s CGSOC receive MEL4 and Joint Military Professional
Education (JMPE) Phase I designation upon graduation.
Scope:
The
Command and General Staff Officer Course curriculum combines the
doctrine and principles of combat-service-support functions. Students
will become familiar with doctrine, tactics, and staff procedures,
apply techniques, and be capable of serving as a member of, or leading,
a high-performing staff organization. The course also includes an
orientation tour of the United States , during which students visit
major military installations, service schools, and Washington, D.C.
Academic content is oriented to the university and post-graduate
level of instruction. Additional instruction for each student integrates
a mandated minimum of forty-three hours of instruction in human
rights, the rule of law, due process, civilian control of the military,
and the role of the military in a democratic society. The American
Council on Education (ACE) has recommended fifteen university credit
hours for this course.
Joint-Operations
Course
OPME-5
Duration:
5 Weeks MASL ID# B121430
Purpose:
To
train field-grade officers in national-defense strategy, military
instruments of power, joint operations, decision-making, and planning
processes through formal lectures and ample case-study analysis.
Scope:
This
course is designed to train field-grade officers to function as
multinational and joint-operations officers. The course is partitioned
into six sections: national-defense strategy, military instruments
of power, joint planning, crisis-action planning, regional-contingency
planning, and a force-projection wargame. National-defense strategy
consists of strategic concepts, domestic and internal factors influencing
a nation’s foreign-policy agenda, an analysis of national security
and military strategy, and the relationship between the two. Military
instruments of power describe the structure, missions, and functions
of the Department of Defense, to include the joint commands and
the services (army, navy, marines, and air force). Joint-planning
training consists of instruction in deliberate planning (initiation,
concept development, and plan-development procedures), and crisis-action
planning procedures (CAP). Regional-contingency planning consists
of mission analysis, planning guidance, staff estimates, commander's
estimates, concept of operations, and concept review. The plan-development
phase includes force planning, support planning, and transportation
planning. The joint-operations force-projection wargame is conducted
as a capstone exercise to integrate all previous joint-operations
instruction. Additional instruction for each student integrates
a mandated minimum of fifteen hours of instruction in human rights,
the rule of law, due process, civilian control of the military,
and the role of the military in a democratic society. The American
Council on Education (ACE) has recommended six university credit
hours for this course.
Counter
Narco-Terrorism Information Analyst Course
TAC-10
Duration:
9 Weeks MASL ID# B129202
Purpose:
To
train selected military officers, noncommission officers, and selected
law-enforcement agents, at the operational analyst level, on their
duties and responsibilities when working in a counter narco-terrorist
environment .
Scope:
This
course is designed to introduce students to the demanding intelligence-analyst
career when operating in a Counter Narco-Terrorist operations environment.
The course provides intelligence duties and responsibilities in
tactical intelligence, intelligence preparation of the area of operations,
security of operations, and analysis techniques and procedures.
This course prepares students to operate in a joint-intellience
center. Additional instruction for each student integrates instruction
on human rights, the rule of law, due process, civilian control
of the military and the role of the military in a democratic society.
Intelligence
Officer Course
TAC-2
Duration:
9 Weeks MASL ID# B172750
Purpose:
To
train selected military officers to perform the duties of a tactical-intelligence
staff officer in conventional military operations and in military
operations other than war (MOOTW).
Scope:
The
curriculum provides a working knowledge of the employment of the
tactical intelligence cycle, intelligence preparation of the battlefield,
security of intelligence information and operations, threat analysis,
internal defense and development, intelligence, and training in
automated data processing in support of intelligence operations.
The course will culminate with a CAPSTONE Exercise using the JANUS
Simulation System. Additional instruction for each student integrates
a mandated minimum of fifteen hours of instruction in human rights,
the rule of law, due process, civilian control of the military,
and the role of the military in a democratic society. The American
Council on Education (ACE) has recommended three university credit
hours for this course.
Counterdrug-Operations
Course
TAC-6
Duration:
12 Weeks MASL ID# B121427
Purpose:
To
provide selected military and police officers and noncommissioned
officers at the operator level with specialized training in the
development of battalion-level staff and small-unit leadership skills
in the areas of planning, leading, and executing counterdrug operations.
The course focuses on teaching law-enforcement personnel how to
apply military techniques and tactics in the conduct of counterdrug
activities and provides instruction to military personnel on how
to carry out operations other than war in a peacetime, counterdrug
operational environment.
Scope:
Training
is oriented towards realistic and demanding field operations in
which students develop counterdrug-interdiction-operations skills
through challenging performance-oriented training under a variety
of conditions. This course provides comprehensive and specialized
training in counterdrug-interdiction operations at the detachment
and platoon level, and emphasizes staff planning and command and
control during effective execution of counterdrug operations against
realistic targets and objectives. The course includes instruction
on advanced marksmanship with both rifle and pistol, precision operations
in urban environments, reconnaissance techniques, riverine operations,
area of operations information analysis in support of counterdrug
operations, intelligence preparation of the area of operations,
physical fitness, unarmed restraining and disarming techniques,
explosive and ballistic building-entry techniques, land navigation,
communications, staff organization and planning, special infiltration
and exfiltration techniques, clandestine airfield-interdiction techniques,
drug-laboratory destruction and safety considerations, evidence
handling, treatment and handling of suspects, and tactical-patrolling
operations. All instruction is developed to enhance leadership,
planning, and command and control in urban or rural permissive and
semi-permissive counterdrug environments.
Students
are formed into a joint and combined counterdrug unit and placed
into an operational environment that follows the development of
a realistic narcotics threat to regional stability. The scenario
drives every training event and continuous intelligence updates
based on current operations that enhance the training environment.
Each planning and field exercise is progressive, and every operational
activity includes one or more human-rights situations to which students
must correctly react. Students are rotated through leadership and
staff-planning positions for optimal experience and learning opportunities.
Additional instruction for each student integrates a mandated minimum
of fifteen hours of instruction in human rights, the rule of law,
due process, civilian control of the military, and the role of the
military in a democratic society.
The
American Council on Education (ACE) has recommended nine university
credit hours for this course.
Medical-Assistance
Course
TAC-7
Duration:
6 Weeks MASL ID# B175350
Purpose:
To
train selected noncommissioned officers and civilian officials to
perform lifesaving measures and apply advanced field medical care
in support of combat or counterdrug operations.
Scope:
This
course develops medical skills required of personnel serving in
military or police units. In addition to the basic lifesaver measures,
students gain basic knowledge of human anatomy, the treatment of
complicated injuries, fluid replacement, splinting, suturing, etc.
Students also receive training beneficial to tactical units with
civic-action and counterdrug missions. Training consists of water
purification, emergency childbirth, and minor surgical procedures.
Graduation requires successful completion of four written tests
with a score of 70% or better, receiving a “go” in the
Field-Medic Course where students demonstrate their medical skills
under stress in a simulated environment. Additional instruction
for each student integrates a mandated minimum of fifteen hours
of instruction in human rights, the rule of law, due process, civilian
control of the military, and the role of the military in a democratic
society. The American Council on Education (ACE) has recommended
three university credit hours for this course.
Engineer
Operations Course
TAC-8
Duration:
10 Weeks MASL ID# B174500
Purpose:
To
train engineers or other combined-arms officers and noncommissioned
officers to use conventional and improvised demolitions, mobility,
countermobility, survivability, and assault techniques in conventional
and counterdrug environments. Countermine operations will be taught
and stressed in a separate phase of training.
Scope:
Presented
in accordance with U.S. doctrine, the course enhances the students’
ability to conduct basic engineer operations through the use of
light-engineer and light-infantry tactics, techniques, and procedures.
In addition, basic medical and communications skills and leadership
development are taught. The course is presented in both classroom
and field environments and includes a 96-hour field-training exercise
where students perform simulated missions. Additional training is
designed to instruct personnel to recognize and detect areas of
mines and booby traps, which have been employed throughout the Western
Hemisphere. Students learn how to detect, probe, and use mine detectors
to locate mines and booby traps. Emphasis will be given to the effects
of time and weather on mines and booby traps. All instruction is
imparted in accordance with U.S. policies concerning antipersonnel-mine
employment and training. Students are required to complete several
road marches while carrying heavy loads and perform continuous operations
in a field environment with minimum amounts of food and sleep. High
motivation is expected. Additional instruction for each student
integrates a mandated minimum of fifteen hours of instruction in
human rights, the rule of law, due process, civilian control of
the military, and the role of the military in a democratic society.
The American Council on Education (ACE) has recommended four university
credit hours for this course.
