Course Directive

Campaign Planning Handbook AY20

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The purpose of this document is to assist United States Army War College students during the Military Strategy and Campaigning (MSC) course. It also serves to assist commanders, planners, and other staff officers in combatant commands (CCMD), joint task forces…

Campaign Planning Handbook AY19

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The purpose of this document is to assist United States Army War College students during the Theater Strategy and Campaigning (TSC) course. It also serves to assist commanders, planners, and other staff officers in combatant commands (CCMD), joint task forces…

Campaign Planning Handbook AY18

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The purpose of this document is to assist United States Army War College students during the Theater Strategy and Campaigning (TSC) course. It also serves to assist commanders, planners, and other staff officers in combatant commands (CCMD), joint task forces…

AY17 Defense Management Directive

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Successful warfighting and other military operations do not occur without well-trained, properly equipped, and doctrinally sound forces. National security professionals invest the time to understand how the Joint community and Services develop, train, resource, equip, and sustain military forces. Defense…

AY17 Theater Strategy and Campaigning Course Directive

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Theater Strategy and Campaigning focuses on the study of strategic and operational art to employ the military instrument of national power in pursuit of achieving national goals. This course explores and evaluates U.S. military ways and means to connect operational…

AY17 National Security Policy and Strategy Course Directive

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The National Security Policy and Strategy (NSPS) course focuses on national security policies and the strategies that put them into operation. It examines the elements that underpin national security policy and strategy, including the international and domestic environments, the American…

AY 17 Strategic Leadership Course Directive

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The Strategic Leadership course of the U.S. Army War College (USAWC) resident core curriculum is designed to introduce you to the concepts to effectively lead within the national security environment through an examination of responsible command, leadership, and management practices.…

AY17 Theory of War and Strategy Course Directive

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This course, which is the bedrock of the U.S. Army War College curriculum, introduces students to the theory of war and strategy. Theory, defined as a body of ideas and principles, provides a basis for the study of a particular…