Dickens was right, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” No statement better captures the state of professional military education and the prospects for the future.

On current operations in Afghanistan, he said: "The joint civil-military task force in Helmand is having a real impact here. It's necessarily slow going, given the lack of human capital and the weakening of traditional tribal structures ...

Simple: almost every promotion, officer and enlisted, comes with a Professional Military Education, or PME, course. If you DON'T complete the PME commensurate with your rank you don't get promoted to the next rank, plain and simple. ...

"I was impressed by his reaching out to Adm. Mullen to come sit down and talk with him," said Gates, referring to Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "And he has made clear that he wants to have a regular dialogue ...

“Joint Professional Military Education is the lifeblood of future military leadership.” -- Rep. Ike Skelton, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and the God Father of Professional Military Education on Capitol Hill. ...

yet as sofs' relevancy increases, sof integration continues to suffer within joint service integration. the root of this required cultural integration begins with joint professional military education (jpme). as a primary player in the ...

A military intelligence officer and interrogator has a powerful op-ed in the Washington Post recounting his experiences in Iraq. And this is a guy who knows what he's talking about: I should have felt triumphant when I returned from ...

Corps has also included language training in the professional military education. curricula for captains and majors, which is designed to provide language. familiarization skills . Objective 3. GAO-09-176R Defense Management ...

2008 Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education Course (Correspondence) — 2008 Keystone, US Joint Forces Command, Suffolk, VA — 2008 USAF Senior Leadership Course, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC. ASSIGNMENTS ...

9.2.3 Approve the hire of Jennifer Myles as an Education Support Professional not to exceed 7.75 hours per day for the 2008-09 school year in accord with the Master Agreement between ISD 361 and Local 4798 effective October 6, ...