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10 U.S.C. § 2156 — Joint Forces Staff College: duration of principal course of instruction
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**(a) Duration.—** The duration of the principal course of instruction offered at the Joint Forces Staff College may not be less than 10 weeks of resident instruction.
**(b) Definition.—** In this section, the term “principal course of instruction” means any course of instruction offered at the Joint Forces Staff College as Phase II joint professional military education.
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**(a) Duration.—** The duration of the principal course of instruction offered at the Joint Forces Staff College may not be less than 10 weeks of resident instruction.
**(b) Definition.—** In this section, the term “principal course of instruction” means any course of instruction offered at the Joint Forces Staff College as Phase II joint professional military education.
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**(a) Joint Qualified Officers.—** The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each officer designated as a joint qualified officer who graduates from a school within the National Defense University specified in subsection (c) shall be assigned to a joint duty assignment for that officer’s next duty assignment after such graduation (unless the officer receives a waiver of that requirement by the Secretary in an individual case).
**(b) Other Officers.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that a high proportion (which shall be greater than 50 percent) of the officers graduating from a school within the National Defense University specified in subsection (c) who are not designated as a joint qualified officer shall receive assignments to a joint duty assignment (or, as authorized by the Secretary in an individual case, to a joint assignment other than a joint duty assignment) as their next duty assignment after such graduation or, to the extent authorized in paragraph (2), as their second duty assignment after such graduation.
(2) The Secretary may, if the Secretary determines that it is necessary to do so for the efficient management of officer personnel, establish procedures to allow up to one-half of the officers subject to the assignment requirement in paragraph (1) to be assigned to such an assignment as their second (rather than first) assignment after such graduation from a school referred to in paragraph (1).
**(c) Covered Schools Within the National Defense University.—** For purposes of this section, a school within the National Defense University specified in this subsection is one of the following:
(1) The National War College.
(2) The Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy.
(3) The Joint Forces Staff College.
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
[§ 2157
military education curriculum taught in residence at—
’’ in introductory provisions, added subpars. (A) and
(B), and struck out former subpars. (A) and (B) which
read as follows:
‘‘(A) the Joint Forces Staff College; or
‘‘(B) a senior level service school that has been des-
ignated and certified by the Secretary of Defense as a
joint professional military education institution.’’
2011—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 112–81 inserted ‘‘or at a
joint intermediate level school’’ before period at end.
§ 2155. Joint professional military education
Phase II program of instruction
(a) PREREQUISITE OF COMPLETION OF JOINT PRO-
FESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION PHASE I PRO-
GRAM OF INSTRUCTION.—(1) After September 30,
2009, an officer of the armed forces may not be
accepted for, or assigned to, a program of in-
struction designated by the Secretary of Defense
as joint professional military education Phase II
unless the officer has successfully completed a
program of instruction designated by the Sec-
retary of Defense as joint professional military
education Phase I.
(2) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
may grant exceptions to the requirement under
paragraph (1). Such an exception may be granted
only on a case-by-case basis under exceptional
circumstances, as determined by the Chairman.
An officer selected to receive such an exception
shall have knowledge of joint matters and other
aspects of the Phase I curriculum that, to the
satisfaction of the Chairman, qualifies the offi-
cer to meet the minimum requirements estab-
lished for entry into Phase II instruction with-
out first completing Phase I instruction. The
number of officers selected to attend an offering
of the principal course of instruction at the
Joint Force
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