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(a) Through a phased system of training and education, dL, blended learning opportunities,
and technology supported virtual experiences, the command team will experience preresident
and online requirements. This is followed by a short resident learning opportunity that stresses
patron knowledge exchanges facilitated by highly qualified former commander teaching teams
and then supported by an enterprise nested with the Army’s and mission commander’s required
outcomes. In these key leadership and developmental roles, operational adaptability as well as
sophisticated decisionmaking must be honed to a fine point. Learning experiences will focus on
complex operational scenarios that include both full spectrum and immediate operationally
relevant challenges at different levels of command that account for the changes in experience,
maturity, and the relevance of both time and space as it pertains to each successive command
event.
(b) Tactical, operational, and strategic thinking processes and problem sets are introduced
at the appropriate learning opportunity to build upon previous experience and mitigate
knowledge gaps. Previous experience framing problems using design will be refined through
repeated scenarios in collaborative, problem-centered, learning experiences in virtual
environments like the immersive commander’s environment, at both resident and nonresident
learning labs across all phases of learning. Stress and ambiguity will increase to further
challenge the learners. Facilitators will need to be highly seasoned subject matter experts with
relevant operational experience.
E-5. Strategic level
a. The SMC. The SMC is the capstone, strategic level resident educational experience in
NCOES. SMC is a task-based, performance-oriented, scenario-driven course of instruction
designed to prepare master sergeants for sergeant major and command sergeant major positions
within a force projection Army. Major subject areas include team building, common core
leadership, military operations, and sustainment operations. Specific areas of study include
communication skills, national military strategy, training management, force projection, full
spectrum-operations, Reserve components, and a professional electives program. The
instructional model includes small group instruction and experiential learning model. By 2015,
SMC will remain primarily a resident course; however, the course curriculum will increasingly
focus on strategic and critical thinking tied to international trends and national strategy. SMC
course content will also be integrated with resident and online college programs that lead to a
master’s degree.
b. WOSSC. The WOSSC is the capstone level of education for most warrant officers. The
WOSSC educational goal is to provide new CW5s with the master-level education, knowledge,
and influential leadership skills necessary to apply their expertise in support of leaders on
strategic level joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational staffs during fullspectrum
operations. By 2015, the blended learning provided by the dL and the 4-week resident
phase will include electives in partnership with civilian education intuitions. Emphasis will be
on providing a broadening educational experience. Students will attain an understanding of
national security strategy, national military strategy, international relations and conflicts, and
senior leadership challenges. Selected branch proponent schools will provide a third WOSSC
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