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Education: Senior NCO Academies

Air Force Senior NCO Academy. The academy, at the Gunter Annex of Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., instructs two courses with the mission to expand the leadership capabilities of senior enlisted leaders: Senior NCO Academy Course and Chiefs’ Leadership Course.

å The Senior NCO Academy Course prepares senior master sergeants, those selected for promotion to senior master sergeant, and select master sergeants of the Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, and Air National Guard to lead the enlisted force in the employment of air, space and cyberspace power in support of our national objectives. U.S. joint services and international Senior NCOs may attend on a space available basis. The 33-academic day program provides education in Military Professional, Operational Manager, Expeditionary Leader, Joint War Fighter and Senior Communicator. Students attending the Air and Space Basic Course (ASBC) and AFSNCOA merge together for a week of Combined Operations with the goal of increasing understanding and appreciation of the talents officers and enlisted bring in projecting airpower.

Contact: (334) 416-1651; http://www .au.af.mil/au/cepme/sncoa/

å Chiefs’ Leadership Course (CLC) is the capstone of enlisted professional military education for personnel selected for the promotion to chief master sergeant (CMSgt). The course gives the Air Force’s newest chiefs foundational strategic-level leadership perspective that is invaluable to the employment of air and space forces in support of national security. The CLC consists of 64-academic hours spread over eight days covering The Developing CMSgt, The Expeditionary CMSgt, and The CMSgt Leader/Manager.

Contact: (334) 416-1651

U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy. The school, on the Biggs Army Airfield sector of Fort Bliss, Texas, offers a nine-month resident course for full-time soldiers and a two-year non-resident program for reservists. Both are the capstone of NCO education in the Army.

The academy also offers a three-week First Sergeant Course and a four-week Battle Staff NCO Course, and is the proponent agency for the common-core content of Warrior Leader Course, Basic NCO Course and Advanced NCO course.

Contact: https://www.bliss.army.mil/ usasma/usasma.asp, or the academy education office, (915) 568-9070

U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Academy. Classes at the school in Petaluma, Calif., convene 10 times a year, eight times for active duty and twice for reserves. Class size is limited to 64 students. The 33-day program is for newly advanced chief petty officers. Senior CPOs and master CPOs also are eligible.

Contact: USCG Training Center, 599 Tomales Rd., Petaluma, CA 94952-5000; (707) 765-7012; http://www.uscg.mil/ hq/tcpet/cpoa/index.shtm

Marine Corps Staff Non-Commissioned Officers Academy. Six campuses and several distance programs provide professional military education for enlisted Marines.

The three courses are the SNCO advanced course for gunnery sergeants, the senior NCO career course for staff sergeants and the sergeants course. Each residence course requires the completion of a distance education program as a prerequisite.

One-week senior seminars are conducted each year for first sergeants and master sergeants at Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Va.; Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Camp Pendleton, Calif.; and Camp Hanson, Okinawa.

Quantico annually conducts the Russell Leadership Symposium for sergeants major/master gunnery sergeants and the First Sergeants Course for newly selected first sergeants.

The Marine Corps Air Ground Task Force Training Command at Twentynine Palms, Calif., and Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Air Station, Hawaii, each host a resident sergeants’ course.

Contact: Director, 3078 Upshur Ave., Quantico, VA 22134; (703) 784-2875/3138; DSN 278-2875; http://www.mcu .usmc.mil

Navy Senior Enlisted Academy. The academy provides a six-week curriculum aligned with the Chief Petty Officer’s Mission Vision, Guiding Principles. The SEA offers concentrated studies in communications skills, leadership and management theories, national security affairs, Navy programs and physical readiness.

In fiscal 2008, Navy officials plan to open the school up to all senior enlisted sailors in paygrades E-7 and above. A recent expansion has increased the numbers of students per class from 65 to 112 and recently a correspondence version of the course was instituted for those unable to attend the residence course.

The academy is open to active-duty and reserve E-8s and E-9s from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps and foreign navies.

Contact: Naval Senior Enlisted Academy, Newport, RI 02841-1525; (401) 841-4221; DSN 948-4221; https://www .npdc.navy.mil/cnl/sea