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The Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) provides no-cost education and career-planning programs for members of the United States Armed Forces. DANTES is the Defense Human Resources Activity component responsible for managing a portfolio of education programs and services that help military members achieve their ...
The First Army Leadership School. This one-month school trains E-4 Specialists and Corporals how to lead and includes topics such as: Leadership, Training Management, Map Reading, Land Navigation, Drill and Ceremony, War fighting. E-4 Specialists and Corporals wanting to be E-5 Sergeants are required to take this course prior to being promoted. [1]
Congressionally-imposed limits on the size of the Army officer corps, an extremely low turnover (resignations, retirements, and dismissals), and a "hump" of over-age officers in the middle grades caused by aborted provisions in the National Defense Act of 1920 caused a significant logjam in promotions during the interwar period.
After several difficult years, the Army and Air Force say they are on track to meet their recruiting goals this year, reversing previous shortfalls using a swath of new programs and policy changes.
A Remove class in education is or was a group of students at an English public school, typically a year group: for example the year group between the fourth form and the fifth form. In the state maintained secondary schools the Remove class was a class for pupils who had already moved through Fifth Form (Year 11) but needed to resit the ...
Although there was some disagreement as to the course purpose, it settled into providing its students a "broad, deep military education in the science and art of war." [1] Colonel Wass de Czege provided the vision and impetus for the school, and coordinated the shaping of the curriculum and the school before and during its early years. The ...
The Officer Education System (OES) is the progressive and sequential education and training process for officers in the United States Army that begins in the pre-commissioning phase and continues in schools through the basic entry level, advanced level, intermediate command and staff level, and senior level. The OES offers the following ...
The United States Army Sergeants Major Academy's Hall of Honor was established on 5 May 2006 as "a means of recognizing outstanding individuals who have made significant and long-lasting contributions to the USASMA and the Army’s NCO Education System." To date there have been 28 members selected for that honor. [7]