CGSC Circular 350-1 CHAPTER 6 SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES (SAMS)
DESCRIPTION OF GRADUATES Advanced Military Studies Program (AMSP) The graduate of the AMSP possesses an extensive tactical and operational focus that enables him or her to serve as a general staff officer and competently and confidently lead staff groups in presenting solutions for the complex problems of war in the 21st Century. AMSP graduates will— Be commanders and general staff officers with the abilities to solve complex military problems in peace and war and remain students of the military profession for the rest of their lives.
Possess an in-depth knowledge of the history, theory, and doctrine of conflict.
Understand the application of joint doctrine.
Understand the integration of service, joint, interagency, and multinational forces.
Understand the nature of command and the joint operational environment (JOE).
Understand the domains of battle and how they interact to condition the conduct of fullspectrum operations.
Examine the elements of Army planning and doctrine at the corps and division levels.
Gain an understanding of operational design/facets of operational art.
Understand the elements of the threat environment.
Understand operational design.
Understand the strategic setting.
Think critically, plan, analyze, decide, and communicate and lead a team in thinking all the way through a problem. Advanced Operational Art Studies Fellowship (AOASF) The graduate of AOASF possesses an operational and strategic focus that enables him or her to command or serve as a general staff officer in the planning, preparation, execution, and conclusion of war in the 21st Century.
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