DoD INST 1215.20 implements this program. Title 10 USC, Chapter 38, Section 666 directed a parallel program for reserve component (RC) officers. Additional legislation has expanded JPME. Goldwater-Nichols created and mandated JPME for active component (AC) officers. As an incentive to attract officers to joint duty assignments, it stated “officers who are serving in, or have served in, joint duty assignments are expected as a group to be promoted at a rate not less than that for all officers of the service in the same grade and competitive category,” and “officers may not be selected for promotion to brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half) unless they have served in a joint duty assignment.”

It removed the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) from the chain of command of operational forces, revised Joint Staff duties, and established a JSO designation. The Goldwater-Nichols act of 1986 made significant changes to the Department of Defense. There were obvious inefficiencies and problems, prompting Congress to address Pentagon reform. Services assigned officers who were passed over or on their twilight tours to joint billets. Why JPME? Twenty years ago, assignment to joint staffs was not considered to be career-enhancing. In addition, an officer must complete a joint tour to be eligible for designation as a JSO. Officers who attend the National War College or the Industrial College of the Armed Forces receive complete JPME credit. Phase II emphasizes joint perspectives, focusing on planning, operations, and procedures. JPME Phase II consists of JLOs contained in the intermediate and senior-level courses offered by the Joint Forces Staff College. It emphasizes the fundamentals needed for a sound basis in joint operations and is taught from the Component’s perspective. JPME Phase I consists of JLOs included in intermediate and senior-level service college curricula. Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) is a collection of joint learning objectives (JLO) that comprise the educational requirement for an officer to earn a Joint Specialty Officer (JSO) designation. Have you completed your JPME? Do you know what these letters mean? Do you know why it’s important for your career? Mark Hardy III, USN National VP for Professional Development

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