Twice during the course, each student meets in a formal session with the staff leader for professional growth and performance counseling. At the end of the course, each student receives a completion certificate and a diploma. He or she is also awarded MEL Code N, which indicates completion of Phase II of the Captains Career Course. The Staff Techniques lessons provide students with opportunities to practice and apply staff officer skills, techniques, and procedures, including problem solving, military writing, briefing, and meeting management. These lessons emphasize the preparation of products commonly used by all staff officers.
Students routinely use computers to prepare documents, solve decision matrices, etc.
This lesson provides an overview of the Army's role in joint operations and organizations. Students are exposed to the organization, missions, and concerns of the unified commands, as well as the organization, missions, and functions of joint task forces. The Leadership lessons afford students opportunities to explore and discuss timely leadership issues, such as emerging leadership doctrine, consideration of others, ethical decision making, and stress management. Students develop assessments of themselves and their peers during briefings and group work sessions. Students also use a narrative Self and Peer Assessment Form to provide leadership feedback to their fellow officers and to receive feedback from them.