These lessons emphasize the preparation of products commonly used by all staff officers. Students routinely use computers to prepare documents, solve decision matrices, and prepare graphic aids for briefings. This course 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 course affords 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 learn techniques of professional growth and performance counseling during counseling sessions with their staff leader. The Mobilization, Training, and Deployment course provides opportunities for students to apply and practice the skills needed to develop a coordinated staff plan of action for mobilizing a Reserve Component enhanced brigade and planning the brigade's post-mobilization training. Students then apply the problem solving process to a situation involving the deployment of a U.S.-based heavy division. The Preparation for Combat Operations course provides opportunities for students to study and apply the military decision making process to plan combat operations for a heavy division facing a notional heavy threat force.