アメリカ陸軍上級曹長学校
SSD III concentrates on platoon-level tasks and is required for staff sergeants for them to be eligible for attendance to the Senior Leader Course and consideration for promotion to sergeant first class. SSD IV was developed and launched for Master Sergeants to complete as a prerequisite for attendance to the Sergeants Major Course. SSD V trains promotable master sergeants and sergeants major for nominative and joint assignments and will be a requirement for those positions starting 1 January 2015.
↑ http://www.ncohistory.com/files/NCOC-long.pdf Shake and Bake:The True Story of the Noncommissioned Officer Candidate Course
↑ Advanced Leader Course (ALC)
↑ SSD-1 required for promotion to sergeant as of Jan. 1, 2014
↑ Structured Self-Development
↑ Promotion prereq: Structured-Self Development
↑ “First-ever NCO commandant takes reigns of Sergeants Major Academy”. Template:Cite webの呼び出しエラー:引数 accessdate は必須です。
↑ USASMA’s Hall of Honor: 28 enshrined at Fort Bliss
1 2 3 Danielle O’Donnell (NCOL COE) Higher learning: USASMA now a staff college branch, first students to receive BAs to graduate Friday
The United States Army Sergeants Major Academy (USASMA) was established on 1 July 1972 at Fort Bliss, Texas, and began instruction in January 1973. Its curriculum is designed to broaden the student's current knowledge base. This approach differs from the Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) related training at the basic and advanced levels of the Noncommissioned Officer Education System. The prime educational technique employed throughout the course is the small group participatory learning process.
USASMA developed the common leader training for the Basic NCO Course (BNCOC), and has been the proponent since 1984. BNCOC transitioned to the Advanced Leader Course (ALC) in 2008. USASMA is responsible for the development and delivery of common core leader tasks for the Advanced Leader Course-Common Core (ALC-CC) as of October 2009 delivering 82 hours of course material to nearly 14,000 sergeants annually. This course focuses on leadership and technical skills required to prepare soldiers selected for promotion to staff sergeant to effectively lead squad/platoon size units. ALC is typically attended by NCOs in the ranks of Sergeant and Staff Sergeant. MOS-specific versions of ALC are taught at the branch level.