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Download or read book Joint Training at the Junior Officer Level: Are We Doing the Right Thing for Our Future? written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research examines joint education at the primary education levels (pay grades 01-03) within our four military services by using the CJCS's OPMEP as the baseline document. It first provides an understanding of the CJCS's joint education requirements at the primary education level and then reviews the actual need for that education by examining related studies, position papers or articles from key leaders within the upper echelon of the military education community. The research uncovered few comments that failed to support the need for some type of joint education at the primary/junior officer education level. Finally, the research discusses if or how the services are providing Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) at their primary level schools and whether that joint education supports the requirements of the OPMEP and the proposals provided in a recent JPME 2010 Study- Requirements Team Report. Based on the research provided in this study, the United States Army and Marine Corps are the only services that are either in the developmental phase or possess an existing JPME program for the primary education level. Based on sources within Air University and the Naval Education and Training Command, the United States Air Force and Navy are not providing their junior officers with formal joint education that is either in accordance with the OPMEP or preparing junior officers for JTF duties. While minimum joint matters are discussed throughout their curricula, no formal joint education programs exist at their primary level institutions. Based on the findings in this study, the author recommends that J7 reemphasize joint education at the primary level and continue to require each service to review and report on their existing programs and develop corrective actions as deemed necessary by each service chief.