NOMINATIONS FOR SENIOR OFFICER SCHOOLS A. ROYAL COLLEGE OF DEFENCE STUDIES B. ARMED FORCES STAFF COLLEGE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 22, 2012
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: April 16, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for
Deputy Director for
Deputy Director for
Deputy Director for
Chairman, Executive
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Administration
Science and Technology
Operations
Intelligence
Career Service Board.
Chairman, CIA Training Selection Board
Nominations for Senior Officer Schools
A. Royal College of Defence Studies
B. Armed Forces Staff College
1. The CIA Training Selection Board will meet in late July to consider
CIA officers to attend the Royal College of Defence Studies from January
through December 1988 and the Armed Forces Staff College from January
through June 1988 and from August 1988 through January 1989. These two
colleges request candidates from CIA in September. Please forward your
nominations for these schools to the Executive Secretary, CIA Training
Selection Board no later than close of business 8 July 1987. Nominations
for the remaining seven Senior Officer Schools will be requested at a later
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2. Both the Royal College of Defence Studies and the Armed Forces
Staff College are component funded. A brief description of each school,
its grade requirements, and a copy of the guidelines to be applied in
25X1 identifying nominees are attached.
3. You are reminded that the Training Selection Board will give
careful attention to matching individual's overall qualifications to the
schools' criteria as well as their ability to represent the CIA. Quotas
are filled on an Agency-wide basis, and you may nominate as many candidates
25X1 as you wish for any of the schools.
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SUBJECT: Nomination for Senior Officer Schools
5. Please submit eight copies of a nominating statement, last
performance appraisal report, an up-to-date biographic profile and one copy
of a recent photograph--for example, a passport photo or one from the Badge
Office--for each candidate. The nominating statement should provide
pertinent information on the nominee's Agency experience, on the assignment
planned for him/her upon completion of the proposed training, and how the
recommended training will benefit the Agency and the individual. Normally,
officers nominated to these programs should be ranked in Categories 1 or
25X1 6. If you have any questions, please contact
25X1 Secretary, CIA Training Selection Board,
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Guidelines for Identifying Senior Officer School Candidates
1. In the course of the selection process, candidates should be ranked by
their sponsoring offices and Directorates and their names submitted in
preferential order to the CIA Training Selection Board.
2. The more information a nominating office can give the Training
Selection Board about the future prospects for a nominee, the better are
his/her chances for selection. This information often becomes crucial in
breaking a tie in ranking of candidates.
3. The nominators should be able to assure the Training Selection Board
that all appropriate parties have been informed of a nomination, especially
the person being nominated. If a nominee is serving in another Directorate,
it is also important that both Directorates are aware of the nomination.
4. An officer who has attended one senior external training program is
not likely to be selected for another senior program within the succeeding
three to five years.
5. Since the highly qualified competitors for these schools are likely to
be more numerous than can be accommodated, it would be helpful for all members
of the Career Service Board to be familiar with the training opportunities
presented in the Office of Training and Education Catalog and to be thinking
of alternatives for those who are not selected.
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SENIOR OFFICER SCHOOLS
ROYAL COLLEGE OF DEFENCE STUDIES -- Twelve months (January to December),
London, England, Tuition: approximately $20,000 plus family PCS moving
expenses (approximate overall total cost $85,000).
The Royal College is intended to give future senior commanders,
diplomats, and civil servants a broader perspective of the world than they
are presumed to have had up to this point in their careers. The course
does not devote itself exclusively to military matters, but attempts to put
international relationships into a political-economic context as well. Key
officials from more than 20 nations provide valuable insights into the
problems and politics of countries that are important to U.S. interests.
SIS-01 (SES-01) or above. Component funded. Quota: 1*
ARMED FORCES STAFF COLLEGE -- Two sessions (January to June) and (August to
January), Norfolk, Virginia, Approximate cost: $7,000.
The curriculum focuses on joint and combined military planning. The
learning experience is enhanced by faculty presentations, student
participation in seminars, individual study and research, seminar planning
exercises, and an extensive series of lectures by distinguished military
and civilian speakers. GS-12 to GS-14 (FS-03 to FS-02 rank). Component
funded. Quota: 3 each session.
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SUBJECT: Nominations for Senior Officer Schools
Distribution:
Orig - Each Addressee
1 - Each TSB Member
1 - Each STO
1 - CCS/OSB
1 - DTE
3 - ES-TSB
1 - OTE Reaistrv
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