What is Joint Professional Military Education?

Introduction Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) is a form of Professional Military Education (PME) in the United States that emphasizes a multiservice approach. Joint Professional Military Education was established following greater awareness during World War II of a need for effective cooperation between the branches of the US armed forces. While some institutions had previously… Read More

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What was the Goldwater-Nichols Act?

Introduction The Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defence Reorganisation Act of 04 October 1986 Pubic Law 99–433, (signed by President Ronald Reagan), made the most sweeping changes to the United States Department of Defence since the department was established in the National Security Act of 1947 by reworking the command structure of the US military. It increased… Read More

What was the National Security Act of 1947?

Introduction The National Security Act of 1947 was a law enacting major restructuring of the United States government’s military and intelligence agencies following World War II. An Act to promote the national security by providing for a Secretary of Defense; for a National Military Establishment; for a Department of the Army, a Department of the… Read More