PURPOSE: Prepare Service Chief-selected general officers of all Services and civilian equivalents to integrate Information Related Capabilities into the Joint Planning Process, enabling Commanders to target adversary decision-making while protecting their own.
BACKGROUND: As a result of the 1994 Information Warfare Summit, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force directed Air Education and Training Command to develop formal courses of instruction for the then emerging field of Information Warfare (IW). Air University's College of Aerospace Doctrine, Research and Education developed the Senior Information Warfare Applications Course (SIWAC) in 1997. As IW and Information Operations (IO) evolved, SIWAC eventually changed into its current form: SJIOAC. SJIOAC is the DOD's only joint, flag-level IO course.
TARGET AUDIENCE: Approximately 17 one- and two-star flag officers in the following mix: five US Air Force/US Space Force, five US Army, three US Navy, two US Marine Corps and two SES civilians. Any unfilled slots will be made available to the other services. Five-day course offered twice per year in residence.
CURRICULUM: Course content includes: overview of the Joint Planning Process; Information Related Capabilities; military doctrine; and application of joint, combined, and inter-agency IO. Instruction for the course comes from senior, national-level civilian and military representatives, combatant commanders and retired battle-tested officers, to include senior mentors at the three-star level. Learning involves a combination of informal lecture, interactive seminar discussion, demonstration, and case studies. Attendees will gain a common framework for understanding and valuing IO, and the necessary law, policies and procedures which allow planning and integration of IO into the joint fight.
METHODOLOGY: 75% lecture, 25% discussion; approximately 30 speakers.
Point of Contact:
LeMay Center Flag Officer Division
Phone: (334) 953-5101