Target Audience: MGs/BG(P)s
Location: USAWC, Carlisle Barracks, PA (week 1); Rotational location (week 2); Washington, DC area (week 3)
Duration: 3 weeks
Offered: Three times per year
ASEP-A is a required three-week strategic leader development course for recently promoted Major Generals and Brigadier Generals selected for promotion.*
The course provides a broad learning experience focused on thinking, leading, and communicating at the strategic level. Students will participate in required academic deliverables in persuasive writing, speaking on issues of strategic importance, and the provision of best military advice. The curriculum consists of presentations, seminar sessions, a case study, practical exercises, and experiential learning opportunities. The second week of the course consists of executive-level education at a top-tier business school and corporate engagement visits with Fortune 500 companies and their leaders. The third week of the course includes engagements with Army, Joint, Senior civilian leadership, and key influencers and thought leaders in the national capital region. ASEP-A includes notable and talented strategic level presenters from joint military, inter-governmental, non-governmental, business, media, and academic communities to address contemporary and future leadership, management, strategic, and security issues. The course is facilitated by a retired Generals (GENs). Each student receives weekly feedback and individual coaching by a designated retired Lieutenant Generals (LTGs) in the role of Strategic Coach. Funding for this course is through Military Training Specific Allotment (MTSA) funds through your unit of assignment.
*NOTE: Regular Army and Army Reserve officers Senate confirmed for promotion to MG are automatically registered to attend the next available course iteration. Army National Guard officers are selected through the ELAB process conducted by NGB GOMO.