Target Audience: COL(P)s and BG (within 24-months of confirmation to BG)
Location: Fort McNair (weeks one and five); CONUS installations (week two), OCONUS (weeks three and four)
Duration: 5 weeks
Offered: Four times per year
Capstone is congressionally mandated (Title 10 U.S.C) for all Active Component BG selectees and must be completed within approximately two years of Senate confirmation of selection for promotion to BG. The National Defense University (NDU) conducts this course which provides a joint and combined operations perspective. Students travel to unified, specified and combatant commands worldwide. Spouses are invited to accompany sponsors for week five.
Course Details available at http://capstone.ndu.edu/