Joint Transition Course is designed for students who are attending JCWS and have not completed Joint Professional Military Education, Phase I. The course provides an overview of DOD Planning Systems, Joint Planning, U.S. Service component perspectives, Operational Warfare, Contingency Planning, and Crisis Action Planning. All international officer students, DOD and Interagency civilians, and U.S. military officers who have not completed Phase I education are required to attend JTC with an approved direct entry waiver.

Prerequisites

Officers granted direct-entry waivers, international fellows, and interagency students will be scheduled to attend the 5-day Joint Transition Course conducted by the JFSC immediately prior to beginning their Phase II course (JCWS or JAWS)