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operations career field to advanced civil schooling
with a utilization tour that does not take the officer
off the command track.” The narrative went on
to further to say, “the goal of this initiative is not
to reap a utilization of the officer’s knowledge;
but to exercise the officer’s mind. Therefore, any
rigorous program that develops mental agility is
acceptable. [Human Resources Command] could
assist the officer to get into the best school possible
while acknowledging that there is nothing wrong
with the officer enjoying the pace and location of
graduate schooling.”10 The Advanced Strategic
Planning and Policy Program makes great strides
at operationalizing this critical finding.
The Army has seized the opportunity to address
the need for a combination of strategic planning
and policy assignments enabled by extensive civilian education and professional instruction—the
combination of experience and education currently
lacking in the development of strategic planners
and leaders. Working within existing constraints
of the Army personnel management system, ASP3
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critically important to the nation and the military.
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