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Captains Career Course: Leveraging Talented Officers Towards the Army Profession.

ADA560340

Publication Date	2011
Personal Author	Messer, T.
Page Count	32
Abstract	The Army Captain's Career Course (CCC) is the second developmental course attended by officers following their commissioning. Generally, officers attend the course immediately after promotion to Captain and between their 4th and 7th years of service. Attendance to the CCC also requires the completion of a related distance learning (dL) Captain's Career Common Core Course (C5) that both Active Army (AA) and Reserve Component (RC) officers complete either before or during the CCC. Given the CCC's pivotal timing and role in the career progression of the officer corps, it is under continual scrutiny and revision. As such, the Army struggles to improve the course to capitalize on the opportunities afforded by Information Technology (IT) enabled dL approaches. While pursuing improvements it must also respond to the demands dictated by war and a rapidly changing organizational and operational environment. This paper examines the critical role the CCC has in the professional development, performance, and retention of talented officers and recommends several modifications to improve its design and conduct. It concludes that the CCC is a critical factor in retaining talented officers within the profession and is instrumental in both their development and successful performance in a challenging operational environment.
Keywords	Army personnel Army training Courses(Education) Modification Officer personnel Personnel development Personnel retention Active duty Careers Distance learning Leadership training Military reserves Performance(Human) Captain's career course Officer retention Career development Course improvement Pme(Professional military education) Army learning concept Talent development Captain's career common core course
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	92D - Education, Law, & Humanities 70D - Personnel Management, Labor Relations & Manpower Studies 88D - Personnel 92A - Job Training & Career Development 74 - Military Sciences
Corporate Authors	Army War Coll., Carlisle Barracks, PA.
Supplemental Notes	Strategy Research Project.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Research paper.
NTIS Issue Number	201221

Captains Career Course: Leveraging Talented Officers Towards the Army Profession.

Captains Career Course: Leveraging Talented Officers Towards the Army Profession.
ADA560340

Publication Date	2011
Personal Author	Messer, T.
Page Count	32
Abstract	The Army Captain's Career Course (CCC) is the second developmental course attended by officers following their commissioning. Generally, officers attend the course immediately after promotion to Captain and between their 4th and 7th years of service. Attendance to the CCC also requires the completion of a related distance learning (dL) Captain's Career Common Core Course (C5) that both Active Army (AA) and Reserve Component (RC) officers complete either before or during the CCC. Given the CCC's pivotal timing and role in the career progression of the officer corps, it is under continual scrutiny and revision. As such, the Army struggles to improve the course to capitalize on the opportunities afforded by Information Technology (IT) enabled dL approaches. While pursuing improvements it must also respond to the demands dictated by war and a rapidly changing organizational and operational environment. This paper examines the critical role the CCC has in the professional development, performance, and retention of talented officers and recommends several modifications to improve its design and conduct. It concludes that the CCC is a critical factor in retaining talented officers within the profession and is instrumental in both their development and successful performance in a challenging operational environment.
Keywords	Army personnel Army training Courses(Education) Modification Officer personnel Personnel development Personnel retention Active duty Careers Distance learning Leadership training Military reserves Performance(Human) Captain's career course Officer retention Career development Course improvement Pme(Professional military education) Army learning concept Talent development Captain's career common core course
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	92D - Education, Law, & Humanities 70D - Personnel Management, Labor Relations & Manpower Studies 88D - Personnel 92A - Job Training & Career Development 74 - Military Sciences
Corporate Authors	Army War Coll., Carlisle Barracks, PA.
Supplemental Notes	Strategy Research Project.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Research paper.
NTIS Issue Number	201221