Joint Forces Staff College

The Joint Forces Staff College (JFSC) located in Norfolk, Virginia, was established as the Armed Forces Staff College in 1946 and incorporated into the National Defense University in August 1981. It educates and acculturates joint and multinational warfighters to plan and lead at the operational level. Military operations increasingly require the Armed Services to work jointly and JFSC provides students the tools to operate in a joint environment. JFSC is composed of four schools, each with different student populations and purposes.

Mission

The mission of the Joint Forces Staff College, a component of the National Defense University, is to educate national security professionals in the planning and execution of joint, multinational, and interagency operations in order to instill a primary commitment to joint, multinational, and interagency teamwork, attitudes, and perspectives. Military operations increasingly require the Armed Services to work jointly; the college provides students the tools to operate in a joint environment. The college is composed of four schools, each with different student populations and purposes.

Schools composing the JFSC

• Joint Advanced Warfighting School (JAWS)
• Joint and Combined Warfighting School (JCWS)
• Joint Command, Control & Information Operations School (JC2IOS)
• Joint Continuing Distance Education School (JCDES)

History

In the 1930s, few officers were qualified, either by training or experience, to engage in joint...
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