The Sergeants Major Academy

 
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Mission

Develops senior enlisted leaders of the joint force and allied partner nations to be agile, adaptive, and competent leaders of character capable of leading and advising organizations at the operational and strategic level.

Vision

The SGM-A is the premier professional military education (PME) institution focused on providing the Army with agile and adaptive senior enlisted leader.

Description

The Army’s culminating enlisted Professional Military Education (PME) institution is the Sergeants Major Academy . This course provides tools to develop critical reasoning, creative thinking and decision-making skills. Soldiers are provided an education that teaches them to enhance their character, self-expression, and strengthen teamwork abilities. The course assists in the development of logical, practical and original reasoning abilities necessary for problem solving. Students analyze problems based on available information, arrive at logical solutions and decisions with reasonable speed, communicate reasoning and decisions orally and in writing, and supervise to ensure proper execution. Intellectual honesty, integrity, and professional values and standards are highly stressed. The SGM Academy contains a total of 1,484.7 instructional hours, and is also offered as a nonresident course which culminates with two weeks of resident instruction at the academy.

Purpose

The Sergeants Major Academy prepares master sergeants and sergeants major to elevate from a tactical level of thinking to an operational and strategic perspective thus preparing them for leadership positions in organizations executing unified land operations. What Soldiers learn prepares them for leadership positions in joint, interagency, intergovernmental, multinational organizations (JIIM) as well as battalion, brigade, and division through echelons-above-corps (EAC) staff sergeants major command levels

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Departments

DPS provides an overview of select topics in history, human resource development, training management, and Army programs. Students will enhance their understanding of these areas through reflection on Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) history, military doctrine, organizational development, and self-awareness. The major areas of study are NCO History, leadership and workforce development, and organizational training requirements.

DJIIMO provides an overview of Joint Professional Military Education (JPME). The instruction will address select objectives from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. DJIIMO emphasizes critical thinking, analysis, and problem solving to explore the application of joint doctrine, and to develop an understanding of leadership at the operational and strategic level. The major areas of study are joint force capabilities, strategic concepts, and joint planning methodologies.

DAO provides an overview of the Army’s operational concept. This overview explains the combined arms employment of joint and Army capabilities to create and exploit relative advantages that achieve objectives, defeat enemy forces, and consolidate gains on behalf of joint force commanders. The students will enhance their understanding of these areas through an examination of history, theory, doctrine, experience, and blended learning. The major areas of study are the Army operational concept, large-scale combat operations, mission command, and planning for multidomain operations (MDO). The major areas of study are the operational environment, mission command, and planning for multidomain operations (MDO).

DCL provides an overview of leadership doctrine, theory, and resilience. Students will enhance their critical and creative thinking skills to maximize influence beyond their chain of command to support the mission and goals of their organization. The students will use a blend of military and civilian case studies to analyze contemporary and historical leadership issues to gain a greater understanding of the challenges they will face as a Sergeant Major. The major areas of study are leadership theory, organizational leadership techniques, and resilience.

DFM provides an overview of How the Army Runs (HTAR). Additionally, students develop an understanding of the processes and systems required to generate Geographic Combatant Commander (GCC) requirements, sustain the force, and build their knowledge of Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F). The major areas of study are Force Management, Force Sustainment, Force Generation, and Holistic Health and Fitness.