Pinnacle
Pinnacle is a five-day course sponsored by the National
Defense University (NDU) at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington.
D.C., during which U.S. Joint Forces Command's (USJFCOM) Joint
Warfighting Center (JWFC) in Suffolk, Va., hosts a
four-day Joint Operations Module for senior officers and
interagency leaders.
The Pinnacle curriculum helps prepare prospective commanders
to lead joint and combined forces, building upon the progression
of knowledge imparted first by Capstone and then by the Joint
Flag Officer Warfighting Course.
The semi-annual course is conducted through classroom interactive
seminars guided by retired three- and four-star and equivalent
interagency senior mentors, reinforced by video teleconferences
with commanders in the field and high-level guest speakers.
Pinnacle's mission is to convey to the prospective joint/combined
force commander an understanding of national policy and objectives
with attendant international implications and the ability
to operationalize those policies and objectives into integrated
campaign plans.
The overarching goal is to set conditions for future success
in the joint, combined, and interagency arenas by utilizing
advanced knowledge of operational art to underpin the instinct
and intuition of the prospective commanders to establish
an understanding of national policy and objectives, as well
as international implications.
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