(a) Joint Professional Military Education.— Joint professional military education consists of the rigorous and thorough instruction and examination of officers of the armed forces in an environment designed to promote a theoretical and practical in-depth understanding of joint matters and, specifically, of the subject matter covered. The subject matter to be covered by joint professional military education shall include at least the following:
(1)National Military Strategy.
(2)Joint planning at all levels of war.
(3)Joint doctrine.
(4)Joint command and control.
(5)Joint force and joint requirements development.
(b) Other Definitions.— In this chapter:
(1)The term “senior level service school” means any of the following:
(A)The Army War College.
(B)The College of Naval Warfare.
(C)The Air War College.
(D)The Marine Corps War College.
(2)The term “intermediate level service school” means any of the following:
(A)The United States Army Command and General Staff College.