National Defense University

National Defense University (NDU), är en utbildningsinstitution inom USA:s försvarsdepartement för högre försvarsgrensövergripande utbildning, avsedd för både officerare och civilanställda. Rektorn för NDU är normalt en officer med generallöjtnant/viceamirals grad och huvudcampuset ligger inne på Fort Lesley J. McNair i Washington DC.

NDU instiftandes av USA:s kongress år 1976 och står under försvarschefens tillsyn.^[1]

Tillhörande skolor

Sedan 1993 delar NDU ut masterexamina.

Den här artikeln är helt eller delvis baserad på material från engelskspråkiga Wikipedia, National Defense University, 6 februari 2011.

^ ”NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY POLICY” (på engelska). CJCSI 1801.01E. Joint Staff. 20 december 2019. https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/Doctrine/education/cjcsi_1801_01e.pdf?ver=2020-01-10-122911-200. Läst 9 juni 2021. ”a. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Controlled Activity. NDU is a Chairman’s Controlled Activity (CCA). As such, NDU has a Secretary of Defense (SecDef)-approved charter, which provides guidance and prescribes the basic organization and resourcing of NDU and assigns key responsibilities of major stakeholders.
b. General. NDU is the Nation’s premier Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) provider. Its fundamental purpose is to educate emerging senior leaders in the defense and interagency communities at the strategic and operational levels. NDU’s primary focus is the provision of JPME, enabled by premier teaching, scholarly research, and academic engagement. As an academic institution, NDU operates on the principle of academic freedom.
c. Mission. NDU educates joint warfighters in critical thinking and the creative application of military power to inform national strategy and globally integrated operations, under conditions of disruptive change, in order to conduct war.
d. Vision. NDU will create strategic advantage by developing joint warfighters and other national security leaders and forging relationships through whole-of-nations and whole-of-governments educational programs, research, and engagement.”