Army Management Staff College brings Intermediate Course for Army Civilians to Germany

By SSG Kenneth ReedAugust 5, 2016

CES Intermediate Course
1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Army civilians participate in a group discussion during the Intermediate Course July 11-29, 2016, on Vilseck, Germany. The Intermediate Course prepares Army Civilians for increased responsibilities to exercise direct and indirect leadership and super... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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2 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Army civilians participate in a group discussion during the Intermediate Course July 11-29, 2016, on Vilseck, Germany. The Intermediate Course prepares Army Civilians for increased responsibilities to exercise direct and indirect leadership and super... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

VILSECK, Germany -- More than 60 Army civilians completed the Intermediate Course, July 29, 2016, on Rose Barracks.

The Intermediate Course prepares Army civilians for increased responsibilities to exercise direct and indirect leadership and supervision. It also enhances their abilities to lead people and manage human and financial resources.

"The goal of this course is to provide supervisors with the tools they will need to successfully lead their employees," said Jerome Hawkins, director of the Department of Organizational Leadership at the Army Management Staff College (AMSC), Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

The Intermediate Course is level three of the civilian education system. It is a three-week long resident course that is combined with an additional two weeks of distance-learning material done prior to the course.

The three weeks are structured into nine lessons broken down into three themes: self-awareness, team development, and accomplishing the mission and developing the organization.

"I have been learning my role within the Army team and how my actions, my participation and my presence can impact my command or my organization," said Burke Cochrane, a program manager for U.S. Army Africa, Vicenza, Italy. "I think that it gives me a bigger view of the Army's mission for its civilian personnel."

He went on the say, "It reinforces my thought that the Army does indeed care about civilian progression, leadership and development."

"Training for the civilians is critical. We have a major role to support the Soldiers during peace and war. This training gives us the tools necessary to support our commanders and Soldiers wherever they are," said Ed Swisher, Combined Arms Training Center, Vilseck, Germany.

Back in Fort Leavenworth, at the AMSC main campus, more than 120 Army civilians simultaneously completed the Intermediate Course. Nearly 1,400 students complete the course yearly. AMSC offers five Mobile Education Teams to select locations five times a year, producing nearly 400 graduates.

For more information on the professional development of the Army Civilian Corps, visit the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center homepage at www.usacac.army.mil/organizations/cace/amsc.

Related Links:

United States Army Combined Arms Center

United States Army Europe

7th Army Training Command