Training
145th Interagency Institute for Federal Health Leaders – Sep 8-19, 2025
Who: Senior Medical Officers tracking toward Executive Medicine (O6 preferred, senior O5 acceptable)
What: 145th Interagency Institute for Federal Health Leaders (Medical Corps is limited to 2-3 seats)
When: Sep 8-19, 2025 (In-person). Sessions are scheduled from 0800-1700 daily.
Where: Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington DC (centrally funded by NML&PDC). CAPT Stacy J. Washington handles the funding if selected for the course.
Uniform: The uniform is NWUs (or Khaki’s) daily aside from SBD required for opening day, embassy visit and graduation day.
- *** BUSINESS CASUAL IS NOT AUTHORIZED!!! ***
Course Description: The purpose of the Interagency Institute for Health Leaders is to provide an opportunity for the seasoned, practicing federal health professional to examine current issues in health care policy and management and to explore their potential impact on the federal health care system. The faculty maximizes the learning experience by presenting materials resulting from research and experience, as well as examples and case studies from the contemporary national health policy decision-making process. See attached course details.
Please note the course is a full-time program and individuals selected should be in a TAD status and disengaged from their respective workplace.
Prospective applicants should the following items in an email to CAPT Shauna O’Sullivan NLT 1600 EST Monday, July 28, 2025.
- Email that includes the following in this format:
- Rank/name
- Current position
- Work address
- Contact phone number and
- Work email address
- CV, BIO (combined in one PDF)
Navy Senior Leadership Seminar – Online (NSLS – O)
Who: O-6, O-6 selects who are on track for executive medicine
What: Navy postgraduate school, Navy Senior Leadership Seminar (NSLS) – Virtual 25-29 August 2025
When: 25-29 August 2025 (Virtual) – only 1 seat for Medicine Corps
Where: Navy Postgraduate School, Center of Executive Education – Monterey, California (Virtual)
Funding: Tuition is covered by NPS.
Process: A list of interested participants will be solicited through Corps leadership and returned to the Corps Chief’s Office for review and selection. Interested applicants will submit a nomination via their Chain of Command for concurrence and awareness.
Course Description: Target audience are Captains and Captain Selects tracking for executive medicine. The Center for Executive Medicine (CEE) will handle the administrative planning portion once the participant list has been forwarded to CEE. NSLS provides senior officers with an intensive five-day executive education program that introduces the latest best practices in strategic planning, goal setting, strategic communication, effects-based thinking, risk management, financial management and innovation. The program is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills required to manage and lead effectively in complex organizations. The NSLS is designed for Navy Captains, high-potential Commanders, GS-15 equivalent civilians, and Fleet/Force Command Master Chiefs. Participants are nominated by their TYCOMs and community leadership.
Objective/Desired End State:
• To learn directly from senior Navy leaders the strategies, policies, and resource issues shaping the Navy’s strategy today and the business processes to achieve that strategy.
• To acquire knowledge that stimulates innovative thinking and provides leadership tools required to meet the challenges posed by senior leadership.
• To share expertise with peers in the course, and to learn from and become aware of the broad range of perspectives represented by peers in the Navy.
• To enhance participants’ individual strengths to support changes set by senior Navy leadership.
The NSLS-O is conducted via Zoomgov.com platform and NSLS-NPS (IN-RESIDENT) is held at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. Requirements for NSLS-O include high-speed internet access, webcam, and microphone capability. Headphones are suggested but not required. Additionally, the use of a private/home computer during NSLS-O rather than an NMCI or other government computer has proven most effective. For more information about NSLS, please visit: https://nps.edu/web/cee/nsls
Course POC: NEDPRegistrar@nps.edu
Prospective applicants: Send a combined PDF with a CV and BIO to CAPT Shauna O’Sullivan NLT 1600 EST Monday, June 23, 2025.
Global Health Engagement Operations Course (GHEOC) – 23-27 June 2025 – Bethesda, MD
Background: The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) Center for Global Health Engagement (CGHE) will host the upcoming iteration of the Global Health Engagement Operations Course (GHEOC). The course welcomes a broad range of DoD personnel who directly support DoD GHE strategy, planning, coordination, and execution. This course was previously facilitated by the U.S. Air Force International Health Specialist (IHS) Program, and is the current Joint GHE planning course. The GHEOC is designed, planned, and executed as a partnership among the Service GHE offices, the Combatant Commands (CCMDs), Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU), USU CGHE, and other partners.
Course Objective: The GHEOC prepares personnel in GHE-focused positions to develop steady-state operations, activities and investments (OAIs) in support of CCMD campaign plan objectives. Steady-state OAIs include Joint, Service, and multinational exercises, as well as security assistance (SA) and Security Cooperation (SC) activities that may build partner capabilities and capacity, enhance strategic partnerships, secure contingency and peacetime access, and promote interoperability. This course focuses on leadership and planner level instruction on: GHE program lifecycle design and management; SA/SC key elements; Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation (AME); and structure/functions of Joint and Service headquarters staffs as relates to GHE. Learning activities are built within the course and focus on principles of SA/SC, strategy, and health/medical as instruments of national security.
Intended Audience: The GHEOC is relevant to DoD personnel who plan, coordinate, and execute GHE programs and activities as part of their daily duties, including U.S. Air Force International Health Specialists, U.S. Navy Health Security Cooperation Officers, Army personnel in GHE and medical security cooperation positions, and personnel from joint organizations involved in GHE. The course is open to Active Duty, Guard, Reserve, Civilian, and Contractor personnel with GHE duties. The course will accept a maximum of 60 participants.
Course Logistics: The course will be held 23-27 June 2025 at the Henry M. Jackson Foundation’s Bethesda Auditorium in Bethesda, Maryland. Daily class hours will be 0800 to approximately 1700. Course prerequisites and materials will be provided via the course learning management system. USU CGHE will provide lodging suggestions within the USG per diem rate. Additional details to follow in reporting instructions.
Funding: There are no associated course fees. Any associated TDY costs will be the responsibility of and borne by the Service/organization. All personnel will require command approval to attend.
Student Application: Interested personnel who meet the intended audience criteria should complete this demographics form and email the following two items to GHEOC@usuhs.edu:
- a resume/CV
- personal statement of no more than 250 words detailing how this leader/planner-level course will improve your readiness to plan or manage DoD GHE and/or Security Cooperation programs, and how you intend to contribute your expertise/experience to the benefit of the course.
Applications are due NLT 26 May 2025. Couse seat allocations will be determined by 02 June 2025 and selected personnel will be notified and provided reporting instructions.
Contact: For questions regarding this course, please contact GHEOC@usuhs.edu.
JOINT MEDICAL EXECUTIVE SKILLS INSTITUTE (JMESI) – VIRTUAL CAPSTONE for MHS LEADERS COURSE
Who: Senior Medical Officers (O-6, O-6 selects or high-performing O-5 officers who are on track for executive medicine have previously attended)
What: Joint Medical Executive Skills Institute (JMESI) – CAPSTONE for MHS Leaders Course
When: July 15-18, 2025 (Virtual – 8-9 seats allotted for Medical Corps)
Course Description: The LEADS Capstone Course is a pinnacle educational event for senior leaders in the MHS. Each Navy Medicine Career Planner nominates senior grade officers, primarily in the grade of senior O6, to attend this course. Priority is given to new lead agents, commanders of larger facilities, command surgeons, and other senior medical department officers in key staff positions who will benefit from exposure to and familiarity with entities that shape the MHS. The course provides participants with exposure to the operations of the various organizations within the Department of Defense, pertinent congressional staffs, and the offices of the three Surgeons General. Participation in the Capstone Course will enhance the understanding of how national healthcare policies are formed, and by whom, and how they are implemented and put into operation.
With the smaller class size, direct interaction with policy makers and military health care leaders, and its joint audience the Capstone Course has come to provide firsthand, real world, applicable knowledge/information for the attendees to incorporate into their day-to-day and future work in the MHS.
Upon completion of the course the participants will:
- Have an enhanced understanding of MHS policymaking including how policies are disseminated and the legal basis for those policies.
- Gain a deeper sense of TRICARE issues and policies that shape the delivery of DOD health care.
- Become familiarized with information systems to support executive decision-making, as well as tools for evaluating quality assurance, customer satisfaction, and metrics.
- Opportunity to discuss issues of retention and recruitment from the military and national perspectives as well as financial and business matters as they relate to the MHS.
- Share networking opportunities to include, but not limited to the Surgeons General, members of other services serving in similar capacities, OSD leaders including Deputy Secretaries, the VA, civilian health program managers, and academia.
- Become familiar with unique ways of dealing with human relations and gain a better appreciation for the way they are perceived by others.
- Exchange ideas on current issues such as risk management, patient safety, Homeland Security, bioterrorism, war fighters (the line) and Reserve Forces.
- Gain an enhanced appreciation for transformation and fiscal issues within the DOD.
Additional details and objectives can be found here: Joint Medical Executive Skills Institute | Health.mil
Prospective applicants should send the following to CAPT O’Sullivan NLT 1600 EST, Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
- An up-to-date CV and BIO (combined into one PDF)
- An email with the following information (in the following order): Rank, Name, Current position, work address, work phone and email address
2025 Lewis E. Angelo Professional Symposium (LEAPS) – 23-27 MAR 2025
The Lewis E. Angelo Professional Symposium (LEAPS) is more than just an event—it’s a movement. Designed to empower current and future health care leaders, LEAPS 2025 serves as a launchpad for innovation, collaboration, and professional growth. With the theme, “No Better Time to Inspire, No Greater Time to Launch,” this symposium aims to ignite new ideas, inspire action, and equip attendees with the tools and connections needed to lead the way in modern health care.
Ready to take your leadership journey to the next level? LEAPS 2025 is your opportunity to step into a transformative space where innovation meets action. Stay tuned for registration details and secure your spot at this must-attend event! Let’s make 2025 a year of growth, inspiration, and impact.
Office of Naval Intelligence China Core Knowledge Online Course
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RMKS/1. This message announces the availability of the Office of Naval
Intelligence's (ONI) "China Core Knowledge" online course on Navy e -
Learning. This voluntary and unclassified course is designed to introduce
and enhance understanding of China's military and naval development for all
Navy personnel and civilians.
2. The ONI China Core Knowledge Program provides an understanding of the
following:
a. China's naval modernization strategy.
b. China's expanding naval capabilities and maritime strategy.
c. China's growing regional and global military influence.
d. China's approach to information-age warfare.
e. China's evolving nuclear development.
3. The course takes approximately 35-40 minutes to complete. A 25-question
knowledge check is included, and users who score 80% or higher will receive a
transcript acknowledging successful completion and a TWMS record reflecting
course completion. This course is voluntary, but Commanders are encouraged
to incorporate it into command training regimens.
4. Users can access the course via Navy e-Learning:
a. Navy e-Learning URL: https://learning.nel.navy.mil/.
b. Course number: "ONI-CCK-1.1" ("CCK" stands for China Core Knowledge).
c. Users can search for the course by name/number or locate it under the
"What's New" section of the "Course Catalog" tab by selecting "ONI courses."
5. The ONI China Core Knowledge study guide is also available to Navy
employees with a Common Access Card. This unclassified 53-page guide offers
readers a deeper overview of China's naval strategy, geography, naval
leadership, organizational structure, and information on regional
flashpoints. The guide compliments the online module. Sailors and civilians
interested in reviewing the guide will find it on ONI's unclassified
Sharepoint site AT
[https://intelshare.intelink.gov/sites/oni/intelligence/shared%20documents/on
i_china_core_knowledge.pdf].
6. Additional China Core Knowledge courses at the SECRET//REL FVEY and
TS//SCI classifications are forthcoming. Upon release of respective
classified platforms, a record message notification will follow.
7. This learning material strengthens America's Naval Warfighting Ecosystem
outlined by the CNO in references (a) and (b) by raising our knowledge of our
peer competitor.
8. For general awareness of ONI's intelligence production, classified
products can be located on SIPRNET at
[https://oni.highpoint.dia.smil.mil/#/content/home] and on ONI's new JWICS
portal at [https://www.dia.ic.gov/source/web/?producer=oni].
9. Please direct any questions to the ONI N2 directorate at:
oni_n2_leadership @flankspeed.onmicrosoft.us.
Released by VADM Karl O. Thomas, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for
Information Warfare, OPNAV N2N6.//
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Navy Senior Leadership Seminar in Person at Naval Postgraduate School
Who: O-6, O-6 selects who are on track for executive medicine
What: Navy postgraduate school, Navy Senior Leadership Seminar (NSLS) – In person at NPS occurring 21-25 April 2025
When: 21-25, April 2025 (In-person) – only 1 seat for Medicine Corps
Where: Navy Postgraduate School, Center of Executive Education – Monterey, California
Funding: Tuition is covered by NPS.
- For In Resident Only: Parent command will provide travel expense, lodging, and per diem. NPS will reserve a block of rooms for participants on the NPS campus at the Historic Del Monte Hotel. Nomination for the course implies the command will commit to funding the nominee if selected.
Process: A list of interested participants will be solicited through Corps leadership and returned to the Corps Chief’s Office for review and selection. Interested applicants will submit a nomination via their Chain of Command for concurrence and awareness.
Course Description: Target audience are Captains and Captain Selects tracking for executive medicine. The Center for Executive Medicine (CEE) will handle the administrative planning portion once the participant list has been forwarded to CEE. NSLS provides senior officers with an intensive five-day executive education program that introduces the latest best practices in strategic planning, goal setting, strategic communication, effects-based thinking, risk management, financial management and innovation. The program is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills required to manage and lead effectively in complex organizations. The NSLS is designed for Navy Captains, high-potential Commanders, GS-15 equivalent civilians, and Fleet/Force Command Master Chiefs. Participants are nominated by their TYCOMs and community leadership.
Objective/Desired End State:
• To learn directly from senior Navy leaders the strategies, policies, and resource issues shaping the Navy’s strategy today and the business processes to achieve that strategy.
• To acquire knowledge that stimulates innovative thinking and provides leadership tools required to meet the challenges posed by senior leadership.
• To share expertise with peers in the course, and to learn from and become aware of the broad range of perspectives represented by peers in the Navy.
• To enhance participants’ individual strengths to support changes set by senior Navy leadership.
The NSLS-O is conducted via Zoomgov.com platform and NSLS-NPS (IN-RESIDENT) is held at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. Requirements for NSLS-O include high-speed internet access, webcam, and microphone capability. Headphones are suggested but not required. Additionally, the use of a private/home computer during NSLS-O rather than an NMCI or other government computer has proven most effective. For more information about NSLS, please visit: https://nps.edu/web/cee/nsls
Course POC: NEDPRegistrar@nps.edu
Prospective applicants: Send a single combined PDF with a CV and BIO to CAPT Shauna O’Sullivan NLT 1200 EST Wednesday, February 19, 2025.
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