NATO SOF Executive Leaders Course - STEP 4

THIS IS A TWO-PART COURSE CONSISTED OF  6 WEEKS OF SELF STUDY AND ONE WEEK BREAK, FOLLOWED BY TWO-WEEKS OF GUIDED CLASSROOM LEARNING

1.         The NATO SOF Executive Leaders Course target audiences are The target audience is OF-6/9 and OR 9, serving or preparing to serve as a command team (Commander and CSEL) of Strategic Level organizations (National, Allied or Partner Nations’ JSOCs-SOCOMs). While this course is focused on SOF leaders we encourage participation from SOF enablers, conventional forces, and civilians coming from the same executive/strategic command and rank levels, to learn from each other and increase networking and interoperability within the alliance.  Each nation/organization is required to request the participation of an equal number of Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers. 

2.         The course will be broken down into two distinct phases:

 a.         A Distant Learning phase of 6 weeks of asynchronous self-study via NSOU Blackboard LMS portal. 

           b.         A 10-day Residential Learning phase of synchronous guided learning in a classroom broken into two separate venues. The first half will be hosted at the NATO Special Operations University (NSOU) at Chievres Air Base (Rue du Septieme Wing, 7950, Chievres, Belgium). The second half will be hosted at the NATO SOF Commanders’ Conference venue. Students will attend all conference events, in addition to mentoring sessions, classes, staff rides and team building events during this timeframe.

3.         Nations will be responsible to provide transportation, accommodation and Per Diem for the duration of the course for their students, including their participation in the SOF Commanders Conference venue. There is no course fee. Students will be required to register for the SOF Commanders Conference, following the instructions of its calling letter, and pay the associated conference fees.

4.         Students should have a 3232 level English language skill, in accordance with STANAG 6001, and should be comfortable to present and brief in English to a group audience.

5.         A valid NATO Security Clearance Certificate (NATO SECRET level) is required to attend the RL phase of the course.

6.         Point of Contact. For Registration submissions or questions regarding the course: Evangelos Trasanis, NSOU Leadership Academy Course Director, Email: [email protected]  (unclassified) and [email protected]  (classified)