U.S. Army Pacific is testing a new program to help junior leaders become experts in certain regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Regional Leader Development Program, a pilot program USARPAC launched in August, is giving service members a familiarization of the Pacific region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAll the forces in the Pacific are aligned to the Pacific region. They get to know it really well,\u201d Gen. Robert Brown, commander of USARPAC, said. \u201cBut \u2026 for leaders, there was no way to train for that region. A lot of them would read up on it on their own, and there\u2019d be training programs here and there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although the pilot program is focusing on the Pacific at first, Brown said the goal is to do this for other Army regions. The program has 40 students from all branches of the military with the majority from the Army, Brown said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The seven-week course broadens and develops junior leaders, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo they go to a course at the Asia Pacific Security Center, for example, and they learn about the region from experts, professors,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then the students immerse themselves in the region for several weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe take them to multiple countries,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd at the end, what you have are these junior leaders, captains and mid-level [non-commissioned officers] who become experts in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The service members go back to their units scattered throughout the Pacific with a greater knowledge, whether they\u2019re involved with the Korean Peninsula or a disaster response somewhere, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou now have an expert,\u201d he said. \u201cSo it\u2019s an investment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The program has partnered with outside universities, as well, so those who participate can use their tuition assistance to take 15 more credit hours to complete a master\u2019s in international relations, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next iteration of the program will kick off in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe think leader development is so important in the future because to do that multi-domain battle, you have to have empowered people who are really developed,\u201d Brown said. \u201cNow things have changed so much just in the world, the velocity of human interaction, the complexity of things in the world, that you have to have leaders that thrive in ambiguity and chaos, not comfortable, but that thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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