Foreign Professional Military Education
Officers are selected for a foreign PME assignment from the Top Level School (TLS) or Commandant's Professional Intermediate-Level Education Board (CPIB/ILS) processes conducted by the DC M&RA. Foreign PME provides a unique opportunity to learn of the peoples, mores, cultures, and a variety of perspectives on strategic and international issues. All foreign PME program completion results in joint professional military education JPME I credit.
Officers desiring selection to this program should take the Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB) early enough for results to be available to their respective TLS/ILS Selection Board. The DLAB can be scheduled through your base education officer. The DLAB score does not expire and can be re-taken every six months. Class 4 languages such as Arabic, Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin require a score of 110 or higher. A minimum score of 100 is required for all other foreign PME programs.
Foreign PME Top Level School assignments and eligibility are:
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Argentine National Defense School
- Lieutenant Colonel - Every 4 years
- Next selection on FY22/AY22-23 Board
- Spanish language training approx. 34 weeks at DLI-Monterey
- DLI begins May 2023
- Course from Feb to Dec 2024
- Escuela Superior de Guerra
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Australian War College
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Indian National Defence College
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Inter-American Defense College
- Lieutenant Colonel - Every year
- Ft. McNair in Washington, D.C.
- Spanish or Portuguese language training approx. 25 weeks at DLI-Washington
- DLI begins in December
- Course from Jun to June
- Inter-American Defense College
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Israeli National Defense College
- Lieutenant Colonel - Every year
- English translations of all lectures and material provided.
- In country Hebrew language training from June to August
- Course from Aug to July
- Israel National Defense College
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Japanese National Institute for Defense Studies
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NATO Defense College
- Four Lieutenant Colonels (2 AD + 2 USMCR)
- Every year, Semi-annually
- Rome, Italy
- Course conducted in English
- One class from Sep to Feb, the other from Feb to Jul
- NATO Defense College
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Pakistani National Defence University
- Colonel - Every 4 years
- Next selection on FY21/AY21-22 Board
- Language training required approx. 47 weeks at DLI-Washington
- DLI begins Feb 2021
- Course from Jan to Dec 2022
- Pakistan National Defence University
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UK Royal College of Defence Studies
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Foreign PME Intermediate Level School assignments and eligibility are: