Joint Services Command and Staff College

Joint Services Command and Staff College
Former names
Motto "Unity is Strength"
Established 1997
Type Constituent college of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
Commandant Rear Admiral James Morse
Location Watchfield, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Coordinates: 51°36′28.60″N 1°38′1.05″W / 51.6079444°N 1.6336250°W
Campus Rural
Affiliations IAMP
Website official website
An interior shot of the Joint Services Command and Staff College

Joint Services Command and Staff College (JSCSC) is a British military academic establishment providing training and education to experienced officers of the Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force, Ministry of Defence Civil Service, and serving officers of other states.

History

JSCSC combined the single service provision of the British Armed Forces: Royal Naval College, Greenwich, Staff College, Camberley, RAF Staff College, Bracknell, and the Joint Service Defence College, Greenwich. Initially formed at Bracknell in 1997, the college moved to a purpose-built facility in the grounds of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom at Watchfield in Oxfordshire in 2000, and is now co-located with the Defence College of Management and Technology, Shrivenham.[1]

Command, Control and Organisation

The Joint Services Command and Staff College (JSCSC) trains the future commanders and staff officers of all three UK Armed Services and those of many countries around the world, supporting the operational effectiveness of all three Services.

JSCSC is a component of the Defence Academy and the Commandant is a full member of the DA Management Board, reporting to the Director of the Defence Academy. The Commandant is a two-star appointment (rear admiral, major general or air vice marshal) and can be filled by candidates from each of the three services. Within JSCSC itself each service is represented by a one-star Assistant Commandant (Maritime, Land, and Air), each with responsibility for both single service issues and delivery of training. The Dean of Academic Studies leads King's College London's Defence Studies Department, which provides theoretical and conceptual academic education in partnership with the military directing staff.[2]

Crest

The college crest features a cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), a symbol of all three armed services; Britain's largest seabird flies, swims on the sea surface and catches its fish underwater, yet builds its nest on dry land (either on cliffs or in riverside trees). The Cormorant was derived from the symbol of the Joint Service Defence College. The Alumni Association of the college, open to graduates of the Higher Command and Staff Course, the Advanced Command and Staff Course and staff, is named the Cormorant club.[3]

Commandants

The following have commanded the college:[4]

References

  1. ↑ Ministry of Defence: The Joint Services Command and Staff College National Audit Office Report 2002
  2. ↑ The Defence Studies Department :Defence Studies Department :King's College London
  3. ↑ Cormorant Club
  4. ↑ Heads of Colleges on RAF web

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