LETTER TO MAJOR GENERAL THEODORE ANTONELLI FROM HARRY E. FITZWATER

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 29, 2004
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: April 29, 1977
• Content Type: LETTER

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE OF THE ARMED FORCES DD/A Registry
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20319 j J- 1 C (.'. ~} t
ILLEGI
Admiral Stansfield Turner, U.S. Navy
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
The Industrial College has again been authorized by the Join_
Chiefs of Staff to offer a limited number of student spaces in its
1977-78 Class to executives from the various departments and agencie_
of the Federal Government. We value very highly participation by
agencies outside the Department of Defense which these student spaces
make possible, and only regret that the number is so small.
It is a pleasure to invite you to nominate one candidate from
your Agency to attend the College during the 1977-78 academic year.
To assist you in the selection of personnel to attend the course,
attached is a copy of the criteria used by the Department of Defense.
These criteria have been carefully framed on the basis of long experience,
with a view to bringing us civilian students who not merely meet our
formal course requirements, but who can derive maximum benefit from
their ten-month participation in our program.
The important word here is participation. A key part of the learning
process at the College is the exchange of ideas, knowledge, and experience
among 218 individuals, military and civilian, representing many agencies
and functional activities. What gives this exchange direction and meaning
is the common ground, shared by all students, of interest, experience, and
career potential pointed toward future high-level positions of trust in
the national security structure. For civilian students, we feel it is
especially important that each nominee be an individual already earmarked
by his agency as one of the career executives expected to guide its
fortunes in future years.
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ICZA
Admiral Stansfield Turner, U.S. Navy
Registration for the 1977-78 academic year is scheduled for mid-
August 1977 and the course will last until mid-June 1978. We would
appreciate receiving your nomination by 30 April 1977, to include a
personal history of sufficient substance to permit evaluation of the
nominee. Clearance for access to Top Secret information is required.
If you have any questions, I would be pleased to discuss them with
you. Queries of an administrative nature may be directed by your staff
to my Chief of Staff or our Administrator, whose telephone numbers are
respectively 693-8001 and 693-8305.
I believe the participation of your Agency in our program will
be mutually beneficial to all. concerned, and I look forward to the
association.
Sincerely yours,
Attachment THEODORE ANTONELLI
as stated Major General, U.S. Army
Commandant
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CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF CIVILIAN I: 11I'LOI'Eh;S OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR ATTENDANCE AT
THE JOINT COLLEGES
1. The opportunity of having civilian employees attending the
joint colleges affords the Department of Defense (DOD) another means
of assuring That key civilian personnel are properly equipped to carry
out responsible duties in the Department.- It is important that the nec-
essary time and attention, including the endorsement of the candidate
by a high-level coalmittee, be devoted to the selection of nominees for
this purpose, if the Department is to take full advantage of this oppor-
tunity. In the selection, the following criteria will be observed:
a. The employee i- ust have an appointment without time
limitation and must have a competitive status if employed in the com-
petitive service.
b. The employee selected for the National War College
or the Industrial College of the Armed Forces must occupy a position
in grade GS-15 or above. In a few instances, employees in grade
GS-14 who have demonstrated an e:,:ceptionally high potential for
advancement may he considered, for selection. The employee selected
for the Armed Forces Staff College must occupy a position in grade
GS-12 or above.
C. Normally, the employee should be in the age bracket
of: (1) 35 to t5 years for the National War College and the Industrial
College of the Armed Forces; and (2) 30 to 40 years for the Armed
Forces Staff College.
d. The employee ?rust have demonstrated a -potential for
Higher level responsibilities in the DoD.
e. The employee must have arrived at a point in his career
development where the specific educational opportunity offered by each
of the colleges is appropriate and desirable for his future development
within the DoD. Careful co asideratio:l should be given to the er_zployee's
probable future assignments and respoii;;ibhlithes and a judgement made
coiicerniag the applicability of the college's program to his development.
f. Because of the extremely broad scope of the college
courses, employees nominated should 'have demon ;crated a capacity
to adjust themselves read! ly to a variety of substaarit ial fields, to master
complc:?: sulbiect matter quick]v, and to appreciate the problems and
understand the implications involved in economic, political, technological,
adminb;trative, and military planning.
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One of the learning techniques used by the coller;e~ s is
small group activity. Employees norninatcd for attendance at one of
the colleges should, therefore, have dernons,-rated, an adaptability for-
work in small groups as an approach to the educational process.
h. The employee should possess the educational background,
maturity, and poise to meet on an equal footing with the other military
students (Ar?n:v, Air Force, and Marine colonels and lieutenant colonels,
and Vavv captains and commanders at the National War College and the
Inr3astrial College of the Armed Forces; Army and .Marine Corps
'
icvtenant colldj Ai F
ones an maoes,rorce majors, and Navy lieutenant
commanders at the Armed Forces Staff College) and civilian students
af, quivalent rank. Possession of a bachelor's degree or its equivalent
has been found to be the normal minimum.
i. The employee must have or be able to obtain clearance
for access to Top Secret information,
j. The employee must desire to attend the college.
k. In order for the DoD to profit by the investment in
personnel who take a course at one of the colleges, only employees who
are expected to be available for further service in the DoD upon com-
pletion of the course should be nominated. Therefore, an employee
nominated for the course-must be willing, if selected, to agree to
remain with the DoD for a period of not less than three years upon
of ) i r _
co~~:;rsetion o_ the cC,tlrso, or for such l~crti arl o: this t.i: e:.-tiy(:ar period
as his services may be required.
1. Deviations from these criteria may l,e made only in
exc ptional cases if it is considered to be -'n tlhe best interests of the
DoD, and then only upon approval of heal of the DoD component con
cerned, or his designee for this purpose.
2. In addition to ?-ieetiriy the criteria in 1, above, .employ es norrLi-
nated for the `ration-_~l War College must hold a posit ion in, or be associ-
ated ',vith or earmarked for association with, n a:ti ity in \'ih.lch
knowled?e of one or more ?eneral subjects, such as international affairs,
the relation of military policy to foreign policy, military planning,
intelligence, ioint activities of the Armed Forces, or the general
structure and organization of the DoD and other security agencies of
the Government, is important.
;3. In addition to meetirl? the criteria in I. a.bov^, employees nomi-
Tlated for the Industrial Collegge of the Armed Forces Hirst hold, a position,
or have been selected for a later assign?Rent to a position, `.',"hich entails
considerable dccisiorrmalcing responsibility in the maxi;,-,ernent of, national
security resources, including the related economic, social, political,
environmental, tochnolonical, admini,.trative, aryl ruilitarv factors.
I"'urther, the enmptoyees position should require himn to h: ve an under-
standirlg; in depth of the principles, policies, operations, and organiza-
tiorls involved in national and international security affairs.
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