M A & S Instructor Opportunities
(and other positions that require Advanced Civil Schooling)
Thank you
for your interest in joining the Military Art and Science faculty in
the Department of Military Instruction.
MILITARY
ART & SCIENCE
MISSION
The Military Art and Science Major provides
cadets a greater doctrinal understanding of tactics, operations, and
strategy relevant to the current and future U.S. Army in order to
produce leaders with a significant edge in professional military
development.
OVERVIEW
Each year we select branch-qualified captains to
attend a one to two-year advanced civil schooling program, with a
three-year follow-on assignment to the USMA faculty in the Department
of Military Instruction (DMI). Our
officers attend top graduate programs and receive a master's degree in
areas such as International Security Policy, Communication, Diplomacy
and Military Studies, Defense Analysis/Irregular Warfare, and National
Security Affairs. In the
past, we have sent officers to
Harvard
University,
Naval
Postgraduate
School,
University of Connecticut, University
of
Kentucky
, and
Hawaii
Pacific
University.
As professors in our Military Art and Science major, our officers
teach, perform professional service, do scholarly research and
outreach to the Army, and participate in the mentorship and
development of cadets, both in an out of the classroom. We
primarily teach juniors and seniors in a variety of subjects including
Tactics, Military Strategy, Counterinsurgency Operations, Comparative
Military Systems, Military Communication, Special Operations/Low
Intensity Conflict, and Transformation, and Theory and Practice in
Modern War.
CURRENT
OPENINGS
- Course Director/Instructor. Report to USMA summer 2010. Attend
ACS for 12 months (start fall 2009). Master's Defense Studies,
National Security Studies or similar field.
- Course Director/Instructor. Report to USMA summer 2011. Attend
Naval Postgraduate School for 18 months (start January 2010).
Master's of Science degree in Defense Analysis, focus on
Unconventional Warfare. This is an 18A coded position.
- Course Director/Instructor. Report to USMA summer 2011. Attend ACS
for 24 months (start fall 2009). Master's Defense Studies, National
Security Studies or similar field.
- Course Director/Instructor. Report to USMA summer 2012. Attend ACS
for 24 months (start fall 2010). Master's degree in Communication
Science.
ELIGIBILITY
- Officers from all commissioning sources are
encouraged to apply for open positions.
- We have one TDA position for MI officers and
one TDA position for SF officers.
All other positions are branch immaterial.
- We normally select officers to begin graduate
school in their 6-8th year of service.
- Officers must be branch-qualified captains to attend ACS
with a follow-on assignment to USMA.
- To be eligible for consideration, applicants
can have an undergraduate degree in any field.
Most successful candidates have an undergraduate grade point
average of 3.0 or higher, though this is not a requirement.
TIMELINE
Packet deadline is 10 January,
2009. Results will be announced
in February,
2009.
APPLICANT
FILE
- Transcripts.
Copy of your undergraduate (all schools if you attended more
than one) and, if applicable, graduate transcripts.
- Evaluations.
Copy of last five OERs and/or AERs.
- GRE. Copy
of current (under 5 years at start of ACS) GRE.
The Army minimum standards for ACS are 500 points on the
verbal, 500 points on the quantitative, and 4 in the analytical
writing assessment.
- Letters of Recommendation.
We recommend that you provide two letters of recommendation
commenting on your potential to do outstanding work at a top American
university and be an effective college-level instructor.
If you will not have a command OER in time for our selection
process, we recommend that you get a letter from your senior rater
assessing your performance.
LORs should be addressed to:
LTC Brian M. DeToy Ph. D.
Director, Military Art and Science Program
745 Brewerton Rd. Rm. 5107
West Point, NY 10996
- Letter of Intent.
Tell us why you want to teach in our department and why you
think you will do a great job.
- ORB.
- DA Photo.
- APFT Score card.
It is not necessary for you to provide all of
this information all at once. Send
information as it becomes available.
Start early because we can help you more if we have more time.
CONTACT
INFO
Files can be sent electronically to:
MAJ Chris Kasker (Chris.Kasker@usma.edu)
Or by mail to:
MAJ Chris Kasker
Department of Military Instruction
745 Brewerton Rd. Rm. 5107
West Point, NY 10996
Phone:(845) 938-5354.
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