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The Secretary concerned must establish funded graduate education programs to:
- raise professional and technical competencies and develop future capabilities of officers to effectively perform assigned duties and responsibilities
- provide developmental incentives for officers with the ability, dedication, and capacity for professional growth
- develop or enhance the capacity of the Department of Defense to fulfill a present need, anticipated requirement or future capability
- ensure the applicability of graduate education within the context of ongoing service requirements and development of the total force
- ensure graduate education provides the highest caliber of officers in areas where an advanced degree of proficiency and readiness is instrumental to current mission or future capability
- utilize officers who have received fully or partially funded graduate education in validated positions requiring advanced knowledge
- ensure graduate education programs develop critical thinking and decision-making skills vital in preparing military officers to work in the Service, joint, interagency, and international environments |