Joint Enlisted PME Kicks Off

The enlisted force now will have the same opportunity as the officer corps to receive joint professional military education throughout their careers. Army Command Sgt. Major William Joseph Gainey, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said joint enlisted training was one of his top priorities when he entered his new position Oct. 1. He said it also is directly tied to Joint Chiefs Chairman Marine Gen. Peter Pace’s second-priority transformation of the force and the priorities of the combatant commands’ and the services’ senior enlisted advisors. The services will incorporate joint topics into their existing enlisted PME programs, and will establish two chairman-sponsored EJPME programs for enlisted service members assigned or slated to be assigned to joint billets. Gainey said a “joint” context will be embedded into existing PME courses for all the services.