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Junior Command and Staff Course (JCSC)
The Junior Command and Staff Course (JCSC) prepares officers to function effectively as staff at Brigade Level. The duration of the course is 24 weeks divided into two terms. Since its inception, the Malawi Defence Force Command Staff College has successfully run two courses.
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Senior Command and Staff Course (SCSC)
The SCSC Course is a multidisciplinary study that deals with military studies and strategic studies fostering a unique nexus between the active and passive defence domain of warfighting and peace and security context. The course is aimed at responding to the demand of highly qualified commanders and staff officers at operational and strategic levels. The course emphasises on military leadership at operational and strategic levels of war, with particular reference to the role, development and use of military power as a strategic resource and its impact on the international system. Students in the programme will acquire several theoretical, conceptual, and anyltical tools with which to filter, order and attach contextual meaning to a plethora of themes or issues regarding military tactics in land, air and maritime at operational level complemented by deeper understanding of national security, strategy, international relations and foreign policy. With the modules in the course, students will attain knowledge, attitude, and skills that will lead to strategic and practical leadership in the defence, peace, and security sector.
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