AFCSC COURSES

 Aims of the single phase Junior Course

ARMY JUNIOR STAFF COURSE SINGLE SERVICE PHASE

The aim of the Army Junior Staff Course is to give young officers of the rank of Captain in the Army training in the following areas:

a. Organization and roles of all Arms and Services of
    the Nigerian Army.

b. Principles and techniques involved in the employment of all arms in conventional 
    military operations up to battalion level.

c. Logistics systems used in the Nigerian Army.

d. Principles and techniques of staff work.

e. Practical experience in command up to battalion group level.

f. Principles of unit administration, inspection procedures, and unit
   documentations.

g. Principles of Service Funds Accounting.

h. Principles of leadership and resource management.

i. The ability to collect and collate information and to examine problems with
   balance and imagination to arrive at logical conclusions and to present outcomes
   of their analysis clearly, accurately and concisely.

j. Knowledge of national issues and world affairs, particularly African geo-political
   studies.

NAVY JUNIOR STAFF COURSE SINGLE SERVICE PHASE

35. The aim of the Navy Junior Staff Course is to develop the professional effectiveness and administrative ability of Lieutenants in the Navy to enable them undertake command, staff and training appointments appropriate to their rank. Their training curriculum is designed to cover the following:

a. Principles of leadership, and their application in command and divisional responsibilities in the Navy.

b. Principles and some of the techniques of management and their relevance to effective operation of ships.

c. A broad knowledge of Naval Law and aspects of its application in the course of establishing good discipline in the Navy.

AIR FORCE JUNIOR STAFF COURSE SINGLE SERVICE PHASE

The aim of the Air Force Junior Staff Course is to train Flight Lieutenants in order to develop their professional effectiveness and capacity to undertake command and staff appointments appropriate to their ranks.

 The aim is achieved through instruction which is organized with the following broad objectives in mind:

a. to develop in the students a capability to appreciate social, economic, political and military problems of national and international importance, which interplay in the environment where force is to be employed.

b. Develop in students, an awareness of the principles governing the employment of military force (i.e. Principles of War). Also, the role of air power in general and a sound knowledge of the functions, organization and administration of the Air Force in particular.

c. Give students a clear understanding of the organization and functions, capabilities and limitations of the Army and Navy, so as to enable them to be effective members of an inter-Service team.