The Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) is located at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama and is the United States Air Force's intermediate professional military education (PME) school. It prepares field grade and equivalent officers of all U.S. military services in grade O-4 or those selected for O-4 (i.e., majors and USN/USCG lieutenant commanders, as well as major selectees and USN/USCG lieutenant commander selectees), equivalent rank international military officers, and US civil servants of at least GS-13/GM-13 level, to assume positions of higher responsibility within the military and other government arenas. Majors of the Civil Air Patrol/U.S. Air Force Auxiliary are also able to attend via "distance learning," an option often exercised by officers in the U.S. military services. Geared toward teaching the skills necessary for air and space operations in support of a joint campaign as well as leadership and command.
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