118 STAT. 1898 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 ‘‘(A) in the case of an officer whose immediately previous assignment was in a joint duty assignment and who is thor oughly familiar with joint matters; ‘‘(B) when necessary for the good of the service; ‘‘(C) in the case of an officer whose proposed selection for promotion is based primarily upon scientific and technical qualifications for which joint requirements do not exist (as determined under regulations prescribed under section 619(e)(4) of this title); and ‘‘(D) in the case of a medical officer, dental officer, veteri nary officer, medical service officer, nurse, biomedical science officer, or chaplain. ‘‘(2) The authority of the Secretary of Defense to grant a waiver under paragraph (1) may only be delegated to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, an Under Secretary of Defense, or an Assistant Sec retary of Defense. Such a waiver may be granted only on a case by case basis in the case of an individual officer. ‘‘§ 2154. Joint professional military education: three phase approach ‘‘(a) THREE PHASE APPROACH.—The Secretary of Defense shall implement a three phase approach to joint professional military education, as follows: ‘‘(1) There shall be a course of instruction, designated and certified by the Secretary of Defense with the advice and assist ance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as Phase I instruction, consisting of all the elements of a joint profes sional military education (as specified in section 2151(a) of this title), in addition to the principal curriculum taught to all officers at an intermediate level service school. ‘‘(2) There shall be a course of instruction, designated and certified by the Secretary of Defense with the advice and assist ance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as Phase II instruction, consisting of a joint professional military edu cation curriculum taught in residence at— ‘‘(A) the Joint Forces Staff College; or ‘‘(B) a senior level service school that has been des ignated and certified by the Secretary of Defense as a joint professional military education institution. ‘‘(3) There shall be a course of instruction, designated and certified by the Secretary of Defense with the advice and assist ance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as the Cap stone course, for officers selected for promotion to the grade of brigadier general or, in the case of the Navy, rear admiral (lower half) and offered in accordance with section 2153 of this title. ‘‘(b) SEQUENCED APPROACH.—The Secretary shall require the sequencing of joint professional military education so that the standard sequence of assignments for such education requires an officer to complete Phase I instruction before proceeding to Phase II instruction, as provided in section 2155(a) of this title. ‘‘§ 2155. Joint professional military education phase II pro gram of instruction ‘‘(a) PREREQUISITE OF COMPLETION OF JOINT PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION I PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION.—(1) After Sep tember 30, 2009, an officer of the armed forces may not be accepted
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