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Foreign Area Officer Course
JFK Special Warfare Center and
School
Foreign Area Officer Department
The Foreign Area Officer
Department is responsible for the conduct of the Foreign Area
Officer Course. This course is designed to provide a general
background which will be useful in various training programs and
FAO assignments. it teaches the officers research and analysis
techniques and provides knowledge of United States foreign
policy.
The course is one of the four
essential training phases of the Foreign Area Officer program,
the other three being language training, a graduate degree and
in-country training. The course also serves as the quality
control mechanism within the specialty as well as being
recognized as "the school house" by FAOs worldwide,
linking them with a single common denominator.
Approximately halfway through the
course, the FAO class travels to Washington, D.C., for its
interdepartmental agency field trip. The purpose of the trip is
to enable the FAOs to meet in conference with top military and
civilian officials from Washington-based agencies and staff
activities which are part of the FAOs area of operations. The
trip's activities include briefings at the Central Intelligence
Agency, the State Department, the Pentagon, selected embassies,
and on Capitol Hill.
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