Our

Mission

About the Course

The Reserve Component National Security
Course (RCNSC) is a two-week seminar offered
to senior officers and non-commissioned
officers (E8-E9) of the U.S. Reserve
Components, international officers, and select
civilians working in national security.

CISA
Our mission is to educate and prepare civilian
and military national security professionals
and future leaders of the U.S. and partner
nations for the strategic challenges of the
contemporary security environment. The College
of International Security Affairs (CISA) is the
Department of Defense flagship for education
and the building of partnership capacity in
combating terrorism and irregular warfare at
the strategic level. CISA prepares students
for high-level policy and command and staff
responsibilities through a graduate, interagency
and joint professional military program.

NDU
National Defense University supports the
joint warfighter by providing rigorous Joint
Professional Military Education to members
of the U.S. Armed Forces and select others in
order to develop leaders who have the ability to
operate and creatively think in an unpredictable
and complex world.

Reserve Component
National Security Course

NDU Reserve Component Chair

College of International Security Affairs
Lincoln Hall
National Defense University
Fort Lesley J. Mcnair
Washington, D.C. 20319
Phone 202-685-9460
http://rcnsc.dodlive.mil/

The College of International Security Affairs

National Defense University
Fort Lesley J. McNair
Washington, D.C.

cisa.ndu.edu

Reserve Component
National Security
Course
Founded in 1976, the Reserve Component
National Security Course (RCNSC) is a twoweek seminar designed to lay a foundation
for professionals moving to joint command
management and staff responsibilites in a
multinational, intergovernmental, or joint
national security setting.
The curriculum includes presentations given by
national security strategists, thought leaders,
distingushed scholars and subject matter
experts. Many of the presenters are faculty
members from the College of International
Security Affairs (CISA), the National War
College, the Eisenhower School for National
Security and Resource Strategy, and the
Information Resource Management College.
RCNSC includes panel discussions, seminars,
Capitol Hill visits, a staff ride, and a capstone
simulation excercise.

Joint
Credit
Opportunity
Originally designed for Reserve Component
Officers, RCNSC recognizes the value of diverse
perspectives of stakeholders in the development
of National Security policy and strategy.
This course is open to:
Senior military officers from the Reserve and
Guard
Senior non-commissioned officers from the
Reserve and Guard
Government Interagency professionals
(professionals serving as GS-13 and above
from FBI, DHS and other U.S. agencies)
International Military officers and coalition
officers
Defense Industry Partners

National Security
Crisis Response
Exercise
RCNSC's capstone exercise
provides an experience
in national decisionmaking that identifies and
applies the instruments of
national power in support
of national interests. It
requires deliberate analysis
and thoughtful application
of political, economic,
military, diplomatic and
social measurements to
advance national objectives,
emphasizing joint and
combined operations and the
interagency process.

Course
Content
National Security
Strategy
Resourcing for
National Security
Strategy
Regional Briefs
Information
Technology and
Security
Homeland Security
Political-Military
Simulation