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Commander Strategic Command, General James Hockenhull has brought the 16 week Higher Command & Staff Course (HCSC) course to a close.
HCSC prepares future leaders from the UK and overseas for higher command & staff appointments across defence & security environments.
Higher Command Staff Course (HCSC) students recently benefitted from a visit by Sir Simon Gass, former Chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee, & former Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s Political Director.
The course is supported by Defence Studies KCL.
Members of the Higher Command and Staff Course (HCSC) were joined by Chief of the Defence Staff 🇬🇧 for a fireside chat in their final week.
This year’s HCSC was attended by 42 course members including military, industry, partners across government and partner nation officers.
💷Investment in modelling & simulation
💡Innovation in technology
🤝Idea sharing with industry & academia
Our experts, from Defence Academy & Defence Digital, are at IT2EC this week sharing how we can best use technology to advance Defence training.
Great to see fellow former Defence Academy colleagues from Royal Air Force securing our region's skies ☁️ as part of larger and ever stronger 💪🏼 NATO alliance. 🇬🇧🇷🇴
UK Embassy Bucharest Defence Operations 🇬🇧
#WeAreNATO #1NATO75years
Recently, the Higher Command and Staff Course visited Europe. They visited NATO HQ and SHAPE_NATO Allied Command Operations in Belgium, and NATO JFC HQ Brunssum in the Netherlands.
Their final stop was Poland, for briefings and trips to Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Katyn Forest Massacre Memorial.
Major General Andrew Roe welcomes AVM Paul Godfrey, Commander UK Space Command, to Shrivenham Station. In formal recognition of the UK Space Academy & UK Defence Academy partnership, he met with our Senior Leadership Team & staff from the Defence Cyber Academy.
From CIR Bundeswehr to U.S. Cyber Command, our international partnerships strengthen our cyber capabilities.
Staff talks held Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre focussed on sharing expertise & knowledge to help protect global security 🌍🔐.
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