”NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY POLICY” (på engelska). CJCSI 1801.01E. Joint Staff. 20 december 2019. https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/Doctrine/education/cjcsi_1801_01e.pdf?ver=2020-01-10-122911-200. Läst 9 juni 2021. ”a. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Controlled Activity. NDU is a Chairman’s Controlled Activity (CCA). As such, NDU has a Secretary of Defense (SecDef)-approved charter, which provides guidance and prescribes the basic organization and resourcing of NDU and assigns key responsibilities of major stakeholders. b. General. NDU is the Nation’s premier Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) provider. Its fundamental purpose is to educate emerging senior leaders in the defense and interagency communities at the strategic and operational levels. NDU’s primary focus is the provision of JPME, enabled by premier teaching, scholarly research, and academic engagement. As an academic institution, NDU operates on the principle of academic freedom. c. Mission. NDU educates joint warfighters in critical thinking and the creative application of military power to inform national strategy and globally integrated operations, under conditions of disruptive change, in order to conduct war. d. Vision. NDU will create strategic advantage by developing joint warfighters and other national security leaders and forging relationships through whole-of-nations and whole-of-governments educational programs, research, and engagement.”
