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52nd Senior International Defense Management Course Featured in New Video
OUSD(C) Financial Management "Brown Bag" Webinar Series for DoD DFMCP Personnel
The DRMI is now hosting the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer Financial Management "Brown Bag" Webinar series for DoD personnel who are Defense Financial Management Certification Program (DFMCP) certified and those seeking DFMCP certification. Each one-hour webinar will be presented by a DRMI faculty member and will confer one CET credit. They will be hosted "live" in Zoom for Government from 1200-1300 Eastern. For a list of webinar topics and dates, and to register, click here.
News and Announcements
Defense Resources Management Course (DRMC 21-4) Begins
The fourth convening of the DRMC in 2021 began on 29 August with 29 participants from 13 partner nations (Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Jordan, Madagascar, Namibia, Norway, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, and Zambia) and the United States. This four-week course will graduate on 24 September.
52nd Senior International Defense Management Course (SIDMC 21)
The 52nd annual Senior International Defense Management Course began on 2 August with 38 flag and general rank military officers and senior defense officials from 24 partner nations (Albania, Bangladesh, Benin, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Eswatini, Germany, Ghana, Jordan, Korea, Latvia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Moldova, Niger, North Macedonia, Philippines, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, and Ukraine) and the United States. This four-week course will graduate on 27 August.
Recent DoD COVID-19 guidance and Health Protection Condition Level B (HPCON B):
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All personnel are required to wear a mask indoors, regardless of vaccination status.
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Fully vaccinated individuals are not required to physically distance from others.
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International arrivals are no longer required to ROM/quarantine, if fully vaccinated.
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Allowance for vaccinations other than FDA-authorized: any COVID-19 vaccine authorized by a partner nation.
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Social distance encouraged for all and not required for fully vaccinated, where distancing is required, it is now reduced to 3 feet or 1 meter.
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COVID-19 testing is still required for international travel regardless of vaccination status.
Defense Resources Management Course (DRMC 21-3)
The third convening of the DRMC in 2021 began on 13 June with 18 participants from 5 partner nations (Jordan, Liberia, Malaysia, Oman, and Ukraine) and the United States. This four-week course will graduate on 9 July.
Defense Resources Management Course (DRMC 21-2)
The second convening of the DRMC in 2021 began on 17 May with 16 participants from 6 partner nations (Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, and the Philippines) and the United States. This four-week course will conclude on 11 June.
Defense Resources Management Course (DRMC 21-1)
The first convening of the four-week DRMC in 2021 began on 19 April with 11 participants from 6 partner nations (Djibouti, Germany, Hungary, Pakistan, Senegal, and Trinidad-Tobago) and the United States. The course participants graduated on 14 May.
International Defense Management Course (IDMC 21-2)
The ten-week IDMC 21-2 convened on 8 February 2021 with 18 participants representing 10 partner nations: Albania, Bangladesh, Benin, Bulgaria, Korea, Moldova, Morocco, Senegal, Togo, and Tunisia. The course concluded on 15 April 2021 with a socially-distanced outdoor graduation.
All Courses Now Offered Both in Residence and Online (Virtually)
Due to the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, the DRMI is now offering all courses both in residence in Monterey and online (virtually) via distance learning platforms. Online/distance learning course offerings are currently scheduled through FY 2022.
DRMI Pivots to New "Blended Learning" Environment
The DRMI resumed resident course instruction in August 2020 under a new “blended learning” environment, combining video conferencing and in-person classroom interaction in strict compliance with health and safety requirements.