Sec. 1523. JOINT INFORMATION OPERATIONS COURSE
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## SEC. 1523 JOINT INFORMATION OPERATIONS COURSE ###
(a)Joint Information Operations Course The Secretary of Defense shall develop and provide to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force a course to prepare the members to plan and conduct information operations in a joint environment pursuant to title 10, United States Code. Such course shall include— ####
(1)standardized qualifications and procedures to enable the joint and synchronized employment of information-related capabilities in the information environment; ####
(2)joint methods to implement information operations in a battlefield environment under any ground force chain of command; and ####
(3)a curriculum covering applicable assets, core information operations concepts, integration of effects with a specific focus on information-related effects, operational methodology, multi-dimensional targeting space, other information-related capabilities defined by governing policy, instruction, publications, and doctrine, and any other topics or areas determined necessary by the Secretary. ###
(b)Consideration of Ongoing Efforts The Secretary shall ensure that the course under subsection
(a)is developed in light of the information operations posture review, gap analysis, strategy update, and designation of a Joint Force Trainer, occurring as of the date of the enactment of this Act. ###
(c)Semiannual Reports Subsequent to the development of the course under subsection (a), on a semiannual basis through January 1, 2028, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the course. Each report shall include, with respect to the period covered by the report— ####
(1)the number of members described in subsection
(a)who attended the course; and ####
(2)an assessment of the value of the course in— #####
(A)conducting joint operations in the information environment; and #####
(B)the synchronized employment of information-related capabilities in the information environment.