The Portuguese Joint Command and Staff College ( pt, Instituto de Estudos Superiores Militares) or IESM is the military

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establishment that provides training and education to experienced officers of the three

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es of the

Portuguese Armed Forces The Portuguese Armed Forces ( pt, Forças Armadas) are the military of Portugal. They include the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the other unified bodies and the three service branches: Portuguese Navy, Portuguese Army and Portuguese Air ...

and of the Portuguese National Republican Guard (GNR). The training and education given by the IESM focuses in the general areas of administration, strategy and operations, as well in the specific areas related with the Navy, the Army, the Air Force and the GNR. The IESM was created in 2005, from the merger of the former three separate

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s of the Portuguese Army (IAEM, ''Instituto de Altos Estudos Militares''), of the

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(ISNG, ''Instituto Superior Naval de Guerra'') and of the Portuguese Air Force (IAEFA, ''Instituto de Altos Estudos da Força Aérea''). It occupies the installations of the former IAEM at Pedrouços, Lisbon.

Academics

The Portuguese Joint Command and Staff College offers the following academic programs: * Promotion to General Officer Program; * Staff programs: # Joint Staff, # Army Staff; * Master in Military Sciences - Security and Defense; * Promotion to

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programs: # Navy, # Army

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and Service Support, # Army Health and Technical Services, # Air Force, # GNR Military Administration, # GNR Arms of Service, # GNR Personnel and Secretariat; * Specialization programs: #

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