How do civilians fit in the academic program at ICAF?
Nearly two-thirds of the students at ICAF are military officers (including about 20 officers, called International Fellows, from foreign countries). Civilians come from a range of DOD offices and other executive branch agencies (such as State Department, USAID, CIA, NSA, DIA, Homeland Security, Energy, Commerce, GAO, etc.). ICAF also usually has ten Industry Fellows from corporations who are fully incorporated into the program and provide insights from the private sector on resource issues. Although ICAF is a war college, more appropriately it should be considered an inter-service, inter-agency program of study. DODs war college system has built upon its original mission to prepare military officers for senior positions and includes a broader program that emphasizes learning about the roles and missions of other departments and agencies of the executive branch and the interagency policy process. Civilian students will find their military and civilian classmates keenly interested in lea
