The full 44-week CGSS course is offered twice a year at Fort Leavenworth, KS, with broad choices among more than 170 elective courses and focused programs in Special, Joint, or Space Operations.  Courses start in July and February each year.  The first 16 weeks of the course are offered three times a year at each of the satellite campuses at Fort Belvoir, VA, Fort Lee, VA, and Fort Gordon, GA.  Masters Degrees may be earned at the main campus at Fort Leavenworth, but may not be earned at the satellite campuses. 

ILE consists of two components, the Command and General Staff Officer Course (CGSOC) Common Core Course, and the Advanced Operations and Warfighting Course which is the credentialing course for field grade officers in the operational Army.  Students complete these courses in an experiential learning environment which yields adaptive, self-aware, field-grade leaders of character and competence who are capable of shaping the joint operational environment.