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On September 5th, the graduation ceremony for the 9th Joint Intensive Course (JIC) was held at the auditorium of Meguro Base, with the pleasure of CAPT Kobayashi’s company, Director of Education Department of National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS), representing President of NIDS.
　The JIC's purpose is for senior officers to acquire the knowledge and skills on joint operations required to carry out missions as a commanding officer or a senior staff officer of major commands.
　From August 4th, a total of twenty four students studied joint education mainly through lectures and research on defense strategy for one month.
　The graduates will continue to enroll another course called the Regular Course at NIDS and study for about ten more months with trainees other than the Ministry of Defense.