IPAC

The Indo-Pacific (IPAC) Cadre program (formerly known as Asia-Pacific (APAC) Hands) is a Navy initiative to build and identify officers with regional understanding and confidence to inform decision makers. The program’s varying levels are marked by incremental increases in graduate education and experience gained in select regionally focused billets.

Officers interested in submitting a request package for IPAC Cadre AQD eligibility should email OPNAV N13F Regional Programs.

Officers interested in regionally-coded billets should contact their detailer. Community detailers will be able to discuss available billets for each officer's PRD window.

Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) provides a forum for military and civilian leaders of the United States and Asia-Pacific nations to gather to address regional and global security. Offering a number of different programs, DKI APCSS provides an environment where officials, decision makers, and policy makers can exchange ideas, explore issues and challenges, and build regional networks. The Center offers three main courses: Comprehensive Security Cooperation, Indo-Pacific Orientation, and Transnational Security Cooperation.

Comprehensive Security Cooperation (CSC)

The CSC course is a 5-week in-resident executive program offered three times a year for mid-level military, government, and non-government professionals who intersect with the security sphere. Fellows spend approximately three-quarters of their time on complex, transdisciplinary, and transboundary challenges and about a quarter on specialty security content that deep-dives into a variety of priority areas. In parallel with presentations, discussions, and exercises, Fellows assess security environments, identify disruptors, analyze threat systems, and probe governance issues while collaboratively building relationships and mutual understanding. Learn more about the CSC course.

CSC 26-1: February-March 2026 (Canceled)
CSC 26-2: 6 May–10 June 2026 (No longer accepting nominations)
CSC 25-3: 12 August–16 September 2026 (No longer accepting nominations)

Indo-Pacific Orientation Course (IPOC) and Mobile Indo-Pacific Orientation Course (MIPOC)

The IPOC and MIPOC provide an executive education experience for mid-career to senior-level security practitioners to enhance their ability to engage in cooperative security efforts, advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific. IPOC, a week-long in-resident program, offers a unique opportunity for security practitioners with an extraordinary range of professional experience, levels of education, and perspectives to engage intensively on regional security issues. DKI APCSS also offers an annual MIPOC for select regional partners unable to attend the resident course in Honolulu. MIPOC, a week-long off-island program, has expanded its outreach and educational initiatives by bringing its expertise to locations such as Camp Humphreys for United States Forces Korea, as well as to Japan and Washington, D.C. Learn more about the IPOC course.

IPOC 26-1: 26–30 January 2026 (No longer accepting nominations)
MIPOC 26-1 (Washington, DC): 6-10 April 2026 (No longer accepting nominations)
IPOC 26-2: TBD October 2026 (TBD)

Transnational Security Cooperation (TSC)

The TSC course is an exclusive, week-long intensive program aimed at empowering executive-grade U.S. and international military and civilian officials, including those holding or aspiring to 08-09, SES, and equivalent ranks. Specifically tailored for senior security practitioners from the Indo-Pacific region, the TSC course facilitates a deep dive into a broad spectrum of transnational security challenges. These encompass Indo-Pacific strategy, geopolitical competition, cybersecurity, climate change, maritime domain awareness, economic disruptions, global pandemics, irregular warfare, and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR), alongside examining shifting power dynamics, evolving conflicts, and alliance shifts in critical areas such as the South China Sea, the Taiwan Straits, and Oceania. Learn more about the TSC course.

TSC 25-2: 7–12 December 2025 (No longer accepting nominations)
TSC 26-1: 12–17 July 2026 (No longer accepting nominations)
TSC 26-2: TBD December 2026 (TBD)

OPNAV N13F is accepting nominations for all open courses!
All course dates are subject to change.

To find out more about DKI APCSS you can contact us at the email below or go to the APCSS website.

To learn how to submit a nomination for an APCSS course, contact OPNAV N13F at the email below.

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Feel free to contact us at OPNAV N13F Regional Programs if you have any questions.

Officers interested in submitting a request package for IPAC Cadre AQD eligibility should email OPNAV N13F Regional Programs. Officers interested in regionally-coded billets should contact their detailer. Community detailers will be able to discuss available billets for each officer's PRD window.