Civilians also need 'joint' training.

• Position: Washington Pulse - Brief Article

Like their military counterparts, top civilian leaders in the national security arena should be required to serve across multiple agencies in order to get promoted, proposed Marine Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The same type of "joint" thinking that the Defense Department is pushing in the military services also is needed among the civilian leadership, Pace said. "You could construct a system on the civilian...