Welcome to the Defense Resources Management Institute
About Us
The Defense Resources Management Institute (DRMI) is an educational institution and component of the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU), a directorate of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). DRMI is co-located with the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California. DRMI faculty are members of the DSCU faculty specifically assigned to DRMI for the purposes of providing graduate-level expertise in the associated academic disciplines. Since 1965, DRMI has responded to the needs of the Department of Defense, teaching principles, concepts, and applications of defense resources management to U.S. and partner nation students in financial and resources management, and other defense specialties.
DRMI Mission
DRMI's programs enhance the efficient and effective allocation of scarce resources in today's defense organizations by developing course participants' analytical decision making skills. Participants do not focus on learning detailed job-specific skills but rather on the concepts, techniques, and issues that pervade resources management decision making in most mid-management through executive-level positions. To accomplish this, DRMI provides a dynamic learning environment featuring interactive lectures on key concepts from economics, management, and quantitative reasoning; facilitated small group discussions; and real-world case studies.
Who Should Attend
DRMI's programs bring together mid to senior-level managers, military officers of grades O-3 through O-6, and defense civilians of grades GS-09 through GS-15, or equivalent. Once a year, flag and general rank military officers and equivalent defense civilians only attend DRMI's Senior International Defense Management Course.
Latest News
DRMI Delivers Mobile Course in Argentina
November 27, 2024
A Defense Resources Management Institute (DRMI) faculty team recently delivered a one-week Mobile International Defense Management Course (MIDMC) for approximately 30 military officials representing the Argentinian Armed Forces. The MIDMC was the fourth iteration of the course in Argentina and was the result of a combined effort of representatives from the Ministry of Defense of Argentina and the U.S. Embassy, Office of Defense Cooperation.