The Sergeants Major Academy prepares master sergeants and sergeants major to elevate from a tactical level of thinking to an operational and strategic perspective, thus preparing them for leadershiop positions in organizations executing unified land operations. What Soldiers learn prepares them for leadership positions in joint, interagency, interfovernmental, multinational organizations (JIIM) as well as battalion, brigade, and division through echelons-above-corps (EAC) staff sergeants major command levels.