The Depot & Arsenal Executive Leadership Program (DAELP) is an executive development program serving the commanders and senior civilian leaders of the Army’s Depot and Arsenal facilities. The program was established in 2003 by the U.S. Army Materiel Command. It is organized and administered by the Institute for Defense and Business (IDB) and delivered in partnership with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The DAELP provides a strategic overview of the key functional, analytical and managerial elements required for effective leadership of large complex organizations. The program’s faculty members are selected from the Kenan-Flagler Business School as well as other leading universities, private sector organizations and the military services.

Extending over six months, the program’s components include five weeks of academic residency in Chapel Hill, one-week dedicated to on-site depot/arsenal/industry visits, interspersed with a series of residencies at the participant’s duty station and four weeks with a leading private sector corporation. The sixth offering of the DAELP is planned to begin in October of 2008 and will conclude in May of 2009.  While DAELP was initially designed specifically for the U.S. Army, joint participation is welcomed and encouraged. Senior representatives of U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force and Defense Logistics Agency.