Every August, a fresh new cohort of students arrives on Carlisle Barracks to attend the resident course at the U.S. Army War College. The goal is to educate and...
professional military education
In a world of evolving warfare, professional military education (PME) needs to adapt as well. While the current focus is on great power conflict, the importance of irregular warfare...
In today's complex security environment, militaries rarely operate independently. The joint-service approach to military education and training has been the norm since the 1980s, recognizing the importance of preparing...
General Randy George, Chief of Staff of the Army (CSA), has identified four priorities for the service during his tenure: building cohesive teams, delivering ready combat formations, continuous transformation...
Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal was controversial and polarizing in its time (and still for some today). It was also once the topic of a heated debate at the...
Last week War Room published an article by former Harold K. Johnson Chair of Military History, Ian Isherwood. He shared his thoughts on the year he spent with the...
What happens when you drop a "pure civilian" academic into a visiting professor chair position at the U.S. Army War College? A whole lot of learning and growth—by both...
In the Spring of 2020 the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) released their vision and guidance for officer professional military education (PME). The document called for a significant change...
Every year the amount of sheer talent, knowledge and experience that comes through the little town of Carlisle, PA is astounding. There is the student body at the Army...
Getting faculty governance right in higher education can be a difficult endeavor. There are multiple models that can be employed, personalities always play a role and leadership has to...
As we continue back to school week at the U.S. Army War college the editorial team wants to add to the resident students' tool kit with another great article...
Yesterday began the first full week of instruction for the resident course at the U.S. Army War College. Introductions are done, orientation is over and another year of Boatyard...
Today begins the first full week of instruction for the resident course at the U.S. Army War College. Introductions are done, orientation is over and another year of Boatyard...
Meaningful change can be hard to accomplish. If you're lucky enough to have clear, achievable goals there's still the matters of methodology, buy-in, resourcing, timelines and a host of...
Colonel (retired) Arthur F. Lykke was a faculty instructor in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College in the late 80's and nearly...
"The evolving and dynamic security environment, which includes disruptive changes in the character and conduct of warfare, demands immediate changes to the identification, education, preparation, and development of our...
The key thing is relationships. When we build those relationships those are bridges that help us to go throughout all the situations we face in our career as military...
Back in the 1930s, Air Force officers who were assigned instructor duty at the Air Corps Tactical School…would wear these little…pledge pins on their uniforms. A BETTER PEACE welcomes...
For today and tomorrow, I think it can remind us of one tool that’s been tried for some bootstrap professional development, and also make us think about how all...
WAR ROOM is a labor of love The More Things Change … I had been at the US Army War College for only a few months when Andrew Hill,...