The military-community partnership is celebrated with a welcome party for military newcomers, a community entertainment by the Army’s Volunteers show band, and a signing ceremony for the Army Community Covenant.
The USAWC Distance Education Class of 2008 completes its two-year Army War College curriculum. Lt. Gen. William Webster, NORTHCOM deputy commander, challenges graduates in keynote speech.
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Annual Release of the Key Strategic Issues List (KSIL)
This compilation gives researchers a ready reference of those issues of particular interest to the Department of the Army and Department of Defense. Its focus is strategic, rather than operational or tactical. Published annually, the KSIL helps guide research efforts to the mutual benefit of the defense community and individual researchers.
Family Well-Being: Where We Are and How We Got There
This USAWC AY08 resident student paper analyzes existing programs for taking care of a Soldiers’ families and whether those programs are providing the necessary resources to meet the ultimate goal of improved quality of the military force as a whole.
Acquisition Reform: Living Up to Expectations?
This USAWC AY08 resident student paper examines the degree to which gaps exist between those who are chartered to accurately determine warfighter requirements and those who are entrusted to deliver these capabilities quickly and cost effectively, as well as how well the directive to use evolutionary acquisition to satisfy the need for larger, more complex systems is working.
Brazil’s Difficult Road to Greatness
This USAWC AY08 resident student paper uses a strategy formulation model to examine Brazil’s national interests and grand strategies, and suggests approaches for improving US-Brazilian bi-lateral relations.
Dilemmas of Polish Military Strategy
This USAWC AY08 resident international student paper explores the wide range of factors that influence Polish contemporary strategic behavior and motivations in the broad context of current Euro-Atlantic relations.
