Pursuing Brilliant Warriors

<p>Much has been written about the future direction of Professional Military Education (PME) (Kelly 1996 and Ware 1996). The advancement of technology combined with the drive towards Joint Operations has created new challenges for our PME institutions. Most of the discussion centers on the technology and curricular aspects of the problem but very little study has gone into the personnel required to transform these institutions. The author proposes that both educational and operational experts are needed in all air and space disciplines to keep Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) at the forefront of academic excellence. In order to stay relevant ACSC has to be present at creation and the first step is to involve the right people. Personnel choices are the toughest to make in the shrinking Air Force but the educational institutions are key to our core values. The study reviews ACSC's history of reform and compares it to other successful educational institutions that have maintained a crucial role in their professions. Using elements common to other successful institutions the author hopes to provide a road map the Air Force can use to keep ACSC vital in this changing environment.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>