Military Review English Edition January-February 2016 | Page 3

Announcing the 2016 General
William E. DePuy Combined Arms
Center Writing Competition
This year’s theme is Educating the Force–What is the right balance
between training and education?
Possible topics include but are not limited to—

• Do soldiers really need higher education? If so, to what level?
• Are the Army’s professional military education (PME) programs teaching the right objectives; and, if so,
are graduates applying them? How should it ensure PME reflects the force’s needs?
• How should the Army measure the effects of Army education on the conduct of Army operations?
What metrics should it use?
• How should the Army measure the effects of Army education on soldiers’ careers?
• How well is the Army taking advantage of any educational opportunities it provides soldiers?
• How well are the civilian study programs the Army pays for benefitting the force or the careers of soldiers? What fields of study does the Army need most?
• How should the Army change the way it uses the expertis e soldiers gain through civilian study?
Contest Closes 11 July 2016
1st Place

$1,000 and publication in Military Review

2nd Place

$750 and consideration for publication in Military Review

3rd Place

$500 and consideration for publication in Military Review

For information on how to submit an entry, go to http://militaryreview.army.mil

Maj. Chris Sturm, coordinator for the U.S. Army Cadet Command’s Culture and Language Program, and eleven Reserve Officer
Training Corps cadets assigned to temporary duty with U.S. Army Africa ride camels 13 June 2014. The cadets completed a variety of
MILITARY
missions in
REVIEW 
Africa andJanuary-February
Europe over a two-month
2016
period.
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(Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army)