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Last Call for the 2015 General William E. DePuy Combined Arms Center Writing Competition This year’s theme is The Future of War. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: • Changing demographics—what will the world’s population look like and what effect will it have • • • • on the Army and the operational environment (e.g., megacities, population growth and displacement, resource distribution) Climate change and its threat to security (e.g., water rights, desertification, coastal flooding) The impact of regionally aligned forces The future of nonstate entities and their relationship to, and impact on, the military Army operations on U.S. soil (e.g., the erosion of the Posse Comitatus Act) Contest Closes 10 July 2015 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. Spc. Patrick Chittock and Sgt. Salvador Gutierrez, both assigned to 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, navigate through the obstacle course 18 May 2009 during the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment’s Pre-Ranger Course at Fort Irwin, California. MILITARY REVIEW  November-December 2014 (Photo by Spc. Nathaniel Muth, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment PAO) 1