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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
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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.
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