Course Overview & Writing Standards

Part I: Foundations

1

6 March

Course Introduction

2

7 March

National Strategy and Military Power

3

9 March

The National Military Strategy

4

10 March

Ethics and Military Power

Part II: Current and Future Military Threats

5

13 March

Global Overview

6

14 March

Missile Proliferation

7

16 March

Biological Warfare - An Asymmetric Challenge

8

17 March

Regional Challenges - The Korean Case

Part III: Current and Future Military Missions

9

20 March

Deterrence in the 21st Century

10

21 March

Major Theater Warfare

11

23 March

Military Operations Other Than War

12

24 March

Homeland Defense

Part IV: The Components of US Military Power

13

27 March

Conventional Military Power: Air, Land and Sea

14

28 March

Space Power

15

30 March

Nuclear Power

16

31 March

Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction

17

3 April

Global Logistics

18

4 April

Information Power

Part V: Military Strategic Planning

19

5 April

The Joint Strategic Planning System

20

10 April

Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning

21

11 April

Theater Engagement Planning

22

12 April

Force Planning

Part VI: Fighting and Winning

23

17 April

Kosovo Case Study - On The Road To Kosovo

24

18 April

Kosovo Case Study - Operation Allied Force

25

19 April

Kosovo Case Study - Lessons and Future Operations

26

24 April

Archer

27

25 April

Archer

28

26 April

Archer

29

27 April

Archer

30

28 April

Archer

Part VII: Building Future Forces

31

1 May

National Military Strategy and the Defense Budget

32

2 May

Strategic Analysis of the DoD Budget

33

3 May

Strategic Analysis of the DoD Budget

Part VIII: Conclusion

34

4 May

Military Strategic Leadership