ESSAY TOPIC AND GUIDELINES
Operational demands on Sea Services are growing because of the increased pace of adversary activity around the world. As a result, Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen must maintain and operate increasingly advanced technology for longer periods in challenging environments.
How can Sea Services better recruit, retain, train, and educate enlisted personnel for the challenges they must face?
- Preparing to lead in combat
- Learning from recent combat operations
- Maximizing training to lower the risk to mission
- Balancing leadership development with tactical acumen
- Ensuring readiness and safety
- Maintaining platforms and systems to reach higher readiness goals
Submission Guidelines
- Essays must be no more than 1,500 words, excluding end notes and sources. Include the word count on the title page of the essay.
- Essays are judged in the blind. Do not include the author’s name(s) on the title page or within the body of the essay.
- Submit the essay as a Word document
- Essay must be original and not previously published (online or in print) or being considered for publication elsewhere.