Officer Education: What Lessons Does the French Defeat in 1871 Have for the US Army Today?
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The Army’s Professional Military Education (PME) is broken. The current focus and methodology of PME does not adequately prepare our officers to think critically. Though the education provided is, generally speaking, of a good standard it is not focused on the development of critical thinkers, as required by Congress and demanded by the armed forces’ likely future missions. PME spends too much time indoctrinating officers rather than empowering them to think for themselves. This paper contends that the current system of PME is scarily similar to the French system of officer education prior to 1870 and that we risk a repeat of the French experience in their war with Prussia if we do not adequately tackle
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