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Offline rangerrebew

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What is a War College?
« on: June 29, 2025, 08:29:15 am »
What is a War College?
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There is, at last, a battle to claw back our war colleges and service academies from a few decades of an unchallenged march through these institutions by the academic left that has changed so many of our civilian institutions.

We’ve covered this topic often here, but today we’re going to look specifically at a story unfolding at our Naval War College that frames this well.

At its core, this pushback is based on different views of what our war colleges should be. Is there a need for war colleges to replicate the latest socio-political trends and fads found at civilian universities, or should war colleges focus their finite time and resources in areas that cannot be found in civilian universities that can help support the development of strategic thinking in our field grade and higher officers?

We can frame the argument, no pun intended here, on the right and left sides, by two articles that nicely mirror each other not just in title, but in substance.

First, a Substack I wrote a little more than two years ago, Our Navy Needs More of the War, Less of the College.

Our war colleges are not what you think they are.

https://cdrsalamander.substack.com/p/what-is-a-war-college
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Re: What is a War College?
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2025, 08:57:00 am »
Well the war colleges used to play very specific functions in the U.S. military.  West Point was founded by President Thomas Jefferson in 1802 as an engineering and artillery school to maintain the knowledge learned by the Continental Army from the French during the Revolutionary War.

The Naval War College was created in 1884 to teach the Navy how to operate and fight in the age of steel, focusing on wargaming and strategy, based on the work of Alfred Thayer Mahan.

The Air University was created in 1946 to enshrine the air combat lessons of World War II, and the Marine Corps University in 1989 to implement the theories and teaching of General Alfred Grey.

They all lost their way though during GWOT and the Obama regime though, and need a big reset.
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Re: What is a War College?
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2025, 10:15:45 am »
Less "winning hearts and minds,"  more "winning battles and wars."
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Re: What is a War College?
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2025, 05:15:25 pm »
"What is a War College?"

In the modern-day military, it's where they can train up-and-coming officers how to do everything but win, yet still look good while doing so...
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