Research Guides: Marine Corps Topics of Interest: Professional Military Education

Purpose

This research guide on Professional Military Education (PME) is intended to provide links to recent scholarship created within the last few years, with the exception of core documents such as the "Ike Skelton Report" Congressional hearing.

For a comprehensive look at the subject, try the MERLN library consortium's bibliographies on Military Education.

Congressional and Government Documents

"Ike Skelton Report"/ Report of the Panel on Military Education of the One Hundredth Congress of the Committee on Armed Services:..
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Panel on Military Education. One Hundred First Congress, First Session. Washington: U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., 1989.
Another Crossroads? : Professional Military Education Twenty Years After the Goldwater-Nichols Act and the Skelton Panel:...
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. Hearing before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, First Session, Hearing Held may 20, 2009. Washington: U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2010.
Continued Engagement: Department of Defense Responses to the House Armed Services Committee April 2010 Report on Professional Military Education
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. [H.A.S.C. no. 111-184], November 30, 2010, 111-2 Hearing, *. S.l: , 2011.
Charting the Course for Effective Professional Military Education:...
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Hearing before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, First Session, Hearing Held September 10, 2009. Washington: U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2010.
Investing in our Military Leaders: The Role of Professional Military Education in Officer Development:...
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Hearing before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, First Session, Hearing Held July 28, 2009. Washington: U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2010.
Thinkers and Practitioners : Do Senior Professional Military Education Schools Produce Strategists?
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Hearing before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, First Session, Hearing Held June 4, 2009. Washington: U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2010.
Transformation in Progress: The Services' Enlisted Professional Military Education Programs:...
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Hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, Second Session, Hearing Held July 28, 2010. Washington: U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2010.
Military Education : DOD Needs to Develop Performance Goals and Metrics for Advanced Distributed Learning in Professional Military Education:..
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United States. Government Accountability Office, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services, and United States. Dept. of Defense. Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2004.

PME papers

Master's Theses and other professional papers written by students and staff of Marine Corps Command & Staff College, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Naval Postgraduate School, Naval War College, and others.

Applying Goldwater Nichols Act at the Tactical Level.
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Van Court, Michelle. Applying Goldwater Nichols Act at the Tactical Level. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 2008.
Are Service Senior Level Colleges Preparing Senior Leaders to Engage Effectively in Political, Civilian-Military Disputes?
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Shiyou, Robert C., and Naval War College Newport, RI Joint Military Operations Department. Are Service Senior Level Colleges Preparing Senior Leaders to Engage Effectively in Political, Civilian-Military Disputes? 2009.
Army Special Operations Forces Professional Military Education for the Future
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Burris, Bradford M. "Army Special Operations Forces Professional Military Education for the Future."Naval Postgraduate School, http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA524503, 2010.
Beyond Bombs, Bullets and Planes: Developing Airmen-Statements for the 21st Century
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Filipietz, C. A. "Beyond Bombs, Bullets and Planes: Developing Airmen-Statements for the 21st Century." Army Command and General Staff College. Fort Leavenworth, KS. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA512294, 2009.
Building Better Strategists
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Montgomery, Pollyanna. Building Better Strategists. Carlisle Barracks, Pa.: U.S. Army War College, 2008.
Foreign Personnel Exchange Programs: A Supporting Effort in Building Partnership Capacity
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Chesarek Jr, W. D. Foreign Personnel Exchange Programs: A Supporting Effort in Building Partnership Capacity. Quantico VA: Marine Corps Combat Development Command, 2008, http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA504891.
ILE a Casualty of War
by T. S. Hollis, Fort Leavenworth, KS. School of Advanced Military Studies: Army Command and General Staff College, 2008.
Improving JPME through Interschool Collaboration
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Frandsen, B. L. Improving JPME through Interschool Collaboration. Maxwell AFB, AL: Air Command and Staff College, 2008, http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA516536.
Irregular Warfare: Special Operations Joint Professional Military Education Transformation
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Cannady, B. H. Irregular Warfare: Special Operations Joint Professional Military Education Transformation. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth KS, 2008. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA482944.
Is Professional Military Education Preparing BCT Commanders for Command in the 21st Century?
Norris, John G. Is Professional Military Education Preparing BCT Commanders for Command in the 21st Century? Forth Leavenworth, Kansas. School of Advanced Military Studies: Army Command and General Staff College, 2008.
Preparing Navy Officers for Leadership at the Operational Level of War
Madonia, E. J. "Preparing Navy Officers for Leadership at the Operational Level of War." Naval War College. Newport, Rhode Island. Joint Military Operations Department , 2010. https://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a525079.pdf
Professional Military Education for Navy Operational Leaders
Devine, M. K. "Professional Military Education for Navy Operational Leaders." Naval War College, Newport, RI. Joint Military Operations Department. https://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a525225.pdf
A Strategic Asset for Engagement: Enhancing the Role of National Defense University
Dickson, K. D. A Strategic Asset for Engagement: Enhancing the Role of National Defense University. National Defense University. Norfolk, VA. Joint Forces Staff College, 2009. https://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a515372.pdf

Articles

A Better Way to Educate: Online Courses Should Supplement Officer Education
By Burke, G. Armed Forces Journal, Vol 148 no 7, p34-36, Mar 2011.
Building Critical Thinkers: Leader Development must be the Army's Top Priority
By Dempsey, M. Armed Forces Journal, Mar 2011, Vol 148 no 7, p12-15.
From Sputnik to Minerva Education and American National Security
Kay, S.
Defense Horizons 65, no. January : 1-8.
JLASS: Celebrating 25 Years of Educating Future Leaders
Connors, S. R.
Joint Forces Quarterly 48, no. 1st Quarter 2008 : 7-10.
Learn Together: Joint Education is the Key to Effective Joint Operations
Brooks, P.; J. Myers, and S. Stephens. Armed Forces Journal (February 2011).
Redress of Professional Military Education: The Clarion Call
Allen, C. D.
Joint Forces Quarterly 59, no. 4th quarter 2010: 94-100.
The Cultural Imperative for Professional Military Education and Leader Development
Abbe, A., and S. M. Halpin.
Parameters Winter, no. 2009-10 : 20-31.
The Reform of Military Education: Twenty-Five Years Later
Johnson-Freese, J.
Too Busy to Learn (Professional Military Education Reform Needed)
by Major General Robert H. Scales, U.S. Army. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Vol 136 no 2, February 2010.
Two Decades of Excellence
(This link is accessible only to MCU students, faculty and staff.)
King, T., D. Casey, B. Meyer, W. Johnson USAF, and G. Rudd.
Marine Corps Gazette 94, no. 6 (Jun): 66.

Books

U.S. Marine Corps Officer Professional Military Education 2006 Study and Findings by General Charles E. Wilhelm, USMC (Ret) et al.
Call Number: VE432 .U53 2006
Click on link to read online.
In-house study on Marine Corps University and recommendations for improving the institution.
Teaching Strategy by Gabriel Marcella (Ed)
Call Number: U162 .T43 2010
ISBN: 9781584874300
Click on link to read online.
Strategic Studies Institute publication in which the authors ask and answer the central question of how to teach strategy.
Military Education: A Reference Handbook by Cynthia A. Watson
Call Number: U408 .W37 2007 (Library Use Only)
ISBN: 9780275992194
Dr. Cynthia A. Watson, strategy professor at the National War college, chronicles the changes in PME over the last 60 years.

Effectiveness of Military Organizations
Millett, Allan R., et al. 2010. The effectiveness of military organizations. In Military effectiveness, vol. 1, The First World War, repr. ed. Ch. 1, 1-27. eds. Allan R. Millett and Williamson Murry. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1-27.

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