The NDU is an outgrowth of the National War College and Independent Colleges of Armed Forces running 10-month sessions. They have 30 simulations (22 in electives) modelling how various systems and people act at a strategic level. The technology is starting to solve a variety of integration problems, for example, how you get the top people at the National Security Strategy and Policy level interacting with interagency education of executives at the FBI, Department of Commerce, Department of Labor, and so on.

Bio

Dr. Lee Blank - National Defense University Senior Fellow in the Institute for National Strategic Studies. Col (ret) Blank was recently the chairman of the Department of Miltary Strategy and Operations at the National War College.

More Connections 2002

Welcome and Introduction
Flight and Airport Security
Lecture: Gulf War: Perpectives and Prospects 10 Years Later (Col. John A. Warden III)
Lecture: Lessons from an Expeditionary Air Campaign: North Africa 1942-3 (John Hill)
Lecture: Air Command and Staff College (Lt. Col. Scott Lewis)
AIRGAP: Aerospace Basic Course Wargame (Capt. Scott Neiper)
Lecture: Air War College (Dr. Michael Hickok)
Lecture: Stalin's Dilemma (Dr. Ed Bever)
Lecture: National Defense University (Dr. Lee Blank)
Lecture: Military History and Wargaming (Martin Campion)
Lecture: Wargaming at SAMS School of Advanced Military Studies (Dr. William J. Gregor)
Lecture: Educating Campaign Strategists: UK Joint Services Command and Staff College (Wing Commander Steve Dean)
Lecture: US Air Force Academy Wargaming (Maj. Rick White)
Lecture: Building the Foundation of Military Simulations: US Naval Academy (Lt. Andrew Biehn)
Mingling: Making Connections
Saturday: Using The USAF Archives

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