war colleges
Strategic leadership schools
War colleges are senior military educational institutions that train experienced officers in strategy, national security policy, and high-level command.
Unlike academies that prepare cadets for service, war colleges develop mid-career officers for leadership positions: She attended the Naval War College before her Pentagon assignment.
Most major military powers maintain them.
- military doctrinePrinciples guiding armed forces
- joint operationsUnified multi-branch military activities
- geopoliticsGeography's role in statecraft
- military historyStudy of armed conflicts
- lessons learnedKnowledge from experience
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