Educating US Army Officers to Operate in the Information Environment

The information environment is a critical battlefield for modern nation-states. The U.S. Army has a graduate-level education system that can provide its future leaders an opportunity to understand the role of information in helping secure U.S. national security objectives. This paper will describe efforts to update and expand the curricula at the Army’s two post-graduate education programs for its officers: The Army War College (AWC) and Command & General Staff College (CGSC). Core curricula in both schools offer instruction on Army forces available to operate in the information environment. In both schools, electives are an opportunity for students to delve deeper into various details of information. Challenges remain to institutionalizing the importance of the information environment within the US Army.