| The Guyana Defence Force’s Colonel Bruce Lovell copped a distinguished graduate award along with two writing awards at the Awards and Recognition Ceremony of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces on June 8, last.Colonel Lovell won the awards while completing a Master of Science Degree in National Resource Strategy from the National Defence University (NDU) in the USA.Lovell was one of 71 students to receive the distinguished graduate award from the 580 NDU graduates of the 2009 class.He received the writing awards after his two essays reached the semi-finals of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) essay contest.The CJCS essay contest challenges students to research and write scholarly essays about significant aspects of national security strategy, and is open to US and international students who attend all US Senior Service Colleges or Joint Professional Military Education Colleges.The contest has two categories: a 5,000-word strategic research paper category and a 1500-word strategy article category.According to a release from the GDF, Lovell’s entries were in the 1500 word category and both essays dealt with terrorism.The essays were entitled: “Contesting Al Qaeda’s Message: The Importance of the USA Designing a Communication Strategy to Shape Perceptions, Build Allies, and Dissuade Potential Terrorists,” and “ The Global War on Terror: Addressing a Grand Strategy to Prevent Terrorism Recidivism.”The NDU is the US premiere institution for joint professional military education and functions under the direction and leadership of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It prepares future leaders of the US Armed Forces,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, other US civilian agencies, and other nations for strategic level policy, command and staff responsibilities by educating them to evaluate national and international security challenges.As a graduate level university, NDU annually awards approximately 600 Masters Degrees to students who complete studies at its three senior service colleges of the National War College (NWC), the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF), and the College of International Security Affairs (CISA).Of the 71 distinguished graduate awards for this academic year, the NWC had 26 from 223 graduates,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, the ICAF had 41 from 320 and the CISA had four from 39.Colonel Lovell attended the ICAF and was one of its distinguished graduates.The ICAF, established in 1924, educates strategic thinkers to develop national security strategies and evaluate, marshal,Cheap Jerseys Online, and manage resources to execute that strategy.The three-phased curriculum examines the domestic, the international, and the resourcing contexts of national security and students take core courses in national security strategy, strategic leadership, military strategy and logistics, economics, acquisition, regional security studies,Authentic Jerseys From China, and a capstone course in industry studies,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, which evaluates US and foreign industries that impact national security issues.Additionally, students get to choose four electives from a wide array of choices.Col Lovell is the fourth GDF officer to attend the ICAF,Bryan Bickell Jersey, being preceded by Major General Michael Atherly, Colonel Lawrence Paul, and Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Benn; and he has since resumed his appointment as the Colonel General Staff. |
