INFORMS Open Forum

Recently, a number of us published an article about the significance of life-long learning for military education https://pubsonline.informs.org/do/10.1287/orms.2022.04.13/full/.  We pointed out that individual and collecting learning are critical to our future; however, we also remarked that learning isn't easy once you've left the schoolroom. 

We listed a number of skills/attributes that we thought to be necessary; I'd like to hear comments about any of these.  Do any of them resonate with you, either as personal attributes or attributes for your subordinates?  Did we miss anything?

We also listed a couple of impediments; would you like to comment on them?

We aimed this article at the military; however, with only slight changes, it could have been written for any highly structured organization.  So, feel free to generalize in your responses.

But there is a final point, namely successes.  When I was in the Army, I served in the Pentagon, supporting the analytical part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  The impediments were missing there and most if not all of the attributes for life-long learning were supported.  I suspect that any successful organization will have at least a portion of it that embodies many of these attributes.  I'd be happy to hear about those, too.

Recently, a number of us published an article about the significance of life-long learning for military education https://pubsonline.informs.org/do/10.1287/orms.2022.04.13/full/.  We pointed out that individual and collecting learning are critical to our future; however, we also remarked that learning isn't easy once you've left the schoolroom. 

We listed a number of skills/attributes that we thought to be necessary; I'd like to hear comments about any of these.  Do any of them resonate with you, either as personal attributes or attributes for your subordinates?  Did we miss anything?

We also listed a couple of impediments; would you like to comment on them?

We aimed this article at the military; however, with only slight changes, it could have been written for any highly structured organization.  So, feel free to generalize in your responses.

But there is a final point, namely successes.  When I was in the Army, I served in the Pentagon, supporting the analytical part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  The impediments were missing there and most if not all of the attributes for life-long learning were supported.  I suspect that any successful organization will have at least a portion of it that embodies many of these attributes.  I'd be happy to hear about those, too.

Recently, a number of us published an article about the significance of life-long learning for military education https://pubsonline.informs.org/do/10.1287/orms.2022.04.13/full/.  We pointed out that individual and collecting learning are critical to our future; however, we also remarked that learning isn't easy once you've left the schoolroom. 

We listed a number of skills/attributes that we thought to be necessary; I'd like to hear comments about any of these.  Do any of them resonate with you, either as personal attributes or attributes for your subordinates?  Did we miss anything?

We also listed a couple of impediments; would you like to comment on them?

We aimed this article at the military; however, with only slight changes, it could have been written for any highly structured organization.  So, feel free to generalize in your responses.

But there is a final point, namely successes.  When I was in the Army, I served in the Pentagon, supporting the analytical part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  The impediments were missing there and most if not all of the attributes for life-long learning were supported.  I suspect that any successful organization will have at least a portion of it that embodies many of these attributes.  I'd be happy to hear about those, too.

Recently, a number of us published an article about the significance of life-long learning for military education https://pubsonline.informs.org/do/10.1287/orms.2022.04.13/full/.  We pointed out that individual and collecting learning are critical to our future; however, we also remarked that learning isn't easy once you've left the schoolroom. 

We listed a number of skills/attributes that we thought to be necessary; I'd like to hear comments about any of these.  Do any of them resonate with you, either as personal attributes or attributes for your subordinates?  Did we miss anything?

We also listed a couple of impediments; would you like to comment on them?

We aimed this article at the military; however, with only slight changes, it could have been written for any highly structured organization.  So, feel free to generalize in your responses.

But there is a final point, namely successes.  When I was in the Army, I served in the Pentagon, supporting the analytical part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  The impediments were missing there and most if not all of the attributes for life-long learning were supported.  I suspect that any successful organization will have at least a portion of it that embodies many of these attributes.  I'd be happy to hear about those, too.

Recently, a number of us published an article about the significance of life-long learning for military education https://pubsonline.informs.org/do/10.1287/orms.2022.04.13/full/.  We pointed out that individual and collecting learning are critical to our future; however, we also remarked that learning isn't easy once you've left the schoolroom. 

We listed a number of skills/attributes that we thought to be necessary; I'd like to hear comments about any of these.  Do any of them resonate with you, either as personal attributes or attributes for your subordinates?  Did we miss anything?

We also listed a couple of impediments; would you like to comment on them?

We aimed this article at the military; however, with only slight changes, it could have been written for any highly structured organization.  So, feel free to generalize in your responses.

But there is a final point, namely successes.  When I was in the Army, I served in the Pentagon, supporting the analytical part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  The impediments were missing there and most if not all of the attributes for life-long learning were supported.  I suspect that any successful organization will have at least a portion of it that embodies many of these attributes.  I'd be happy to hear about those, too.

• ~9 months for various initial entry courses (Officer Basic, Airborne, etc)
• ~7 months of Captain's Career Course
• ~4 months of long courses related to some assignments/skills
• ~4 months of initial ORSA qualification (ORSA-MAC)
• ~6 of intermediate level qualification (Satellite ILE and FA49 Qualification Course)
• ~22 months of advanced civilian schooling (ACS)
• This does not include any "off-duty" or part-time schools, nor any online training (annual online or in-person training, shorter courses related to an individual duty or assignment, technical sustainment training, etc)

• how to integrate FBCB2 with CPOF or quickly and safely egress a HUMVEE that rolled over;
• awareness of cybersecurity threats;
• how to hire and manage civilians and conduct performance appraisals in three different systems (TAPES, NSPS, DPMAP!);
• how to work in the Army's new HR system or how to code in SAS;
• the various skill acquisition and sustainment training the Army provides in ORSAs via MIT or Coursera. 

Recently, a number of us published an article about the significance of life-long learning for military education https://pubsonline.informs.org/do/10.1287/orms.2022.04.13/full/.  We pointed out that individual and collecting learning are critical to our future; however, we also remarked that learning isn't easy once you've left the schoolroom. 

We listed a number of skills/attributes that we thought to be necessary; I'd like to hear comments about any of these.  Do any of them resonate with you, either as personal attributes or attributes for your subordinates?  Did we miss anything?

We also listed a couple of impediments; would you like to comment on them?

We aimed this article at the military; however, with only slight changes, it could have been written for any highly structured organization.  So, feel free to generalize in your responses.

But there is a final point, namely successes.  When I was in the Army, I served in the Pentagon, supporting the analytical part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  The impediments were missing there and most if not all of the attributes for life-long learning were supported.  I suspect that any successful organization will have at least a portion of it that embodies many of these attributes.  I'd be happy to hear about those, too.

Recently, a number of us published an article about the significance of life-long learning for military education https://pubsonline.informs.org/do/10.1287/orms.2022.04.13/full/.  We pointed out that individual and collecting learning are critical to our future; however, we also remarked that learning isn't easy once you've left the schoolroom. 

We listed a number of skills/attributes that we thought to be necessary; I'd like to hear comments about any of these.  Do any of them resonate with you, either as personal attributes or attributes for your subordinates?  Did we miss anything?

We also listed a couple of impediments; would you like to comment on them?

We aimed this article at the military; however, with only slight changes, it could have been written for any highly structured organization.  So, feel free to generalize in your responses.

But there is a final point, namely successes.  When I was in the Army, I served in the Pentagon, supporting the analytical part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  The impediments were missing there and most if not all of the attributes for life-long learning were supported.  I suspect that any successful organization will have at least a portion of it that embodies many of these attributes.  I'd be happy to hear about those, too.

Recently, a number of us published an article about the significance of life-long learning for military education https://pubsonline.informs.org/do/10.1287/orms.2022.04.13/full/.  We pointed out that individual and collecting learning are critical to our future; however, we also remarked that learning isn't easy once you've left the schoolroom. 

We listed a number of skills/attributes that we thought to be necessary; I'd like to hear comments about any of these.  Do any of them resonate with you, either as personal attributes or attributes for your subordinates?  Did we miss anything?

We also listed a couple of impediments; would you like to comment on them?

We aimed this article at the military; however, with only slight changes, it could have been written for any highly structured organization.  So, feel free to generalize in your responses.

But there is a final point, namely successes.  When I was in the Army, I served in the Pentagon, supporting the analytical part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  The impediments were missing there and most if not all of the attributes for life-long learning were supported.  I suspect that any successful organization will have at least a portion of it that embodies many of these attributes.  I'd be happy to hear about those, too.