sively increasing tensions since well before the "peace in our time" statement at Munich-tensions which have been increased or decreased at will to serve the purpose of our enemies. At present there is little foreseeable diminution of those tensions which are being employed on a global scale by international communism as a tactic, a weapon in the titanic political, economic, psychological, and at times physical conflict between completely opposing ideologies.

In the "equation of survival" the security of the United States and the protection of our fundamental institutions are the stake in this decisive era of history. Improvement is the key to this vital equation, and the U. S. Army Command and General Staff College remains dedicated to its traditional mission of training and improving the minds of the Army's commanders.

necessary element of this change is mental mobility which is all important if we are to gain the over-all mobility necessary to insure success on the atomic battlefields of the future.

As the total implication of the far-reaching decisions made necessary by these planned changes becomes increasingly clear, we realize that we must add fiber to the strength and wisdom to the councils of the defense team. More important, however, we must insure that we systematically anticipate and prepare for these fateful decisions. In this age of advanced technology and original thinking, we cannot accept outmoded concepts and half measures. More than a century of progress has been crammed into the past few years, and we must keep pace! We must have the imagination to recognize, the inclination to understand, and the ability to use new concepts evolved as flexible instruments

Although the status quo resists change because it is the path of least resistance, nothing in life is static. We either move forward or we move backward. The Armed Forces of our Nation realize that substantial and far-reaching change is inevitable. New organizations and weapons are but facets of planned change-change in view

of the art of war serving as an instrument of national policy. The USA CGSC must, by realistic assumption and instruction, insure that our doctrine and training, even without complete field test and evaluation, are sufficient and ready for any future war.

Thus logically we can conclude that all

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sign posts, both atomic and conventional, point irrevocably to the same fateful crossroad of decision. We are faced with a definite choice between two major opposing possibilities:

First: We can feel our way slowly and cautiously forward, making certain of each

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The education of the sele sional officer must prepare him panorama of possible battlegr may well stretch from the col unlimited nuclear holocaust, ar

hesitant step, with one hand firmly attached to the past. This path leads to a safe, sure, certain goal-if the enemy will cooperate.

Second: We can be guided by advanced thinking based on the results of research and analysis, combat developments, and tests. We can move boldly and decisively forward, retaining that which is applicable but breaking clearly with the outmoded concepts of the past-casting only an occasional backward glance for orientation. This course entails greater risk and is a more difficult road to follow, but its possibilities of a breakthrough in advancing the art of warfare offer far greater rewards than does the first course. A similar breakthrough in educational philosophy also must be sought.

The speed of progress is forcing us away from the slow, sure, evolutionary approach and more toward the reasoned revolutionary approach. This is demanded if our Army is to continue to remain strong through proper mental conditioning, forward thinking, and decisive action.

In the shadow of the Fort Leavenworth clock tower overlooking the Missouri, the College has reached its decision. Fort Leavenworth is now taking this forwardlooking approach in attacking its most vital twofold mission: doctrine for the modern Army, and education for its officer corps. Although closely interrelated,

other important arenas of this troubled time-the testing g joint staff, and the conference

Just as man, well-trained, trinated, and properly motiva only absolute weapon; so the m is the most wondrous work of th However, the mind of man does tion on automation, and the res of the Army educational syst field of military education is to i the military mind functions in tive, forward-looking, nonstatic The development and use of th power for accomplishment lock mind of man has always been the faced by the educator. The mili cator must insure that the soldi ready, and eager to assimilate ploy the progress of the atomic mission is to produce a well-roun who can think on his feet and f his head, as well as his heart, i ture situation.

In the doctrinal field, the C charged with developing doctrine initiating action as necessary to 1 or revise doctrine, including joint within the concept guidance 1 by the Commanding General, U. tinental Army Command (US CC This doctrine must be bold, forw ing, and practical. It must be bas accurate understanding of the spectrum of the future battlefiel