Artificial intelligence (AI), as emerging technology, is being pursued by our peer and near-peer adversaries to gain an asymmetric warfighting advantage which poses a direct and existential threat to our national security. The purpose of this action research study is to investigate curriculum design to implement AI literacy education at the senior…

The Department of Defense's enduring mission is to provide combat-ready military forces needed to defend our nation, deter war, and protect the security of the United States (DoD, 2020). Effective military training and education are critical to our National Defense Strategy in that it provides a way to prepare our servicemembers with the ability…

Students who are affiliated with the United States Armed Forces will transition every two to four years depending on their parents' career. The students who move may have educational gaps in mathematics because of a United States Armed Forces move occurring in the middle of a school year. The problem of practice addresses the educational gaps that…

This paper explores the implementation of task-based language teaching (TBLT) at a military institution in the United States after face-to-face instruction transitioned to virtual mode with the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. The institution implemented TBLT before the pandemic. With the transition to the online mode, an online collaboration…

This phenomenological study explored the lived experiences and leadership of women cadet officers at a senior military college, as well their recommendations for aspiring women cadet leaders. The research used purposeful sampling based on inclusion criteria, and all participants were junior or senior cadet women who held an officer position in the…

Noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus are two of the most prevalent service-connected disabilities of United States military veterans. Educational materials from active-duty, continental United States (CONUS) Air Force bases were evaluated for compliance with regulations and assessed for understandability, actionability, and readability to…

This exploratory study considered students' perceptions of their learning experiences at a U.S. military chaplain college across multiple cohorts over five years to discover possible connections between student learning and the use of immersive learning technologies. Data sources included end-of-course survey results from 490 professional…

This qualitative research aimed to identify factors contributing to the formation and development of effective partnerships that foster positive youth development. The study involved interviews with eight adult military mentors and nine youth cadet mentees to gain various perspectives regarding mentoring relationships within the youth leadership…

Army senior leaders believe in preparing for future conflicts; the Army must shape future leaders' knowledge, skills, and attributes through rigor and critical thinking in professional military education. The problem addressed by this study was understanding Army senior leaders' perceptions concerning the appropriateness of rigor and critical…

Although scholars have well-established the benefits of higher teacher-efficacy, the lack of literature regarding the sources and influences of these self-beliefs has led to an overly-reductionistic view of the construct. A teacher's sense of efficacy is a multifaceted entity which involves the interplay of various factors individuals leverage to…

A significant gap exists in the body of literature concerning university military leadership programs concerning cultural identity and ethnocentrism. U.S. military leaders serve in all levels of government and corporate alike, and these leaders conduct warfare, most of which is non-lethal stability operations abroad. Military veterans serve in…

U.S. Air Force enlisted professional military education shifted traditionally in-person leadership interventions online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Air Force guidance stated that pre-service faculty training focused on in-person instruction was sufficient for teaching online and that instructors did not require training that included online…

Leaders in the U.S. Army have recently emphasized that there is a gap between the skills required for strategic leaders and those required to succeed at the entry (tactical) and intermediate (operational) levels of the organization. The problem is compounded by the fact that elevation to senior leadership positions only occurs following…

In "Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College ("SFFA")," the United States Supreme Court revisited an issue that had been litigated before it twenty years earlier. In two separate cases brought against the University of Michigan, the issue was whether it was a violation of the Constitution…

Senate Report 117-39 and House Report 117-118 include provisions for Government Accountability Office (GAO) to assess professional learning at the Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) schools. This report describes: DODEA's professional learning approach, results of DODEA teacher surveys, and how DODEA has addressed barriers teachers…