Understanding the learning behaviors for young leaders from Generation Z is important for the United States Army in their development for future commissioned officers, who are primarily trained in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) in select private and public universities across the country. The Army expectation of leaders at every level…

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…

This descriptive qualitative case study explored how a pandemic, such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) impacted National Guard strategic training and education virtual learning policies. There is the lack of standard strategic level policies for virtual training and education. The specific problem is that COVID-19 adversely impacts…

The tragedies that befell the USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain in 2017 cost 17 service members their lives. These incidents sent shock waves through the service, with several upper-echelon officers losing their positions while temporarily halting all naval operations. Investigating the collisions, The National Transportation Safety Board…

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…

Unfortunately, not all civilian volunteers fulfill their military contracts due to failing to meet basic combat training graduation requirements or medical issues. As the primary trainers, drill sergeants (DSs) affect the completion of basic combat training and serve as gatekeepers for civilian volunteer's completion paths. Although the DSs…

This study focused on a few United States nuclear weapons educational initiatives exploring six classroom environment factors that may or may not influence Satisfaction in a virtual or live classroom environment within the nuclear weapons community. The research explored Personalization, Involvement, Student Cohesiveness, Task Orientation,…

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…

The purpose of this study is to identify non-cognitive attributes learned from enlisted military service that can guide student-veterans to success in higher education. Community colleges are showing poor completion rates for all the efforts toward student success and completion. Non-traditional students persist to completion and student success…

Military spouses' access to education is greatly impacted by the demands of their unique and often complex lifestyles. If postsecondary education leaders had a greater understanding of this population and their needs, challenges, and successes, they could cultivate an environment of learning rooted in student success, accessibility, and equity.…

The purpose of this qualitative case study is to interview enlisted military instructors at a military training base located in the southern United States who have stopped going to college while on active duty. The Air Force Personnel Center states that in the three different enlisted tiers, the senior enlisted tier shows that only 31.9% of…

Storytelling as a technique for instruction dates back to the earliest of human civilizations. Today, educators use storytelling for a variety of purposes in their classes, including to illustrate key instructional points, demonstrate practical application, and maintain student interest. In military education settings, the sharing of experiences…

This study investigated the impact of learning about cultural intelligence (CQ) from senior U.S. Army Special Forces leaders (Group Commanders and Group Command Sergeants Major) on aspiring Special Forces Captains (students) at the Captains Career Course. Three research questions addressed the influence of senior leader interventions on students'…

The purpose of this action research was to evaluate flight students' perceptions of a reward-based gamification intervention for their motivation to study outside the classroom while attending the Initial Entry Rotary Wing (IERW) flight school in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has an ever-increasing population with a diverse number of…

The Big Five has dominated personality-performance literature, but within the overarching Five Factor Theory characteristic adaptations can be more contextually specific and better predictors of performance. Hardiness, defined as a worldview, is one such characteristic that has shown utility predicting performance when measured in addition to and…