CLO assessed by this FA:
- CLO-2: Analyze the global security environment and how U.S. national security interests influence the development of U.S. security strategies.
NWC PLO supported by this FA:
- PLO-2: Create theater military strategies designed for contemporary security environments.
This FA covers the topics and concepts discussed in IS-1 through IS-9.
Answer your assigned question below as clearly and concisely as possible with a short essay not to exceed 500 words. Responses must be submitted via Blackboard as a Microsoft Word document, 12 pitch, Times New Roman Font, and double spaced.
For FAs, students must meet a standard that demonstrates a clear mastery of the CLOs being assessed. Further information on FAs can be found in paragraph 9.b of the NC&S LPA/TSDM syllabus.
FA-1 QUESTION:
Drawing on course readings, concepts, discussions board forums covered in IS-1 through IS-9, identify what you believe currently to be the most significant challenge and most significant opportunity to the United States’ ability to achieve the national security goals, as outlined in the current National Security Strategy, and why. Given your response, how well do you believe the U.S. maritime services are poised to address the challenge and opportunity you identified?
NOTE: By submitting this FA to the Professor for evaluation, I certify that I have read and understand paragraph 11 (Academic Integrity) of the NC&S LPA/TSDM syllabus regarding the College’s Academic Honor Code. I further certify that the work I have submitted is entirely my own and was not aided by the use of any artificial intelligence (AI) program (such as ChatGPT, etc.), through any academic sharing site (such as Course Hero and others), or through any other type of contract website or source where the work submitted is not entirely the students own work. I understand that my FA will be reviewed by plagiarism and AI software to ensure academic integrity and retained in a database of JPME academic responses.
FA-1 is due via Blackboard no later than 2359 Eastern Time Thursday of Week 5. Submissions received after this time—without a prior written request from the student and a written approval (and a new suspense date) from the Professor—will be considered late. Such late submissions will result in a deduction of one-half letter grade (5 points) on the corresponding Summative Assessment, SA-2.