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rapidfire several of the challenges facing both educators and practitioners of ethics in today’s complex military environment. A conference highlight was the participation of former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers, USAF-Ret. Myers is the incumbent and ﬁrst holder of the Colin L. Powell Chair for National Security Leadership, Character, and Ethics established at NDU. This ethics conference marks the beginning of a collaboration between NDU, the NDU Foundation, and MOAA. This and upcoming events are intended to better prepare future leaders for the difﬁcult moral and ethical decisions presented by an evolving security environment. An online network will allow conference panelists and attendees to get the most out of connections formed at this event through the ongoing, timely exchange of information about emergent issues. MOAA will support another conference, “Resourcing the War on Terror,” at NDU’s Industrial College of the Armed Forces March 15, 2007. ON THE WEB ■ For more information Ethics on the Agenda dding another event to its the “strategic corporal” when developing growing professionalism protheir programs. This concept, originally gram, MOAA joined with the made popular by Gen. Charles C. Krulak National Defense University Foundation when he was commandant of the Marine to support a professional Corps, acknowledges military education (PME) the reality that junior ethics conference at the personnel often make National Defense Univerdecisions or take actions sity (NDU) in Washingthat have implications ton, D.C., Oct. 23-24. well beyond the tactical Twenty-one educalevel. Ethics programs at tors representing PME PME institutions must institutions across the prepare graduates for the country came together to challenges of developing share and discuss ideas leaders at all levels. to enhance ethics educaDuring the confertion for students attendence, professors, chaping their colleges. Col. Manny Supervielle, lains, lawyers, and Hosting the conferUSA (above), answers quesprogram directors at the ence was NDU president tions. (top) Maj. Gen. Chuck intermediate, advanced Link, USAF-Ret., left; Dr. AlLt. Gen. Frances Wilson, war-ﬁghting, and seniorbert C. Pierce, center; and Lt. USMC, who challenged service colleges shared attendees and panelists to Gen. Frances Wilson, USMC, with attendees their best right, share ethics practices. consider the concept of practices and discussed 28 MILITARY OFFICER DECEMBER 2006 A about upcoming events, visit www.moaa.org/professional/ upcomingevents or e-mail profseries@moaa.org. PHOTOS: STEVE BARRETT http://www.moaa.org/professional/upcomingevents http://www.moaa.org/professional/upcomingevents

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