Being a foreign officer in the US Army environment, I was aware of the fact that this year at the US Army War College can be very beneficial for my personal and professional development. Despite my previous experience of working at the strategic level in Croatian Armed Forces and in NATO, this is a good opportunity to gain additional knowledge, and to further improve my skills and critical thinking, which will help me in my future career. Not less important for me is to establish good and strong relationship with other students and faculty members. Working at the strategic level in a relatively small armed forces is demanding and requires a lot of additional effort in order to accomplish given tasks. Strategic environment in each country is complex, ambiguous, and demanding, but also different from each country, with its own specifics, requirements, and solutions. …show more content…
It is challenging, unpredictable and demanding, and also it fully supports the learning outcomes of this course. Sometimes, it might not looks fair enough (it is not realistic) to be dependent on the dice rolls, but with better defined and more precise criteria for success, the use of dices will still have an impact on the final result, but it will not look like a gambling. During the development of our strategy (and possible moves) for the simulation, I found Strategy Formulation Framework, covered in NSPS course, more useful and applicable. Additionally to RSP material and knowledge, I tried to use different open source to be more familiar with current issues and trends in the specific region and globally. Applying learning objectives and outcomes from RSP and other core courses, helped me in better and more comprehensive understanding of the environment and its characteristics. The most beneficial for me were critical thinking, strategy formulation, and development of actions (with expected outcomes) to be taken during the each