2011 CJCS and SecDef Essay Contest Award Winners

Four students of the class of 2011 excelled in the recently completed CJCS and SecDef essay contests conducted among all 12 PME institutions.

Mr. Stephen Coonen won first place in the Chairman’s Essay Competition for his paper on overrating the Chinese threat;

COL Mark “Max” Maxwell won second place in the Chairman’s Essay Competition for his paper on targeted killing and the law;

Mr. David Greene won third place in the Chairman’s Article Competition for his paper on US strategy in Southeast Asia; and

Ms. JoAnne Wagner won second place in the SecDef Essay Competition for her paper on China’s use of soft power in Sub-Sahran Africa.

There are only 9 awards total presented for 3 different competition categories—and NWC took 4 of the 9.