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Excellent read on the principles that lead to Prussia's reforming military education and the system it produced that most of the world copied. "Responding to a devastating defeat, the Prussian Army institutionalized three reforms to their education system: a tiered system that reflected leader needs at different levels of war, a broad curriculum that inspired critical thinking, and historical study that supplemented and enhanced combat experience. This system produced the leaders that created a revolution in military affairs and led Prussia to victory in the Franco-Prussian War, achieving the vision of a unified Germany. These three reforms are still critical components of a successful military education system. All were incorporated by the United States and remain important foundations in educating future leaders for an uncertain and evolving character of war."
The Roots of Modern Military Education
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Germany was well prepared for WWII due to this intuitional military education process. They dissected WWI and developed new weapons systems, tactics, and doctrine. How nations prepare for future wars is critical to achieve success.
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LTC Eric Udouj
It was interesting further history of how the Prussian system progressed from Army to Army. Being that most South American Armies had Prussian advisors... you will find it at the heart of their armed forces to this day.
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US naval officer training is modeled after England's midshipmen education with American improvements. Commodore Matthew Perry, in mid 1800's, established the training of midshipmen, at sea and on land. US Naval Academy formed forty years (1845) after start of the USMA (1802). No direct evidence that Perry copied the Prussian model, it can be argued that the success of West Point formed an American naval version. My Alma Mater was a little late. USCG Academy had a sea going apprenticeship program from 1876 to 1890. Moderan four year academic/military training started in New London in 1932. Before that; 1790 to 1876, officer training was a traditional midshipmen at-sea program.
From; King, Irving H (1996). The Coast Guard Expands:1865-1915, Naval Institute Press.
In 1863 Dobbin was reassigned to Portland, Maine where she remained until being ordered to Baltimore, Maryland in December, 1876 to be refitted as a training ship. The first eight cadets of the newly established Revenue Cutter School of Instruction reported aboard Dobbin and they set sail on their first practice cruise on 24 May 1877. One of the eight cadets was future Commandant of the Coast Guard, Worth G. Ross.[3] The following summer, she was replaced by the newly constructed training cutter USRC Salmon P. Chase (larger vsl) and Dobbin returned to service as a revenue cutter until she was sold in 1881.
From; King, Irving H (1996). The Coast Guard Expands:1865-1915, Naval Institute Press.
In 1863 Dobbin was reassigned to Portland, Maine where she remained until being ordered to Baltimore, Maryland in December, 1876 to be refitted as a training ship. The first eight cadets of the newly established Revenue Cutter School of Instruction reported aboard Dobbin and they set sail on their first practice cruise on 24 May 1877. One of the eight cadets was future Commandant of the Coast Guard, Worth G. Ross.[3] The following summer, she was replaced by the newly constructed training cutter USRC Salmon P. Chase (larger vsl) and Dobbin returned to service as a revenue cutter until she was sold in 1881.
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https://www.pluckemininn.com/history/
The predecessor to West Point was in Bedminster, NJ. My direct SAR ancestor, Jacob Eoff, built the original Pluckemin Inn around 1750. Immediately after the Battle of Trenton, Washington’s Army bivouacked in Bedminster. Henry Knox established the Army’s first artillery school on the Eoff and Boylan property. It later morphed into, and moved to, West Point, NY. There must have been something in the water because Jacob Eoff’s grandson, my 5th ggf, Isaac Eoff married Margaret “Peggy” Knox, Henry Knox’s first cousin. Jacob Eoff was not from Holland, but rather, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. He sailed to the Colonies from Amsterdam when it was just 10 years old.
Disclaimer: I've never been there nor am I endorsing the current establishment.
The predecessor to West Point was in Bedminster, NJ. My direct SAR ancestor, Jacob Eoff, built the original Pluckemin Inn around 1750. Immediately after the Battle of Trenton, Washington’s Army bivouacked in Bedminster. Henry Knox established the Army’s first artillery school on the Eoff and Boylan property. It later morphed into, and moved to, West Point, NY. There must have been something in the water because Jacob Eoff’s grandson, my 5th ggf, Isaac Eoff married Margaret “Peggy” Knox, Henry Knox’s first cousin. Jacob Eoff was not from Holland, but rather, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. He sailed to the Colonies from Amsterdam when it was just 10 years old.
Disclaimer: I've never been there nor am I endorsing the current establishment.
Pluckemin, which is now a village of Bedminster, has had a rich and storied history. Many may not know what a point of significance Pluckemin was during the Revolutionary War. In the Library of Congress, for instance, there are 20 letters from George Washington that mention the village of Pluckemin. In fact, General George Washington, our ...
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