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Strategic Studies Staff Rides and Field Trips

The Strategic Studies program has planned and executed a large number of trips and staff rides since 2000. Our many excursions allow on-site views of military operations, historical events, and museums that offer perspectives a classroom may not deliver.

The staff ride tradition stretches back to the 19th century Prussian General Staff, and concentrates on more than just operational history; rather, a staff ride will focus on important issues of leadership and decision-making that have applications well beyond the field of strategic studies. Students, faculty, and distinguished guests examine battles, campaigns, and occasionally entire wars in order to actively engage in a dialogue with history.

For more information on staff rides, see our summary of the staff ride tradition.

The 2013 International Staff Ride will travel to Vietnam to study the Tet Offensive of 1968. For more information, visit the ISR 2013 website: http://www.isr2013.com.

Upcoming Trips

Select Previous Trips

2012-2013

  • Quantico Leadership Venture | September 20-21, 2012
  • Quantico Ethical Decision-making Field Exercise | October 4-5, 2012
  • Fall Staff Ride 2012 | The Maryland Campaign of 1862: October 13-14, 2012

2011-2012

2010-2011
  • Fall Staff Ride 2010 | The Philadelphia Campaign and Valley Forge: September 25-26, 2010 
  • International Staff Ride 2011 | The Peninsular War in Spain: March 13-17, 2011
  • Spring Staff Ride 2011 | Yorktown Campaign: May 22-23, 2011

2009-2010

  • Fall Staff Ride 2009 | The British Burning of Washington: October 17-18, 2009 
  • International Staff Ride 2010 | The Fall of France: March 13-18, 2009
  • Spring Staff Ride 2010 | The Appomattox Campaign: May 23-24, 2010

2008-2009

2007-2008

2011-2012 
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