Milestones

February 2025:
Coordinators provide names of judges to NDU Press.

April 2025:
Deadline for schools to submit nominated papers to NDU Press (POC: Jeff Smotherman, JFQ1@ndu.edu).

May 2025:
Judges report first-round scores to NDU Press.

May 2025:
Judges attend final-round conference at NDU.


Contact

For further information, please contact:

Jeff Smotherman
Managing Editor
703-965-6949
JFQ1@ndu.edu

2024 Judges

Dr. Nicholas M. Anthony, Jr., Joint Forces Staff College– Joint Combined Warfighting School

Dr. Erik Bjorklund, National War College

Dr. Sean P. Braniff, Air War College

Dr. Brandy Lyn Brown, Marine Corps War College

Dr. Anna Cairney, U.S. Army War College

Lieutenant Colonel Keith Caldwell, USA, College of Information and Cyberspace

Dr. Grant Campbell, Marine Corps University

Dr. Charles Chadbourn, Naval War College

Dr. Jim Chen, College of Information and Cyberspace

Dr. Dylan Craig, National War College

Dr. Richard DiNardo, Marine Corps Staff College

Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria II, U.S. Army War College

Dr. Kevin P. Eubanks, Naval War College

Dr. Kevin M. Generous, Joint Forces Staff College–Joint and Combined Warfare School

Dr. Andrea Hamlen-Ridgely, Marine Corps War College–Expeditionary Warfare School

Dr. Rachelle Kamrath, Marine Corps University

Dr. Jon B. Mikolashek, Joint Forces Staff College–Joint Advanced Warfighting School

Dr. Robert Nyland, Air University Global College of PME

Dr. Robert J. Orr, College of International Security Affairs

Dr. Richard P. Samuels, Air War College

Dr. Naunihal Singh, Naval War College

Dr. Craig B. Smith, Joint Forces Staff College–Joint Advanced Warfighting School

Dr. Paul J. Springer, Air Command and Staff College

Dr. John G. Terino, Air Command and Staff College

Dr. James Van de Velde, Eisenhower School

Dr. Ryan Wadle, Naval War College

*Italics denotes the judges also acted as coordinators for their respective school.