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The completion of this work stands on the efforts of many tireless professionals, all of whom are deserving of tremendous thanks. First, the staff officers and noncommissioned officers of both the U.S. Army Office of the Chief of Chaplains and Royal Army Chaplains Department deserve mention, including Chaplain (Major General) Paul K. Hurley, USA, and Rev. Dr. (Chaplain General) David C. Coulter (co-hosts of the International Military Ethics Symposium 2018); Chaplain (Lieutenant Colonel) Grace Hollis, USA; Chaplain (Lieutenant Colonel) “Bogie” Augustyn, USA; Rev. Father (Lieutenant Colonel) Pascal Hanrahan, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department (British Army); Sergeant First Class Jason Gaulke, USA (action officer); and from NCI, Inc., Ms. Alana Gates and Ms. Tina Mincks (logistical organizers).
Second, the staff and faculty of the National Defense University, including Chaplain (Colonel) Kenneth Williams, USA; Commander Nolan King, USN; Dr. Jeffrey D. Smotherman, Dr. John J. Church, and Ms. Joanna Seich at NDU Press; and Mr. Mark Rzepka and his team at the NDU Foundation. Finally, the generous support of several private organizations allowed many officers of strategic partner nations to participate in this event, and particular thanks must go to Mr. Peter MacDonald and Mr. Mark Maurice of the MacDonald Agape Foundation, Mr. Mark Tooley and the Institute for Religion and Democracy, and General Carter Ham (Ret.) and Lieutenant General Guy Swan (Ret.) of the Association of the United States Army.
Notwithstanding the yeoman work of the above fine individuals, all mistakes in this work should wholly be considered those of this editor. We proffer this work to the wider community of warriors, ethicists, and scholars in the profession of arms in the hopes that our considerations may help shape the strategic ethical context of this profession now and in the future. Moreover, we rely on this same community to dialog and debate with us on our insights. Only through this process will new students and warriors understand with clarity and conviction the continuing ethical impact of World War I and so guide the profession of arms in the coming decades.