摘要：Adeeper appreciation and interac-tion with U.S. Embassies, officesof defense cooperation and ou r de-fense attach¨¦s, which serve as our resi-dent national platforms in partner na-tions, can also serve to broaden anddevelop strategic leaders in our Army.A program to identify, select and repet-itively place our highest potential offi-cers for short immersive tours intothese platforms should be pursued. With a reduction of forward-de-ployed forces, there is an elevated im-portance of developing an experiencedofficer corps tuned into partner nationand regional security issues. The abil-ity to routinely place officers in an in-country setting as a matter of profes-sional development is increasi nglyvaluable
