ABSTRACT
The term "education" has become almost meaningless. People speak of a "high school education." They assume any college will automatically "provide an education." Virtually any sort of instruction is assumed to have "educational value." But education is more than the learning of skills or the acquisition of facts. Education develops the ability to put immediate situations into a larger context built of history, philosophy, and an understanding of the nature of man. Inherent in education is the ability to think logically, to approach problem solving methodically, but without a predetermined set of solutions. Although more specifically focused, military education requires much the same process of development. Training is the application of education. The development of an ability to think logically, under the stress of battle, must always be a fundamental objective of military education. The common thought process developed in officers through military education binds techniques, tactics and the operational art.
