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Elizabeth class carriers in Rosyth dockyard as well as UKSF units at Stirling Lines.
As with all courses in the Staff College, HCSC bene ts hugely from the breadth of experience of its students. Whether through researching and presenting Operational Art Case Studies in small
groups, that ranged from the Peloponnesian War in the 5th century BC through to the war in Lebanon of 2006, or in delivering contemporary lessons from the 1st and 2nd World Wars during 35 Staff Ride stands, the richness of character, thought and experience that the students bring to the course is one of the strengths of the learning opportunity. HCSC 18 will
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HCSC 17 at Stirling Lines
seek to mine this seam further, by further increasing opportunities for peer-to-peer learning and re ection. And these opportunities extend well beyond the end of the course, through the HCSC alumni network. HCSC 17 students have now departed Shrivenham to take up both 2 and 1 star command and staff appointments in the UK, on operations, and in signi cant international positions. Indeed one of our number has left the course to serve on the personal staff of the US Defence Secretary, charged with restructuring the US Army! The WhatsApp banter is unlikely to stop, just because the lectures have...
And these
opportunities extend well beyond
the end of the course... ◆◆◆