Strategic Studies Staff Rides and Field Trips

The Strategic Studies program continues to plan and execute a large number of trips and staff rides. Our many excursions allow on-site views of military operations, historical events and museums that offer perspectives a classroom often cannot deliver. The staff ride tradition stretches back to the 19th century Prussian General Staff, and concentrates on more than just operational history; rather, a staff ride will focus on important issues of leadership and decision-making that have applications well beyond the field of strategic studies. Students, faculty and guests examine battles, campaigns and even entire wars in order to actively engage in a dialogue with history.

Upcoming Trips

International Staff Ride:  Spanish Civil War - Stay Tuned!

Rob Knauer's Marine Corps Events Webpage

• Fall Staff Ride:  Yorktown - September 28-30, 2007

2006-2007

• Spring Staff Ride, May 21-22, 2007
• Strat Shooting Trip, April 14, 2007
• Visit to Norfolk Naval Station, April 13, 2007
• SAIS-US Marine Corps Leadership Training, April 6-7, 2007
• International Staff Ride:  The Battle for Sicily, March 12-18, 2007
• Visit to Quantico, November 17, 2006
• Visit to Aberdeen Proving Grounds, September 21, 2006
• Fall Staff Ride:  Ft. Ticonderoga & Crown Point, September 15-17, 2006

2005-2006

• Spring Staff Ride:  Antietam, May 22-23 2006
• Visit to Quantico, May 19 2006
• Visit to Norfolk Naval Station, April 21, 2006
• International Staff Ride: Irregular Warfare in Ireland, March 19-25 2006
• Fall Staff Ride: Brandywine and Valley Forge, November 5-6 2005

2004-2005

• Spring Staff Ride: Shenandoah Valley, May 9-10 2005
• International Staff Ride: Cassino, March 12-18 2005
• Fall Staff Ride: Fredericksburg, October 24 2004

2003-2004

• Spring Staff Ride: Antietam, May 15-16 2004
• SAIS-US Marine Corps Leadership Training, April 8-9 2004
• International Staff Ride: Waterloo 2004 
• Fall Staff Ride: Gettysburg, October 18 2003

2002-2003

• Spring Staff Ride: Battle of Cedar Creek, May 18-19 2003
• SAIS-US Marine Corps Leadership Venture, April 9-10 2003
• International Staff Ride: Normandy, March 8-14 2003
• Fall Staff Ride: Battle of Fredericksburg, October 20 2002

2001-2002

• Capabilities Exercise, Camp Lejeune, April 22 2002
• International Staff Ride: Franco-Prussian War, March 16-22 2002
• Antietam, September 23 2001

2000-2001

• Yorktown, May 20-21 2001
• International Staff Ride: Gallipoli, March 17-24 2001
• Joint Readiness Training Excercise, February 5 2001

• Alumni Staff Ride Webpage