BALTDEFCOL staff member awarded by Estonian Defence Ministry

Estonian Minister of Defence H. E. Mr. Urmas Reinsalu handed over prizes of Defence Ministry to the best research paper authors.

Defence Minister Mr Urmas Reinsalu handing over an award to the author of the best paper from the Baltic Defence College, LTC Antek Kasemaa. Photo credit: Estonian Defence Forces

Among the nominees for the prizes was BALTDEFCOL Directing Staff member LTC Antek Kasemaa, Instructor Civil Emergency Planning, who was awarded with a money award for his paper “Unit Cohesion and Transformational Leadership as Predictors of Performance and Readiness in EDF.”

The Ministry of Defence handed out the research prizes for the second time. The Baltic Defence College submitted the papers of five Estonian students of the Joint Command and General Staff Course (class 2012/2013).