Baltic Defence College traveled to three Professional Military Education institutions in the United States 

From 01-15 SEP 2012, a delegation from the Baltic Defence College traveled to three Professional Military Education institutions in the United States – the Command and General Staff School (Fort Leavenworth), Air Command and Staff College (Maxwell Air Force Base), and the College of Naval Command and Staff (Newport Naval Station). The purpose of the visit was to deepen institution-to-institution cooperation and to seek “best practices” in the conduct of mid-level Professional Military Education.

Finnish Army Lt. Col. Mika Kerttunen, director of the defense management and officership department at the Baltic Defence College in Estonia, points out his home in Finland during an office call with Rear Adm. John Christenson, right, U.S. Naval War College (NWC) president.