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DePuy Writing Competition Winners!

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2021 General William E. DePuy

Special Topics Writing Competition

This year’s theme was “Contiguous and noncontiguous operations: pivoting to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command—the Army’s role in protecting interests against adversaries who can contest the U.S. joint force in all domains.”

1st Place

"The Theater Army and the Consequence of Landpower for the Indo-Pacific"

Maj. Tim Devine, U.S. Army

2nd Place

"Support the Fight!"

1st Lt. Joshua Ratta, U.S. Army

3rd Place

"Decentralized Deterrence"

Mr. Frank Hoffman

Honorable Mention

"Concerted Alliance Building: The Solution to Ensuring ‘A Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ in a Multi-Polar World"

2nd Lt. Jose Aguilar, U.S. Army

For information on how to submit an entry, please visit https://www.armyupress.army.mil/DePuy-Writing-Competition/.

Japanese soldiers with the Japan Self-Defense Forces form together 1 July 2018 during a beach insertion rehearsal at Pyramid Rock as part of the 2018 Rim of the Pacific exercise on Marine Corps Base Hawaii. (Photo by Sgt. Zachary Orr, U.S. Marine Corps)

November-December 2021