This fall I’ve been using a war game that prominently features Wakanda - a resource rich nation with advanced tech new to the international stage located in a region in which near peer advisories are vying for influence. ...

... I figured it would be a good stage to get cadets excited about joint strategy concepts that are a bit dry, and think about humanitarian impacts of military decision making. This all seems to be true ...

... but what I wasn’t expecting was how Wakanda opened the door for discussions on ethics, colonialism, and representation in how the military tells its own story, and how deeply invested cadets would become in just a few short iterations of the game ...

... Today, several of my cadets got together and sent me a note proposing a cessation of escalation of force in and around Wakanda “for at period of 90 days to honor the passing of King T’Challa to for allow for the people of Wakanda to mourn and for us all to honor the King” ...

... @chadwickboseman, I know your intent was never to help teach joint strategy, but you helped me teach the most important lesson about war - to keep people front and center. To learn empathy and understanding and continually question how we’re making the world better ...

Thank you. #WakandaForever