Expeditionary Warfare School

Rapicault Memorial Award – Presented in memory of Captain Patrick Rapicault, USMC, by the Marine Corps Gazette to the international military student who has written the best paper in EWS.

Yeosock Memorial Award – Presented in memory of Lieutenant General John J. Yeosock, USA by the Marine Corps Gazette to sister service student who has written the best paper in EWS.

School of Advanced Warfighting

Joint Service Planner Writing Award – The Joint Service Planner Award is awarded by the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) and is awarded to the student whose paper most relates to joint warfare.

Command and Staff College

Colonel Franklin Brooke Nihart Award – Presented in memory of Colonel Franklin Brooke Nihart, USMC, Retired, by his family and the Marine Corps University Foundation to the Marine Infantry Officer who writes the best Master of Military Studies paper.

Colonel Bevan G. Cass Award – Presented in honor of Colonel Bevan G. Cass, USMC, by the Marine Corps Association to the students whose papers are determined to be the best on a topic concerned with the profession of arms bearing directly on the Marine Corps.

Lieutenant General John A. Lejeune Award – Presented in memory of Lieutenant General John A. Lejeune, USMC, 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps, by the Marine Corps League to the student whose paper is determined to be the best paper on a military topic.

Lieutenant General Edward W. Snedeker Award – Presented in honor of Lieutenant General Edward W. Snedeker, USMC, Retired, by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Educational Fund to the student whose paper is determined to be the best paper on a topic related to command and control, communications, information systems or intelligence and suitable for publication in a professional journal.

Intelligence Writing Award – Established by the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA), Office of Military Affairs in 1996, this award is presented to the student whose paper on intelligence or an intelligence-related topic is judged to be most outstanding.

Brigadier A.W. Hammett Award – In memory of Brigadier A.W. “Tony” Hammett, AM, Royal Australian Regiment. This award is funded by Col William G. Price, USMC, Retired, in honor of the members of his U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College Class of 1975-76. Presented to the International Military Student whose paper is considered most outstanding on a subject of value to the individual student’s country.

Streusand-Cooper Award – The award is funded by Dr. Douglas E. Streusand and presented in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Alan L. Streusand and Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Francis L. “Gus” Cooper to the student who writes the best paper on information operations or information as an instrument of national power.

Foreign Area Officers Association Award for International Affairs – Sponsored by the foreign Area Officers Association, the award is presented to a student in the Marine Corps War College and in Command and Staff College for the best paper demonstrating academic research, strategic-thought, and professional writing skills on international affairs and related intelligence issues.

Marine Corps War College

Lieutenant General P.K. Van Riper Writing Award – The Faculy Writing Award is presented to the Marine Corps War College student whose research paper is determined to be most suitable for publication in a professional journal for that academic year. All Marine Corps War College student research papers are considered for this award.

Foreign Area Officers Association Award for International Affairs – Sponsored by the foreign Area Officers Association, the award is presented to a student in the Marine Corps War College and in Command and Staff College for the best paper demonstrating academic research, strategic-thought, and professional writing skills on international affairs and related intelligence issues.