Downing Scholar
1. Program Description: The General Wayne A. Downing Scholarship Program is sponsored by the West Point Association of Graduates (WPAOG) and aims to develop the strategic thinking of tomorrow’s operational leaders by providing select Army officers the opportunity to study terrorism and counterterrorism at top tier graduate schools. The program simultaneously offers immersion experiences that expose Downing Scholars to the U.S. counterterrorism interagency community, foreign counterterrorism forces, different cultures and ways of understanding the threats facing the United States today. Officers selected for participation will be appointed fellows of the United States Military Academy Combating Terrorism Center (USMA CTC) while in the program.