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The Lived Professional Military Education Experience Of Air National Guard Officers At Air University: A Hermeneutic Phenomenology Study, Clayton Edward Thompson Jul 2023

The Lived Professional Military Education Experience Of Air National Guard Officers At Air University: A Hermeneutic Phenomenology Study, Clayton Edward Thompson

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The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand the lived experiences of Air National Guard officers attending professional military education at Air University. The theory guiding this research study is David Kolb’s experiential learning theory because of the emphasis placed on experiences, observations, and reflections during the education programs at Air University. The central research question was, what are the lived experiences of Air National Guard officers in the resident professional military education program at Air War College? This research study utilized a phenomenological approach as the research design and focused on Air National Guard officers attending a resident …