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The change reshaping the Soviet Union and other former members of the Communist bloc has also altered the strategic equation for the United States. Given that nuclear weapons and the intense superpower rivalry of 40 years of cold war have helped foster a certain air of predictability in international affairs, the present flux in the international system has created a number of possible security scenarios. The author explores these possibilities as they relate to the strategic future of the Soviet Union, the possible evolution of a new European system of collective security, and the challenges of regional conflict in a multipolar world. Of primary concern is the question of the continued validity of traditional concepts of deterrence in a system characterized by the profusion of advanced military capabilities, which no longer possesses many of the stabilizing strategic counterweights of the cold war.

The Air National Guard Bureau Office of Airspace and Ranges (ANG/DOBA) has requested from Air Command and Staff College that training be developed to train Air National Guard air to ground Range Officers in night vision goggle use. This project fulfills that request. It is a computer based training product that was authored in Macromedia Authorware version 4.0 software. It is a fully interactive computer program that incorporates a wide range of graphics, video, sound, and animation to allow interactivity between the program interface and the learner. It was designed using sound instructional design principles and a complete task analysis, objective development, and instructional strategies were developed. Full sets of storyboards were developed using an original storyboard format and were created in Microsoft Access software. A custom installation program was also used, and the installation of the program, along with user hardware system requirements meets the Air National Guard Bureau request. The computer based training also has an evaluation instrument, and automatically writes user results to a tracking database. This fulfills the night vision goggle academic training certification process. Future applications of this product can be conversion to web based training, and the project includes a web based training prototype.