Two U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command officers graduated with honors from the U.S. Army War College's two-year distance education program at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, July 28.

Distinguished graduates Col. Gina Adam, director, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, and Col. Jason R. Sepanic, deputy chief of staff, Logistics, USAMRMC, completed their Master of Strategic Studies degrees.

Adam, who is the new TATRC director, was also one of four graduates who received an award from AWC for her excellence in research and writing. Adam earned an AWC Foundation Award for Outstanding Strategy Research Paper for her research paper: "The Arctic: A New Security Dilemma?"

The AWC's Master of Strategic Studies degree distance education program class of 2018 was comprised of 372 senior officers and civilians from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, national security federal agencies and allied and partner nations.