The H.R. McMaster Center for Security Studies
Classes for the Community
– LTG H.R. McMaster ’80, ‘17HC

The College
Want to go to a college that not only opens academic doors for your next steps, but also builds strength and friendships that will never fail?
The H.R. McMaster Center for Security Studies at Valley Forge Military College
The McMaster Center is truly a center of excellence. It provides non-partisan, research-driven academic programs to prepare future leaders in the fields of national security, criminal justice, intelligence, and cybersecurity. It develops training and education programs for VFMC cadets, as well as law enforcement agencies, business executives, national security professionals, policy makers, and others.
The McMaster Center produces the “blended” national security professional, one who can function across the full spectrum of private or public agencies—they are equally successful whether in the executive boardroom, on a network, at an analyst’s desk, or on the battlefield. Ultimately, The McMaster Center aims to be the preeminent, internationally recognized center of academic excellence in national security, criminal justice, intelligence, and cybersecurity. To accomplish this vision, it is divided into two focus areas – National Security and Cybersecurity – and has three core competencies:
The capability to seamlessly merge perspectives from scholars and practitioners into coherent training and educational programs.