THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EMBEDDED REPORTER PROGRAM IN FUTURE CONFLICTS A thesis presented to the Faculty of the US Army Command and General Staff College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE Strategy by RAYMUNDO VILLARREAL JR., LCDR, USN B.S., United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 1991 M.P.A., Troy State University, Troy, Alabama, 1998 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 2005 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.