It is a great honour on behalf of the award commitee for the third time to give The Asle Enger award for achievments in military ethics. This award has taken the name of Asle Enger, the founder of the Norwegian KBS, the Military Christian fellowship of Norway, as an acknowledgement of his outstanding international work in the field of military ethics on a christian foundation. Asle Enger made these ideals true through his personal example when he in the 2nd world war went into german concentration camp captivity to be able to serve Norwegian officers who were in German concentration camps as a chaplain. After the 2nd world war he continued his international work by spearheading reconciliation with the former enemy.

Asle Enger has been an inspiration not only to the military christian fellowship in our country but in other countries as well.

The award is founded to stimulate to achievements in the field of military ethics. Important work in this field is tobe furthered in a way that will inspire more people heed the importance of ethical work in military service. And as it is written in the guidelines of the award: " Weigt will be put into performing this work in the spirit of Asle Enger and in accordance with the ideas he has fought for.

To days event is the third time we give this award to a person with outstanding work and studies in accordance with the purpose of the award. The first award was given Cleo " Buck" Buxton post mortem i 1999. He was an infantry officer during the 2nd world war. The first general secretary of Officers Christian Fellowship and also founded the Association of Christian Conferences, Theaching and Service, known as ACCTS. This organisation is still very active, specially and with great succes in organisation of seminars in former East-Europe with the agenda: Christian Ethics in Military leadership. Our price winner to day has made great contribution in several of these seminaries with magnificant lectures. Cleo Buxton died in 1988, but his wife was present in Trondheim 1999 and received the award.

The next award was given to an outstanding Norwegian theologican and officer, Bård Mæland during the annual meeting of KBS in 2001. He was at that time serving in our War Academy and had founded the periodical "Pacem", dealing with issues in the field of military ethics. Since then he has founded the international periodical Journal of Military Ethics. And he has his doctorate with a work on moslim and christian faith.

And this short story tells us that one shall be very well qualified to achieve the Asle Enger Award. And we are very honoured that we have the third price winner together with us in our meeting. And after having listen to Tony Pfaffs lecture this morning, I am sure you all agree with the committee who has decided to give the Asle Enger Award 2003 to Tony Pfaff.

It is impossible to present all publications, articles, lectures and presentations Tony Pfaff has performed. But let me take a little extract to show you that we also when given the Asle Enger Award the third time, has an outstanding price winner. He has a Bachelor in Economics and Philosophy, a M.A. in philosophy with the thesis: "Virtue Ethics and Leadership". And he has Diploma in Arabic language Studies from Defence Language Insitute. He has been Assistant Professor of Philosphy, United States Military Academy and from 1999, Adjunct Philosophy Instructor.

And then a litte about his military experience:
United Nations Military observer in the Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission,
Battallion Operation officer, 3 rd Battalion, 5th Cavalry in Germany and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Support Platoon leader, 1st Battalion, Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

Tony Pfaff has given so many lectures and written so many outstanding articles on the questions of military ethics, so allow me to mention only a few of them.

With Don Snider and John Nagl: "Developing Commanders for Peace and war."
"Peacekeeping and Just War Tradition" in our Norwegian Military Journal Pacem.
"Chaos, Complexity and the Modern Battlefield" in Military Rewiew
"Army Proffessionalism, The Military Ethic and Officership in the 21th Century" together with Don Snider and John Nagl.

He has contributed many, many lectures and presentations in seminars, academies and other important meetings. He has contributed with lectures in several of our ACCTS seminars. This very short biography tells us that we also this time has a worthy price winner. In fact, it was an easy task for the committee ( Cal Dunlap, Torbjørn Bostrøm and myself ) to recommend Tony Pfaff to the Asle Enger Award for achievments in military ethics.

As a young officer he has not only taught military ethics at West Point and elsewere, but he has extensive military experience applying military ethics and has published extensively and regularly in the scholary literature of international military ethics.

KBS President
Helge Utaker