For a number of years the Cal Poly Political Science Department has team taught a course with ROTC staff in National Strategies. This juniorlevel course is taken by both military science and political science students. Because of the diversity in their academic backgrounds, students taking this class need a written exercise that will give each participant experience in preparing the kinds of position papers that are required in government and the military. This exercise has been devised to provide students with such an experience. We believe that this Crisis Response exercise can be used in almost any international affairs class where there is a desire to emphasize clear, precise analysis in an area studies setting.