| U.S. Army Command & General Staff College | |
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 USAC&GS Coat of Arms |
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| Active | 1881-Present |
| Country | USA |
| Allegiance | Federal |
| Garrison/HQ | Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
BGen Edward C. Cardon (Interim) |
The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (USAC&GSC) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas is a United States Army facility that functions as a graduate school for United States Armed Forces and foreign military leaders. It was originally established in 1881 as a school for infantry and cavalry by William Tecumseh Sherman.[1]
The development of the college has proceeded parallel with the increasing professionalization of the U.S. Army, reaching its present form in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.
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Mission Statement
The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College educates and develops leaders for full spectrum joint, interagency and multinational operations; acts as lead agent for the Army’s leader development program; and advances the art and science of the profession of arms in support of Army operational requirements.[2]
Schools
The college consists of five schools:[3]
- Command and General Staff School (CGSS) - a 10-month course for intermediate level U.S. Army and sister service Officers, and allied officers to be field grade commanders and staff officers.[4] Almost all army officers who attain the rank of Major (United States) attend the school (although a few attend branch campuses at maintained by the college at Fort Belvoir; Fort Lee, Virginia and Fort Gordon). The program is the Intermediate Level Education (ILE). [5] Officers who attain the rank of lieutenant colonel or Colonel (United States) are trained at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.[6] The 2009 class was the biggest with 960 students, including four warrant officers (the first time at the school),[7] 65 international students, and 6 interagency (non-military) students.
- Department of Distance Education (DDE) - Handles the distance education for U.S. and allied officers.[8] The program teaches about 8,000 ILE students each year, primarily National Guard and Reserve.
- School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) - Awards a Masters Degree in Military Arts and Sciences (MMAS) on studies of strategically and operationally complex issues.[9]
- School for Command Preparation (SCP) - Offers four week courses for Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels, Command Sergeants Major and their spouses selected for Battalion and Brigade levels of command.[10][11]
- Army Management Staff College (AMSC) - trains civilians and military for support positions. It provides consulting services and conducts research.[12]
Notable people
Notable alumni
- Creighton W. Abrams (1949)
- Charles L. Bolte (1932)
- Richard E. Cavazos (1960)
- J. Lawton Collins (1933)
- William E. DePuy (1946)
- Roger H.C. Donlon (1971)
- James Maurice Gavin (1942)
- Andrew J. Goodpaster (1943)
- James F. Hamlet (1966)
- Lewis B. Hershey (1933)
- Harold K. Johnson (1949)
- Robert Kingston (1960)
- Aubrey S. Newman (1943)
- Collin Powell (1968)
- Elwood R. Quesada (1937)
- Matthew B. Ridgway (1935)
- Bernard W. Rogers (1954)
- Donn A. Starry (1960)
- Gordon Russell Sullivan (1969)
- Maxwell D. Taylor (1935)
- Maxwell R. Thurman (1967)
- Hoyt S. Vandenberg (1936)
- William C. Westmoreland (1951)
- Henry H. Arnold (1929)
- Omar N. Bradley (1929)
- Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. (1928)
- Mark W. Clark (1935)
- Jacob L. Devers (1925)
- Robert Lawrence Eichelberger (1929)
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1925-26)
- Stuart Heintzelman (1916)
- Clarence R. Huebner (1925)
- Courtney Hicks Hodges (1925)
- William M. Hoge (1928)
- Douglas MacArthur (1912) (had also been at the base when his father Arthur MacArthur, Jr. was stationed there in 1886)
- George C. Marshall (1907)
- Raymond S. McLain (1938)
- Troy H. Middleton (1924)
- John McAuley Palmer (1870–1955) (1910)
- George S. Patton Jr. (1924)
- Walter Bedell Smith (1935)
- Carl A. Spaatz (1936)
- Joseph Warren Stilwell (1926)
- James A. Van Fleet (1918)
- Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV (1931)
- Albert C. Wedemeyer (1936)
Notable foreign alumni
The college reports that 7,000 international students representing 155 countries have attended CGSC since 1894 and that more than 50 percent of CGSC International Military Student (IMS) graduates attain the rank of general.[13]
- General Do Cao Tri of South Vietnam
- General Hau Pei-tsun of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
- President Paul Kagame of Rwanda
- General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq of Pakistan
- General Jehangir Karamat of Pakistan
- General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani of Pakistan
- General Krishnaswamy Sundarji of Indian Army
- Prime Minister and Brigadier-General Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore
- General Dieudonné Kayembe Mbandakulu of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- President Gaafar Nimeiry of Sudan
- General Nguyen Hop Doan of South Vietnam
- General Nguyen Khanh of South Vietnam
- General Pham Van Dong (ARVN general) of South Vietnam
- President and General Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia
- General Veljko Kadijević of Yugoslavia
- General Alfredo M. Santos of the Philippines
- General Moeen U Ahmed of Bangladesh
- General Arne Dagfin Dahl of Norway
- General Avigdor Kahalani of Israel
- General David Tevzadze of Georgia
Notable faculty and deputy commandants
- Robert Arter (Deputy Commandant 1977-79)
- Richard E. Cavazos (faculty 1970-71)
- Roger H.C. Donlon (1978-81)[14]
- Frederick M. Franks (Deputy commandant 1985-87)
- James F. Hamlet Chief of the Air Mobility Branch 1968-1969
- Glenn K. Otis Deputy Chief of Staff 1976-1978
- Collin Powell Deputy Commanding General of the Combined Arms Combat Development Activity (1982-83)
- Gordon Russell Sullivan Deputy Commandant 1987-88
- Adna Romanza Chaffee, Jr. 1919-20.
- Clarence R. Huebner (1929-33)
- Walter Krueger (1901-12)
- Lucian Truscott 1934-1940
Commandants
Since 1976 commandant of the college has been a Lieutenant General (three stars). David Petraeus was the previous commandant immediately before going to command the Multinational Force - Iraq.
Photo Gallery
 International Students of Class 1998-99 |
 International Students of Class 1998-99 on a Kansas company visit |
 International Students of Class 1998-99 Gettysburg visit |
See also
References
- ^ http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/download/reports/rep1882.pdf
- ^ http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/about.asp
- ^ About the Command and General Staff School - army.mil - Retrieved October 10, 2009
- ^ http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/cgss/index.asp
- ^ http://www.cgscfoundation.org/college.php
- ^ http://www.carlisle.army.mil/USAWC/Registar/policies.cfm
- ^ http://www.army.mil/-news/2009/06/18/22946-largest-cgsc-ileclass-graduates/
- ^ http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/dde/index.asp
- ^ http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/sams/index.asp
- ^ http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/scp/index.asp
- ^ http://www.cgscfoundation.org/college.php
- ^ http://www.amsc.belvoir.army.mil/
- ^ [http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/Events/IHOF/index20091001.asp International Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - usacac.army.mil October 1, 2009
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/14/us/washington-talk-briefing-a-hero-retires.html
External links
- Official website
- Command and General Staff College, Combined Arms Research Library
- Command and General Staff College, Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library
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