Command and General Staff College

The '''United States Army Command and General Staff College''' ('''CGSC''') at [[Fort Leavenworth, Kansas]] is a [[graduate school]] for [[United States Army]] and sister service officers, interagency representatives, and international military officers. The college was established in 1881 by [[William Tecumseh Sherman]] as a training school for [[infantry]] and [[cavalry]] officers. The curriculum expanded thoughout [[World War I]], [[World War II]], the [[Korean War]], and the [[Vietnam War]] and continues to adapt to include lessons learned from current conflicts. In addition to the main campus at Fort Leavenworth, the college has satellite campuses at [[Fort Belvoir, Virginia]]; [[Fort Lee, Virginia]]; [[Fort Gordon, Georgia]]; and [[Redstone Arsenal, Alabama]]. The satellite campuses provide non-residential distance learning opportunities. ==Mission statement== The United States Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) 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. ==Schools== [[Image:Library CARL.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Fort Leavenworth's Eisenhower Hall houses the CGSC Library. The Lewis and Clark Center, the main academic building, is located on the near side of the lake.]] The college consists of four schools: *'''Command and General Staff School''' (CGSS) provides Intermediate Level Education (ILE) for United States Army and sister service officers, interagency representatives, and international military officers. ILE is a ten-month graduate-level program; the curriculum includes instruction on leadership philosophy, military history, and the military planning and decision-making processes. There are two ILE classes per year; the first begins in August and ends in June, the second begins in March and ends in December. Both classes complete the same curriculum. In addition to the ILE curriculum, students may complete a thesis-level research paper and receive a Master of Military Arts and Sciences (MMAS). The Masters program is accredited by the [[North Central Association of Colleges and Schools]], the accrediting body for collegiate institutions in the midwestern United States. ILE students are normally mid-career field-grade officers preparing for battalion command or staff positions at the division, brigade, or battalion level. The most recent class, Class 2011-01, graduated in June 2011 with approximately 1,000 students. In addition to CGSS at [[Fort Leavenworth, Kansas|Fort Leavenworth]], the school operates satellite campuses at [[Fort Belvoir, Virginia]]; [[Fort Lee, Virginia]]; [[Fort Gordon, Georgia]]; and [[Redstone Arsenal, Alabama]]. Students at the satellite campuses complete the ILE Common Core, a condensed ninety-day program without the MMAS option, in lieu of the traditional ten-month program. *'''[[United States Army School of Advanced Military Studies|School of Advanced Military Studies]]''' (SAMS) provides post-ILE instruction on complex military issues at the strategic and operational levels. Students who complete the curriculum receive a Master of Military Arts and Sciences (MMAS) and are then assigned as high-level military planners. The Masters program is accredited by the [[North Central Association of Colleges and Schools]], the accrediting body for collegiate institutions in the midwestern United States. *'''School for Command Preparation''' (SCP) provides instruction for colonels, lieutenant colonels, and command sergeants major who have been selected for brigade or battalion command. Courses are normally three to four weeks and focus on special topics unique to assumption of command at the levels indicated. *'''School of Advanced Leadership and Tactics''' (SALT) provides officer continuing education towards developing the Scholar-Warrior-Leader from first lieutenant to selection for major. The result is mastery of branch-specific technical and tactical skills, staff processes in battalions and brigades, direct leadership and command competencies, and initial broadening opportunities. ===Notable alumni=== :''See also:[[:Category:United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni]]'' *[[Creighton W. Abrams]] (1949) *[[Henry H. Arnold]] (1929) *[[Charles L. Bolte]] (1932) *[[Omar N. Bradley]] (1929) *[[Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr.]] (1928) *[[Richard E. Cavazos]] (1960) *[[Mark W. Clark]] (1935) *[[J. Lawton Collins]] (1933) *[[William E. DePuy]] (1946) *[[Jacob L. Devers]] (1925) *[[Roger H.C. Donlon]] (1971) *[[Robert Lawrence Eichelberger]] (1929) *[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] (1925–26) *[[James Maurice Gavin]] (1942) *[[Andrew J. Goodpaster]] (1943) *[[Stuart Heintzelman]] (1916) *[[Lewis B. Hershey]] (1933) *[[Courtney Hicks Hodges]] (1925) *[[William M. Hoge]] (1928) *[[Michelle J. Howard]] (1998) *[[Clarence R. Huebner]] (1925) *[[Harold K. Johnson]] (1949) *[[Robert Kingston]] (1960) *[[Kirk Lippold]] {1994} *[[Douglas MacArthur]] (1912) *[[Raymond S. McLain]] (1938) *[[George C. Marshall]] (1907) *[[Troy H. Middleton]] (1924) *[[Aubrey S. Newman]] (1943) *[[John McAuley Palmer (1870–1955)]] (1910) *[[George S. Patton Jr.]] (1924) *[[David H. Petraeus]] (1983) *[[Colin Powell]] (1968) *[[Elwood R. Quesada]] (1937) *[[Matthew B. Ridgway]] (1935) *[[Bernard W. Rogers]] (1954) *[[Richard J. Seitz]] (1950) *[[Walter Bedell Smith]] (1935) *[[Carl A. Spaatz]] (1936) *[[Donn A. Starry]] (1960) *[[Joseph Warren Stilwell]] (1926) *[[Gordon Russell Sullivan]] (1969) *[[Maxwell D. Taylor]] (1935) *[[Maxwell R. Thurman]] (1967) *[[Hoyt S. Vandenberg]] (1936) *[[James A. Van Fleet]] (1918) *[[Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV]] (1931) *[[Albert C. Wedemeyer]] (1936) *[[William C. Westmoreland]] (1951) *[[Allen B. West]] {1995} ===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. * Major General [[Edmund E. Dillon]] of [[Trinidad & Tobago Defence Force]] * General Rodolfo G. Alvarado of the Philippines * General [[Do Cao Tri]] of [[South Vietnam]] * General [[Hau Pei-tsun]] of the [[Republic of China|Republic of China (Taiwan)]] * President [[Paul Kagame]] of [[Rwanda]] * Lt Col. [[Muhoozi Kainerugaba]] son of [[Ugandan President]], 2007-2008. * General [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]] of [[Pakistan]] * General [[Rahimuddin Khan]] 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]] * Lt.Col Anastasio Somoza Portocarrero of the Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua * 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 [[Antonio Domingo Bussi]] of [[Argentina]] * General [[Alfredo M. Santos]] of the [[Philippines]] * General [[Moeen U Ahmed]] of [[Bangladesh]] * General Amer Khammash of Jordan * General [[Arne Dagfin Dahl]] of [[Norway]] * General [[Gustav Hägglund]] of [[Finland]] * General [[Avigdor Kahalani]] of [[Israel]] * General [[David Tevzadze]] of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] * Lt. Gen. [[Rafael Ileto]], Secretary of [[Department of National Defense (Philippines)|Department of National Defense]], [[Philippines]] * Général d’armée [[René Imbot]], ([[:fr:René Imbot#États-majors et commandements]]) Chief of Staff of the French Army, General Director of [[DGSE]], [[France]]. * [[King Hamad]] bin Isa Al Khalifa of [[Bahrain]] ===Notable faculty and deputy commandants=== *[[Robert Arter]] (Deputy Commandant 1977-79) *[[Richard E. Cavazos]] (faculty 1970-71) *[[Roger H.C. Donlon]] (1978–81) *[[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 *[[Colin 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=== {{Main|Commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College}} Since 1976, the commandant of the college has been a [[Lieutenant General]]. [[David Petraeus]] was the commandant between 2005 and 2007, immediately before going to command the [[Multinational Force - Iraq]]. ==External links== * [http://www.cgsc.edu/ Official website] * [http://carl.army.mil/ Command and General Staff College, Combined Arms Research Library] * [http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/ Command and General Staff College, Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library] {{United States military academies and colleges}} {{TRADOC}} {{Colleges and universities in Kansas}} {{Coord missing|Kansas}} {{DEFAULTSORT:United States Army Command And General Staff College}}