United States Army Command and General Staff College

The Command and General Staff College

USACGSC Coat of Arms
Active 1881–present
Country  United States
Branch  United States Army
Garrison/HQ Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Commanders
Current
commander		 Robert B. Brown

The United States Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC or, obsolete, USACGSC) 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 the School of Application for Infantry and Cavalry, (later simply the Infantry and Cavalry School), a training school for infantry and cavalry officers.[1] In 1907 it changed its title to the School of the Line. The curriculum expanded throughout 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.[2]

Schools

Fort Leavenworth's Eisenhower Hall houses the CGSC Library.

The college consists of four schools:[2]

Notable people

Notable alumni

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.[9]

Notable faculty and deputy commandants

Commandants

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 Multi-National Force – Iraq.

Photo gallery

See also

References

  1. ↑ Otis, E. S. (1882). "8.—Report of Col. E. S. Otis". In United States War Department. Report of the Secretary of War; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-seventh Congress. In four volumes. I. Washington: GPO. pp. 173–177. Retrieved 11 August 2013. (p.173): "As directed by the General of the Army, in communication of September 27, I have the honor to submit the annual report of proceedings and results at the United States infantry and cavalry school here located, or for the period from December 1, last, the date of its organization, to the present time.
    The school was organized under the provisions of General Orders No. 42, War Department, of May 7, 1881, which provided that the commanding general of the Department of the Missouri should, as soon as the requisite number of companies could be assembled at Fort Leavenworth, take measures to establish a school for infantry and cavalry similar to that in operation at Fort Monroe for the artillery arm of the service."
  2. 1 2 3 "About the Command and General Staff College". U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  3. 1 2 "About the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College". CGSC Foundation. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  4. 1 2 "CGSC Registrar". U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Satellite Campus Program". U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "School of Advanced Military Studies – Converting intellectual power into combat power". U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "School for Command Preparation". U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  8. ↑ "School of Advanced Leadership and Tactics". U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "International Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony". U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  10. ↑ "US embassy cables: Bahrainis trained by Hezbollah, claims King Hamad". The Guardian (London). 15 February 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  11. ↑ Halloran, Richard; Molotsky, Irvin (14 December 1988). "Washington Talk: Briefing; A Hero Retires". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 August 2013.

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