COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE

The 'Command and General Staff College' ('C&GSC') at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas is a United States Army facility that functions as a graduate school for U.S. military leaders. It was originally established in 1881 as a school for infantry and cavalry.
The development of the college has been 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

Notable CGSC alumni

External link

Mission Statement

The US Army Command & General Staff School educates and trains intermediate level Army Officers, International Officers, Sister Service Officers, and Interagency leaders prepared to operate in full spectrum Army, joint, interagency, and multinational operations as field grade commanders and staff officers.

Notable CGSC alumni

★ Brig. Gen. Clara L. Adams-Ender

★ Colonel Yusuf Abdi Ali of Somalia

★ General Omar Bradley

★ General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr.

★ General J. Lawton Collins

★ General Mark Wayne Clark

★ General Wesley Clark

★ General Do Cao Tri

★ General Robert L. Eichelberger

★ President and General Dwight D. Eisenhower

★ Lieutenant General James M. Gavin

★ General Hau Pei-tsun of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

★ General Lewis Blaine Hershey

★ Major General William M. Hoge

★ Lieutenant General Clarence R. Huebner

★ General Harold Keith Johnson

★ President Paul Kagame of Rwanda

★ General Jehangir Karamat of Pakistan

★ General Robert C. Kingston

★ Prime Minister and Brigadier-General Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore

★ President Gaafar Nimeiry of Sudan

★ General Nguyen Hop Doan of South Vietnam

★ General Nguyen Khanh of South Vietnam

★ General William Pagonis

★ Secretary of State and General Colin L. Powell

★ Major General Elwood Richard Quesada, USAF

★ General Bernard W. Rogers

★ General Carl E. Vuono

★ General William C. Westmoreland

★ General Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia

★ General David Petraeus

★ General Alfredo M. Santos of the Philippines

External link

★ Official website