Command and General Staff College
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U.S. Army Command & General Staff College | |
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Country | USA |
Allegiance | Federal |
Garrison/HQ | Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |
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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Notable CGSC alumni
- 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 Robert L. Eichelberger
- President and General Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Lieutenant General James M. Gavin
- General Lewis Blaine Hershey
- Lieutenant Colonel James Thomas Gaetjen
- 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
- President Gaafar Nimeiry of Sudan
- 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 William Pagonis
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Installations | Aberdeen Proving Ground • Carlisle Barracks • Fort Belvoir • Fort Benning • Fort Bliss • Fort Eustis • Fort Gordon • Fort Huachuca • Fort Jackson • Fort Knox • Fort Leavenworth • Fort Lee • Fort Leonard Wood • Fort Rucker • Fort Sill • Redstone Arsenal | ![]() |
Schools | Adjutant General School • Airborne School • Air Defense Artillery School • Armor School • Army Logistics Management College • Army Management Staff College • Army War College • Aviation School • Aviation Logistics School • Chaplain School • Chemical School • Combatives School • Command and General Staff College • Defense Language Institute • Drill Sergeant Schools • Engineer School • Field Artillery School • Finance School • Infantry School • Intelligence School • Military Police School • Officer Candidate School • Ordnance Mechanical Maintenance School • Ordnance Munitions and Electronics Maintenance School • Physical Fitness School • Quartermaster School • Ranger School • Recruiting and Retention School • School of Advanced Military Studies • School of Information Technology • School of Military Packaging Technology • Sergeants Major Academy • Signal School • Transportation School • Warrant Officer Career Center |
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