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|current_commander=[[Lieutenant General|LTG]] [[James Rainey]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/231092/rainey_takes_command_of_combined_arms_center_and_fort_leavenworth|title=Rainey takes command of Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth |first=Tisha |last=Swart-Entwistle |date=17 December 2019 |website=U.S. Army |accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref> |
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The '''U.S. Army Combined Arms Center''' ('''USACAC''') is located at [[Fort Leavenworth]] and provides leadership and supervision for leader development and professional military and civilian education; institutional and collective training; functional training; training support; battle command; doctrine; lessons learned and specified areas the Commanding General, [[United States Army Training and Doctrine Command]] (TRADOC) designates in order to serve as a catalyst for change and to support developing relevant and ready expeditionary land formations with campaign qualities in support of the joint force commander. |
The '''U.S. Army Combined Arms Center''' ('''USACAC''') is located at [[Fort Leavenworth]] and provides leadership and supervision for leader development and professional military and civilian education; institutional and collective training; functional training; training support; battle command; doctrine; lessons learned and specified areas the Commanding General, [[United States Army Training and Doctrine Command]] (TRADOC) designates in order to serve as a catalyst for change and to support developing relevant and ready expeditionary land formations with campaign qualities in support of the joint force commander. |
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Components (all based in Fort Leavenworth) are:<ref>[http://garrison.leavenworth.army.mil/sites/tenants/ Fort Leavenworth Tenants army.mil Retrieved 11 October 2009]</ref> |
Components (all based in Fort Leavenworth) are:<ref>[http://garrison.leavenworth.army.mil/sites/tenants/ Fort Leavenworth Tenants army.mil Retrieved 11 October 2009]</ref> |
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*The Army University, which was created in 2015 and charged with directly integrating 70 separate U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) internal school programs under one university system while also synchronizing instruction with more than 100 additional TRADOC institutions.<ref>https://usacac.army.mil/node/969</ref> |
*The [[Army University]], which was created in 2015 and charged with directly integrating 70 separate U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) internal school programs under one university system while also synchronizing instruction with more than 100 additional TRADOC institutions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Army Establishes The Army University {{!}} US Army Combined Arms Center |url=https://usacac.army.mil/node/969 |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=usacac.army.mil}}</ref> |
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**Subcomponents include the [[U.S. Army Command and General Staff College]] (the Army's [[graduate school]] and the center's most famous institution) |
**Subcomponents include the [[U.S. Army Command and General Staff College]] (the Army's [[graduate school]] and the center's most famous institution) |
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**Army University Press is the U.S. Army's top multimedia publishing house. In 2015, Army University brought the Combat Studies Institute, Military Review, and the NCO Journal together to form Army Press, which was later renamed Army University Press in 2017. They publish journals, books, and films to benefit Army leaders at all levels. The Staff Ride Team designs and executes both live and virtual staff rides. These provide essential insights into military operations, leadership, and the human dimension of warfare through focused study, methodical field study, and detailed analysis of insights gained. The Films Team creates thoroughly researched and historically accurate documentaries to educate viewers about the U.S. Army doctrine as it exists now.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.army.mil/article/158613/army_press_opens_on_fort_leavenworth| title = Army Press opens on Fort Leavenworth {{!}} Article {{!}} The United States Army}}</ref> |
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**Army University Press, which includes the former Combat Studies Institute and publishes Military Review, NCO Journal and the Journal of Military Learning.<ref>https://www.army.mil/article/158613/army_press_opens_on_fort_leavenworth</ref> |
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*Combined Arms Center for Training |
*Combined Arms Center for Training |
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**Mission Command Training Program |
**Mission Command Training Program |
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**National Simulations Center |
**National Simulations Center |
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*Mission Command Center of Excellence (MCCoE): established in 2010 as the focal point in the development, integration, and synchronization of leader development, Army profession, and mission command doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities requirements, and policy solutions (DOTMLPF-P). Mission Command is the Army's approach to command and control that empowers subordinate decision making and decentralized execution appropriate to the situation. Mission Command supports the Army's operational concept of unified land operations and its emphasis on seizing, retaining, and exploiting the initiative. (ADP 6–0) |
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*Mission Command Center of Excellence |
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**'''Mission:''' MCCoE, as the lead for the Mission Command Force Modernization Proponent and the Command and Control Warfighting Function, conducts continuous DOTMLPF-P analysis to identify, develop, integrate, and synchronize C2 requirements and solutions in order to best prepare leaders and formations to successfully exercise the C2 of multidomain operations during competition, crisis, and conflict, across the competition continuum. |
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**[[Battle Command Knowledge System]] |
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**'''Subordinate Organizations:''' |
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**U.S. Army Information Operations Proponent |
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**Army Joint Support Team (AJST) |
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**Current Force Integration Directorate |
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**Air Land Sea Application (ALSA) Center |
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**TRADOC Program Integration Office-Battle Command |
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**Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate (CADD) |
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**Command Assessment Program Directorate (CAPD) |
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**Center for Army Leadership |
**Center for the Army Profession and Leadership (CAPL) |
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**Directorate of Training (DOT) |
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**Force Modernization Proponent Center (FMPC) |
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**Mission Command Network Integration (MCNI) |
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**Security Force Assistance Proponent (SFAP) |
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**Mission Command Capability Development Integration Directorate (MC CDID) |
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Components (based in Fort |
Components (based in Fort Novosel) are: |
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*[[U.S. Army Warrant Officer Career College]] |
*[[U.S. Army Warrant Officer Career College]] |
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==Overview== |
==Overview== |
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[[Fort Leavenworth]], |
[[Fort Leavenworth]], Kansas is the oldest continuously operating [[Regular Army (United States)|Regular Army]] installation west of the [[Mississippi River]]. This historic post, noted for its campus setting, open green spaces and hometown character, is the home of the US Army's Combined Arms Center (CAC). CAC, as a major subordinate headquarters of the US Army Training and Doctrine Command, has often been referred to as the "Intellectual Center of the Army". It is, in many regards, "home base" for the majority of field grade officers across the Army. |
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Since 1882, CAC and its predecessor organizations have been engaged in the primary mission of preparing the Army and its leaders for war. At present, this mission is divided between preparing the Army for the Global War on Terrorism and transforming it to meet future threats. |
Since 1882, CAC and its predecessor organizations have been engaged in the primary mission of preparing the Army and its leaders for war. At present, this mission is divided between preparing the Army for the Global War on Terrorism and transforming it to meet future threats. |
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In order to accomplish these critical missions, CAC provides Army-wide leadership and supervision for leader development and professional military and civilian education; institutional and collective training; functional training; training support; battle command; doctrine; lessons learned; and other specified areas that the TRADOC Commander designates. All of these are focused toward making CAC a catalyst for change and to support the development of a relevant and ready ground force to support joint, interagency and multinational operations anywhere in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/overview.asp |title=Combined Arms Center Overview |publisher=Usacac.army.mil |date=27 January 2010 | |
In order to accomplish these critical missions, CAC provides Army-wide leadership and supervision for leader development and professional military and civilian education; institutional and collective training; functional training; training support; battle command; doctrine; lessons learned; and other specified areas that the TRADOC Commander designates. All of these are focused toward making CAC a catalyst for change and to support the development of a relevant and ready ground force to support joint, interagency and multinational operations anywhere in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/overview.asp |title=Combined Arms Center Overview |publisher=Usacac.army.mil |date=27 January 2010 |access-date=26 May 2011}}</ref> |
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==Organizational structure== |
==Organizational structure== |
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Schools, centers and specialized activities are spread across the country and are responsible for executing a portion of the CAC mission. In general, each of these organizations is responsible for the training of specific branch skills (such as "[[Infantry]]") and serving as the Army's functional expert in that area. In this regard, CAC is an integrator of specialized skills, on one hand, and an executor of common skills, on the other. |
Schools, centers and specialized activities are spread across the country and are responsible for executing a portion of the CAC mission. In general, each of these organizations is responsible for the training of specific branch skills (such as "[[Infantry]]") and serving as the Army's functional expert in that area. In this regard, CAC is an integrator of specialized skills, on one hand, and an executor of common skills, on the other. |
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[[File:Military Review covers.jpg|thumb|right|various covers of Military Review 2017-2018]] |
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==''Military Review''== |
==''Military Review''== |
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==Commanders== |
==Commanders== |
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{{Main|Commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College}} |
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Since 1976 commandant of the college has been a [[Lieutenant General]] (three stars). [[David Petraeus]] was a commandant immediately before going to command the [[Multinational Force - Iraq]]. |
Since 1976 commandant of the college has been a [[Lieutenant General]] (three stars). [[David Petraeus]] was a commandant immediately before going to command the [[Multinational Force - Iraq]]. |
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* Lieutenant General James C. Riley from Jul |
* Lieutenant General James C. Riley from Jul 2001 to Jun 2003 |
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* Lieutenant General [[William S. Wallace]] from Jul |
* Lieutenant General [[William S. Wallace]] from Jul 2003 to Oct 2005 |
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* Lieutenant General [[David H. Petraeus]] from Oct |
* Lieutenant General [[David H. Petraeus]] from Oct 2005 to Feb 2007 |
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* Lieutenant General [[William B. Caldwell IV]] from Jun |
* Lieutenant General [[William B. Caldwell IV]] from Jun 2007 to Nov 2009 |
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* Lieutenant General [[Robert L. Caslen |
* Lieutenant General [[Robert L. Caslen Jr.]] from Feb 2010 to Sep 2011 |
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* Lieutenant General [[David G. Perkins]] from Nov |
* Lieutenant General [[David G. Perkins]] from Nov 2011 to Feb 2014 |
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* Lieutenant General [[Robert Brooks Brown|Robert B. Brown]] from Feb |
* Lieutenant General [[Robert Brooks Brown|Robert B. Brown]] from Feb 2014 to Apr 2016 |
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* Lieutenant General Michael Lundy from Apr |
* Lieutenant General [[Michael Lundy]] from Apr 2016 to Dec 2019 |
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*Lieutenant General James E. Rainey from Dec |
* Lieutenant General [[James E. Rainey]] from Dec 2019 to May 2021 |
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* Lieutenant General [[Theodore D. Martin]] from May 2021 to October 2022 |
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* Lieutenant General [[Milford H. Beagle Jr.]] from October 2022 to Present |
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===Command Sergeants Major=== |
===Command Sergeants Major=== |
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* Command Sergeant Major |
* [[Command Sergeant Major]] L. H. Smith 1991–1993 |
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* Command Sergeant Major |
* Command Sergeant Major Edward D. Naylor 1993–1997 |
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* Command Sergeant Major |
* Command Sergeant Major Cynthia A. Pritchett 1997–2003 |
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* Command Sergeant Major |
* Command Sergeant Major John D. Sparks 2003–2005 |
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* Command Sergeant Major |
* Command Sergeant Major Cory N. McCarty 2005–2007 |
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* Command Sergeant Major David M. Bruner |
* Command Sergeant Major David M. Bruner 2007–2008 |
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* Command Sergeant |
* Command Sergeant Major Philip F. Johndrow 2008–2011 |
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* Command Sergeant Major |
* Command Sergeant Major Christopher K. Greca 2011–2013 |
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* Command Sergeant Major |
* Command Sergeant Major Jeffrey W. Wright 2013–2014 |
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* Command Sergeant Major |
* Command Sergeant Major David Turnbull 2014–2018 |
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* Command Sergeant Major |
* Command Sergeant Major Eric C. Dostie 2018–2021 |
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* Command Sergeant Major Stephen H. Helton 2021–Present |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[Fort Leavenworth, Kansas|Fort Leavenworth]], Kansas |
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*[[U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command]] |
*[[U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command]] |
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*[[U.S. Army Command and General Staff College]] |
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*[[U.S. Army Warrant Officer Career College]] |
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*[[Buffalo Soldier]] |
*[[Buffalo Soldier]] |
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*[[Center for the Army Profession and Ethic (CAPE)]] |
*[[Center for the Army Profession and Ethic (CAPE)]] |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://usacac.army.mil Combined Arms Center |
*[http://usacac.army.mil Combined Arms Center] – official website |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050917004149/http://www.leavenworth.army.mil/ Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth Official Website] |
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*Example for a study: [http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/FromtheRoerToTheElbe.pdf Medical support of the deliberate river crossing (1992)] (pdf, 92 pages) |
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{{Authority control}} |
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Latest revision as of 04:46, 25 January 2024
United States Army Combined Arms Center | |
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Active | 1973–present |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Army |
Role | Provides leadership and supervision for leader development and professional military and civilian education. |
Size | 2,000+ |
Part of | 16 major schools and centers. |
Garrison/HQ | Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |
Motto(s) | "Ad Bellum Pace Parati" (Latin) "Prepared in peace for war" |
Commanders | |
Current commander | LTG Milford H. Beagle Jr. |
Insignia | |
Flag |
The U.S. Army Combined Arms Center (USACAC) is located at Fort Leavenworth and provides leadership and supervision for leader development and professional military and civilian education; institutional and collective training; functional training; training support; battle command; doctrine; lessons learned and specified areas the Commanding General, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) designates in order to serve as a catalyst for change and to support developing relevant and ready expeditionary land formations with campaign qualities in support of the joint force commander.
Components[edit]
Components (all based in Fort Leavenworth) are:[1]
- The Army University, which was created in 2015 and charged with directly integrating 70 separate U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) internal school programs under one university system while also synchronizing instruction with more than 100 additional TRADOC institutions.[2]
- Subcomponents include the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (the Army's graduate school and the center's most famous institution)
- Army University Press is the U.S. Army's top multimedia publishing house. In 2015, Army University brought the Combat Studies Institute, Military Review, and the NCO Journal together to form Army Press, which was later renamed Army University Press in 2017. They publish journals, books, and films to benefit Army leaders at all levels. The Staff Ride Team designs and executes both live and virtual staff rides. These provide essential insights into military operations, leadership, and the human dimension of warfare through focused study, methodical field study, and detailed analysis of insights gained. The Films Team creates thoroughly researched and historically accurate documentaries to educate viewers about the U.S. Army doctrine as it exists now.[3]
- Combined Arms Center for Training
- Mission Command Training Program
- National Simulations Center
- Center for Army Lessons Learned
- Mission Command Center of Excellence (MCCoE): established in 2010 as the focal point in the development, integration, and synchronization of leader development, Army profession, and mission command doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities requirements, and policy solutions (DOTMLPF-P). Mission Command is the Army's approach to command and control that empowers subordinate decision making and decentralized execution appropriate to the situation. Mission Command supports the Army's operational concept of unified land operations and its emphasis on seizing, retaining, and exploiting the initiative. (ADP 6–0)
- Mission: MCCoE, as the lead for the Mission Command Force Modernization Proponent and the Command and Control Warfighting Function, conducts continuous DOTMLPF-P analysis to identify, develop, integrate, and synchronize C2 requirements and solutions in order to best prepare leaders and formations to successfully exercise the C2 of multidomain operations during competition, crisis, and conflict, across the competition continuum.
- Subordinate Organizations:
- Army Joint Support Team (AJST)
- Air Land Sea Application (ALSA) Center
- Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate (CADD)
- Command Assessment Program Directorate (CAPD)
- Center for the Army Profession and Leadership (CAPL)
- Directorate of Training (DOT)
- Force Modernization Proponent Center (FMPC)
- Mission Command Network Integration (MCNI)
- Security Force Assistance Proponent (SFAP)
- Mission Command Capability Development Integration Directorate (MC CDID)
Components (based in Fort Novosel) are:
Overview[edit]
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas is the oldest continuously operating Regular Army installation west of the Mississippi River. This historic post, noted for its campus setting, open green spaces and hometown character, is the home of the US Army's Combined Arms Center (CAC). CAC, as a major subordinate headquarters of the US Army Training and Doctrine Command, has often been referred to as the "Intellectual Center of the Army". It is, in many regards, "home base" for the majority of field grade officers across the Army.
Since 1882, CAC and its predecessor organizations have been engaged in the primary mission of preparing the Army and its leaders for war. At present, this mission is divided between preparing the Army for the Global War on Terrorism and transforming it to meet future threats.
In order to accomplish these critical missions, CAC provides Army-wide leadership and supervision for leader development and professional military and civilian education; institutional and collective training; functional training; training support; battle command; doctrine; lessons learned; and other specified areas that the TRADOC Commander designates. All of these are focused toward making CAC a catalyst for change and to support the development of a relevant and ready ground force to support joint, interagency and multinational operations anywhere in the world.[4]
Organizational structure[edit]
The Combined Arms Center is organized along four basic levels:
The commander exercises overall responsibility over assigned personnel and subordinate organizations to ensure that assigned missions are accomplished in the most efficient and effective manner possible. The Command Sergeant Major, by tradition, is responsible for the conduct and development of enlisted soldiers and non-commissioned officers across the command.
The CAC Chief of Staff manages and oversees the activities of a coordinating staff and a special staff. The coordinating staff is focused on policy and procedure development for the command; the special staff provides command-wide advice in specialized or technical areas.
Major subordinate organizations carry out the majority of the functions assigned to the CAC commander. In general, each is resourced for and focused on a core function and one or more specified functions.
Schools, centers and specialized activities are spread across the country and are responsible for executing a portion of the CAC mission. In general, each of these organizations is responsible for the training of specific branch skills (such as "Infantry") and serving as the Army's functional expert in that area. In this regard, CAC is an integrator of specialized skills, on one hand, and an executor of common skills, on the other.
Military Review[edit]
Since 1922, the center has published the bimonthly journal Military Review.[5]
Commanders[edit]
Since 1976 commandant of the college has been a Lieutenant General (three stars). David Petraeus was a commandant immediately before going to command the Multinational Force - Iraq.
- Lieutenant General James C. Riley from Jul 2001 to Jun 2003
- Lieutenant General William S. Wallace from Jul 2003 to Oct 2005
- Lieutenant General David H. Petraeus from Oct 2005 to Feb 2007
- Lieutenant General William B. Caldwell IV from Jun 2007 to Nov 2009
- Lieutenant General Robert L. Caslen Jr. from Feb 2010 to Sep 2011
- Lieutenant General David G. Perkins from Nov 2011 to Feb 2014
- Lieutenant General Robert B. Brown from Feb 2014 to Apr 2016
- Lieutenant General Michael Lundy from Apr 2016 to Dec 2019
- Lieutenant General James E. Rainey from Dec 2019 to May 2021
- Lieutenant General Theodore D. Martin from May 2021 to October 2022
- Lieutenant General Milford H. Beagle Jr. from October 2022 to Present
Command Sergeants Major[edit]
- Command Sergeant Major L. H. Smith 1991–1993
- Command Sergeant Major Edward D. Naylor 1993–1997
- Command Sergeant Major Cynthia A. Pritchett 1997–2003
- Command Sergeant Major John D. Sparks 2003–2005
- Command Sergeant Major Cory N. McCarty 2005–2007
- Command Sergeant Major David M. Bruner 2007–2008
- Command Sergeant Major Philip F. Johndrow 2008–2011
- Command Sergeant Major Christopher K. Greca 2011–2013
- Command Sergeant Major Jeffrey W. Wright 2013–2014
- Command Sergeant Major David Turnbull 2014–2018
- Command Sergeant Major Eric C. Dostie 2018–2021
- Command Sergeant Major Stephen H. Helton 2021–Present
See also[edit]
- U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
- Buffalo Soldier
- Center for the Army Profession and Ethic (CAPE)
References[edit]
- ^ Fort Leavenworth Tenants army.mil Retrieved 11 October 2009
- ^ "The Army Establishes The Army University | US Army Combined Arms Center". usacac.army.mil. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "Army Press opens on Fort Leavenworth | Article | The United States Army".
- ^ "Combined Arms Center Overview". Usacac.army.mil. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ^ Military Review in English, Spanish, Portuguese
External links[edit]
- Combined Arms Center – official website
- Army University Press (home of Combat Studies Institute, Military Review, Journal of Military Learning, and NCO Journal)