United States Army War College

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Coat of arms of the Army War College - The motto of the institution goes back to Horace : Prudens futuri temporis exitum caliginosa nocte premit deus. ("A wise God pushes the exit of the future time into opaque night.")

The United States Army War College ( USAWC ) is a US Army higher education institution . The college is located in Carlisle , Pennsylvania , on the historic site of the Carlisle Barracks , a base with a history dating back to the 1770s. It consists of various institutes that serve to research and train students in leadership, strategy and the management of joint operations as well as international operations.

The Army War College is subordinate to the US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and is one of the army's most renowned educational institutions.

General

Approximately 600 students attend college at the same time, half of them on a two-year web-based distance learning course. The other half study on campus for a period of ten months. The college awards a Masters in Strategic Studies to its graduates, whether soldiers or civilians .

The US Army selects most of the students specially, but officers from the other branches of the armed forces as well as civilians from the Pentagon, the US State Department , the National Security Agency and several dozen staff officers from other nations study at the AWC . For example, the 2004 graduating class consisted of:

  • 268 officers of the Army (active officers, reservists and national guards ), the US Navy (active officers and reservists), the US Air Force (active officers, reservists and national guards), the US Marine Corps (active officers and reservists) and the US Coast Guard ;
  • 30 senior officials from the US federal government and
  • 42 foreign officers.

The average age of the students is 45 years, the typical rank is that of a Lieutenant Colonel . US Army candidates must have graduated from Command and General Staff College .

assignment

The US Army defines the AWC's mission as follows:

“To prepare selected military, civilian, and international leaders for the responsibilities of strategic leadership; educate current and future leaders on the development and employment of landpower in a joint, multinational and interagency environment; conduct research and publish on national security and military strategy; and engage in activities in support of the Army's strategic communication efforts. "

“The mission of the AWC is to prepare selected military, civil and international leaders for the responsibility of strategic leadership; to train current and future commanders in the development and operation of ground warfare in a multinational setting; Conduct and publish research on public and national security and military strategy issues; and to support the strategy of the Army's communication efforts. "

history

The AWC was founded as a consequence of the Spanish-American War of 1898 on November 27, 1901 by the US Secretary of War Elihu Root with General Order 155. The first president of the AWC was General Tasker H. Bliss, and the first students attended the AWC in 1904. At that time the college was located in the Washington Barracks , now Fort Lesley J. McNair , in Washington, DC . In 1940 the college was closed because of the Second World War . It then reopened at Fort Leavenworth in 1950 and moved to the Carlisle Barracks a year later .

The Harold Keith Johnson Chair of Military History , which is occupied by renowned military historians, has existed since 1978 .

Well-known graduates

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Coordinates: 40 ° 12 ′ 39.6 "  N , 77 ° 10 ′ 22.8"  W.