United States Army War College
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
- John J. Pershing (1860–1948), class of 1905, General of the Armies of the United States and Commander in Chief of US forces on the Western Front in World War I.
- John A. Lejeune (1867–1942), class of 1910, 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), class of 1928, first Supreme Allied Commander Europe
- George S. Patton (1885–1945), Jr., Class of 1932, Tank General of World War II
- Omar N. Bradley (1893–1981), class of 1934, first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- J. Lawton Collins (1896–1987), class of 1938, commander of US VII Corps during the liberation of Western Europe in World War II; Chief of Staff of the Army during the Korean War
- Leslie R. Groves (1896–1970), class of 1939, Military Director of the Manhattan Project
- Mark W. Clark (1896–1984), class of 1937, general in World War II and the Korean War
- William Westmoreland (1914-2005), Class of 1951, Commanding General of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam in the Vietnam War
- Creighton Abrams (1914-1974), Class of 1953, Commanding General of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam in the Vietnam War
- Alexander M. Haig, Jr. (1924-2010), class of 1966, seventh Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Chief of Staff of the White House
- H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. (1934–2012), class of 1973, commander of US Central Command and commander of Desert Shield / Storm operations
- George A. Joulwan (born 1939), class of 1978, eleventh Supreme Allied Commander Europe
- Richard B. Myers (born 1942), class of 1981, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Tommy Franks (b.1945), class of 1985, commander of US Central Command; responsible for the planning and implementation of the invasion in Afghanistan (2001) and the Iraq war (2003)
- Ken Tovo (* 1961), Commander of the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan
- Abd al-Fattah as-Sisi (* 1954), Class of 2006, War Course, United States Army War College in Carlisle (USA 2006), President of Egypt since June 8, 2014 .
References
See also
Web links
- Official site (English)
- Institute for Strategic Studies of the US Army War College (English)
- Strategic Experiential Education Group (English)
Coordinates: 40 ° 12 ′ 39.6 " N , 77 ° 10 ′ 22.8" W.