Commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College

The Commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College is the highest ranking official at the United States Army's Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, installation. The position is similar to the West Point Superintendent and is roughly equivalent to the chancellor or president of an American civilian university. Since 1976, the commandant has been a Lieutenant General (three stars) and is also in charge of the United States Army Combined Arms Center which includes other training organizations at Fort Leavenworth.

The General Staff College, which is a graduate school, trains a high number of United States Army field officers, many of whom go on to become general officers, including all of the five-star generals since World War II. The college is part of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command.

Commandants

The college has the following list of commandants. There were also breaks during the Spanish-American War and World War I.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Commandants of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College - army.mil - Retrieved October 13, 2009
  2. ^ Elvid Hunt, History of Fort Leavenworth, 1827-1937, 2d ed. (Fort Leavenworth, KS: Command and General Staff School Press, 1937)
  3. ^ Fort Leavenworth History - army.mil - Retrieved October 13, 2009