General David H. Petraeus retires August 31, 2011

“David, you’ve run the race well, swifter and surer than the rest, and you now stand among the giants not just in our time but of all time, joining the likes of Grant and Pershing and Marshall and Eisenhower as one of the great battle captains of American history. You’ve expanded our view of the possible, inspiring our mili- tary on to historic achievements during some of the most trying times America has ever known. And today you depart our ranks with the sincere thanks of a grateful nation. As you take the helm of the Central Intelligence Agency, your ability to see the next shot and around the corners will never be more important, and we are blessed that you will continue to serve and lead during these dynamic and uncertain times.”

Excerpt from remarks by Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the retirement ceremony for General Petraeus August 31, 2011 at Fort Myer Virginia.

You’ve expanded our view of the possible, inspiring our military on to historic achievements during some of the most trying times America has ever known.

2 - CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS www.cgscf.org From The chairman

Thank you for your service and leadership

Lt. Gen. Robert Arter, U.S. Army, Ret.

his issue of the Foundation his leadership of the Hugh and Carolyn trustee, President of Armed Forces News honors a great Soldier, Neurotrauma Foundation, dedi- Bank, will have ever my personal and General Henry cated to the sponsor- the foundation’s gratitude for spon- THugh Shelton, ship of research soring the tandem free fall parachute 14th Chairman of the in spinal cord jump onto the golf course to kick off Joint Chiefs of Staff. injuries. Our the tournament, as will Ranger Jones General Shelton joins congratula- for his support of the jump, and retired an exclusive group tions and Sgt. 1st. Class Mike Elliott, former of leaders — gratitude Golden Knight and Captain of the General Colin to this dis- Ranger Group Parachute Team, for Powell, General tinguished his uncommon professionalism. It was Gordon Sullivan, American a thrill of a lifetime and a wonderful and Mr. Ross continues way to celebrate my birthday. Perot— who have dis- unabated. Lastly, I thank the Foundation tinguished themselves Ann Soby, trustees for their gracious, gen- in service to Soldiers, the our Director of erous and selfless service to the Army and the nation. Clearly Operations merits Foundation for the benefit of the General Shelton is an uncommon our highest commenda- U.S. Army Command and General exemplar as the recipient of the 2011 tion for her vision, leadership and Staff College. They remain passion- Distinguished Leadership Award, as attention to detail for her structure and ate about furnishing the margin of evidenced by his continuing service management of the Foundation’s First excellence to the College, charged as founder and executive director of Golf Tournament on Sept. 6, 2011, at by the Army and the nation with the Hugh Shelton Leadership Center the Trails West Golf Course on Fort the development of our current and at North Carolina State University and Leavenworth. Don Giles, a founding future military leaders.

I thank the Foundation trustees for their gracious, generous and selfless service to the Foundation for the benefit of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.

www.cgscfoundation.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 3 Our Vision Mr. Robert P. Dunn, VP, JE Dunn Construction [MO] The CGSC Foundation’s vision is to become a supporting organization that is widely Col. (USA Ret.) William Eckhardt, Professor, University of Missouri recognized as the national leader in membership, programs, innovation, and support Kansas City [MO] to the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College to advance its core mission of Mr. Jeffrey O. Ellis, Attorney, Spencer, Fane, Britte & Browne, LLC [KS] educating leaders for the challenges of the 21st century. Mr. Bert Exum, Owner/President, Harrelson Corporation [NC] Mr. Kenneth Fisher, Chairman and CEO, Fisher House Foundation [NY] Our Mission Lt. Gen. (USA Ret.) Robert H. Forman, former Deputy Commandant, CGSC [KS] The mission of the CGSC Foundation is to support CGSC in educating leaders for the Mr. Scott Ham, Pres./CEO, Trans America Life & Protection [IA] 21st century in the following six mission areas: Maj. Gen. (USA Ret.) Jerry C. Harrison, Vice President, SRI International [VA] • Enrich the College’s academic environment • Foster a strong relationship between the military and the Mr. David W. Hays, Spec Asst, General Hugh Shelton Leadership Initiative [NC] private sector Mr. Lon Henderson, Pres./CEO, Soltis Investment Advisors [UT] • Enhance the institution’s research activities Lt. Gen. (USA Ret.) Russel L. Honoré, [LA] • Promote leader development Mr. Mark Hurley, Pres./CEO, Fiduciary Network [TX] • Encourage excellence in the faculty and student body Lt. Gen. (USA Ret.) Joseph R. Inge, former Deputy Commandant, CGSC [VA] • Maintain contact with alumni Mr. Tedd Johnson, Founder, income.com [CA] Officers Lt. Gen. (USA Ret.) Richard F. Keller, former Chief of Staff U.S. European Command [KS] Chairman: Lt. Gen. (USA Ret.) Robert Arter, Civilian Aide to the Maj. Gen. (USA Ret.) James R. Klugh, VP & IT Consultant, Dimensions Secretary of the Army, Kansas, East [KS] International, Inc. [KS] Vice Chairman: Lt. Gen (USA Ret.) John E. Miller, President, Mr. James I. Mackay, Sr. Director of Investment Banking, Dewaay Financial Miller Analytics [KS] Network [IA] President: Hyrum Smith, Chairman/CEO, Legacy Quest Mr. A. Edward Major, Principal, A. Edward Major Counsellors At Law [NY] Company [UT] Lt. Col. (USA Ret.) Thomas O. Mason, Attorney, Cooley, LLP [Wash. DC] Vice President: Mr. Michael D. Hockley, Partner, Spencer Fane Britt & Browne, LLP [MO] Mr. Chuck Matheny, [AL] VP Development: Mr. Mark “Ranger” Jones, Pres./CEO, Col. (USA Ret.) J. Dan McGowan, II, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army [IA] The Ranger Group [VA] Mr. David J. McIntyre, Pres./CEO, TriWest Healthcare Alliance [CA] Past President: Mr. Thomas H. Holcom, President, Military Mr. Michael V. Meyer, Vice President for Programs, Salute to America’s Heroes [KS] Banking Division, Mid Country Bank [MO] Lt. Gen. (USA Ret.) Thomas M. Montgomery, Senior Fellow, Joint Forces Staff Secretary: Col. (USA Ret.) Robert R. Ulin, CEO, CGSCF College [CO] President, Senior Advisory Council: Gen. (USA Ret.) William R. Richardson, Col. (USA Ret.) Billy G. Murphy, Pres./CEO, Billy Murphy and Associates [KS] Senior Associate, Burdeshaw Associates (VA) Lt. Col. (USA Ret.) Robert J. Myers, Pres./CEO, Caseys General Stores [IA] Treasurer: Brig. Gen. (USA Ret.) William A. West, President, Mr. John Neafsey, President, JN Associates [CT] William West Consulting [KS] Brig. Gen. (USA Ret.) Harold Nelson, former Chief of Military History, General Counsel: Col. (USA Ret.) Willard B. Snyder, President, U.S. Army [VA] Antaeus Partnership, Ltd [KS] Capt. (USN Ret.) Michael Nemechek, Pres./CEO Weight Loss Surgical Center [KS] Board of Trustees Mr. Harold “Skip” Palmer, Pres./CEO, Blackhorse Worldwide [KS] Mr. Douglass Adair, Asst VP, Exchange National Bank & Trust [KS] Mr. Fred Polk, President, Iron Tree Research [KS] Mr. Robert E. Allgyer, Director, Huron Consulting Group [IL] Mr. Jerome H. Reilly, Pres./CEO, Reilly and Sons Insurance [KS] Maj. Gen. (USA Ret.) Raymond D. Barrett, Jr., COO, The Col. Arthur D. Mr. John H. Robinson, Chairman, Hamilton Ventures, LLC [MO] Simons Center Judge Robert L. Serra, 29th Judicial District, Wyandotte County [KS] Mr. David G. Beaham, President, Faultless Starch/Bon Ami [MO] Mr. Rolf D. Snyder, President, The Real Estate Corporation [KS] Mr. Daniel P. Bolen, Chairman/CEO, Bank of Prairie Village [KS] Maj. Gen. (USA Ret.) John Sobke, Former Deputy Chief of Engineers [GA] Mr. Richard H. Brown, Former Chairman/CEO, Electronic Data Systems [FL] Gen. (USA Ret.) Gordon R. Sullivan, President, Association of the Dr. Scott C. Bublin, Pres./CEO, Mobile Reasoning [KS] United States Army [VA] Brig. Gen. (USA Ret.) Stanley F. Cherrie, VP, Cubic Applications, Inc. [KS] Mr. Richard Thawley, Pres./CEO, Provident Generation of America, Inc. [CA] Mr. J. Martin Cooke, CEO, Cooke Realty, Inc. [NC] Mr. Paul J. Thompson, Pres./CEO, Country Club Bank [MO] Mr. Stuart Cooke, President, Cooke Development & EnviRemed [NC] Mr. Gary Vogler, Senior Oil Consultant, MNFI, Baghdad [VA] Mr. Michael Dacey, Director, Gulftech International, Sinclair International & Atlas Gen. (USA Ret.) Carl E. Vuono, President, L-3 Government Services Group Pacific [FL] and MPRI [VA] Col. (USA Ret.) Thomas A. Dials, Chairman, Armed Forces Insurance [KS] Ms. Sheila J. Duffy, Founder and President of Greystones Group, LLC [VA] Note: [ ] is the state of residence

4 - CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS www.cgscfoundation.org Features table of contents From the Chairman...... 3

CEO’s Corner...... 6 10

CGSC Hall of Famer defends family from attack in Iowa...... 8

5-Star Generals Commemorative Command and General Staff College Coin Update...... 9 Foundation NEWS No. 11, Fall 2011 (October 2011) Gen. Shelton receives 2011 Distinguished Leadership Award...... 10 Published twice annually by the Command and General Staff College Foundation, Inc. 100 Stimson Ave., Suite 1149 Simons Center Report...... 14 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 66027-1352 Ph: 913-651-0624 Fax: 913-651-4519 Readers Survey...... 16 17 Email: [email protected] Web site: www.cgscfoundation.org Foundation golf tournament features Editor-in-Chief parachute jump by chairman ...... 17 Col. (Ret.) Bob Ulin CGSC Foundation now a part of Managing Editor national CFC Campaign...... 24 Mark H. Wiggins MHW Public Relations Iron Major CrossFit...... 25 and Communications www.mhwpr.com The 15th Infantry in China...... 26

Communications Manager Jennifer Ayre National Security Roundtable 34 [email protected] focuses on Mexico...... 28

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The Command and General Staff College Foundation (CGSCF) was established December ON THE COVER 28, 2005 as a tax-exempt, non-profit private cor- poration to foster a strong relationship between the General Hugh Shelton, U.S. Army, Ret., the 14th Chairman of military and private sector, to enrich the College’s the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers remarks after receiving the academic environment, enhance the institution’s research activities, maintain contact with alumni, CGSC Foundation’s 2011 Distinguished Leadership Award and encourage excellence in the faculty and stu- at a ceremony at the State Club on the North Carolina State dent body to ensure the preparation of outstanding leaders for the Armed Forces of the United States University Campus, April 7. Shelton is the fourth recipient of the and it’s allies by providing resources not available award. (photo by Roger W. Winstead) from public funds. The Command and General Staff College Foundation News is published by the foundation to inform members, alumni, stu- From the Editors dents and other stakeholders about CGSCF plans This, the eleventh edition of the CGSC Foundation News, has some great features included. From and activities. The inclusion of U.S. Army, Fort the Distinguished Leadership Award for Gen. Shelton, to the photo spread of our Chairman’s Leavenworth and/or CGSC news and information in the foundation magazine does not constitute an parachute jump and first golf tournament, we have much to tell you about. A new section, “In endorsement by the Department of the Army, Fort Print,” starts on page 32. In this section we intend to provide information about books written by Leavenworth or the CGSC. CGSC staff, faculty and alumni. Also, as with the Spring edition this year, note that our logo on the cover celebrates our fifth year of support to the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. We’ve come a long way in five short years and we’re still building momentum. Thanks to all of you for your support in helping us provide the “margin of excellence” to the College. Enjoy the issue. www.cgscfoundation.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 5 CEO Corner

A busy year Col. Bob Ulin, U.S. Army Ret.

of Service to th Five Years e College 2006-2011

irst, we offer our congratu- Holly are the new power couple in Our first ever golf tournament, orga- lations to General David H. Washington D.C. We at the Foundation nized by Ann Soby with support from Petraeus for his extraordinary wish them well. We are very proud of her husband Chuck, was conducted this F37 years of selfless service their accomplishments in support of the September, the day before our board to the nation. Both he and Holly have Armed Forces and the nation. meeting. It was a smashing success. The remained steadfast supporters of the We’ve been busy this year. In April mid-section of our magazine features the Foundation from its inception. General we traveled to Raleigh, North Carolina golf tournament that was kicked-off by Petraeus was featured on the cover of where we honored General Hugh Lt. Gen Bob Arter’s free-fall parachute our winter 2007 magazine with the cap- Shelton as the recipient of our 2011 jump from 13,000 feet. As always we tion “Hard is not Hopeless,” a phase Distinguished Leadership Award. On thank our sponsors who make all things he used in testimony before the Senate April 13, we hosted the first-ever sum- possible. Armed Services committee during his mit for CEOs of the other service staff In this issue we also note that for confirmation hearing prior to taking and war college foundations at Fort the first time we are in the national command in Iraq. Holly Petraeus was Leavenworth where we exchanged best Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). featured on the cover of our spring 2011 practices and lessons learned. It was a This is yet another step along the path magazine for her role in support of very interesting and informative event. of building an endowment that enables military families from predatory lend- In June, a former CGSC Commandant, us to provide meaningful and sustainable ers and other financial scams. As the retired Lt. Gen John Cushman, vis- programs and activities for the College new Director of the Central Intelligence ited with us. He shared with us the over time. Agency, General Petraeus and his wife story about his father’s unit, the 15th Lastly, we’ve added a new feature Infantry in China, before the to our magazine, the presentation of invasion by the Japanese in books written by staff, faculty and alum- 1937. We are pleased to pres- ni of the College. The College supports ent his very interesting article and encourages scholarship and we are about the 15th Infantry in this pleased to contribute to that effort by issue. promoting the work of these scholars.

2010 Annual Report

The CGSC Foundation’s 2010 Annual Report is out in print and is also available online at: www.cgscfoundation.org/about/the-foundation

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photo courtesy attacked in his Iowa home Rep. Leonard Boswell, 3rd District of Iowa

n July an armed intruder broke into another room, came rushing in and along with an accomplice. Both face a Des Moines area Congressman struggled with the attacker. He man- variety of charges. Leonard Boswell’s home. By aged to help his daughter and distract Congressman Boswell was inducted Ithe time the ordeal was over, the the attacker while his grandson ran into into the CGSC Hall of Fame in May intruder learned Boswell might be a another room and grabbed the congress- 2010. He graduated CGSC in the class 77-year-old man, but he’s still made of man’s shotgun. The attacker took off of 1968 and was an instructor at CGSC the stuff that as a U.S. Army helicopter into the fields by the home. in 1974. He served two tours of duty in pilot in Vietnam he exhibited every day. “That was my daughter. This guy Vietnam earning Distinguished Flying Boswell owns a farmhouse in rural had his hand on her throat and a gun Cross with an oak leaf cluster, the Decatur County near the Iowa-Missouri to her face. If he was going to shoot Soldier’s Medal, and the Bronze Star border. According to a spokesman and somebody, I preferred that he shoot Medal with an oak leaf cluster. other news reports he was there with me,” Boswell said in an interview with his wife, daughter and grandson, when easterniowagovernment.com. This article was compiled from he heard noises. The intruder held a News reports said Boswell suffered reports from Congressman Boswell’s gun to Boswell’s daughter and demand- a broken rib during the scuffle with the website and news in the central Iowa ed money. Boswell, who had been in intruder who has since been arrested region.

Gen. Dempsey speaks at Photo Flash CGSS Class 11-01 graduation

Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey spoke to more than 1,000 students - including 69 international officers and 10 from other government agencies - graduating from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officer Intermediate Level Education Course, Class 11-01, June 10, 2011.

Dempsey invited Maj. Rich Martin’s family on stage during his presentation of the Marshall Award to Martin. The Marshall Award is presented to the top officer in the class. As usual, the iggins

kids stole the show. W . H y Mark b photo

8 - CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS www.cgscfoundation.org 5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Update

By Maria Koreckij, Director of Finance & Administration

ince it was signed into law on Oct. 8, 2010, the 5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin SAct has generated much activi- ty for the CGSC Foundation. In May of this year, Bob Ulin, Foundation CEO, and I, the newly appointed Director of Finance and Administration for the Foundation, visited Washington, D.C., to meet with the products and design managers for the U.S. Mint. Together en. Moran with those managers, we will be coor- S

dinating and developing the various of e c ffi

designs of and the marketing strate- O gies for the three-coin commemorative issue. While visiting Washington, D.C., we also had the opportunity to sit in on the Photo Courtesy Photo Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee During a visit to Wichita, Kan., May 31, 2011, Foundation CEO Bob Ulin presents a commemorative (CCAC) meeting that reviewed the can- Foundation Buck Knife to Kansas Senator Jerry Moran for his support in passing the 5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act. Lt. Gen. Bob Arter, Foundation Chairman and Lt. Gen. Rick Keller, Trustee, didate designs for the 2012 National assist on the presentation. Infantry Museum and Soldier Center Commemorative Coin. We gained some valuable insights about the review packet of designs for review. Based on include an unveiling ceremony for the process. We found the meeting quite our recommendations, the designs will final coin designs tentatively planned to informative and are looking forward to then be refined by the artists at the Mint be held in October 2012 in Washington reviewing our candidate designs with and presented to the CCAC and the DC and at Fort Leavenworth. the CCAC next spring. U.S. Commission of Fine Arts for their This coin program remains our top We are currently participating in col- review in the spring. priority. The sale of these commemo- laborative efforts on the design of the While much work still remains, we rative coins in 2013 will generate the coins with the U.S. Mint. We provided are very excited to have officially kicked funds necessary to complete our capital a number of photographs of the five star off this coin program. More details on campaign and position the Foundation generals for their artists to use in the the coin designs and marketing strate- to develop and sustain meaningful, design process. The initial design pro- gies will be forthcoming as the date long-term programs in support of the cess generally takes about six weeks, nears for the coins official release to U.S. Army Command and General Staff after which time we will receive a the public. Events already in the works College.

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COVER FEATURE General Hugh Shelton: Warrior, Leader and Patriot

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by James H. Willbanks, Ph.D., General of the Army George C. Marshall Chair of Military History and Director, Department of Military History, CGSC

he Command and to celebrate the award. Shelton, the recipient, Gen. Colin L. Powell, former General Staff College 14th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Secretary of State and Chairman of the Foundation pre- of Staff, was the fourth recipient of Joint Chiefs of Staff. sented retired Gen. the Distinguished Leadership Award. “I’m not at a loss of words very Hugh Shelton with the Previous awardees include the 2010 often,” said Gen. Shelton, “but I will Foundation’s 2011 recipient, Ross Perot, the well-known tell you tonight is a very humbling TDistinguished Leadership Award at a entrepreneur and two-time presiden- experience… I’ve always preferred to dinner banquet in Raleigh, N.C., April tial candidate from Texas; retired Gen. help others rather than having people 7. Gordon R. Sullivan, 32nd Chief of focus on me. To General Arter and Nearly 200 guests, friends and family Staff of the Army and President of the to all of our distinguished guests here gathered at the State Club on the North Association of the United States Army from the Foundation, let me say thank Carolina State University Campus was the 2009 recipient; and the 2008 you so much for this wonderful award.

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Center photo, CGSC Foundation Chairman Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Robert Arter presents the 2011 CGSC Foundation Distinguished Leadership Award to Gen. (Ret.) by James H. Willbanks, Ph.D., General of the Army George C. Marshall Chair of Military History Hugh Shelton. From left: Lt. Gen. (Ret.) John Miller, Vice Chairman; Arter; Shelton; Hyrum Smith, President; and Mark “Ranger” Jones, VP for Development, and Director, Department of Military History, CGSC photo by Roger W. Winstead

1. Cadet Shelton, NC State University ROTC, 1962-63, photo courtesy the Shelton Family 2. 1st Lt. Shelton, newly assigned to Det. B-52 (Project Delta), Vietnam 1967, photo courtesy the Shelton Family 3. Capt. Shelton in Ha Thanh, Vietnam, 1967 4. Detachment A-104 team photo in Ha Thanh, Vietnam, 1967, photo courtesy the Shelton Family 5. Carolyn, Jeff, Jon and Capt. Shelton family photo while Shelton was a student at Air Command and Staff College, 1973. photo courtesy the Shelton Family 6. Maj. Gen. Shelton leading thhe 82d Airborne Division in the New York ticker-tape parade upon return from Operation Desert Storm, June 1991. DoD photo 7. Maj. Gen. Shelton, Commanding General, 82d Airborne Division, May 29, 1991- May 21, 1993. Shown with the 82d NCO and Soldier of the Year. DoD photo 8. Lt. Gen. Shelton, Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps, while commanding Combined Joint Task Force Haiti in 1994. 9. Lt. Gen. Shelton getting his jumpmaster inspection prior to a jump in France, June 5, 1994. The XVIII Airborne Corps and 82d Airborne Division were in France to help commemorate the 50th Anniversary of D-Day. DoD photo 10. Shelton was promoted to 4-star general, relinquishing command of the XVIII Airborne Corps and assuming command of U.S. Special Operations Command in 1996. DoD photo 11. Gen. Shelton became the 14th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Oct. 1, 1997. DoD photo 12. All eyes on Gen. Shelton during a National Security Council meeting in August 1998. White House photo 13. Gen. Shelton always professed a love for jumping, especially with the U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team, and even while he was the CJCS. DoD photo 14. Gen. Hugh and Carolyn Shelton with the President and First Lady at a formal event at the White House. White House photo 15. Gen. Hugh and Carolyn Shelton with President Bush at the White House. White House photo 16. Gen. Shelton and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld brief the American public during a Pentagon Press brief Sept. 28, 2001. DoD photo 17. CJCS meets with POTUS one final time in the Oval Office before retiring. DoD photo 18. New CJCS Gen. Richard Meyers and Carolyn Shelton observe Defense Secretary Rumsfeld pinning a medal on Gen. Shelton during his retirement ceremony at Fort Myer, Va., Oct. 1, 2001. DoD photo

www.cgscfoundation.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 11 In his illustrious military career and continued service in retirement, General Hugh Shelton exemplifies Army Values and is the epitome of professionalism and selfless service to the nation.

attended Ranger and Airborne schools, eventually joining the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division as scout platoon leader. Following a brief break in service when he worked in the textile industry, Shelton returned to active duty and reported for Special Forces training at Fort Bragg enroute to his next assignment with the 5th Special Forces Group in the Republic of Vietnam. Arriving in Vietnam in early 1967, he was assigned to Project Delta as a long-range reconnaissance team leader. After his year-long tour of duty, he was reas- signed to Fort Jackson, South Carolina. In January 1969, he returned again to Vietnam where he served as battalion S-2 and company commander in the 173rd Airborne Brigade, receiving a Bronze Star for valor and the Purple Heart. Upon returning to the United States, Shelton attended the Infantry Officer Advanced Course at Fort Benning, during which he was notified that he had been selected for promo- tion to Major “below the zone.” Upon completion of the Advanced Course, he was reassigned as an instructor in the Florida phase of Ranger School at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Upon completion of that assignment, Shelton attended the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama. Upon completing his schooling in Alabama, which includ- ed attaining a master’s degree from Auburn University while attending the staff college, Shelton was reassigned to the 2nd Brigade of the 25th Infantry Division in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, where he served as both battalion S3 and executive officer. After Hawaii, he served a tour as an assignments officer at the Army Military Personnel Center in Washington, It is beyond anything I would have ever have imagined when DC. He was selected for battalion command and reported to I was back in Speed [N.C.] some years ago.” the 9th Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Washington, where On October 1, 1997, General Hugh Shelton was appointed he assumed command of 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry “Go the fourteenth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This Devils.” After his battalion command tour, he was the assignment capped a military career that spanned over thirty Division G3, during a period when the division was the years. Army’s High Technology Test Bed (HTTB), evaluating new Henry Hugh Shelton was born on January 2, 1942, in equipment and developing new tactical concepts. Tarboro, North Carolina, and was raised just outside a small Departing Fort Lewis in 1982, Shelton returned to town named Speed. He attended North Carolina State in Washington to attend the National War College. After Raleigh, where upon graduation in 1963, he received a completing that course, Shelton worked for a short period degree in textiles and was commissioned a second lieutenant of time for the Army Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel in in the infantry through the Reserve Officer Training Corps the Pentagon before reporting to 82nd Airborne Division at program. He attended the Infantry Officer Basic Course Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where he assumed command of at Fort Benning and returned to marry his high school the 1st Brigade. Upon completion of his brigade command sweetheart, Carolyn Johnson. After the wedding, the new- tour, he was reassigned as the Chief of Staff, 10th Mountain lyweds returned to Fort Benning, where Lieutenant Shelton Division at Fort Drum, New York.

12 - CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS www.cgscfoundation.org In 1987, Shelton was selected for promotion to Brigadier General, after which he served a two-year tour in the Operations Directorate of the Joint Staff in the Pentagon. This was followed by a two-year assignment as Assistant Division Commander for Operations of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), which included a seven-month deployment to Saudi Arabia for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, during which he helped direct one of the largest air assaults in history. After the Gulf War, Shelton was promoted to Major General and returned to Fort Bragg to assume command of the 82nd Airborne Division. In 1993, he was pro- moted to Lieutenant General and took command of the XVIII Airborne Corps. In 1994, General Shelton found himself in Haiti commanding a 20,000-person Joint Task Force in Operation Uphold Democracy, charged with restoring to power Haiti’s deposed president, Jean- Bertrand Aristide. In March 1996, Shelton was promoted to General and named Commander-in-Chief U.S. Special Operations Command at McDill Air Force Base, Florida. The crowning achievement of General Hugh Shelton’s more than 30 years in the Army came on October 1, 1997, when President William Jefferson Clinton named him the fourteenth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest military post for an officer in the United States military. In this position, he would serve two, two- year terms under Presidents Clinton and Bush, oversee- ing the Kosovo intervention in 1999 and helping devise the initial military response to 9/11. General Hugh Shelton retired in October 2001. Shortly after retiring, he experienced a personal crisis when he was injured in a fall from a ladder in his back- yard, resulting in total paralysis from the neck down. He underwent a risky life-threatening experimental proce- dure and, on June 13, 2002, 83 days after the fall, walked out of Walter Reed hospital under his own power. On September 19, 2002, the 107th Congress bestowed the Congressional Gold Medal to the still recovering Shelton for his 38 years of faithful and dedicated service to the nation. In retirement, General Shelton serves on the board of directors of a number of companies. Dedicated to passing on what he can to next generation, Shelton is also the Executive Director of the General Hugh Shelton Leadership Center at North Carolina State University, focused the nation. on leadership development within corporate, governmen- “I have never known anybody who cared more…about tal, educational, nonprofit, and youth-development organiza- every single person in his command,” said Mr. Ross Perot, the tions. No doubt motivated by his own personal experience, special guest speaker at the Distinguished Leadership Award he and his wife established the Hugh and Carolyn Military ceremony and a long time friend of General Shelton. “The last Neurotrauma Foundation, dedicated to sponsoring research in line of the first verse of the Star Spangled Banner is a ques- spinal cord injuries. tion—‘Oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave over In his illustrious military career and continued service in the land of the free and the home of the brave?’ My response retirement, General Hugh Shelton exemplifies Army Values is that as long as we have great patriots like General Shelton, and is the epitome of professionalism and selfless service to the answer will be a resounding ‘Yes!’ ” www.cgscfoundation.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 13 Simons Center Report Advancing Interagency Cooperation by Theodore E. Strickler, Executive Director

ince the beginning of 2011, all within the span of twelve Simons Center programs and months. Journal contribu- activities have been focused on tors included General Kip Sadvancing the understanding Ward, Commander, U.S. and practice of interagency coordina- Africa Command, and tion. Ambassadors (Ret.) Thomas In February the center partnered with Miller and Edward Marks. the Combined Arms Center at Fort Topics included the poten- Leavenworth and the Washington, D.C. tial of the State Department’s based U.S. Institute of Peace to co- Office of Reconstruction and host a conference in Washington, which Stabilization in providing examined interagency transition issues interagency teams in crisis in Iraq and Afghanistan. Speakers at the situations, the use of ambas- conference included Ambassador Peter sadors’ Chief of Mission Bodde, Assistant Chief of Mission for authority as a model for Assistance Transition in Iraq; General enhanced interagency coor- Raymond Odierno, Commander, U.S. dination in domestic ven- Joint Forces Command; and Dr. Carl ues, and the contribution of an Schramm, president and CEO of the m National Guard Agribusiness er Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. b Development Teams in post- Ted Strickler, Simons Center Executive disaster and post-conflict

Director, moderated several of the panel enator Lie reconstruction operations. S discussions and Chief Operating Officer Many feel that greater Ray Barrett contributed to the follow-on interagency cooperation ffice of ffice handbook which provides guidance to O to achieve a true whole-of- field commanders dealing with transi- government effort can only tion issues in Afghanistan. be achieved with the help of One of the Simons Center’s core congressional legislation. To missions is to expand the body of courtesy photo that end, the Simons Center interagency knowledge. As part of Foundation CEO Bob Ulin thanks Senator Joe Lieberman for his is actively supporting a bill work in establishing legislation that seeks to improve interagency that effort the center published three cooperation. Simons Center Executive Director Ted Strickler introduced by Senator Joe InterAgency Journals, five InterAgency has been working with the staff from Lieberman’s Homeland Lieberman, the Interagency Security and Government Affairs Committee to craft “S.1268, Essays, and five InterAgency Papers, The Interagency Personnel Rotation Act of 2011.” Personnel Rotation Act

14 - CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS www.cgscfoundation.org of 2011 (S.1268), which encourages rotational assignments of government employees to other agencies. Such rotational experiences would enhance professional career development, build interagency communities of interest, promote interagency dialogue, strengthen interagency cooperation and improve sharing of information by establishing a better understanding of the missions, organization and culture of other agencies. Several of the Simons Center’s comments on administrative and procedural issues in the original draft version of the bill were incorporated in ffairs subsequent versions, along with identification of the A The Simons Center ic bl

Simons Center as a specific example of the type of routinely conducts u P Simons Center Report organization to be consulted in implementing the Act. writing competitions and recognizes The Foundation and the Simons Center sent a letter to winning authors CGSC Advancing Interagency Cooperation Senator Lieberman stating their combined endorse- with cash awards and publication in ment and support for this interagency initiative, and Simons Center by Theodore E. Strickler, Executive Director provided similar letters to Congressman Geoff Davis periodicals. and Congressman John Tierney who are sponsoring courtesy photo similar legislation in the House. The Simons Center plans to build on the positive Simons Center announces response to its efforts on Capitol Hill by establishing a congressional fellowship to support interagency public writing competition legislative initiatives. This fellowship is contingent on the availability of additional resources, The Simons Center 2012 Interagency Writing but remains a top priority for the Center. Competition is now open for entries. The competi- Elizabeth Hill is the Simons Center’s newest tion is open to the public and recognizes papers that employee and handles the important Program provide insight and fresh thinking in advancing the Assistant portfolio. As a recent Magna Cum Laude knowledge, understanding, and practice of inter- graduate of the University of Saint Mary, Elizabeth agency coordination, cooperation, and collaboration provides the Simons Center with considerable at the tactical or operational level of effort. Deadline computer and web-based experience in addition for submissions is Friday, March 16, 2012. to her academic credentials. Her investigation of existing interagency related literature culminated in a Entries must be focused on one of two special major revision to the Simons Center’s website which topics: now features an extensive bibliography of over 300 articles, reports and studies on interagency topics. • The interagency role in preventing conflict when This significant accomplishment is a major step dealing with failing or failed states; or forward in fulfilling the Simons Center’s mission to create a body of interagency knowledge. • The validity of the “whole-of-government” approach The Simons Center is continually looking for in dealing with the full range of homeland and nation- talented and enthusiastic individuals interested in al security threats. helping to advance the understanding and practice of interagency cooperation. To do this, it is build- The first place entry will receive $2,000, an engraved ing partnerships with local universities to establish plaque, a certificate of recognition and publication student internship programs to provide qualified stu- in one of the Simons Center publications series. dents an opportunity to apply their academic training Second place will receive a $1,000 award, a certifi- in support of the Simon Center’s programs and activi- cate of recognition and consideration for publication. ties. The Center’s first intern is from Kansas State Third place receives $500, a certificate and also con- University and is developing an outline and research- sideration for publication by the Simons Center. ing topics for an interagency textbook. This is the initial step in what is planned to be an introductory For details on how to enter, see textbook providing both the historical and contempo- www.TheSimonsCenter.org/competition. rary context for understanding and dealing with the complexities of interagency cooperation.

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www.cgscf.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 16 by Mark H. Wiggins photos by Mark H. Wiggins, Jennifer Ayre, and the Ranger Group

he CGSC Foundation hosted its first golf tournament Sept. 6, at the Trails West Golf TCourse on Fort Leavenworth. To kick off the day, Foundation Chairman Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Robert Arter made a tandem parachute jump onto the driving range of the golf course. Arter’s jump not only served as the kickoff for the golf tournament, but was also in celebration of his 82nd birthday the next day. The Ranger Group, LLC, and Armed Forces Bank sponsored the jump. The Ranger Group President/ CEO Mark “Ranger” Jones, the vice president for development for the CGSC Foundation, has personally logged more than 4,000 parachute jumps in his former military career and employs a parachute demonstration team as part of his company’s outreach program. Ranger Group Parachute Team Captain Mike Elliot, a former U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier, was Arter’s lead in the tandem jump. Arter linked up with Elliot at the Kansas City airport to conduct pre-jump training early in the morning of Sept. 6, and at 10 a.m., Arter, strapped in with Elliot, put his “knees in the breeze.” A throng of well-wishers crowded the edges of the drop zone on the driving range craning their necks to catch the first glimpse of Arter’s opening parachute. The tandem jump went without flaw. Upon touching down, Arter was immediately surrounded by friends and family. Even Lt. Gen. Robert L. Caslen, Jr., the Commandant of the Command and General Staff College. was on hand to congratulate him. roup “As other people who have experienced [jumping] G anger have commented,” said Arter when asked what he R he thought of the jump, “I think they’ve used the term T thrilling, awesome and all of that sort of thing.” After the parachute demonstration ended, Lt. Gen. Caslen addressed the assembled golfers before the photo courtesy photo start of the tournament and thanked the Foundation CGSC Commandant Lt. Gen. Robert L. Caslen, Jr., congratulates Foundation Chairman Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Robert Arter on the successful execution of his parachute jump. andwww.cgscf.org its trustees for their support of the College. CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 17 roup roup roup G G G anger anger anger R R R he he he T T T courtesy photo courtesy photo photo courtesy photo yre A y Jennifer b photo

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www.cgscfoundation.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 19 Congratulations to all the prize winners who received Titleist clubs, balls, and gift certificates to the Trails West Pro Shop. . wiggins H ark m y y b winner photos winner photos

20 - CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS www.cgscfoundation.org Photo Flash Actor/Musician Gary Sinese visits CGSC

CGSC Foundation Trustee Mike Myers facilitated a visit to the college by Hollywood actor and musician Gary Senise. During his visit CEO Bob Ulin presented Sinese with a photo from the 1981 Bell Yearbook of his brother in law, Lt. Col. Boyd “Mac” Harris. Sinese named his character “Mac” on the television program yre

“CSI New York” in honor of his brother-in-law who A passed away within a few years following his gradua- tion from CGSC. hoto by Jennifer hoto p

Photo Flash VISE eavenworth L ort F leton/ dd hoto by Don Mi hoto Kansas Lt. Governor Colyer speaks at Foundation 2011 Annual meeting Members of the board of trustees of the CGSC Foundation met Sept. 7, at the newly renovated Frontier Conference Center on Fort Leavenworth. Foundation officers updated the trustees on the state of the Foundation’s administrative and financial status. A highlight of the meeting included a luncheon with special guest speaker Jeff Colyer, M.D., . wiggins

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Foundation Chairman Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Robert Arter with a ark m y y framed copy of Governor Sam Brownbacks proclamation b of Sept. 7, 2011, as “CGSC Foundation Day.” o phot www.cgscfoundation.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 21 Photo Flash CGSC alum receives recognition for service in National Tracing Center

Charles J. Houser, a CGSC alum, was recently named a finalist in the “Samuel J. Heyman Service to America” awards program for his leader- ship of the National Tracing Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, located in Martinsburg, W.Va. Houser, an ATF Special Agent, leads an expert team that is the country’s only facility that tracks firearms from a manufacturer to a purchaser. The center aids law m enforcement in identifying suspects involved in criminal violations, detects firearms trafficking, and tracks the intrastate, interstate and international movement of crime guns. The Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal recognizes outstanding ittner, kittner.co K

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S safety and well-being of Americans. Winners were being announced at the y b time the Foundation News was going to print. See www.servicetoameri- camedals.org for more information. photo

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(Ret.) Gordon Sullivan, president of AUSA, A present the CGSC Foundation Buck Knife to retired Lt. Col. Scott Gibson. Gibson won the knife in a drawing at the Combined Arms y Jennifer

Maneuver (CAM) Symposium and Exhibition b in Kansas City. The CGSC Foundation was an exhibitor. photos

From left, Col. Wayne W. Grigsby, Jr., Brig. Gen. Charlie Flynn, Brig. Gen. Ferd Izarray and Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Mike Oates lead a symposium discussion panel “Shaping the Environment through General Purpose Forces and Special Operation Forces Engagement.”

AUSA and Combined Arms Center/Fort Leavenworth host

From July 26-28, the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Institute of Land Warfare (ILW), along with the Combined Arms Center/Fort Leavenworth, hosted the first annual Combined Arms Maneuver Symposium and Exhibition in Kansas City, Mo. This event brought together key leaders throughout the Army and private industry to address critical issues related to the future operational requirements of Army forces.

22 - CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS Photo Flash CGSC celebrates 130th Anniversary

Commandant of the Command and General Staff College, Lt. Gen. Robert L. Caslen, Jr., center, along with CGSC Deputy Commandant Brig. Gen. Sean P. MacFarland, left, and Combined Arms Center Command Sgt. Major Philip Johndrow, cut the college’s 130th anniversary cake at a ceremony outside the Lewis and Clark Center, CGSC May 5, 2011. photos courtesy

CGSS Class 12-01 Opening Day

Deputy Commandant of the Command and General Staff College, Brig. Gen. Sean P. MacFarland, addresses the incoming officers of CGSC Intermediate Level of Education (ILE) class 12-01 during the opening CGSC day ceremony Aug. 8, 2011. Part of photos b y Jennifer A yre opening day ceremonies includes the traditional CGSC Flag ceremony in which the U.S. and international offi-

photos courtesy cers attending the class post their flags.

CGSS Class 11-01 Awards

The Foundation sponsors numerous

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of the Command and General Staff H School (CGSS) of the Command and y Mark AUSA and Combined Arms Center/Fort Leavenworth host General Staff College. On June 9, b 2011, Foundation Chairman Lt. Gen. hoto (Ret.) Robert Arter, left in the photo, P and Foundation CEO Col. (Ret.) Bob From left to right, Lt. Gen. Robert Arter; Maj. Paul Gebhardt, General Wright Award (Master Logistician); Maj. Scott Horrigan, General Patton Award (Master Tactician); CPT Aleksandra Jankov (Norway), General Ulin, far right, met and congratulated Dwight D. Eisenhower Award; Mr. Tyron J. Cunningham, Simons Center Interagency Writing Award; Cmdt. award winners in CGSS Class 11-01, Rossa Mulcahy (Ireland), Hans Schlup Award; Maj. Michael Ciaramella, Homeland Security Studies Award; which graduated the next day. and Maj. Nicholas Melin, Birrer-Brookes Award for Outstanding MMAS Thesis; and Foundation CEO Bob Ulin.

www.cgscfoundation.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 23 CGSC Foundation now a part of national Combined Federal Campaign for 2011 by Jennifer Ayre, Communications Manager

or the past three years the with more than 200 CFC campaigns Series to support strategic out CGSC Foundation had been throughout the country and internation- reach a part of the local Heartland ally to help to raise millions of dollars • Educational programs for students FCombined Federal Campaign, each year. Pledges made by Federal and faculty at area educational which is a convenient way for gov- civilian, postal and military donors dur- institutions ernment employees to give to the ing the campaign season (Sept. 1- Dec. • Creation and operation of the Foundation. This year the Foundation 15) support eligible non-profit organi- Alumni Outreach website has been accepted into the 2011 National zations that provide health and human CFC for the first time. Within both the service benefits throughout the world.” The CGSC Foundation has increased local and national CFC, the Foundation Donations made through the CFC to its support to the U.S. Army Command can be found through our CFC number: the CGSC Foundation will fund: and General Staff College over the past 78303. five years, with each year more success- According to the official CFC web- • Sponsorship of faculty and student ful than the previous one. Participating site, “The mission of the CFC is to pro- Research in the CFC will allow donors located mote and support philanthropy through • Family support programs anywhere in the world to more easily a program that is employee focused, including the summer reading support the Foundation in carrying out cost-efficient, and effective in providing program for children its mission of providing the Margin of all federal employees the opportunity to • Sponsorship of MMAS graduation Excellence to CGSC, now and in the improve the quality of life for all…CFC hoods and excellence awards for future. is the world’s largest and most success- faculty and students For more information on CFC please ful annual workplace charity campaign, • National Security Roundtable visit: http://www.opm.gov/cfc/

This year the Foundation has been accepted into the 2011 National CFC for the first time.

24 - CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS www.cgscfoundation.org Iron Major CrossFit — Changing lives and preparing leaders by Maj. Richard A. Martin

ach year, hundreds of students from around the U.S. military and partner nations attend the EUnited States Army Command and General Staff College’s Intermediate Level Education and the School of Advanced Military Studies. The goal for the Command and General Staff College is to properly educate the future “Iron Majors” of the U.S. Army, as well as our sister services, international and interagency partners. However, since March 2009, becoming an “Iron Major” son d has taken on a completely new meaning u for a group of students. H Fort Leavenworth is home to “Iron Major CrossFit,” one of the more than 58 non-profit military affiliates of

“CrossFit,” a commercial core exercise Photo by Maj. Dave and conditioning program. With more than 2,500 commercial affiliates world- traditional Army physical training can- ful on Fort Leavenworth. “Armies fight wide, CrossFit has taken the fitness not match. A 2010 study conducted in teams, so they should train in teams,” world by storm in recent years. by three ILE students, as part of the said Davis. “CGSC shouldn’t be an Originally created in 1995 by CGSC curriculum, demonstrated a 20% exception to this. Iron Major CrossFit renowned fitness coach Greg Glassman, increase in physical work capacity and is a team that executes physical training CrossFit is an all-encompassing, inclu- power output of the test subjects in less together.” sive fitness regimen that, by design, than eight weeks. Maj. Greg McLean, a As Iron Major athletes re-enter the does not specialize in any one particu- recent ILE graduate and current SAMS operational force, they do not stop lead- lar fitness domain. CrossFit is not the student, is but one more recent example. ing change in fitness. As the Army looks traditional Army physical fitness train- In less than six months, Maj. McLean to adopt a functional fitness approach to ing. CrossFit focuses on functional fit- lost over 28 pounds and 6 inches of body physical readiness, the Command and ness movements, combing a constantly fat, with the APFT scores to prove it. General Staff College recognizes the varied mix of metabolic conditioning, “Iron Major CrossFit changed my value of Iron Major CrossFit producing weightlifting and gymnastics, geared life,” says McLean. “I am no longer leaders that become the agents of change around universal motor recruitment pat- intimidated about the possibility of mov- for the new physical fitness and readi- terns. CrossFit conditions athletes to be ing large amounts of weight, doing pull- ness programs in the Army. ready to meet any physical demand at ups or any other unknown task I may Being part of something bigger than any time. In true Clausewitzian fashion, need to accomplish for combat.” oneself as a member of a team is what Iron Major CrossFit is helping prepare Many participants believe that the keeps many officers of the various ser- the future leaders of our military to be team atmosphere of Iron Major CrossFit vices in uniform. Many officers grew physically ready for the unknown and is perhaps its most attractive aspect. up playing team sports and Iron Major unknowable. The greater CrossFit community prides CrossFit is a unique opportunity to Using the CrossFit methodology of itself in mutual accountability among renew that competitive athletic spirit “constantly varied, functional move- the athletes. Maj. James Davis of the while focusing on individual fitness ments at high intensity” Iron Major Australian Army, who is one of the Iron improvement. For many of the new Iron CrossFit rapidly improves the fitness Major CrossFit coaches, believes this is Majors, it is being a part of this team that and conditioning levels of officers that why Iron Major CrossFit is so success- is the best part of their “best year.” www.cgscfoundation.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 25 The white Chinese marble gate- way Chinese citizens presented to the 15th Infantry for their service now sits near the Fort Benning, Ga., officer’s club. an m ush C photos courtesy Jack The 15th Infantry in China Lt. Gen. John H. Cushman, U.S. Army Ret. Soldiers on parade in outside their barracks in 1930’s China.

n 1921, my father received orders assigning him to the deployed from Fort Douglas, Utah, to Tientsin. U.S. 15th Infantry which was based in Tientsin on the Tientsin in the 1920s, population 1 million, was a thriving South China Sea, 90 miles from Peking. A few months port. With its British, French, Italian, and Japanese conces- Iafter Capt. Cushman and his bride joined it, I was born sions, it was an international city with a Sikh police force. into that regiment. There was no American territorial concession; American Since the mid-19th century European powers had been Forces in China, commanded by a brigadier general, had its in China with extraterritorial concessions wrung from the headquarters in a compound in the British sector. Its 15th weak Manchu dynasty. The Boxer Rebellion of 1900 had Infantry was in barracks taken over from Germany in the brought an eight-nation allied force into Peking to restore first World War. Manchu rule. The Boxer Protocols, signed by the Chinese Regimental life, including its off-duty and social aspects, and by Western powers and Japan, provided for foreign made China in those days a very attractive assignment. contingents to be stationed, among other places, in Tientsin. Life was good for all ranks. The regiment’s families lived A decade later the Chinese revolution led by Sun Yat- in comfortable homes in the Western quarter. Each had a sen overthrew the Empire; China, still weak, was now a nurse (amah) for their young child or children, a cook, a republic. Warlords, each with their own armies, fought each number one boy, and possibly a rickshaw driver -- all for other for power. As chaos interfered with commerce, for- a pittance at the rate of exchange for American dollars. At eign contingents were reinforced. In 1912 the 15th Infantry three-month intervals Army transports brought in replace- Regiment, leaving one battalion behind in the Philippines, ments, took away those returning to the States, and deliv-

26 - CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS www.cgscfoundation.org ered potatoes and other food supplies. Game,fowl, and eggs outside of Peking. The Japanese marched into Peking July were plentiful locally. 28; Tientsin fell the next day, and Shanghai in November. It I have been in touch with Frank Eaton, a soldier in the was time for the 15th Infantry to leave China, which it did 15th Infantry from 1932-33. He relates: March 2, 1938, leaving its compound in the hands of U.S. “I lived in a barracks upstairs in a six man room. On the Marines from the Peking legation and boarding the U.S. first floor of these barracks there were 48-man rooms. Each Army Transport Grant, bound for Fort Lewis, Washington. soldier had an army cot, a footlocker, and a shelf by his On the grass near the officers club at Fort Benning, cot under which was a long pole on which he could hang Georgia, there stands a stone gateway of white Chinese his uniforms. As soon as we arrived in China wearing uni- marble. Chinese citizens from Tientsin’s surrounding towns forms with a high choke collar and wrap leggings, we were and villages had presented it to the regiment in April 1925, measured for new-style uniforms with regular pants and a after a truce had ended the civil war. When the regiment blouse with an open collar with which we wore a white shirt reported to Fort Lewis, its commander, Col. Joseph A. and black tie and low-quarter shoes. For 75 cents a month McAndrew, presented the gateway to the Infantry School out of our $21 pay, we had Chinese men in the barracks and had it shipped. who did all kinds of things for us to include sweeping and An engraved inscription says that it was intended as “A mopping our floors, cleaning our washrooms and latrines, Remembrance of the Golden Deeds done by Officers and making our beds, doing our laundry, pressing our uniforms, men of the United States Army Forces in China during the shining our shoes, polishing our leather and brass. We were Civil Strife, 1924.” The text ends with a poem etched in supposed to clean our own rifles, but they often did that for Chinese characters, together with an English translation: us too. The sons of Uncle Sam so gallant in their deed “The 75 cents also covered a barber shop where we could Day and night so strict events took greatest heed get a shave every morning and a haircut once a week. There And through their strenuous effort and the suffering was no reveille formation. The work day began with break- Peace among us all was kept and maintained fast, and after that a formation for drill call, when there were …and the villagers wished to accord ‘Honor to those to classes, or a road march. The afternoons were for various whom honor is due.’ ” details, or athletics. Each company had teams – baseball, football – and there were regimental Officers of the 15th Infantry teams that competed with teams from other- Many notable officers served in the 15th Infantry who were also graduates of the country’s troops. Command and General Staff College. “Our mess hall was in the basement, with Rank at time Name Highest CGSC Chinese doing all the KP and much of the of service in Rank Class cooking. The troops ate very well. It was the 15th infantry Achieved life of Riley for a soldier.” Colonel Isaac Newell Col. 1921 In the early 1920s warlords ruled various regions of China, collecting taxes, raising Lt. Col. Joseph M. Cummins Maj. Gen. 1923 armies, and competing for power. Two war- George C. Marshall General of the Army 1908 lords became allies defending against a third, Maj. Jens A. Doe Maj. Gen. 1926 in a full-scale civil war. An uneasy truce in late Edwin F. Harding Major Gen. 1929 1924 began a period in which all three warlords Matthew B. Ridgway Gen. 1935 maneuvered their forces to gain advantage. Joseph W. Stillwell Gen. 1926 This competition often made it necessary for Capt. Donald W. Brann Maj. Gen. 1935 the units of the 15th Infantry to patrol, deploy Jos. V. Coughlin Col. 1928 outguards, and to accompany railway trains to Horace O. Cushman Brig. Gen. 1936 protect American interests. Fortunately, the John R. Dean Maj. Gen. 1936 Leslie R. Forney Col. 1935 15th Infantry soldiers were never required to Frank B. Hayne Col. 1935 fire a shot; in every confrontation the warlord’s Edwin Patrick Maj. Gen. 1934 force, while occasionally threatening, backed Frank J. Pearson Col. 1937 Paul Steele Col. 1936 away. William B. Tuttle Col. 1936 Beginning in 1926, the mission of the 15th John C. Whitcomb Col. 1933 Infantry as protector of American interests became increasingly untenable, as Chiang Kai- 1st Lt. Henry A. Barber Brig. Gen. 1935 Gallagher, Philip E. Maj. Gen. 1935 shek, Mao Tse-tung and then the Japanese George Honnen Maj. Gen. 1938 entered the contest. Japan eventually took Reuben E. Jenkins Lt. Gen. 1936 over all of Manchuria and controlled areas near Peking and Tientsin. 2nd Lt. Hayden L. Boatner Maj. Gen. 1939 Joseph W. Boone Col. 1937 On July 7, 1937, Japanese troops attacked the James R. Pierce Maj. 1937 Chinese defending the Marco Polo bridge just Eugene W. Ridings Maj. Gen. 1937 www.cgscfoundation.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 27 National

Security VISE Roundtable ort Leavenworth Focus: Mexico F eton/ l

by Mark H. Wiggins, on Midd D y

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ifteen civilian business leaders from around ning design and performed as guides for the attendees. the country attended the Spring 2011 National CGSC Deputy Commandant Brig. Gen. Sean MacFarland Security Roundtable at the U.S. Army Command provided the opening remarks at the reception with a spir- Fand General Staff College, April 25-26, hosted by ited discussion on Mexico, which was the focus of this the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College with roundtable. Mr. Johnny Lairsy, a plans specialist from U.S. support from the Command and General Staff College Army North, provided a detailed briefing on the issues sur- Foundation, Inc. rounding U.S.-Mexico relations. Col. Wayne Grigsby, Director of the School for Advanced Foundation Chairman retired Lt. Gen. Bob Arter assisted Military Studies, and his students in the SAMS program Brig. Gen. MacFarland in presenting certificates to the shared insights into their study of operational art and plan- attendees.

CGSC Deputy Commandant Brig. Gen. Sean MacFarland provides insights on Mexican-U.S. relations during his opening remarks for the NSRT in the atrium of the Lewis and Clark Center. CGSC Deputy Commandant Brig. Gen. Sean MacFarland, left, iggins

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Robert Arter, chairman H of the CGSC Foundation, right, present businessman y Mark

Tim Carlin with a certifi- b cate for his participation in the roundtable series. photos

NSRT participants had the opportunity to see firsthand the SAMS students meth- Col. Wayne Grigsby, Director of the School for Advanced Military ods of study and participate in operational discussions with them. Studies, gives NSRT participants a background briefing on SAMS studies.

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General H. Hugh Shelton Tom Brokaw 14th Chairman of the Broadcaster and Author of Joint Chiefs of Staff “The Greatest Generation”

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photos b y Mark H . W iggins by Grau and by Billingsley, who was on the ground with U.S. forces for the operation. 464 pages, 32 photographs, 47 maps, Cloth $39.95 U.S. Army Doctrine From the American Revolution to the War on Terror Walter E. Kretchik “Kretchik’s comprehensive study traces the most important intellectual threads that have shaped the Army’s performance in both peace and war and deflates the myth that the United States Army thrives on chaos and cares little for doctrine.”—Conrad Crane, coauthor of Counterinsurgency (Army/Marine Field Manual 3-24) 408 pages, 17 photographs, Cloth $39.95 University Press of Kansas Phone 785-864-4155 • Fax 785-864-4586 • www.kansaspress.ku.edu

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Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs passes Gen. (Ret.) John Shalikashvili, the 13th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, died July 23, 2011, at Madigan Army Medical Center in Washington state. He was the first foreign-born chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The current chairman, Adm. Mike Mullen, said Shalikashvili “skill- fully shepherded our military through the early years of the post-Cold War era, helping to redefine both U.S. and NATO relationships with former members of the Warsaw Pact.” photo D o D

Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Paul G. Cerjan, 72, passed away at his home in Valrico, Fla., on Sunday, April 17th, 2011. Cerjan served in seven dif- ferent U.S. Army divisions. During his Army career, Cerjan worked tirelessly to ensure the highest standards of service and leadership. A caring and inspired leader, he loved people, loved Soldiers, loved to train, to coach, to teach and mentor. He always led by personal example and from the front. Cerjan graduated from CGSC in 1971.

Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Dick A. Chilcoat, 71, passed away March 16, 2010, at his residence in College Station, Texas. During his military service, he served in a variety of leadership positions including President of the National Defense University and Commandant of the Army War College. Chilcoat “exemplified The CGSC Foundation also honors the service public service at its finest,” George Bush, the of the following CGSC alumni: 41st president stated. “He won the respect of all who knew him.” Chilcoat graduated from Col. (Ret.) Frank A. Farnsworth CGSC in 1978. CGSC Class of 1958, died Aug. 1, 2010, age 89

Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Frank Sackton, who lived Brig. Gen. (Ret.) George B. Fink in Scottsdale, Ariz., died Feb. 14, 2010, at CGSC Class of 1958, died Nov. 29, 2009, age 75 age 97. He played a pivotal role during the American occupation of Japan after World Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Bruce W. Hall War II and was a professor emeritus at CGSC Class of 1971, died March 2, 2010, age 70 Arizona State University who helped establish its College of Public Affairs. Sackton gradu- Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Morton McD. Jones, Jr. ated from CGSC in 1972. CGSC Class of 1943, died Feb. 19, 2010, age 91

www.cgscfoundation.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 31 IN print Books authored by CGSC staff, faculty and alumni

Agents of Innovation: The General Board and the Design of the Fleet That Defeated the Japanese Navy by John T. Kuehn; 256 pages; two figures; map; four tables; index; Naval Institute Press, 2008. Available on amazon. com- $25.00.

Agents of Innovation examines the influence of the General Board of the U.S. Navy as an agent of innovation in the years between the world wars. A formal body established by the secretary of the Navy, the General Board served as the organizational nexus for the interaction between fleet design and the naval limitations imposed on the Navy by treaty. Particularly important, Kuehn argues, was the Board’s role in implementing the Washington Naval Treaty, which limited naval armaments after 1922. Kuehn explains that the leadership of the Navy at large and the General Board in particular felt themselves especially constrained by Article XIX of the Washington Naval Treaty, which implemented a status quo on naval fortifications in the western Pacific.

John T. Kuehn is a former naval aviator who retired as a commander from the U.S. Navy in 2004. He holds a Ph.D. in military history from Kansas State University and teaches at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, KS.

Stonewall Jackson: A Biography by Ethan S. Rafuse; 185 pages; black-and-white photos/art; index; Greenwood Biographies, 1968. Available on ama- zon.com and barnesandnoble.com - $35.00.

Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson was one of the greatest generals of the Civil War and remains an iconic figure of American history. Stonewall Jackson: A Biography offers a complete yet concise account of Jackson’s life and career, illuminating the forces and events that shaped both. The study is organized chronologically, beginning with Jackson’s hardscrabble upbringing in the mountains of west- ern Virginia. It follows him through the experiences that brought him to 1861, when he won the nickname “Stonewall” on the battlefield of the first great battle of the Civil War, and then traces his military career and role in the Confederate victories of 1861-1863. Throughout, the biography never loses sight of the man himself. Readers will understand both Jackson’s impact on military history and the qualities that enabled him to achieve personal satisfaction and fame as one of history’s great soldiers.

Ethan S. Rafuse is a professor military history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He is the author of several books, including “A Single Grand Victory: The First Campaign and Battle of Manassas”; “McClellan’s War: The Failure of Moderation in the Struggle for the Union”; and “Robert E. Lee and the Fall of the Confederacy, 1863-1865.”

Women on Your Team: A Man’s Guide to Leading Women by Col. Jo B. Rusin, U.S. Army, Ret.; 103 pages- paperback only; Mentor Enterprises, Inc., 2011. Available on amazon. com (search author’s name) and gipubs.com - $17.00.

Since the Revolutionary War, women have helped defend their nation and aid the front lines. However, the military is still very much a man’s world with several misconceptions of the female Soldier. In a gender-integrated fighting force, one must throw out the common stereotypes of gender roles if one is to lead effectively. Colonel Jo B. Rusin, U.S. Army (Ret.), explores how the female Soldier differs from her male counterparts, and ana- lyzes the conflicts that are often experienced between them.

Colonel Jo B. Rusin, U.S. Army (Ret.), served nearly 25 years in the U.S. Army, commanding troop units at the com- pany, battalion and brigade level, as well as serving in staff positions at every level. She has the unique distinction of having served on five Department of the Army level promotion selection boards, for both officer and enlisted ranks for the active and reserve components. Rusin is a graduate of the University of Kentucky, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the Air War College.

America’s School for War: Fort Leavenworth, Officer Education and Victory in World War II by Peter J. Schifferle; 295 pages; black-and-white photos; index; University Press of Kansas, 2010. Available on ama- zon.com and barnesandnoble.com - $33.00.

When the United States entered World War II, it took more than industrial might to transform its tiny army--smaller than even Portugal’s--into an overseas fighting force of more than eight and a half million. Peter Schifferle contends that the determination of American army officers to be prepared for the next big war was an essential component in America’s ultimate triumph over its adversaries. Crucial to that preparation were the army schools at Fort Leavenworth. Well crafted and insightful, Schifferle’s meticulously researched study shows how and why the Fort Leavenworth experience was instrumental in producing that impressive contingent of military officers who led the U.S. Army to final victory in World War II. By the end of the book, the attentive reader will also fully comprehend why the military profes- sionals at Fort Leavenworth have come to think of it as the “Intellectual Center of the Army.”

Peter J. Schifferle is director of the Advanced Operational Art Studies Fellowship at he the School of Advanced Military Studies, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

www.cgscf.org A Soldier’s Life (While Hunting and Fishing Around the World) by Col. Charles W. Stockell, U.S. Army, Ret.; 219 pages – paperback only; black-and-white photos; Self-published, 2007. Available on amazon.com- $20.00.

This is a story about the author’s life from 1922 to the present. Stockell takes you on a journey though his family’s history and his career assignments, during which you discover Stockell’s love for the outdoors and hunting. While writ- ing his biography at 85 years of age, Stockell looks back at his life with no regrets and with large doses of both humor and humility.

Col. Charles W. Stockell, U.S. Army, Ret., served 30 years in the U.S. Army, retiring in 1972 while assigned as the Soviet authority on the faculty of the U.S. Army War College. A veteran of WWII with four Purple Hearts, he graduated the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College with the Class of 1963.

JAGC-Off: A Politically Incorrect Memoir of the Real Judge Advocate General’s Corps by Jonathan P. Tomes; 218 pages; Veterans Press, Inc., 2010. Available on veteranspress.com (paperback); amazon. com (paperback and Kindle versions); and barnesandnoble.com (Nook format) - $20.00 (paperback) and $10.00 (Kindle and Nook). Limited copies also available in the CGSC Foundation Gift Shop.

Lt. Col. Jonathan P. Tomes, U.S. Army, Ret., was a former Infantry officer in Vietnam and Military Intelligence officer in West Germany before going to law school and becoming an Army JAGC officer. JAGC-Off, written in a style similar to that of John Mortimer’s Rumpole of the Bailey stories, tells readers how the real JAG Corps was. Each chapter is a fictionalized court-martial or administrative discharge board based on real cases or composites of case vignettes. Set in the past 40 years or so, most chapters focus on particular court-martial or military administrative discharge board the way that Rumpole chapters focus on his trials.

Jonathan P. Tomes is a retired U.S. Army JAG Corps officer. Before he was a JAG officer he was an Infantry platoon leader in Vietnam and then a Military Intelligence officer in West Germany. He received the Silver Star and Combat Infantryman’s Badge and Legion of Merit among other awards. He was a military prosecutor, a military defense coun- sel and a military judge.

Witness to History: Reflections of a Cold War Soldier By Robert R. Ulin; 212 pages; black-and-white photos/maps; AuthorHouse, 2011. Available on amazon.com (hardback and Kindle versions) and barnesandnoble.com (hardback and Nook format) - 25.00 (hardback), $15.00 (paperback) and $10.00 (Kindle and Nook). Limited copies also available in the CGSC Foundation Gift Shop.

Witness to History: Reflections of a Cold War Soldier is retired Col. Robert Ulin’s first person account of his 33-year military career from private to colonel during a particularly difficult time for the U.S. Army. Ulin served in Vietnam as an artilleryman in the Central Highlands and as an infantry advisor in the Mekong Delta. He also served in Germany and Belgium and conducted missions in Africa. While in Belgium he served at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, the American Embassy and finally NATO headquarters. Col. Ulin participated in a NATO Summit attended by President Reagan and Prime Minister Thatcher and completed his career on the faculty of the Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., where he participated in the first uniformed visits to Warsaw, Prague and Budapest following the demise of the Warsaw Pact.

Col. Robert R. Ulin, U.S. Army, Ret., served 33 years in the U.S. Army, with duty in Vietnam during the war and in Germany and Belgium during the Cold War. He spent seven years on graduate level faculties and was a member of the diplomatic corps for three years in Europe. He is currently an Adjunct Professor of National Security Studies at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Ulin is also co-founder and chief executive officer of the CGSC Foundation, Inc.

Abandoning Vietnam: How America Left and South Vietnam Lost Its War by James H. Willbanks; 377 pages; black-and-white photos; maps; charts; tables; index; University Press of Kansas, 2004. Available on amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com - $40.00.

Drawing upon both archival research and his own military experiences in Vietnam, Willbanks focuses on military operations from 1969 through 1975. He contends that “Vietnamization” was a potentially viable plan that was begun years too late. Nevertheless some progress was made and the South Vietnamese, with the aid of U.S. advisers and American airpower, held off the North Vietnamese during their massive offensive in 1972. However, the Paris Peace Accords, which left NVA troops in the south, and the subsequent loss of U.S. military aid negated any gains produced through Vietnamization. These factors coupled with corruption throughout President Thieu’s government and a glar- ing lack of senior military leadership within the South Vietnamese armed forces ultimately led to the demise of South Vietnam. A mere two years after the last American combat troops had departed, North Vietnamese tanks rolled into Saigon, overwhelming a poorly trained, disastrously led, and corrupt South Vietnamese military. But those two years had pro- vided Nixon with the “decent interval” he desperately needed to proclaim that “peace with honor” had been achieved. Willbanks digs beneath that illusion to reveal the real story of South Vietnam’s fall.

James H. Willbanks, Ph.D., is the General of the Army George C. Marshall Chair of Military History and Director, Department of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

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