Lt. Gen. David G. Perkins Inside this Edition: assumes command of the Combined Five-Star Coin Update Arms Center — page 8 Simons Center expands outreach
Third annual ethics symposium
‘While You Were Sleeping’- a new book project
Where are they now?— Former Commandants
CGSC offers course in genocide prevention and intervention
In Memoriam
In Print
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Every success merely raises the bar by Hyrum W. Smith
t’s been another great year for in terms of money raised and in the us at the Foundation. A number programs we support for the College. of our trustees have rotated off To date we have contributed over $2 Ithe board having completed their million in support of our mission of respective terms of service while others providing the margin of excellence have joined our team. They all share a for CGSC. For a small nonprofit common desire to provide the best organization that started six years possible education for the young men ago with little more than a vision, and women who attend the mission and a desire to U. S. Army Command provide a meaningful and General Staff contribution to College. We know the educational our leaders have mission of a sacred trust CGSC, what to uphold and we have defend the accomplished Constitution of together is truly the United States remarkable. of America by Our success leading, training is marked by a and caring for the series of creative sons and daughters and innovative and friends of the College who believe of the American people programs that include the in the value of education and the who have chosen to serve their National Security Roundtable, desire to make a positive contribution country. Clearly, there is no greater the Ethics Symposium, the Simons to students, faculty and staff at the calling. Our mission is to ensure they Center for the Study of Interagency College. have the resources necessary to receive Cooperation, family support programs, Our success in the past, though fun the very best education. support for student and faculty research, to remember, only raises the bar for It has been my honor to serve as and a series of graduation awards what we must accomplish in the next the President of the Foundation for that support academic excellence. All 18 months. We are not finished, we the past four years. During this time of these programs are paid for by still have much to accomplish. We we’ve made tremendous progress both private funding support from alumni need your help.
Our success in the past, though fun to remember, only raises the bar for what we must accomplish in the next 18 months. We are not finished, we still have much to accomplish. We need your help.
www.cgscf.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, Britt & 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 Mr. Monte Holm, Exec. Vice Chairman, World Financial Group Chairman’s • Promote leader development Council [UT] • Encourage excellence in the faculty and student body Lt. Gen. (USA Ret.) Russel L. Honoré, Former Commander, 1st U.S. Army [LA] • Maintain contact with alumni Mr. Mark Hurley, Pres./CEO, Fiduciary Network [TX] Officers Lt. Gen. (USA Ret.) Joseph R. Inge, former Deputy Commandant, CGSC [VA] Chairman: Lt. Gen. (USA Ret.) Robert Arter, Civilian Aide to the Mr. Tedd Johnson, Founder, income.com [CA] Secretary of the Army, Kansas, East [KS] Lt. Gen. (USA Ret.) Richard F. Keller, former Chief of Staff U.S. European Vice Chairman: Lt. Gen (USA Ret.) John E. Miller, President, Command [KS] Miller Analytics [KS] Maj. Gen. (USA Ret.) James R. Klugh, VP & IT Consultant, Dimensions International, Inc. [KS] President: Hyrum Smith, Chairman/CEO, Legacy Quest Company [UT] Mr. James I. Mackay, Sr. Director of Investment Banking, Dewaay Financial Network [IA] Vice President: Mr. Michael D. Hockley, Partner, Spencer Fane Britt & Browne, LLP [MO] Mr. A. Edward Major, Principal, A. Edward Major Counsellors At Law [NY] VP Development: Mr. Mark “Ranger” Jones, Pres./CEO, Lt. Col. (USA Ret.) Thomas O. Mason, Attorney, Cooley, LLP [Wash. DC] The Ranger Group [VA] Mr. Chuck Matheny, Director of Federal Programs, The Ranger Group [AL] Past President: Mr. Thomas H. Holcom, President, Military Col. (USA Ret.) J. Dan McGowan, II, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army [IA] Banking Division, Mid Country Bank [MO] Mr. David J. McIntyre, Pres./CEO, TriWest Healthcare Alliance [CA] Secretary: Col. (USA Ret.) Robert R. Ulin, CEO, CGSCF Mr. Michael V. Meyer, Vice President for Programs, Salute to America’s Heroes [KS] President, Senior Advisory Council: Gen. (USA Ret.) William R. Richardson, Lt. Gen. (USA Ret.) Thomas M. Montgomery, Senior Fellow, Joint Forces Staff Senior Associate, Burdeshaw Associates (VA) College [CO] Treasurer: Brig. Gen. (USA Ret.) William A. West, President, Col. (USA Ret.) Billy G. Murphy, Pres./CEO, Billy Murphy and Associates [KS] William West Consulting [KS] Lt. Col. (USA Ret.) Robert J. Myers, Pres./CEO, Caseys General Stores [IA] General Counsel: Col. (USA Ret.) Willard B. Snyder, President, Antaeus Partnership, Ltd [KS] Mr. John Neafsey, President, JN Associates [CT] Brig. Gen. (USA Ret.) Harold Nelson, former Chief of Military History, Board of Trustees U.S. Army [VA] Mr. Douglass Adair, Asst VP, Exchange National Bank & Trust [KS] Mr. Harold “Skip” Palmer, Pres./CEO, Blackhorse Worldwide [KS] Mr. Robert E. Allgyer, Director, Huron Consulting Group [IL] Mr. Fred Polk, President, Iron Tree Research [KS] Maj. Gen. (USA Ret.) Raymond D. Barrett, Jr., Director of Operations, CGSCF/ Mr. Jerome H. Reilly, Pres./CEO, Reilly and Sons Insurance [KS] Simons Center [MO] Mr. John H. Robinson, Chairman, Hamilton Ventures, LLC [MO] Mr. Daniel P. Bolen, Chairman/CEO, Bank of Prairie Village [KS] Mr. Florian Rothbrust, SR VP/Chief Logistics Officer, JE DUNN Construction [MO] Mr. Richard H. Brown, Former Chairman/CEO, Electronic Data Systems [FL] Judge Robert L. Serra, 29th Judicial District, Wyandotte County [KS] Mr. Pete Brownell, CEO, Brownells [IA] Mr. Rolf D. Snyder, President, The Real Estate Corporation [KS] Dr. Scott C. Bublin, Pres./CEO, Mobile Reasoning [KS] Maj. Gen. (USA Ret.) John Sobke, Former Deputy Chief of Engineers [GA] Col. (USA Ret.) Tim Carlin, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones [KS] Gen. (USA Ret.) Gordon R. Sullivan, President, Association of the Brig. Gen. (USA Ret.) Stanley F. Cherrie, VP, Cubic Applications, Inc. [KS] United States Army [VA] Mr. J. Martin Cooke, CEO, Cooke Realty, Inc. [NC] Mr. Richard Thawley, Pres./CEO, Provident Generation of America, Inc. [CA] Mr. Stuart Cooke, President, Cooke Development & EnviRemed [NC] Mr. Paul J. Thompson, Pres./CEO, Country Club Bank [MO] Mr. Michael Dacey, Director, Gulftech International, LTD [FL] Mr. Gary Vogler, Senior Oil Consultant, MNFI, Iraq [VA] Col. (USA Ret.) Thomas A. Dials, Chairman, Armed Forces Insurance [KS] Gen. (USA Ret.) Carl E. Vuono, President, L-3 Government Services Group Ms. Sheila J. Duffy, Founder and President of Greystones Group, LLC [VA] and MPRI [VA]
4 - CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS www.cgscf.org Features table of contents
From the President...... 3 CEO’s Corner...... 6 8 Q&A with the Commandant...... 8 5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Update...... 10 The Five-Star Generals of Command and General Staff College Foundation NEWS Fort Leavenworth...... 11 No. 12, Spring 2012 (March 2012) Simons Center Report...... 12 Published twice annually by the Command Third ethics symposium...... 14 and General Staff College Foundation, Inc. 100 Stimson Ave., Suite 1149 National Security Roundtable Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 66027-1352 Ph: 913-651-0624 focuses on Asia...... 17 Fax: 913-651-4519 Email: [email protected] ‘While You Were Sleeping’- Web site: www.cgscf.org a book project...... 18 Where are they now?- Editor-in-Chief 11 Col. (Ret.) Bob Ulin Former CGSC Commandants...... 19 Four officers inducted into CGSC Managing Editor Mark H. Wiggins International Hall of Fame...... 22 MHW Public Relations Because a Soldier asked...... 23 and Communications An Academic Excursion...... 24 www.mhwpr.com CGSC course on genocide Communications Manager prevention, intervention...... 25 Jennifer Ayre [email protected] Blue and Gold Star Service Flags, Banners, Pins...... 26 Design by CGSC Class of 1978 Reunion...... 28 Kathryn Creel [email protected] In Memoriam...... 30 In Print...... 32 Printing/mailing Partner Spotlight- 30 Allen Press, Inc. Lawrence, KS Metro Productions...... 34
The Command and General Staff College Foundation (CGSCF) was established December 28, 2005 as a tax-exempt, ON THE COVER non-profit private corporation to foster a Lt. Gen. David G. Perkins delivers strong relationship between the military and private sector, to enrich the College’s remarks after assuming command of academic environment, enhance the institu- the Combined Arms Center and Fort tion’s research activities, maintain contact Leavenworth Nov. 22, 2012, at the with alumni, and encourage excellence Lewis and Clark Center. New CAC in the faculty and student body to ensure the preparation of outstanding leaders for Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Greca the Armed Forces of the United States and also assumed responsibility in the cer- it’s allies by providing resources not avail- emony. (photo by Don Middleton/Fort able from public funds. The Command and Leavenworth VISE) General Staff College Foundation News is published by the foundation to inform mem- bers, alumni, students and other stakehold- From the Editors ers about CGSCF plans and activities. The inclusion of U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth The 12th edition of the CGSC Foundation News contains some great features about the activities of CGSC and the Foundation’s and/or CGSC news and information in the support of them. We welcome Lt. Gen. Perkins and are glad to learn more about his direction as our new commander/commandant foundation magazine does not constitute on page 8. The Foundation is also spearheading two book projects that we’re very excited about—see page 11 and page 19. We an endorsement by the Department of the also honor our former trustee David Beaham in the In Memoriam section of this edition. Last, there’s a great list of books written Army, Fort Leavenworth or the CGSC. by CGSC staff, faculty and alumni in the In Print section, so enjoy. As always, thanks to all for your support in helping us provide the “margin of excellence” to the College. www.cgscf.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 5 CEO Corner
Foundation remains strong
of Service to th by Col. Bob Ulin, U.S. Army Ret. Five Years e College 2006-2011
he past two years have been a trends are going in the right direc- als. They found that the primary moti- challenging time for nonprof- tion—number of donors, average gift vation for giving was a strong desire to its nationally. Last year the per donor, overall revenue and the “give back to the community” (81.2%) TIRS took away the tax exempt quality of the programs and activities and to make an immediate difference status for over 275,000 nonprofits for that we support for the College. (66.9%) in the world around them.” failure to comply with filing require- According to Giving USA at the I believe that these statistics closely ments and other violations. Recently I Center on Philanthropy at Indiana track with our donors. They want to read where several thousand addition- University, “in 2010, Americans con- give back to those who are serving the al nonprofits are in financial distress tributed about 2 percent of dispos- interest of the American community because of the economy. While our able income to philanthropic causes, a (national security and safety) and they fundraising is down slightly from the number that has remained remarkably are making an immediate difference in previous year, our number of donors consistent over the decades, regardless the world around them. has increased steadily over the past six of economic climate. Today, they may Fund raising is about storytelling and years. This is really good news because have to dig deeper as their income and we have a very good story to tell. We as the economy improves and our wealth have declined, but they have serve America’s best and brightest who donors become more confident of their shown they are willing to do that…We have voluntarily placed themselves in economic future, they are likely to be believe the numbers underscore the fact harm’s way for the greater good. more generous with their philanthropic that giving remains a core American I think the motto of the 1st Infantry contributions. value.” Division pretty much sums up today’s In this period of uncertainty, your Recently, Bank of America conduct- Army: No Mission Too Difficult, No Foundation remains strong. All of our ed a study on high net worth individu- Sacrifice Too Great—Duty First.
Kickoff Meeting for the New Year Photo Flash
On March 15, the Foundation hosted their biannual board meeting to inform and discuss many of the current endeavors for the Foundation. Close to 40 members of the Foundation Board were present for the meeting to learn updated information on the Five-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Program as well as other programs and initiatives the Foundation supports. Retired Colonel Kim Summers from the School for Command Preparation (SCP) started off the board meeting with a briefing on how SCP and the College interact. Foundation President Hyrum Smith had the board break up into teams to discuss how to better identify new PHOTO BY Jennifer a y re trustees. Gene Wilson and retired General Bill Richardson briefed on the Governance Committee and the Senior Advisory Committee respectively. Also, Chip Tollie from Summit Marketing discussed their proposed marketing plan for the Five-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Program.
6 - CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS www.cgscf.org by Mark H. Wiggins, Managing Editor PHOTO BY Jennifer a y re Leavenw o r th Lam p by Prudence S ie b er t / Fo r P hoto s Above left, Command and General Staff College Commandant and Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth Commander Lt. Gen. David Perkins and CAC Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Greca congratulate Maj. Christopher L’Heureux during graduation for the School of Advanced Military Studies 2011-02 AMSP class Dec. 1 at the Lewis and Clark Center. L’Heureux was one of eight graduates who earned the Physical Fitness Badge.
Above right, Lt. Gen. David Perkins accepts the colors from Training and Doctrine Command Commander Gen. Robert Cone as Perkins assumes command of the Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth Nov. 22 at the Lewis and Clark Center. New CAC Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Greca assumed respon- sibility in the ceremony. Q&A with the Commandant— Lt. Gen. David Perkins
CGSCF News: You’ve arrived at Fort conclusion of two major conflicts and my main focus in the days ahead. Leavenworth having just relinquished a shrinking budget, we must ensure the command of the 4th Infantry Division. preparation and readiness of a smaller, CGSCF News: As the Army works What new initiatives have you begun more flexible force. Additionally, we through the details of the new defense or will you begin as the Commandant/ have received some clear guidance strategy, what challenges do you foresee Combined Arms Center commander from Gen. Cone [Commander, Army for the officers attending CGSC and as a result of your experiences in the Training and Doctrine Command for the staff and faculty responsible for field? (TRADOC)] and Gen. Odierno [Army facilitating their instruction? Lt. Gen. Perkins: First, let me say that Chief of Staff] on the direction to take Lt. Gen. Perkins: The evolution of I am honored and humbled to be the leader development, professional military the Army over the past decade, and Commandant of CGSC and the CAC education, and the comprehensive where we are headed as we look to Commander. I cannot think of a job that overhaul of our doctrinal base. That will the Army 2020, has been one focused will have more impact and significance take the form of a more selective and on adaptability and modernizing our in this time of tremendous change. Key rigorous professional military education forces to flatten organizations. As we to this will be properly developing our system (most especially the major’s level look forward, most threats that will young leaders for the complex issues of Intermediate Level Education [ILE] involve the application of land force today and threats of tomorrow. taught here at CGSC), and possibly will entail continued decentralization of Having only been on the ground here reshaping the number and make-up of our power and authorities – a concept at Fort Leavenworth for a few months, our instructor composition to be more in we call “Mission Command.” This I am still developing a refined vision line with fiscal realities and tied to current philosophy proposes that decision- for the Combined Arms Center and the operations/skills. Along with initiatives to making should be focused on and by Command and General Staff College. strengthen our Profession and supporting the commander – that he/she uses all However, as we enter this historic a training system from home station to resources to create an understanding of inflection point that includes the the Combined Training Centers, these are the problem, provide a vision and intent
8 - CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS www.cgscf.org Acting Command and General Staff College Deputy Commandant Col. Michael Johnson, CGSC Dean of Academics Wendell C. King and Command and General Staff School Director Col. Jeffrey Springman applaud as CGSC Commandant Lt. Gen. David Perkins congratulates top international graduate Maj. Matthew Patching of Australia, recipient of the Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower Award and the Birrer- Brookes Award for Outstanding Master of Military Art and Science Thesis, during graduation for the 2011-02 Intermediate Level Education class Dec. 16 at the Lewis and Clark Center. to address the problem, and empower used in the past and identify what is truly future of our force. As we move to a subordinates to achieve those objectives. unique in today’s environment that must smaller and more flexible force, as well In order to conduct Mission Command be addressed. as selection to attend CGSC, the increased the Army requires three primary elements focus on broadening our students’ minds from the Combined Arms Center: 1) CGSCF News: What would you say educationally and experientially will Challenging leader development and is most different about CGSC now in be invaluable – increasing our officers’ education systems focused on developing contrast to the CGSC that many of our ability to identify, understand, and address leaders capable of the critical reasoning alumni readers attended? increasingly complex situations around and creative thinking skills necessary Lt. Gen. Perkins: There have obviously the globe. to understand and act in an ambiguous been significant changes to the school and changing environment; 2) Realistic since I attended in 1991. Most obvious to CGSCF News: What role do you think and focused training that enhances one me when I arrived was the sheer breadth is most important for the CGSC of the most experienced forces in our and depth of experiences that CGSC Foundation? history, while preparing them for future now incorporates. For example, there Lt. Gen. Perkins: When I arrived here threats; at a cost that is both able to are significantly more joint, international, a few months ago I was surprised just ensure readiness and is sustainable in a and interagency students in each staff how integrated the CGSC Foundation fiscally-challenged environment; and 3) group, increasing the cross-leveling of was into both the post and the wider Integration of appropriate technological experiences and knowledge across community. You should all be proud of solutions to support both realistic training our force. Together with the fact that this organization. and the full use of Mission Command approximately 97% of military students I think the role the CGSC Foundation across our formations. We are actively are veterans of combat operations, the can best play into the future is to be an addressing each of these areas daily. amount of practical knowledge each organization focused on increasing the In reference to the new defense student can provide their peers is amazing. educational excellence of the College strategy’s effect on the College, it is Beyond the demographic make-up of and its students – during and after their important to demonstrate some historical the staff groups, the civilian educational graduation. You should be the continuity perspective. As I look at some of the opportunities have greatly increased. that binds the key stakeholders of today documents coming from the President, Students can now graduate with one and those of the past. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, of many various graduate degrees, Initiatives through the Foundation Army Chief of Staff, and TRADOC including the Master in Military Arts and its Simons Center for the Study of Commander, I am reminded of the and Sciences that was offered when I Interagency Cooperation should focus on challenges and resource constraints the attended the school. Additional programs increasing public awareness of CGSC Army faced in the past, particularly in with institutions like the University of and its place in our Profession, supporting the mid 1970s, early 1990s, and just Missouri – Kansas City, the University of student scholarship and research, and before 9-11-2001. By emphasizing this Kansas, and Kansas State University now strive to better connect CGSC students continuum, we can encourage officers provide the opportunity for our students to across the force. The relationships that to see that we always have a body of get graduate degrees tied to their interests, we build and maintain are the strength of historical examples to draw appropriate military specialties, or future career. our officers and should be enhanced by analogies, build on successful techniques These developments bode well for the the Foundation. www.cgscf.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 9 The Army’s COIN UPDATE Five-Star Generals
General of the Army George C. Marshall CGSC Class of 1908
Five-Star
Generals General of the Army Douglas MacArthur Commemorative CGSC Class of 1908 Coin Update by Maria Koreckij, Chief Administrative Officer & In-House Counsel
General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower CGSC Class of 1926 xcitement continues to grow over the 5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Program. The Coin Act was Esigned into law by the President on October 8, 2010. It authorizes the U.S. Mint to issue up to 100,000 five-dollar gold coins, 500,000 one-dollar silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar copper-nickel clad coins during 2013. The sale of the coins includes an authorized surcharge of $35 per gold coin sold, $10 per silver coin sold, and $5 per copper-nickel clad coin sold to be paid General of the Army Henry “Hap” Arnold to the Foundation. The surcharges will go CGSC Class of 1929 to supporting the programs and activities of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. While in Washington D.C. attending the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2011 Annual Meeting, Bob Ulin, Foundation CEO, and I had another visit with the products and design managers at the U.S. Mint to discuss the status of the three-
10 - CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS www.cgscf.org General of the Army Omar N. Bradley CGSC Class of 1929 The final designs of the coins are scheduled to be unveiled to the public at the AUSA 2012 Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. this October.
coin commemorative issue. We are happy to report that the artists have The Five-Star been assigned and the designs are underway. We anticipate a June Generals of Fort presentation of the coin designs Leavenworth at the meetings of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) and Commission of by Bob Ulin, Fine Arts (CFA). Following the Editor-in-Chief meetings, the CCAC and CFA will make their recommendations to the ast year the Founda- Secretary of the Treasury, who has tion commissioned final approval of the designs. a book about the The final designs of the coins Lfive CGSC alumni/ are scheduled to be unveiled to the faculty who were promoted public at the AUSA 2012 Annual to the rank of General of the Meeting in Washington D.C. this Army (5 Stars) following October. We are working with World War II: George a local Kansas City company to C. Marshall, Douglas create our exhibit booth space. The MacArthur, Dwight exhibit will have an innovative D. Eisenhower, Henry design with high quality displays “Hap” Arnold and Omar and graphics. All Foundation N. Bradley. They are the employees will travel to D.C. for only Americans that have this event. It will be a collaborative ever worn the five star effort among our team to promote rank insignia. The purpose the sale of our coins, as well as of the book is to help us create awareness of the Foundation. support scholarship within This is a mock cover of the Five Star Generals of Fort Leavenworth- the College and promote Additionally, we have engaged a final art is yet to be determined. national marketing firm to launch a the sale of the Five Star significant campaign that is targeted General Commemorative Coins being produced by the to maximize the sales opportunities United States Mint in 2013. the 5-Star Coins provide. The Professor Jim Willbanks, Director of CGSC’s Department of Military History, firm will identify target audiences is the editor of the book. Faculty members from his department volunteered and craft focused messaging for to contribute chapters on each of the Generals. This book project is a first specific market segments that will for the Foundation. This book will eventually generate royalties that can be generate additional awareness of used to support additional scholarship within the College. Special thanks the program and motivate coin goes to Foundation Trustee Richard H. Brown who personally sponsored the purchases. development of this book project. Without his help this project would not have This coin program remains our been possible. top priority. The sale of these The Association of the United States Army (AUSA) has agreed to help the commemorative coins in 2013 will Foundation by adopting this book for their book program and have contracted generate the funds necessary to with the University of Kentucky Press. On March 9, the Foundation was complete our capital campaign and informed that the editorial Board of the University of Kentucky Press, following position the Foundation to develop a peer review, has approved the book for publication. We expect that this book and sustain meaningful, long-term will be made available for sale about the time the U.S. Mint makes the Five-Star programs in support of the U.S. Generals Congressional coins available for sale to the public in early 2013. Once Army Command and General Staff again, we thank Jim Willbanks and his team of historians for their extraordinary College. scholarship and support of this important project.. www.cgscf.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 11 Simons Center expands outreach, gains congressional endorsement
by Theodore E. Strickler, Executive Director
n October 2011, the Simons Center was pleased to welcome U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas to its Ioffices at Fort Leavenworth. This provided us the opportunity to thank personally Sen. Moran for his strong support of the Simons Center. Several days earlier he had spoken on the floor of the Senate describing the good work and valuable contribution being made by the Center to the understanding and practice of interagency cooperation. When individuals need help with an interagency question or issue, they are increasingly turning to the Simons Center for assistance. Uniquely structured to focus on operational interagency issues, not those of a strategic or policy nature, the Simons Center is expanding its reputation as the place to go for useful and practical information on interagency matters. Recently, a major military command contacted the Simons Center requesting assistance in establishing contacts in the interagency community to help in planning for various contingency operations. We responded with a list of organizations, names and contact information to facilitate establishing the needed relationships. Because of the relationships
Right, Simons Center Executive Director Ted Strickler, right, meets with U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran PHOTO T ES Y of Kansas in the Senate in October 2011. C O UR
12 - CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS www.cgscf.org When individuals need help with an interagency question or issue, they are increasingly turning to the Simons Center for assistance. gained from supporting interagency legislation, we were asked by congressional staff members to help shape their investigation and evaluation of a high-profile interagency program involving both military and civilian agencies. In addition to providing some thoughts about the direction of the study, we arranged for the staff to interview a former high level official who previously had been involved in the program under review. We also arranged a video teleconference to enable a group of individuals with operational experience to share their views about the program with the congressional staff members in Washington. In January, the interagency coordinator at a component command of U.S. Northern Command sought The Winter 2012 edition of the InterAgency Journal was released in February. assistance from the Simons Center in All editions of the IAJ and the InterAgency Paper and InterAgency Essay series are available at www.TheSimonsCenter.org. putting together a reading list for a planned interagency seminar. Drawing on the extensive, 800 plus entries in the interagency bibliography maintained on our website, we provided the might cosponsor a conference with Davis from Kentucky. This proved reading list in short order. a think tank in Israel. Preliminary to be a fairly easy task since we have In December, the Mission discussions were positive and focused good relations with the congressman Command Battle Lab, a part of the on topics dealing with the changing because of our support for his U.S. Army Combined Arms Center nature of mass atrocities. interagency legislation cosponsored by at Fort Leavenworth, contacted the Also in February, we were one of the Rep. John Tierney of Massachusetts. Simons Center to help in obtaining organizers of the Stability Operations In addition, Reps. Davis and Tierney active duty State Department officials Training and Education Workshop had also authored the lead article in to participate in future battle lab led by the Army’s Peacekeeping the winter edition of our InterAgency experiments. We linked the battle lab and Stability Operations Institute at Journal, which highlighted the need with the appropriate office in the State Carlisle Barracks, and held at the for increased interagency training and Department which provided the needed George Mason University campus in education. We included a copy of personnel. Arlington, Virginia. Because of our the article in the information packets In February we welcomed the visit previous congressional experience, given each of the 250 people attending of a retired Israel Defense Forces the Simons Center was asked to help the workshop as a read ahead for Brigadier General who came to the confirm the participation of the event’s Rep. Davis’ keynote address, which he Simons Center to explore how we keynote speaker, U.S. Rep. Geoff delivered as scheduled. www.cgscf.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 13 Col. Sean Hannah, Director of the Center for the Army Profession and Ethic (CAPE) addresses symposium attendees on ethics issues for the broader Army on the morning of the second day of the symposium.
photo by Mark H. Wiggins Third ethics symposium at Fort Leavenworth focused on applying the professional military ethic by Major Adam B. DiGaudio, CGSC Class 12-01
he United States Army themed “Applying the Military Ethic the issues of morality and humanity Command and General Across the Spectrum of Operations.” currently facing our services in an era Staff College and the CGSC The symposium hosted presenters and of persistent conflict. TFoundation hosted the Fort attendees from across the military Dr. John Mark Mattox, Colonel, Leavenworth Ethics Symposium from and related fields. Students, faculty, U.S. Army (Ret.) was inaugurated as November 7-10, 2011. This was and guests of the college were in the first General Hugh Shelton Ethics the third annual Ethics Symposium attendance, each contributing to a Chair at CGSC, and the ceremony conducted by CGSC and the dialogue of professionalism, current served as the introductory conference Foundation, and this year’s event was and potential ethical challenges, and event. Lt. Gen. (Ret) John Miller,
14 - CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS www.cgscf.org The Fort former CGSC Commandant and Leavenworth current Vice Chairman of the CGSC Foundation, provided Ethics opening events and welcomed Dr. Symposia Mattox to the event. Dr. Mattox’s position as the General Hugh by Bill Eckhardt, Shelton Chair of Ethics is the first John Miller, and Bob privately funded position at CGSC. Ulin, CGSC Foundation He is currently a professor at the National Defense University in In 2008, after seven Washington, D.C., and will be a years of war in Iraq and visiting professor in his capacity as The 2011 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium sponsored by Afghanistan, stories about the Chair of Ethics. the CGSC Foundation kicked off at 4 p.m., Nov. 7, with the ethical lapses including inauguration of the first-ever privately funded academic chair Canadian Senator and in the history of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff murder, torture and Lieutenant-General (Ret.) Roméo College. Dr. John Mark Mattox was seated as the visiting abuse shook the Army at Dallaire, who was the commander professor for the Gen. Hugh Shelton Chair of Ethics with a its core. Although these short ceremony in the Marshall Auditorium of the Lewis and events were isolated, the of the United Nations Assistance Clark Center at Fort Leavenworth. Dr. Chris King, Dean of the damage done to the Army Mission in Rwanda (UNAMIR) College (left in the photo), and retired Lt. Gen. John Miller, CGSC Foundation Vice Chairman, welcomed Dr. Mattox to profession was becoming during the 1994 Genocide, was the position. troublesome. one guest speaker during the event. photo by mark h . wiggins That summer we Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Dallaire discussed conceived and presented to the Deputy Commandant, a proposal for the the role of western militaries in Foundation to co-host with the College a three-year series of symposia on potential future conflicts where Ethics, Morality and Law in the Profession of Arms. Our intent was to begin a humanitarian crisis, including dialog to address these issues that we hoped would take root in professional genocide and mass atrocities, and discourse into the future. Our plan was to co-host three annual symposia related them to current debate culminating in the establishment of an academic chair in ethics at the Command and General Staff College. in many circles about the role Within a few months of our planning, Army Chief of Staff General George of military forces in protecting Casey, announced an initiative to reinforce ethics instruction within the Army foreign populations. Dallaire Professional Military Education school system. Shortly thereafter Gen. Casey photo by Mark H. Wiggins incorporated lessons learned established the Center for the Army Professional Ethic (CAPE) at West Point. from his experiences during the CAPE joined the Foundation and CGSC in the development of the ethics Rwandan genocide and presented symposia at Fort Leavenworth. concepts and ideas of interest to The first symposium was conducted in November 2009. It focused on ethics those shaping Army policy and at the tactical, operational and strategic levels of war. The second symposium working to define the modern in November 2010 focused on the Army Professional Ethic and included papers from the private sector. The third symposium, in 2011, was titled “Applying Army’s professional military ethic. the Military Ethic Across the Spectrum of Operations.” Attendees at each Other events included a panel symposia included CGSC students enrolled in ethics instruction, private sector discussion on “The Use and participants, faculty from sister service schools, international officers and Limits of Military Forces,” which civilian personnel interested in the subject of ethics. Attendees at each of these included Dr. Brian Orend from the symposia considered them very successful and those who have commented on University of Waterloo in Ontario, the published proceedings have offered similar evaluations. Papers from these Canada, Dr. Paul Robinson from symposia can be obtained by visiting www.leavenworthethicssymposium.org the University of Ottawa, and Flint Hills Resources, a company based in Wichita, Kan., was our organizing Dr. Martin Cook from the U.S. sponsor and major donor. Spencer Fane Britt and Browne law firm from Kansas City, Mo., provided additional financial support. The generous and essential Naval War College in Newport, support from these two corporate partners underwrote expenses for which R.I. Students attending CGSC at appropriated funds could not be used. Fort Leavenworth, Kan., attended In November 2009, the Foundation approached Mr. Ross Perot with a the panel discussion at the Lewis proposal to endow an academic chair in ethics at the U.S. Army Command and and Clark Center along with General Staff College. The College, at that time 128 years old, had never had symposium guests and attendees. a privately funded academic chair. Mr. Perot approved our request with the Other panel discussions on Mass proviso that it be named after General Hugh Shelton, 14th Chairman of the Joint Atrocities took place during the Chiefs of Staff, an officer whose professional life exhibited the highest ethical event and included Lt. Gen. (Ret.) and moral principles. In fulfillment of our pledge to the college in 2009, retired Army colonel Dr. John Dallaire, Dr. James Waller from Mark Mattox was installed as the first “General Hugh Shelton Chair of Ethics” at the Auschwitz Institute for Peace the beginning of the November 2011 symposium.
www.cgscf.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 15 Third ethics symposium at Fort Leavenworth focused on applying the professional military ethic
and reconciliation, and Dr. Hal Wert independent writing and reflection on presented information on current plans, from the Kansas City Art Institute. the experience. Lt. Col. Andrew Kim, projects, and training and education These discussions focused on the also a student and presenter, provided reforms within the force. Retired Army psychological and sociological aspects information and facilitated discussion colonel Dr. Daniel Zupan, presented of mass violence and implications for on the Professional Military Ethic information regarding “The Relevance the military’s role in future foreign and Human Life, along with Israeli of the Just War Tradition,” which conflicts. philosopher Dr. Asa Kasher. served as the concluding event of this Maj. Matthew Wisniew, a student “There are a lot of instructors here year’s conference. in CGSC class 11-02, attended that ask us to be critical thinkers, and Each of the panel discussions and the conference and was also a that open door allowed me to say ‘I’ll breakout sessions included question presenter during a breakout session take the risk,” said Kim. “To me ethics and answer forums where presenters, on Mass Atrocities and Strategic is really about how to choose between students, and guests of the conference Communication. “The value is that two rights. You’re going to have to continued theoretical and practical you’ve taken students out of the think critically about what that means.” aspects of ideas and information schoolhouse, taken them to a different Other focus areas included the U.S. relating to operations, education, and venue, and brought professionals in Army Training and Doctrine Command training relevant to the current force. these areas to focus on the subject White Paper on The Profession of “Organizers have shown that ‘it’s matter of ethics,” Wisniew said. Arms, published in December 2010, important, we’ve brought all of the “You’ve communicated a very salient ethics training and professional right people in for this, and we’ve message.” military education, and the relevance taken the time,’ and for me that’s a Other attending students were of “Just War Theory.” Col. Sean value because it is a strategic message taking part in a Military Ethics course, Hannah, Director of the Army’s Center about what they’re trying to do at which includes the symposium and for the Army Profession and Ethic, CGSC,” said Maj. Wisniew.
Photo Flash photo by mark h . wiggins During the 2012 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium, Canadian Senator and retired Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire provides a compelling presentation on the issues surrounding the genocide in Rwanda from his experience as the commander of the United Nations mission there in 1994.
16Untitled-1 - CGSC FOUNDATION 1 NEWS 2/22/2012 6:36:38 AM www.cgscf.org November roundtable focuses on Asia by Mark H. Wiggins, Managing Editor
ourteen U.S. business leaders converged on the Command and General FStaff College Oct. 31-Nov. 1, to attend the Fall 2011 National Security Roundtable. The focus during this two-day presentation and discussion was on Asia with Ambassador Stephen Young, the Consul General for Hong Kong and Macau, as the keynote speaker. Col.
John Buckley, director of CGSC’s by Mark H . Wiggins photos Department of Joint, Interagency Left to right: (Front Row) Maj. Scott Thompson; Dr. David Thein, Periodontist; CGSC Foundation Vice and Multinational Operations, and Chairman Lt. Gen. (Ret.) John Miller; Laura Hollingsworth, President/Publisher, Des Moines Register; Maj. Elliott Rogers; Col. (Ret.) Tim Carlin, CGSC Foundation Trustee; Maj. Veronica Chinn; Amb. Stephen Young, members of his faculty led the Consul General – Hong Kong and Macau; Maj. Yuanfeng Lin; Prof. Geoff Babb; CGSC Foundation CEO Bob roundtable discussions and students Ulin (Middle Row) Col. John Buckley, Director- DJMO; Amb. (Ret.) Kenneth Quinn, President, The World Food Prize; Maj. Drew Steadman; Frank Gaffney, President/CEO, Center for Security Policy, Washington D.C.; Lt. from CGSC participated and Col. Pascal Eggen; J. Peter Gattermeir, Senior Partner, Kansas City Capital Associates; Maj. Stephen Jang; performed as escorts for visitors. Scott Lohman, Vice President, Lohman Companies; Prof. Stuart Lyon; Prof. David Hunter-Chester; Prof. Greg On day two of the roundtable, Cook (Back Row) Maj. Kay Wakatake; James Reed II, Senior Vice President, UMB Financial Corporation; Jerry Jorgensen, Vice President, Academic Affairs, Park University; Maj. Brian Ungerer; F. Richard Lyford, CGSC Chief of Staff Jeff LaMoe Partner, Dickinson Law Firm; Lt. Cmdr. Roy Wilson; Mark Preisinger, President, Mark 8 Global Source, Inc.; provided an overview of the Maj. James Peng; John Robinson, Chairman, Hamilton Ventures, LLC; Maj. Dave Henning; Marc Radasky, College and Dr. Munro Richardson COO, Columbia Burlap and Bag Company; Maj. Bart Taylor; Lt. Col. Danny Wallace from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation provided remarks on entrepreneurship and economic development in China during a working lunch. Professors Geoff Babb and David Anderson led the first panel discussion of the day with presentations on threats, challenges and opportunities between the U.S. and China, which included an overview of Chinese economics. Ambassador Stephen Young, Consul Col. John Buckley, Director of CGSC’s Department of Joint, The second panel included General- Hong Kong and Macau, Interagency and Multinational Operations, and CGSC provides the keynote remarks for the Foundation Chairman Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Robert Arter present Laura presentations from Prof. Greg November 2011 National Security Hollingsworth with a certificate of completion for the Fall 2011 Cook on “China and the Russian Roundtable focused on Asia. National Security Roundtable. Hollingsworth is the President Far East;” “China and Japan,” by and Publisher of the Des Moines Register, Iowa’s top newspaper. She was one of 14 business people to attend the roundtable. Prof. David Hunter-Chester;” “The Future of North Korea,” by Lt. Col. Danny Wallace; and “Southeast Asia,” by Professors Jeff Maxcy and Stuart Lyon. At the end of the second day, Col. Buckley and CGSC Foundation Chairman Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Robert Arter, presented the participants with certificates and Prof. Greg Cook, Prof. David Hunter-Chester Lt. Col. Danny coins. Arter also recognized each CGSC Foundation Chairman Lt. Gen. Wallace, Prof. Jeff Maxcy and Prof. Stuart Lyon, all from (Ret.) Robert Arter presents Maj. Elliott CGSC’s Department of Joint, Interagency and Multinational of the student participants with Rogers with a Foundation coin for his par- Operations, provide background presentations on Asian topics Foundation coins. ticipation in the November 2011 National during the November 2011 roundtable. Security Roundtable.
www.cgscf.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 17 ‘While You
Were Sleeping: by M ark H. W iggins P hoto Pearls of Wisdom in the A view of the Eisenhower Auditorium in the old Bell Hall building. Note the blue walls, which caused CGSC students to label this as the “big blue bedroom” since many stu- Command and General dents allegedly had a hard time staying awake during presentations there. Staff College’s Blue
Bedroom’—A ‘book-in- th e Lam p progress’ report A view of the new Eisenhower Auditorium in the Lewis and Clark Center dur- ing a visiting presentation by Lt. Gen. Vincent Brooks, commander of Third by Lt. Col. Eric Hollister by Prudence S ie b er t , Army/U.S. Army Central. Some current and former students still jokingly refer to this new auditorium as the “big bedroom.” P hoto
hile You Were Sleeping Chief, Chairman of the Joint Staff, Army similar advice to the CGSC students: will represent a first- or Defense Secretary, Congressman, or The Army today also needs ideas in ever published account President. Some additional speakers an area of which on the surface may Wof the remarks delivered of historical significance will be not seem tailored to the requirements by speakers at the U.S. Army Command included as well. The selected tapes of the battlefield. Today we must and General Staff College. The tongue- span just over 50 years, from 1949 to provide “Cold War Soldiers” as well as in-cheek title will be very familiar 2001, as this period is both historically battlefield commanders and planners. to current and former students of the interesting and releasable. Recordings For in this half-peace, half-war, neither college who have jokingly called the within this range yielded over 140 hours the soldier or the diplomat alone can lead college’s Eisenhower Auditorium the of remarks in 124 separate speaking the American people in a wise course “big blue bedroom” (blue being the engagements. of action…Nearly every international color of the auditorium walls in Bell As opposed to presenting them arrangement, political, economic, or Hall, the former CGSC building), chronologically, the speakers’ remarks diplomatic has its military implications. where students have notoriously been will be organized into thematic Our Army leaders must be statesmen accused and accused each other of groupings, representing the high points as well as soldiers. As Gen. Bradley sleeping during presentations. of the appearances. The planned has said, the soldier must have the The Combined Arms Research groupings are the Army, leadership, education, the scope of imagination, Library (CARL) Archives has values, civil-military relations, current and the background that allows him to a collection of well over 500 guest events, war, post-war drawdown, perform his role in the military area of speaker tapes going back to the late modernization, and future predictions. policy determination. 1940s, including remarks by senior A chapter on jokes will also be included, This collection of original source military and civilian leadership. The as every speaker seemed inclined to try material is a national treasure, and tapes represent an amazing time capsule their hand at levity. contains a truly fascinating running of original source material containing One theme that cuts across all of the commentary about our Army, our the views of these leaders on important topics above is that there appear to be military, and our Nation. Hopefully the events impacting the military. As they no problems or scenarios that the Army published account of a small portion of are in the archives and recorded on hasn’t faced before. For example, this archive will bring them to life for a outdated formats (mostly reel, cassette, the 1990’s introduced the “strategic much wider audience than is currently and VHS tape), they have, for the corporal” concept, and warned that possible. most part, been untouched since their military leaders have to be more than recording. Since they are so numerous, professional soldiers in order to handle Editor’s Note: The CGSC Foundation the intent of this book is to focus on the current mission set. In June 1952, provided a research grant for this book remarks delivered by those who held during the Korean War, Secretary of project in return for the right to publish important positions such as Service the Army Frank Pace Jr. delivered the work upon completion.
18 - CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS www.cgscf.org WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Former Commandants of the Command and General Staff College Lieutenant General John E. Miller Lt. Gen. John E. Miller was the Commandant of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College from 1993-1995. He also served as the Deputy Commandant during the period 1989-1991 and as an Author-Instructor, Department of Tactics (1974-1977). He is currently the president and founder of his own independent consulting firm, Miller Analytics, LLC and lives with his wife Joan in Kansas City, Missouri. Lt. Gen. Miller retired from the Army in 1997 after several distinguished assignments including Infantry company command and district advisory tours in Vietnam; commanding the 1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, as well as serving as that division’s chief of staff; serving as the Assistant Division Commander of the 8th Infantry Division; Deputy Commandant of CGSC; Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); and of course his tour as CGSC Commandant. His last assignment was Deputy Commanding General (Futures), TRADOC (1995-1997). After retiring from the Army, Lt. Gen. Miller was a Vice President of Oracle Corporation, then a Division President of L-3 Communications before starting his own business. He is also currently Vice Chairman and trustee of the CGSC Foundation and has served on numerous other boards and advisory groups in his post-military career. From all of us, to Lt. Gen. Miller -- a hearty hello, salute and thank you for your service to our great institution.
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CGSS Class 2012-02 opens
Capt. Jean Ouango of Burkina Faso enters the stage with his nation’s colors during the international flag ceremony, signifying the start of the 2012-02 Intermediate Level Education class, Feb. 13, 2012, at the Lewis and Clark Center. This is the College’s traditional ceremony that occurs on opening day for each class. Significant in the 2012-02 class is the presence of an officer from the Republic of Tajikistan, the first time that country has sent an officer here. Capt. Mehriddin Odinaev from Tajikistan, posted his flag alongside 45
Leavenw o r th Lam p c o ur t es y CGSC and th e Fo r and inf o . P hoto other international military students during the ceremony. www.cgscf.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 19 Photo Flash Photo Flash P hoto by M ark H. W iggins s c o ur t es y CGSC Pu bl ic A ffairs P hoto s CGSS Class 2011-02 Awards Vice Chief of Staff of Foundation CEO Bob Ulin poses for a photo with Maj. Matthew J. Patching from Australia, the recipient of the “General Dwight D. Eisenhower Award” the Army speaks at for class 11-02 which graduated Dec. 16, 2011. The Foundation sponsors most of the awards for each class including the General George C. Marshall December graduation Award, the General Dwight D. Eisenhower Award, the General George S. Patton, Jr. Patton Award, the Major General James M. Wright Award, Former Vice Chief of Staff of the Army the Birrer-Brookes Award for Outstanding MMAS Thesis, the Homeland Gen. Peter Chiarelli was the guest Security Studies Award, Military Instructor of the Year Award (only June speaker at the graduation ceremony for class), Civilian Instructor of the Year Award (only June class), the Major CGSS Class 2011-02 on Dec. 16, 2011. General Hans Schlup Award, and the Colin L. Powell Interagency Award. After his remarks Chiarelli presented the Gen. George C. Marshall Award to Maj. Anthony Gore, the top U.S. graduate in Photo Flash the class. Chiarelli retired after 41 years of service on Jan. 31, 2012.
Photo Flash s c o ur t es y CGSC Pu bl ic A ffairs P hoto s 31 graduate in SAMS Class 2011-02
Maj. Gen. David R. Hogg, commander of U.S. Army Africa, was the guest speaker for School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) Class 2011-02 on Dec.1, 2011. Hogg was a SAMS graduate himself. During the ceremony he presented a saber to Lt. Col. Ken Gleiman for the best monograph in the class of 31 students.
20 - CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS www.cgscf.org Photo Flash Combined Arms Center, CGSC celebrate the holidays
Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Greca, the senior noncommissioned officer for Fort Leavenworth and the Combined Arms Center, gets a present from Santa during the holiday party in the Lewis and Clark Center Dec. 9, 2011. The CGSC Foundation supports the event each year with main course menu items. photo c o ur t es y cgsc p u l ic affairs P hoto by M ark H. W iggins Photo Flash ‘Ascent of Money’ author lectures at CGSC
On Nov. 16, Niall Ferguson, noted author and Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor at Harvard Business School, was a guest lecturer for the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College “Colin L. Powell Lecture Series” sponsored by the CGSC Foundation, Inc. Ferguson provided what most students believed to be one of the most compelling presentations by a guest lecturer they had witnessed. Ferguson also visited a few staff groups and had lunch with a mixed audi- ence of CGSC staff and faculty and CGSC Foundation trustees. P hoto by M ark H. W iggins
Photo Flash CGSC grads in Romania
Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell, IV, former Commandant of CGSC and current command- er U.S. Army North, traveled to Romania in October 2011 while still assigned as com- mander of the NATO Training Mission- s c o ur t es y CGSC Pu bl ic A ffairs P hoto s Afghanistan to speak at the Romanian National Defense University. While there he was approached by one of the instructors who graduated from CGSC in 2010. Additionally, the commander of the Romanian NDU, Lt. Gen. Teodor Frunzeti (right in the photo), is a graduate and a member of the CGSC Hall of Fame. Caldwell and the two Romanian alums are pictured here. cO UR T ES Y PHOTO
www.cgscf.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 21 Four officers join International Vitalie Marinuta, Minister of Defense, Republic of Moldova, Hall of Fame CGSC Class of 2000 by Melissa Bower, Fort Leavenworth Lamp
n ambassador, two defense department chiefs and a commanding general of Aan army were inducted into the International Hall of Fame at Fort Leavenworth Oct. 6, 2011. Photographs of Ambassador Augostino Njoroge of Kenya; Lt. Gen. Sean McCann, chief of staff of Lt. Gen. Sean McCann, Chief of Staff, Defence Forces of the Defence Forces of Ireland; Vitalie Ireland, CGSC Class of 1990 Marinuta, minister of Defense for the Republic of Moldova, and Lt. Gen. Arturo Ortiz, commanding general of the Philippine Army, will join other photographs of former Command and General Staff College students on the fourth floor of the Lewis and Clark Center. The International Hall of Fame recognizes international CGSC students who have reached the highest positions in their nations’ armed forces or an equivalent position in a multinational military organization. One, Ortiz, has been awarded the Philippines’ highest military award for valor, the Medal Ambassador Augostino Njoroge, Kenyan Ambassador of Valor, his country’s equivalent to to Israel, CGSC Class of 1985 the U.S. Medal of Honor. Ortiz and Marinuta graduated from CGSC in 2000. Njoroge graduated in 1985 and McCann in 1990. CGSC Foundation Chairman Lt. Gen. Robert Arter, U.S. Army, Ret., was on hand to present each inductee with an eagle statuette memento of the occasion from the CGSC Foundation. P hoto s c o ur t es y CGSC Pu bl ic A ffairs Lt. Gen. Arturo Ortiz, 22 - CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS Commanding General, Philippine www.cgscf.org Army, CGSC Class of 2000 Sen. Jerry Moran packs the one mil- lionth book for the Help us Learn…Give Because a Soldier asked… Us Hope project. by Col. Gary LaGrange, U.S. Army, Ret. cO UR T ES Y PHOTO S uring the surge in Iraq, a battery commander from the Big Red One found A Soldier from the 1st Infantry Division passes that school children in his out backpacks with school supplies to Afghan D children. area of operations in Baghdad were without school supplies and teachers had few, if any, supplies. He believed that focusing on these children could assist in winning trust and good will among the people there. He expressed a need for help in obtaining those supplies and an organization was formed around his request called “Help us Learn…Give us Hope.” Simultaneously Soldiers from the 101st Airborne asked for the same support. Shipments began to Iraq and Afghanistan in January 2008. Today the A snapshot of the supplies provided program focuses on Afghanistan. to students—In addition, chalk, erasers, staplers, tape, sharpeners, Over the past four years, what was to be dictionaries and books are provided a short term project, has developed into for teachers. a larger program. With more than 2,000 Soldiers asking for support for basic reach the recipient in Afghanistan within we want most.” educational materials including books, a week. Books are sent primarily with The Afghan Ministry of Education supplies have been sent for more than deploying active and National Guard has agreed to open a “Help us Learn… 500,000 students and 17,500 teachers. units. All items shipped are screened for Give us Hope” Center in Kabul to assist Additionally, 1.25 million books have cultural appropriateness. A partnership in establishing libraries and distributing been sent to establish English libraries with the Kansas Department of school supplies across the country. across Iraq and Afghanistan. Education enables schools from across An additional site is open at Balkh With the support of Kansas Senator Kansas to contribute books and supplies. University. Afghan professors who are Jerry Moran, Gov. Sam Brownback, The response speaks to the value of the graduates of Kansas State University Kansas Adjutant General Maj. Gen. effort. Help us Learn…Give us Hope, manage both sites. Lee Taffanelli and Brig. Gen. Eric Inc., a 501(c)(3) non profit corporation, Supplies have been sent to all services Peck, commander of the Kansas Army has three objectives: enhance the and to State department representatives. National Guard, Kansas National Guard learning experience for students in areas The organization is run completely by armories were opened to serve as where our soldiers operate, enable our volunteers with all monetary donations collection, packing and shipping sites. soldiers to win trust and good will, going directly to shipping or to Founded and managed by retired Army and engage citizens of the U.S. in purchasing items so that even sets can Colonel Gary LaGrange, a multiple the process. Feedback from soldiers, be sent. tour Viet Nam veteran, the hub of the teachers, village elders, students and Thousands of donors and volunteers “Help us Learn…Give us Hope” is the State Department representatives has from businesses, schools, churches, Manhattan National Guard armory. been overwhelmingly positive with service organizations and clubs Donations from many organizations requests to expand the program. Nasir across the U.S. provide the supplies and individuals are assembled into Afridi, an Afghan teacher, expresses a and labor. The Kansas National increments for 400 to 1200 students much-repeated message, “Our future is Guard is also considering a much- and their teachers. The supplies are then in our children and the very best way expanded role in the future. See packed by volunteers and shipped via for you to win our trust is to help them www.helpuslearngiveushope.org for priority mail to soldiers. Supplies usually become educated. After peace, it is what additional information. P hoto s c o ur t es y CGSC Pu bl ic A ffairs
www.cgscf.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 23 An Academic Excursion by Maj. James Greaves, British Army
n the immediate aftermath of World War II, Field Marshal Viscount William ‘Bill’ Slim did not receive Ithe same level of praise accorded to other British and American General Officers. Published in 1957, Slim’s autobiography Defeat into Victory, was an instant bestseller. Unexpectedly, Slim had propelled himself from relative obscurity to critical acclaim. Slim joined the British Army in 1914, on the eve of World War I. Slim saw action and was wounded at Gallipoli. He fought alongside the Gurkha’s in that
campaign and greatly respected their Left, Lord John Slim and Major James Greaves. ferocity in the face of the enemy. After The portrait is of Field Marshal Viscount Slim. convalescing in India, he transferred Right, Major James Greaves at work in the MOD to 1st Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles, archives. then part of the British Indian Army. During the interwar period, he actively fighting in the jungle endeared him participated in campaigns to protect to U.S. General ‘Vinegar’ Joe Stilwell the North Western Corner of India, and his Chinese soldiers. Their mutual now modern day Pakistan. For a time, respect for one another helped ease Abbottabad housed Slim’s Regiment, a sometimes difficult relationship the a location recently propelled onto the Allies had over strategic and operational world stage as the erstwhile home of policy in that theater. Osama Bin Laden. A fluent Hindu and Although the Combined Arms
Gurkhali speaker, his soldiers trusted Research Library (CARL) database Co ur t es y P hotoS and respected his leadership. is vast, key information on Slim was stories of his father’s exploits, bringing The School of Advanced Military not available and so it was necessary to life the pages of Defeat into Victory. Studies (SAMS) requires every student to spend a week in the UK delving Of note, Lord Slim mentioned that his to complete an operationally focused through the Ministry of Defence (MOD) father, after completing the defeat of the monograph. Slim’s penetrating mind, archives. Professor Steve Bourque, Japanese in Burma, noted that in war “no enduring sense of humility and a life a SAMS historian, forged a link to quarter is given or asked.” Bill Slim’s dedicated to professional soldiering, led key personalities in the archives who steely professionalism and unshakable me to conclude that there could be no were able to preselect certain items for character endured from the retreat from other commander worthy of attention. perusal. Robert Lyman, an author of a Burma to India in 1941-42, to the later A self-deprecating man, Slim attributed number of books on Slim, graciously successes of 1944-45 and the eventual the successes of his command to others. gave his valuable time to discuss his victory shared by all Allied forces. In Defeat into Victory, Slim offered significant knowledge on Slim. Huge thanks goes to Bob Evans the “resourcefulness of my subordinate Finally, I had the privilege of meeting and his team at the UK Ministry of commanders and the stubborn valour of the Field Marshal’s son, Lord John Defence and to the CGSC Foundation my troops,” as reason for defeating the Slim. A deeply respected member of the for their financial support in allowing Japanese. House of Lords and a noted army officer this trip to be possible. Col (Ret.) Bob During the Burma Campaign, Slim in his own right, he fought alongside his Ulin graciously supported the author succeeded in tying down and defeating father in Burma and went on to serve in covering all travel costs incurred. The a large portion of the Japanese Armed Korea and other trouble spots in the post trip would have not gone ahead without Forces. The shared difficulties of war period. Lord Slim recalled many the Foundation’s generosity.
24 - CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS www.cgscf.org CGSC offers course in genocide prevention and intervention by Professor Charles E. Heller, Ph.D., CGSC Department of Command and Leadership
The main entrance to the extermina- A student participant of the tion camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau. September 2010 Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation seminar takes a slow walk around the fence of the extermination camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau. cO UR T ES Y PHOTO he U.S. Army Command and Since the spring of 2010, General Staff College is poised CGSC, under the auspices of in a very crucial time as the the Auschwitz Institute for TUnited States enters the twenty- Peace and Reconciliation, has first century. The war in Iraq is over turned out 66 students who and the conflict in Afghanistan winding have qualified for Personal down. Once again the military faces Skill Identifier (PDSI) E9C downsizing. The question is, what is (Genocide Prevention) by next? What is the U.S. Army mission taking an elective course titled in the twenty-first century? How and “A731— Genocide and the what does it focus on to justify its Military Role: Identification existence? However, for the first time Prevention and Intervention.” the President of the U.S. has addressed This PDSI is awarded upon cO UR T ES Y PHOTO genocide and mass atrocities in the completion of the Raphael National Military Strategy (NSS), in Lemkin Seminar conducted at an earmark in the Army’s Appropriation May 2010. A subsection of the NSS the Auschwitz death Camp in Poland Bill 2010, by Congressman Steve Israel states “the United States will work where a certificate is awarded to the and cosponsored by Senator Chuck both multilaterally and bilaterally to participants. Students are challenged by Schumer. It was anticipated that after a mobilize diplomatic, humanitarian, the course rigor and the expertise of the period of time the CGSC would be able financial, and—in certain instances— AIPR international faculty. develop, under the auspices of AIPR, military means to prevent and respond “It has been more than a week since a program worthy of the “Intellectual to genocide and mass atrocities.” As this returning, and every time I close my Center of the Army.” However, after article is being written, the Executive eyes I still see Auschwitz,” said one three seminars funds became unavailable Branch is in the process of creating student. “Holding sessions in prisoner and the future seems bleak for this a “Interagency Atrocities Prevention barracks...very powerful…to stand in opportunity for CGSC students to support Board,” whose guidance on the subject the midst of such immense evil and feel the Army’s preparation for the uncertain is that “preventing mass atrocities and completely surrounded by death and world of the twenty-first century. genocide is a core national security suffering…There is no way to describe interest and a core moral responsibility it. I think it was especially meaningful Editor’s Note: The CGSC Foundation of the United States.” for us to go there in the context of being has supported this seminar program CGSC is the ideal point in a military mid-grade military officers. We may since its inception. The Foundation is officer’s career to study these issues actually be the ones who find ourselves currently publishing a Special Report because of their potential to advise in positions to do something about this on the prevention of genocide and mass senior officials, and to have long-term kind of horror.” atrocities support by a grant from Estée influence for the rest of their careers. The Auschwitz seminar was initiated as Lauder.
www.cgscf.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 25 Blue and Gold Star Service Flags, Banners, and Lapel Pins by Edwin L Kennedy, Lt. Col. U.S. Army, Ret. CGSC Dept. of Command and Leadership
ore than once, fellow veterans have mistaken some of us at CGSC for Mretired general officers. This is a result of a lapel pin we wear that represents we have sons serving in the armed forces during a time of conflict. It is interesting that this small symbol is mistaken as a non-existent general officer’s insignia even though it has been a traditional emblem since World War I. In 1917, Army Captain Robert Queisser designed a small banner to be hung in his window. The design of the banner was a white field, trimmed in red with blue stars in the center. The number of stars indicated the number of children in service. Queisser’s two stars denoted that he had two sons serving in France. So popular was the emblem that it quickly gained prominence around the country as other families fabricated hand-made copies to place in their windows showing that they also had children serving.
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the wear of gold stars on black armbands t es y by mothers who had lost sons while c o ur in service during war. This quickly transitioned to the Blue Star banners the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the The Service Flags, banners and pins where gold stars were affixed over the American Legion sell the banners and are authorized by the Department of blue ones to denote the death of a son at least one retailer will provide Gold Defense for display by families who during conflict. During World War II Star banners for free. have a member serving in the U.S. the banners were once again brought The pins, banners and flags are Armed Forces. Service Flags are also out and were very popular with families worn or displayed when the family authorized for organizations such as the who had members serving. The display member is serving during a time of Command and General Staff College of the flags was widespread and I have conflict, no matter where. Title 36, to honor its members serving during a never met a member of the “Greatest USC, Section 901 states the “…the period of war or hostilities. Generation” that did not know the flag to be displayed by members of the meaning of the banners. immediate family of persons in military Editor’s Note: Kennedy’s eldest son The banners fell in popularity during service during time of hostilities is served in the Navy and he has another the Korean and Vietnam wars but have legally, officially designated as the son who is an Army armor captain. Both made a comeback since 9-11. Both ‘Service Flag.’” have served in the Persian Gulf region.
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CGSC Class of 1978 conducts 17th reunion at Fort Leavenworth by Mark H. Wiggins, Mananging Editor
he CGSC class of 1978 is likely one of the most active international alumni groups of the College. European members of the class have Tconducted a reunion every two years since 1979 and chose Fort Leavenworth as the site of their 17th reunion in September 2011. Alumni and their spouses traveled to Fort Leavenworth from ten countries including Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Ireland, Israel, Norway, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and of course, the United States. Upon the group’s arrival, then Deputy Commandant of CGSC, Brig. Gen. Sean MacFarland, welcomed the group at a reception in the atrium of the Lewis and Clark Center. The deputy commandant of the 1978 class, CGSC Foundation Chairman Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Robert Arter, also photo
spent time with them at a welcome dinner. t es y
For three days, the alumni toured Fort Leavenworth Co ur to see what had changed and met with students of the Retired Lt. Gen. Percut Green, from Sweden poses under his photo in the International Officers’ Hall of Fame in the Lewis and Clark Center during the Class of 1978 current class to exchange views about international reunion at Fort Leavenworth in September 2011. Lt. Gen. Green was inducted into relationships and military studies. For the remainder of the CGSC International Hall of Fame in 1999, having qualified for induction based the three-day reunion some reunited with their former on his appointment as the Deputy Supreme Commander, Swedish Armed Forces.
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www.cgscf.org photoS t es y Co ur Members of the CGSC Class of 1978 gather for a group photo outside the Lewis and Clark Center during their 17th reunion conducted at Fort Leavenworth in September 2011. The program for the Class of 1978’s 17th sponsors and friends, some visited with old Memorial Chapel on reunion at Fort current students from their countries Fort Leavenworth. Hans Leavenworth in September 2011. and they even had the opportunity to Schlup from Switzerland, visit Kansas City to do a little shopping a Class of 1978 alumnus, is the officer significance and and visit the World War I museum. in whose name every CGSC class importance of international relations The class also commemorated Hans since 1997 awards the Major General developed through the network of Schlup and Holger Sammet, two of their Hans Schlup Award to an international friends and professional acquaintances old classmates no longer with them at the officer to recognize and promote the at CGSC.
Class of 1978 Reunions Class of 1978- 2011 Reunion Attendees 1979: Austria, Salzburg • Adi Radauer and wife Friedl, AUSTRIA 1981: Greece, Porto Carras • Paul Georis and wife Evelyne, BELGIUM 1983: Switzerland, Spitz • John Davidson and wife Phyllis, CANADA 1985: Denmark, Copenhagen • Leonce Ginzburger and wife Anne-Marie, FRANCE 1987: Spain, Madrid • Edmond Heskin and wife Madeleine, IRELAND 1989: Sweden, Stockholm • Gideon Avidor and wife Maggie, ISRAEL 1991: Belgium, Brussels • Svein Lysgaard and wife Elsie Marie, NORWAY 1993: The Netherlands, Delft • Teunis Kruijf and wife Aleida, NETHERLANDS 1995: France, Bordeaux • Percurt Green and wife Britt, SWEDEN 1997: Germany, Berlin • George Latham and wife Elisabeth, UNITED KINGDOM 1999: Norway, Stavanger-Bergen • Robert Ballagh and wife Ella, USA 2001: Ireland, Dublin • Bill Harvey and wife Sue, USA 2003: Great Britain, Scotland • Howard Kirk and wife Joyce, USA 2005: Denmark, Vordingborg • Bradley Petersen and wife Sue, USA 2007: Vienna, Vienna • Robert Ulin and wife Terri, USA 2009: Israel, Tel Aviv 2011: USA, Fort Leavenworth www.cgscf.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 29 David began working at the family David Beaham business, The Faultless Starch Bon Ami Company, shortly after college. He was (Nov. 26, 1963-Oct. 7, 2011) a fifth-generation member of the family that founded the company, which dates avid Gordon Beaham, back to 1887, when Thomas G. Beaham president of Faultless Starch/ came to Kansas City. He bought into Bon Ami Co. of Kansas a coffee, tea and spice company that DCity, and one of the original became Beaham & Moffit and then later founding trustees of the Command and Faultless Starch. General Staff College Foundation, died Faultless bought Bon Ami and Oct. 7, 2011, at age 47. changed its name in 1974 to Fault Beaham suffered of a heart attack less Starch/Bon Ami, which makes and on a weekend trip to a lodge in the markets laundry and household cleaning Brainerd, Minn., area. products, candles and air fresheners, and David was a founding trustee lawn and garden products. His father, who pledged his support at the very Gordon T. Beaham III, is company beginning of the creation of the CGSC chairman, and his brother, Robert B. Foundation in 2006. He believed of the College and a fierce advocate of Beaham, is vice chairman. passionately about CGSC and the role it the importance of CGSC. David was Beaham was a 1987 graduate of the plays in the development of our military also a major supporter of the Business University of Kansas. He is survived by leaders. He was a great supporter of the Executives of National Security (BENS) his wife Tricia Brown Beaham and three International Military Student Division nationally and in Kansas City. children, Taylor, Parker, and Gracie. Gen. Donn A. Starry (May 31, 1925-Aug. 26, 2011)
eneral Donn A. Starry, 86, followed by assignment in Germany as a general best known for Commander of V Corps 1976-77. As training and educating the Commanding General of the United GArmy in the “AirLand Battle States Army Training and Doctrine Doctrine” during his time as commander Command from 1977 to 1981, he is of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine credited with formulating AirLand Battle Command, died Aug. 26 at his home in doctrine, which prepared the Army for Canton, Ohio. war fighting in the 1980s-90s and early Gen. Starry graduated from the United 21st Century. It has also been said States Military Academy at West Point that his championship of the innovative in 1948, after having enlisted in the training and leadership concept of Army in 1943. His early career included “Sergeant’s Time” and his faith in the command and staff assignments in Army Noncommissioned Officer Corps Germany, Korea and Vietnam. He was decisive in rebuilding effective commanded the 1st Battalion, 32d Army leaders after the Vietnam War. He Armor in Germany, and in 1969 concluded his career as Commander-in- commanded the 11th Armored Cavalry Chief U.S. Readiness Command (1981- Regiment in Vietnam and Cambodia. 83) retiring in 1983. He is a graduate of the Command and In 1971, Starry became the Director General Starry is the author of General Staff College Class of 1960. of Force Management on the Army numerous articles in military professional He also attended the Armed Forces Staff Staff. In 1973, he became Commanding journals. He has written or edited several College, and the Army War College. General, U.S. Army Armor Center, books and most recently he was the
30 - CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS www.cgscf.org subject of a book, entitled Press On, Group, and later as Executive Vice Calvary Memorial Foundation; as a containing selected papers from his President of Ford Aerospace and Special member of the Washington Institute of career. His awards and decorations Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer Foreign Affairs; and as a member of the include the Defense Distinguished of BDM International. He served as board of the Eisenhower Foundation in Service Medal, two awards of the Army a member of the Board of Maxwell Abilene, Kan. General Starry came to Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Laboratories from 1988 to 1993, and Stark County in 2010 with his wife and Star, the Bronze Star with “V” device, from 1996 to 1998, was Chairman of the Canton native Karen Deitrick Starry. the Soldier’s Medal, the Purple Heart, Board as the company became Maxwell Gen. Starry is survived by his wife of the Legion of Merit with two Oak Technologies. He has also served as two years, the former Karen Deitrick; Leaf Clusters, the Distinguished Flying Chairman of the Board of Universal four children from his first marriage, Cross, and the Air Medal with nine Oak Voltronics in Brookfield, Conn. In retired Army Col. Michael Starry of Leaf Clusters. 1991, he became a Senior Fellow on Newport News, Va., Paul Starry of Upon retirement from the Army, the faculty of the Joint and Combined Hilton Head, S.C., Melissa Starry of Starry joined Ford Aerospace, serving Warfighting School at the Joint Forces Baltimore and Melanie Mohler of first as Vice President and General Staff College. General Starry served Seattle; one sister; seven grandchildren; Manager of Ford’s Space Missions as Chairman of the Board of the U.S. and three great-grandchildren. Army’s first SMA dies
he first sergeant major of the of Military History, “I wanted to wear a Army, William O. Wooldridge, Soldier uniform. I wanted to be a Soldier, died March 5, in El Paso, Texas, and I wanted to get the hell out of Brown Tat age 89. County, Texas.” When Wooldridge beat out 4,700 He enlisted at Fort Worth, Texas on candidates in 1966 for a new position Nov. 11, 1940 and served until 1972, created by the chief of staff of the Army, amassing a much-decorated career over he had been serving for a year as 1st three wars and 14 campaigns. Infantry Division sergeant major in the He was awarded the Silver Star Republic of Vietnam. for gallantry at the battle for Aachen, Wooldridge served as sergeant major of Germany in October 1944 and also the Army from July 11, 1966, after leaving received a Purple Heart for injuries. He Vietnam and arriving at the Pentagon in was awarded a second Silver Star for his jungle fatigues, through September gallantry during the Battle of the Bulge 1968 and is credited with improving the in December 1944, while serving as a status of the noncommissioned Officers platoon sergeant. Corps. After serving as sergeant major of the As Sergeant Major of the Army, He did this by: Army, Wooldridge returned to Vietnam as Wooldridge traveled wherever Soldiers • Starting the first Major Command sergeant major of the Military Assistance were stationed to listen to their concerns Sergeants Major Conference in Command Vietnam, becoming the only while strengthening and preserving the 1966 which resulted in a multitude SMA to return to field duty after serving rich history of the NCO Corps, “the of proposals to enhance and improve in the top enlisted position. backbone of the Army.” the training, morale and readiness of Born Aug. 12, 1922, near Shawnee, Wooldridge retired in 1972 after more noncommissioned officers across the Okla., Wooldridge’s family moved about than 30 years of service. He lived in Santa Army five years later to his father’s home state Teresa, N.M. He died Monday, March 5, • Recommending the Sergeants Major of Texas where he later enlisted in the 2012 at Beaumont Army Medical Center Academy Army after persuading his dad to let him on Fort Bliss, Texas, and is survived by • Recommending the command sergeant go. his wife Patty. major program “I had this one thing on my mind,” Funeral services for Woolridge were • Recommending the standardized NCO said Wooldridge in a Feb. 2001 interview still pending as the Foundation News was promotion process with Sgt. Maj. Don Elder from the Center going to press.
www.cgscf.org CGSC FOUNDATION NEWS - 31 IN print Books authored by CGSC staff, faculty and alumni
Long Range Guns, Close Quarter Combat: The Third United States Artillery Regiment in the War of 1812 by Richard V. Barbuto; 144 pages black-and-white art/illustrations; appendices; notes; Old Fort Niagra Association, 2010. Available from the Old Fort Niagra Association, ph: 716-745-7611.
“Barbuto places the Third Artillery’s narrative against a proper historical context and properly devotes much space to the senior officers—George Armistead, Ichabod Crane, George Isard, Aleander Macomb and George Mitchell—who raised, trained and commanded it in action. The result is an interesting and informative work of regimental history that might serve as a model of its kind.”—Donald E. Graves, The War of 1812 Magazine.
by Richard V. Barbuto, is professor and deputy director of the Dept. of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He is a retired Army lieutenant colonel who served 23 years in the armor branch from 1971-1994. He holds a Ph.D. in American history from the University of Kansas and is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.
The Road to Safwan: The 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry in the 1991 Persian Gulf War by Stephen A. Borque and John W. Burdan, III; 311 pages; black-and-white art/illustrations; 5 figures; 8 maps; notes; bibliography; index; University of North Texas Press, 2007. Available on amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com - $27.95.
The Road to Safwan is a complete history of the 1st Infantry Division’s cavalry unit fighting in Operation Desert Storm. Stephen A. Bourque and John W. Burdan III served in the 1st Infantry--Bourque in Division Headquarters, Burdan as the Operations Officer of the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry. Based on extensive interviews and primary sources, Bourque and Burdan provide the most in-depth coverage to date of a battalion-level unit in the 1991 war, showing how the unit deployed, went into combat, and adapted to changing circumstances.
Stephen A. Borque is an associate professor of military history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He served in the 1st Infantry Division earning a Bronze Star during Operation Desert Storm. He retired from the Army after 20 years of enlisted and commissioned service, later obtaining his Ph.D. from Georgia State University. John W. Burdan, III, is a retired Army officer who graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1977. He served as an armor officer in the 1st Infantry Division receiving the Bronze Star and Bronze Star with V device dur- ing Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
All for the King’s Shilling: The British Soldier under Wellington, 1808-1814 by Edward J. Coss; 392 pages; black-and-white photos; charts; tables, index; University of Oklahoma Press, 2010. Available on amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com - $39.95.
The British troops who fought so successfully under the Duke of Wellington during his Peninsular Campaign against Napoleon have long been branded by the duke’s own words—“scum of the earth”—and assumed to have been society’s ne’er-do-wells or criminals who enlisted to escape justice. Now Edward J. Coss shows to the contrary that most of these redcoats were respectable laborers and tradesmen and that it was mainly their working-class status that prompted the duke’s derision. Driven into the army by unemployment in the wake of Britain’s industrial revolution, they confronted wartime hardship with ethical values and became formidable soldiers in the bargain.
Edward J. Coss is an associate professor of military history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Belvoir, Va., satellite campus. He was the 2010 CGSC and Army Educator of the Year.
U.S. Government Counterterrorism: A Guide to Who Does What by Michael B. Kraft and Edward Marks; 365 pages; black-and-white illustrations/figures; endnotes; bibliography; index; Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 2012. Available on amazon.com (hardback - $61; Kindle - $55) and barnesand- noble.com (hardback and Nook versions- $69.95).
U.S. Government Counterterrorism: A Guide to Who Does What is the first readily available, unclassified guide to the many U.S. government agencies, bureau offices, and programs involved in all aspects of countering terrorism domesti- cally and overseas. The authors, veterans of the U.S. government’s counterterrorism efforts, present a rare insider’s view of the counterterrorism effort, addressing such topics as government training initiatives, weapons of mass destruction, interagency coordination, research and development, and the congressional role in policy and budget issues.
Michael B. Kraft is a counterterrorism consultant, writer and editor with more than 25 years experience working on terrorism issues in the State Department, Congress and the private sector. After retiring as a senior advisor in the State Department Counterterrorism Office, he served as an adjunct counterterrorism faculty member at the National Defense University Africa Center for Strategic Studies. Edward Marks retired as a senior foreign service officer (minister-coun- selor) in 1995. Since then, Ambassador Marks has engaged in consulting, lecturing, and writing, primarily on terrorism, interagency coordination, United Nations’ affairs, and complex international emergencies. He has written extensively on these and other subjects. He is also a member of the advisory council of the CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center for the Study of Interagency Cooperation at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
www.cgscf.org Sacrifice for God and Country by Monsignor (Brig. Gen.) Thaddeus F. Malanowski, U.S. Army, Ret.; 249 pages – paperback only; black-and-white pho- tos; CreateSpace, 2011. Available on amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com - $17.
This is the autobiography of a Roman Catholic Priest/Chaplain who rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the U.S. Army, reflecting on his experiences as a priest and soldier. In addition to his priestly duties following his military service, Monsignor Malanowski served the poor of Haiti and was the court appointed chaplain to Terri Schindler Schiavo of which a considerable portion of this book reflects on the true value of human life. Travel with him through the 20th century as he reflects on his interaction with several U.S. Presidents, church leaders and Soldiers such as Elvis Presley.
Chaplain (Brig. Gen.) Thaddeus F. Malanowski, U.S. Army, Ret., served 28 years in the U.S. Army, retiring in 1978 while assigned as Deputy Chief of Army Chaplains in the Pentagon. He is a graduate of the 1962 class of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.
The Clausewitz Delusion: How the American Army Screwed Up the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (A Way Forward) by Stephen L. Melton; 306 pages; two figures; annex; index; Zenith Press, Inc., 2009. Available amazon.com (hardback - $11.94; Kindle - $12.29); and barnesandnoble.com - $20.89.
This book reveals the failings of the U.S. Army in its adoption of a postmodern “Full Spectrum Operations” doctrine, which codifies Clauswitzian thinking. Such an approach, the author contends, leaves the military without the doctrine, training base, or force structure necessary to win offensive wars in our time. Instead, the author suggests, the army should adopt a new doctrinal framework based on an analysis of the historical record and previously successful American methods of war. A clear and persuasive critique of current operative ideas about warfare, The Clausewitz Delusion lays out a new explanation of victory in war, based on an analysis of wartime casualties and post-conflict governance. It is a book of critical importance to policymakers, statesmen, and military strategists at every level.
Retired Army Lt. Col. Stephen L. Melton is an assistant professor in the Center for Army Tactics at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Win the Money War: A Straightforward Plan for Service Members by Lt. Col. James D. Redwine; 151 pages; hyper-linked table of contents; Self-published, 2010. Available on Amazon.com (Kindle version only) and BarnesandNoble.com (Nook version only) - $9.99.
In Win the Money War, Lt. Col. Jim Redwine goes beyond simply explaining “what” monetary tools exist to help ser- vice members in their investment strategies. Such information is already available in many financial catalogues. Instead, Redwine shows service members exactly “how” to build long-term financial security. Redwine identifies the economic “enemy forces” that are currently threatening service members’ financial health. He then gives service members financial “maneuvers” for successfully combating those forces, regardless of the nation’s current economic challenges.
Lt. Col. Jim Redwine currently serves on the staff of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Military Academy and a Master of Business Administration from Touro University International. His military service includes deployments to Operations Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom.
Lawful Orders by Jonathan P. Tomes; 274 pages; Veterans Press, 1998. Available on amazon.com - $19.
Lawful Orders is a novel that explores the converse of the Ollie North situation: what happens when a military officer dis- obeys the stupid order? While a student at the Army’s Command and General Staff College, the book’s main character, Maj. James Thomas, is court-martialled for having disobeyed a lawful, but stupid order he had received while he was a platoon leader in Vietnam to get his platoon on line and charge a machine gun, an order that would have killed perhaps as many as a dozen men for no good tactical reason. Thomas’ dilemma is one the military must face even today: How many lives do we sacrifice in support of poorly defined military objectives?
Jonathan P. Tomes is a retired Army lieutenant colonel who served as an infantry platoon leader in Vietnam. He later became a military prosecutor, military defense counsel, military judge, the president of a general court-martial, and the chief military law instructor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He is currently a partner in a Kansas City law firm. He is also the author of “The Servicemember’s Legal Guide” (Stackpole Books, 3rd ed.) and numerous other nonfiction books and law review articles. “Lawful Orders” is his first novel.
The Tet Offensive: A Concise History by James H. Willbanks; 264 pages; maps; notes; chronology; glossary; reference documents; resources; index; Columbia University Press, 2007. Available on amazon.com (paperback - $26; Kindle - $13) and barnesandnoble.com (paperback - $26; Nook - $22).
In the Tet Offensive of 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces launched a massive countrywide attack on South Vietnam. Though the Communists failed to achieve their tactical and operational objectives, James Willbanks claims Hanoi won a strategic victory. The offensive proved that America’s progress was grossly overstated and caused many Americans and key presidential advisors to question the wisdom of prolonging combat. Willbanks also maintains that the Communists laid siege to a Marine combat base two weeks prior to the Tet Offensive—known as the Battle of Khe Sanh—to distract the United States. It is his belief that these two events are intimately linked, and in his concise and compelling history, he presents an engaging portrait of the conflicts and singles out key problems of interpretation.
James H. Willbanks, Ph.D., is the General of the Armies 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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