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Spring 2014 Meeting in LTG (Ret) Thomas G Congratulations to International Hall of Fame inductees and to Outstanding Alums! E F G O E U L N L D O A C T R I A O W N Y I M N R C A . 3 Commandants Update 9 New Life Members 18 Books by Grads & Faculty 5 IF Hall of Fame 11 PKSOIs 20th Anniversary 19 Fellows Update SPRING 6 Outstanding Alums 12 News & Events 22 TAPS & Tributes 2014 8 25th SSI Strategy Conference 14 Two Special Reunions 25 Mailbag E F G O E U L N L D O A C T R I A O W N Y I M N R C A Message from the President . Greetings to all USAWC graduates and friends of the Foundation, President Your Foundation Board of Trustees held its Spring 2014 meeting in LTG (Ret) Thomas G. Rhame Columbus, Georgia, home of the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence and Ft. Benning. Special thanks to the Commanding Vice President General, MG H.R. McMaster, USAWCF ‘03, for his warm Mr. Frank C. Sullivan welcome and to COL (Ret) Bob Poydasheff, RES ’76 and 2012 Trustees Outstanding Alum, for his critical planning assistance. Thanks also LTG (Ret) Richard F. Timmons (President Emeritus) to COL (Ret) Greg Camp, RES ‘89, Executive Director of the MG (Ret) William F. Burns (President Emeritus) NationalNi lIf Infantry MMuseum, for the perfect USAWC alumni dinner venue. Across the post and Mrs. Charlotte H. Watts (Trustee Emerita) throughout the Columbus area, we saw many USAWC graduates in positions of responsibility, Dr. Elihu Rose (Trustee Emeritus) serving in the kinds of senior positions for which the College prepared them. Mr. Russell T. Bundy (Foundation Advisor) COL (Ret) Buddy G. Beck While at Ft. Benning, our LTG (Ret) Dennis L. Benchoff Trustees were able to experience Mr. Steven H. Biondolillo the professionalism of today’s Mr. Norman P. Blake military, helping provide insight LTG (Ret) Ronald R. Blanck that translates to better support MG Wesley E. Craig for the USAWC preparation of Mr. Charles A. Donabedian leaders for tomorrow. Thanks Ms. Jo Blanche Dutcher Ms. Susan Finco to COL Scott King, RES ’11 COL (Ret) Peter C. Langenus Class President, for hosting us Mr. Amir Lear at a BCT Graduation and later Ms. Jessica R. Mitchell in his 194th Armored Brigade BG (Ret) Harold W. Nelson area. We saw magnifi cent Mr. Richard A. Pattarozzi Soldiers at every turn! LTG (Ret) James B. Peake LTG (Ret) Michael D. Rochelle The fi nal highlight of our trip Ms. Judith M. Victor to Columbus was attending the Vietnam Commemoration Special Liaison MG Anthony A. Cucolo III, Commandant, USAWC Dinner with noted journalist and author Joe Galloway on Faculty Liaisons the eve of the dedication of COL (Ret) Philip M. Evans the Dignity Memorial Vietnam Col (Ret) Michael A. Marra, USAF Wall. Among the Vietnam Medal of Honor recipients Chief Executive Offi cer COL (Ret) Ruth B. Collins honored was COL (Ret) Gordon R. Roberts, RES ’08, Director for Development for actions as a Specialist in LTC (Ret) Daniel L. Monken Vietnam, July 11, 1969. Foundation & Alumni Affairs Staff Janine Farson, Bookkeeper On the back cover of this Donna Gellert, Administrative Asst. magazine is another photo Linda Caton, Alumni Affairs Offi ce Manager of our great Trustees taken Donna Bullis, Alumni Affairs Asst. during the Ft. Benning trip. Nancy Johnson, Alumni Affairs Asst. I cannot say enough about this exceptional group of The Army War College Foundation and Alumni News is published by professional and dedicated the Army War College Foundation, Inc. The Foundation is a non-profi t, volunteers who serve our Lear Langenus Roberts Dutcher Mitchell tax-exempt, publicly supported organization under sections 501(c) Beck Biondolillo Rhame Sullivan (3) and 509(a)(1) of the IRS code. All donations are tax deductible Foundation and you. They pay to the extent allowed by law. The contents of this magazine are not their own transportation to our the offi cial views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, or the meetings, their own lodging, and they contribute their talents and resources to the furtherance Department of the Army. of the Foundation mission. Mission of the Army War College Foundation ENRICH . .the College’s academic environment, Thanks always to the College Public Affairs Offi ce and the Photo Lab for their continued ENHANCE . .research and outreach, FOSTER . .fraternity among alumni, support through many courtesy photos and stories. ENCOURAGE . .excellence in faculty and students, ENSURE . .preparation of outstanding leaders for the U.S. military, other government agencies, and LTG (Ret) Thomas G. Rhame, RES ’81, President our international allies. 2 Foundation & Alumni News Spring 2014 COMMANDANT U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE DOT-DOT-DOT-DASH. if there is one two-star in the Army who can keep us on the For those of you who can recall Morse Code, that is the code trajectory of strategic relevance for the Army, the joint force for the letter “V” and was a frequently-used brevity code and in aggressively spirited engagement in national security transmission in World War II for the word “Victory.” That discourse, it is Bill Rapp. He is an incredibly distinguished is my transmission to you, alumni and friends of The War warrior intellectual in every sense of those words and he is College, in my last column to you all as your Commandant. no stranger to academic settings or achieving the highest standards of excellence in those settings. We are truly The “victory,” albeit minor and inconsequential to most, is in fortunate and he will be an outstanding Commandant! the form of General Order 90-2013, signed by the Secretary of the Army on 19 December 2013, which places the US Another Great Issue Army War College under the Chief of Staff of the Army as a We have much to update you about since the last edition Direct Reporting Unit. We had been serving as a sub-element of this magazine. More Outstanding Alumni have been of Training and Doctrine Command since 2003. Now, I do added to the rolls of those distinguished graduates, and not consider the “victory” our departure from TRADOC -- in even more International Hall of Fame members have been fact, our supporting relationship to TRADOC has never been inducted – by this writing we will have 48 pictures hung in stronger or more close. Rather, the “victory” is the return the Hall of Fame. In this issue, we’ll also tell you about new of this national treasure of professional military education strategic leader development tasks from the Chief targeting and leader development to its proper position for greatest new Brigadiers and senior Command Sergeants Major. You impact and effect on the Army, on national security dialogue will read about the very fi rst international alumni program, in general, and on strategic leader development in the armed and hope you will spread the word about this now-annual forces and the interagency. As we descend into another event. The Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute era of scarce resources in a volatile and uncertain world, celebrated its 20th Anniversary in style, and was made a returning the center of strategic thought in the Army to its joint outfi t – PKSOI was named “executive agent” for all direct and unfettered link to the Army’s strategic leaders is US Armed Forces Peace and Stability Operations. We had a victory for the service. And it certainly sends a message the largest and most widely-viewed (thanks to the internet) to the force about what is valued in diffi cult times such Annual Strategy Conference as these: investment in our human capital through leader in April, the 25th such development and education. conference. These events andsomuchmoreare 50th Commandant covered within these Another message Secretary McHugh pages…and oh, by the way, and General Odierno are sending to Jim Thorpe Sports Days was the force is sent in the selection of revived, and the US Army my successor. MG Bill Rapp, RES War College (as you might ’04, the Army’s current Chief of expect) carried the event; the Legislative Liaison, will become the Commandants’ Cup remains MG Cucolo congratulates Col (Ret) Ben 50th Commandant this June. With his safely in Root Hall. Leitzel, USAF, Sports Day Advisor selection, there is no doubt that the Secretary of the Army and the Chief And About That Confederate Artwork Thing… of Staff of the Army are sending the I would like to take a moment in “my” space of this strongest possible message to the institution of the Army – magazine to once again fi re a broadside of information out and to all of us here at Carlisle Barracks – about the important there to those of you concerned about an incorrectly reported role The War College plays in our Army right now. The 50th incident that occurred here last fall. Commandant comes to us from one of the toughest two- star duties in the Army: Chief of Legislative Liaison…this Over Thanksgiving weekend of 2013, while relocating means that he has a deep understanding of all the challenges his offi ce to a new fl oor in Root Hall, one of my academic the Army and the joint force are facing today, and knows leaders looked outside his new offi ce location and decided to better than most offi cers the direction the Secretary of the change the look of the hallway. He took down off the wall a Army and the Chief of Staff of the Army want to take us. number of framed Civil War prints that depicted Confederate If there is one offi cer on the Army Staff who knows how States of America forces in action against Union forces or Washington runs and how the Army runs, it is MG Bill Rapp; depicted famous Confederate leaders.
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