The Command and General Staff College (C&GSC) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas is a United States Army facility that functions as a graduate school for U.S. military and foreign military leaders. It was originally established in 1881 as a school for infantry and cavalry.

The development of the college has been parallel with the increasing professionalization of the U.S. Army, reaching its present form in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.

Mission Statement

The US Army Command & General Staff School educates and trains intermediate level Army Officers, International Officers, Sister Service Officers, and Interagency leaders prepared to operate in full spectrum Army, joint, interagency, and multinational operations as field grade commanders and staff officers.

Notable foreign CGSC alumni

• General Do Cao Tri
• General Hau Pei-tsun of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
• President Paul Kagame of Rwanda
• General Jehangir Karamat of Pakistan
• General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani of Pakistan
• Prime Minister and Brigadier-General Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore
• General Dieudonné Kayembe Mbandakulu of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• President Gaafar Nimeiry of Sudan
• General Nguyen Hop Doan of South Vietnam
• General Nguyen Khanh of South Vietnam
• President and General Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia
• General Alfredo M. Santos of the Philippines
• General Moeen U Ahmed of Bangladesh
• General Arne Dagfin Dahl of Norway

External links

• Official website
• Command and General Staff College, Combined Arms Research Library
• Command and General Staff College, Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library