News Archive

Thu, 2017-09-07 10:34

During the 108th Sustainment Brigade's MCT week on 14-18 August 2017, Mr. Van Noah of the University of North Carolina leads the unit in a Distribution Management Exercise. Lt. Col. Todd Alston, Deputy Chief of Operations Group (DCOG), of Operations Group Sierra facilitated the exercise, which is an experiential learning business simulation created by faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in early 1960s to demonstrate the principles of supply chain management. A debriefing session of roughly equivalent length typically follows to review the results of each team and discuss the lessons involved.

Tue, 2017-09-05 09:19

Carlos Soto, Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate (CADD) terminologist, briefs Col. Jaime Alonso, Colombian Army doctrine director and Col. Mike Pappal, Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) director, during a delegation visit Aug. 30. During the engagement, CALL and CADD representatives provided professional discussions and exchanged information regarding mission, structure, trends, and processes. (Photo by Christine Weis)

Thu, 2017-08-31 10:18

Peruvian Army Commander Gen. Luis H. Ramos Hume visited the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) and the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Ga. The primary focus of the visit was the institute's combined graduation of three courses; Interagency Crisis Action Planning Course, the Basic Enlisted Leadership Professional Development Course and the Cadet Leadership Development Course. Students represented the countries of Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Peru and the U.S.

Tue, 2017-08-29 13:34

Gen. (R) Carter F. Ham, former commander of U.S. Africa Command and current president/CEO of the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) spoke to CGSC students and faculty on Aug. 29, 2017 in Eisenhower Aud. of the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth, KS. His remarks were focused on "Stewarding the Profession of Arms." (Photo by Dan Neal)

Fri, 2017-08-25 13:06

The Association of the United States Army, United States Army Warrant Officer Association and the Army Senior Warrant Officer Council (ASWOC) commemorated the 99th birthday of the U.S. Army Warrant Officer on Aug. 23 in Arlington, Va. Chief Warrant Officer 5 Richard R. Kunz Jr., command chief warrant officer of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, is the chairman of the ASWOC, which serves as a senior leadership body to introduce, review, and address relevant issues concerning Army systems, policies and programs. The ASWOC frames and shapes initiatives, issues, requirements, and reviews and resolves issues to achieve Department of the Army level integration and synchronization. The ASWOC is comprehensive in nature and has representation from all three COMPOs (AD, ARNG, AR), operating forces and the generating force.

Fri, 2017-08-25 09:56

Lt. Gen Michael Lundy, U.S Army Combined Arms Center commanding general, takes time during his visit to Fort Leonard Wood to address officers and staff of the Engineer, Chemical and Military Police Captain's Career Courses. Lundy, speaking to a near capacity crowd in Lincoln Hall Auditorium, told the officers they were entering the most important position in the Army - company command. He engaged with the officers while talking about their roles in leading Soldiers, how to be most effective at the company level and about not being afraid to make mistakes in training. Following his presentation, Lundy answered questions from the officers about the way forward for the Army in current operations, future operations and how Maneuver Support fits into the equation. (U.S. Army photo by Stephen Standifird, Fort Leonard Wood)

Fri, 2017-08-25 09:30

Russell W. Strand, co-founder and managing partner of SHIFT, LLC. independent consultant, educator and presenter, was the guest speaker at this quarter’s SHARP Academy Professional Forum, which was entitled “Senior Leader Cultural Change – Building a World that Doesn’t Exist." Strand presented attendees with up-to-date research, case studies and strategies on understanding sex offenders from a criminal justice viewpoint. He offered evidence on how offenders not only groom and manipulate victims, but coworkers, friends, relatives, neighbors and professionals. Click the above photo to read more.

Thu, 2017-08-17 14:01

Professor Boaz Ganor, Dean and Ronald Lauder Chair for Counter-Terrorism at the Lauder School of Government, spoke at a presentation by the Army Leader Exchange on "The Art of Counter-Terrorism" on Aug. 17, 2017. The discussion at the Lewis and Clark Center, Fort Leavenworth, KS was open to all military and civilian personnel and dealt with the challenges of leadership in dealing with identifying the enemy/threat, understanding the rationale of terrorism, balancing public awareness and resilience and more. (Photo by Dan Neal)

Thu, 2017-08-17 08:45

Maj Gen Maria Gervais, Deputy Commanding General for the Combined Arms Center - Training, discusses the importance of synthetic training and the challenges of synchronizing research and development efforts with Congressman Roger Marshall (Left) from Kansas 1st District. Mr David (Rob) Bowman (Right), Chief for training support systems at the Combined Arms Center Technology Integration Facility looks on. Marshall spent the day at Fort Leavenworth and the combined Arms Center to better understand the various missions associated with the fort.

Tue, 2017-08-15 09:27

Lt. Gen. Mike Lundy, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and Commandant of Command and General Staff College (CGSC), hosted the address and Q&A session with the CGSC class of 2018 on Aug. 14, 2017 and the Lewis and Clark Center. (Photo by Dan Neal)