MCCOE News Archive

Wed, 2019-02-27 15:00

Maj. Gen. Doug Crissman, director of the Mission Command Center of Excellence, talks about “Developing leaders to exercise Mission Command” during his Army Leader Exchange address Feb. 26 in the Lewis and Clark Center’s Arnold Conference Room, Fort Leavenworth Kan. Hosted by the Center for Army Leadership, ALx is a series of talks on leadership from national and local civilian and military leaders. Photo by Tisha Swart-Entwistle, Combined Arms Center Public Affairs Office.

Thu, 2019-02-14 15:54

Japan Ground Self Defense Force Lt. Gen. Kaname Iwaya (left) listens to Maj. Gen. Douglas Crissman (right) director of Mission Command Center of Excellence, through an interpreter during a Combined Arms Center overview brief Feb. 14 in the CAC Commander’s Conference Room, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Iwaya is the commanding general of the JGSDF Training, Evaluation, Research and Development Command. Photo by Tisha Swart-Entwistle, Combined Arms Center Public Affairs Office.

Fri, 2018-11-30 16:09

Buffalo Soldier Monument Committee member Dominic Johnson, Mission Command Center of Excellence Director Maj. Gen. Douglas Crissman, Fort Leavenworth Garrison Commander Col. Marne Sutten, Buffalo Soldier Monument Committee member retired Navy Cmdr. Cartlon Philpot and Stanley Earley (son of Lt. Col. Charity Adams) pause for photos after the unveiling of the photo of the monument dedicated to the women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion during a ceremony Nov. 30 in Forntier Chapel, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The 6888th was an all-black battalion of the Women’s Army Corps and was the only all-black, all-female battalion overseas during World War II. Lt. Col. Charity Adams was the unit’s first commanding officer and the bust of her likeness tops the memorial that was installed in the Buffalo Soldier Memorial Park, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Photo by Tisha Swart-Entwistle, Combined Arms Center Public Affairs.

Thu, 2018-09-27 16:32

Officers and NCOs from across the Mission Command Center of Excellence hit the field on Fort Leavenworth for a train-the-trainer session on the Army Combat Fitness Test. This session gave leaders the opportunity to participate in the five new events and learn proper techniques for performing each task. To learn more about the ACFT, click the photo for the new ACFT handbook produced by the Center for Army Lessons Learned. (US Army photo by Maj. Harold Larsen)

Thu, 2018-09-27 09:34

Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth Commander Lt. Gen. Michael Lundy speaks to the Directors of Training from across the Army attending the annual Directors of Training Conference Sept. 25 at McHugh Training Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The two-day event is designed to improve the training development process and encourage innovations in learning for Army units. Photo by Randi Stenson, Mission Command Center of Excellence Public Affairs.

Tue, 2018-08-14 11:25

President and CEO of the Florida Panthers Hockey Club, Matthew Caldwell, spoke about energetic leadership and defining organizational culture during the Army Leader Exchange presentation August 10 in the Lewis and Clark Center's Arnold Conference Room. Caldwell is also an Army veteran and a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The ALx presentations are a series of talks on leadership from national and local civilian and military leaders and are managed by the Center for Army Leadership. U.S. Army photo, Dan Neal.

Fri, 2018-06-29 16:41

Lt. Gen. Michael D. Lundy presents the Assumption of Responsibility Charter to the new director of the Mission Command Center of Excellence, Maj. Gen. Douglas C. Crissman, June 29 at the Frontier Conference Center on Fort Leavenworth. Maj. Gen. Crissman replaces Maj. Gen. James J. Mingus who will move to his next assignment as the Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (U.S. Army Photo by Tisha Swart-Entwistle)

Fri, 2018-03-02 11:03

General (r) Frank Grass spoke to Knowledge Management Qualification Course 18-03, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, about “Knowledge Management - Senior Leader considerations getting the right information, to the right people, in the right format, at the right time, in order to arrive at the right decision.” Gen. Grass (r) served as the 27th Chief, National Guard Bureau and as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. KMQC 18-03 had 19 students from the ranks of sergeant first class through lieutenant colonel and five warrant officers from Active, Reserve and National Guard, along with one Department of the Army civilian.

Thu, 2018-02-15 12:15

Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) analysts recently traveled to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in support of the U.S. Military Training Mission effort to assist the Saudi Armed Forces (SAF) in developing a lessons learned program. The CALL team provided briefings and facilitated discussions with a selected group of 33 SAF officers on the elements of a lessons learned program and how it can be used to improve operations, training, and education across their force.

Tue, 2018-01-16 09:29

CALL conducted a Lessons Learned Training Contact Team engagement at the Jordanian Center for Strategic Studies and Lessons Learned (JCSSLL) in Jordan, 7-9 January 2018. The team met with the new JCSSLL director, MG Mukhlid al-Zyood, and principal staff officers to provide briefings on CALL and the Army Lessons Learned Program, facilitate discussions on administering a LL program, and assist with collection planning for the Eager Lion exercise being held in April. This event was part of a long-standing partnership between the two organizations that began in 2010 and seeks to increase cooperation and interoperability between the JAF and the U.S. Army.