Command and General Staff College News

A special, patriotic Independence Day celebration at Wimberley's Veterans Memorial Plaza will include a flag ceremony, a special recognition of World War II veterans and a flyover by vintage aircraft.

Henrik Petersen asked for the backgrounds of contributors to Postbag and in the interests of transparency, here is mine.

FORT BLISS, Texas -- Command Sgt. Maj. Raymond Chandler became the 19th commandant of the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy, a first for an enlisted Soldier during a ceremony June 29, at East Fort Bliss.

Lt. General Charles W. Bagnal, a 1952 graduate of McClenahagan High School, will be honored as Florence School District One's distinguished graduate at the Eighth Annual School Foundation Celebration gala, district officials say.

In a ceremony filled with military tradition and history, the 201st Engineer Battalion known as "Workhorse" welcomed their new commander Saturday morning while saluting the officer they recently followed to Afghanistan.

KABUL, Afghanistan a ' Lt. Gen. David M. Rodriguez arrived in Afghanistan yesterday to assume his role as deputy commander, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan. This marks his second time to serve in this country.

Congratulations to the Camacho graduates! Vince Lui Duenas Camacho, son of U.S. Army Maj.

Submitted by Journal Staff on June 19, 2009 - 10:40am. Looking Back 10 YEARS AGO There will be an open house 90th birthday party for Opal Wagner today, 1 to 4 p.m., at Hampton Court Community Room.

This year's George C. Marshall Award, given to the top graduate at the Command and General Staff College, is Maj.

An Army officer with an extensive background in engineering takes over today as commander of Fort A.P. Hill.

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. -- Five U.S. Army warrant officers joined more than 930 Army, sister-service, international and interagency students in graduating from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College's Intermediate Level Education course, June 12.

Carlos Pascual is to speak Friday morning to officers completing their 10-month course in military studies.

Speakers from four states will come to eastern Illinois on Saturday for an annual conference on the Civil War.

Wounded warriors have a second chance to serve their country thanks to an Army educational partnership formed last year.

Col. Weinstein, author, professional speaker and beach boot camp instructor, signed an agreement on May 27, 2009 with the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort and Spa to conduct beach boot camp on Fort Lauderdale Beach in South Florida.

Col. Joseph E. Moore, second from right, is handed the colors of the U.S. Army Garrison-Humphreys during a ceremony at which he assumed command of the garrison.

What the four-stars are reading -- a weekly column from Small Wars Journal . May 29, 2009 Can counterinsurgency ever be used again? Does U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates really believe that the United States has less than a year to show convincing progress in Afghanistan? That is what he reveals in a recent interview with two reporters from the ...

A visiting foreign army officer asked me whether President Barack Obama was the second black president after reading that President Bill Clinton had been the first.

The Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday named Col. Robert Sinkler to lead the agency's efforts to improve flood protection in the New Orleans region.

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