Command and General Staff College News

To paraphrase the bumper sticker: Stuff happens. Fortunately, so does good leadership - but those folks looking for pat solutions to unpredictable situations will be disappointed.

It was 6 a.m. on Nov. 16, 1989, when a gardener named Obdulio Ramos saw that six Jesuit priests and his wife and daughter had been gunned down by soldiers in El Salvador.

Abdel-Moneim Said remembers with respect two Egyptian giants of intellect who passed away recently but whose legacy lives on Two luminaries of the Egyptian intelligentsia died within a single week, yet they belonged to very different worlds.

Arrangements are complete for the 13th Annual Veterans Day Parade and Program, according to Richard Sheridan, adjutant for Colbert County Memorial Post No.

The Army Space and Missile Defense/Army Forces Strategic Command based at Redstone Arsenal may soon welcome a new commanding general.

Photo credit Robert Ramon, U.S. Army South Public Affairs Air Force Gen. Douglas Fraser , commander, U.S. Southern Command, transfers the unit colors to Army Maj.

Veterans Day is a time for the nation to reflect on the many sacrifices that veterans such as my wife's father, Alford Allen, and my own father, the late Thomas D. Pettit, endured for the freedom of their families, neighbors and friends.

Walter Plaue, 74, grew up in upstate New York and in 1947 visited the West Point Academy with his Boy Scout troop.

"The Soldier from Independence: A Military Biography of Harry Truman" by D.M. Giangreco; Zenith Press "Hell to Pay: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947" by D.M. Giangreco; Naval Institute Press Of all 20th century presidents, four led soldiers in close-combat situations.

Retired four-star Gen. Ronald Griffith spoke to the students and honored guest veterans at the Veterans Day program Wednesday at LaFayette High School.

Recently retired Lt. Col. Gray Cockerham, who grew up in Henry County, said the defining moment of his 20-year military career came during his first military command, during Operation Desert Storm in Iraq in 1991.

Greg Jaffe, co-author of "The Fourth Star," talks about four generals who rose to power following the Vietnam War and ended up playing crucial roles in the planning and execution of the current Iraq War.

Charles Taylor was promoted to brigadier general on Oct. 30. Pictured from left to right are Lt.

Congressman Faleomavaega yesterday offered his personal congratulations to Lt. Col. Leafaina Olive Tavai-Yahn for her selection for promotion to Colonel in the U.S. Army.

Moving itself from an era of "non-aligned" to "poly-alignment" India has emerged as a regional military power and is inching towards becoming a global one, a US military think-tank has said.

Major Smith and Iraqi children during a humanitarian mission with Iraqi forces. During this mission the advisor team and Iraqi soldiers distributed clothing and toys donated by people in the United States, medicine, and school supplies.

The economic engine that drives St. Joseph can be likened to a patchwork quilt, and one piece people don't often think about is Fort Leavenworth.

DEMOCRATS Gordon M. Johnson Age: 59 Hometown: Englewood Family: Married, three children, one grandchild Occupation: Consultant Education: Bachelor's degree in social science, St.

In dawn's fog at Fort Leavenworth Army base in Kansas, dozens of Army majors grunted and sweated through pushups, jumping jacks, sprints and power walks -- leaving most of our band of embedded journalists trying to keep up but huffing behind.

Maj. Zachery Kerns is a 1993 Central High School graduate who proudly wears the Special Forces green beret.