Command and General Staff College Foundation News Spring 2023 - 11

Command and General Staff School
Building resilient and ready field grade officers
by Col. Tommy Cardone, CGSS Director and
Lt. Col. James Cook, CGSS Director of Academic Operations
The STudenT-offiCerS in The CGSS ay23 ClaSS
SuCCeSSfully naviGaTed The aCademiC and profeSSional
riGorS of The Common Core CurriCulum and CompleTed
The advanCed operaTionS CourSe (aoC) aT The end
of marCh. The electives term officially began April 5
and many students have already begun preparations for
their next duty assignments serving as the newest crop of
credentialed field grade officers. The student-officers have
not only been busy in the classroom at Fort Leavenworth,
but also abroad in international program exchanges with the
UK, France, Germany, Australia and Brazil.
During AOC, a cohort of
French students traveled
on Fort Leavenworth to
participate
in
Exercise
Cavignal alongside resident
CGSS students. CGSS also
hosted an exchange with UK
students for exercise Eagle
Owl. This year marks the
first time CGSS incorporated
students from the U.S. Army
Sergeants Major Academy.
During exercise Eagle Owl
four highly talented noncommissioned
officers were
selected to participate as
planners injecting the NCO experience and perspective
and filling essential roles throughout the spectrum of the
Military Decision Making Process (MDMP).
In addition to curriculum activities, the faculty have also
Col. Tommy Cardone
Director, CGSS
The Command and General Staff School conducted the 26th iteration of
Exercise Eagle Owl, the bi-annual staff combined planning exercise at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, Feb. 10-23, 2023. 350 officers attending CGSOC and
124 officers attending the UK's Land Command and Staff Course participated.
the student-officer medical in-processing timeline. These
capabilities that have increased the readiness of our
student-officer population, relieved workload on the post
clinic, and decreased the amount of classroom time missed
due to medical appointments outside of the Lewis and Clark
building.
In addition to student-officers, CGSS and Army University
reaches spouses through the Spouse Development Course
that runs concurrently with CGSOC throughout the year.
In the fall, CGSS hosted the third annual Spouse Panel
with overwhelming success. The Spouse Panel, comprised
of volunteer spouses of
field grade officers of
CGSS faculty, share their
experiences across a variety
of topics including: what to
expect as a field grade spouse
at the next duty assignment,
how to navigate senior leader
events and socials, and
general questions from the
audience about various duty
locations and jobs. CGSS
and the CGSC Foundation
will once again host the end
of year social event before
graduation to bring together
PHOTO COURTESY ARMYU PUBLIC AFFAIRS
all the spouses into groups organized by their next duty
location to get an early start on building their network.
CGSS faculty are extremely busy, as always, broadening
been working through changes in classroom technology.
Army University, alongside the Vice Provost for Learning
Systems (VPLS), has embarked on a phased approach for
updating the classrooms to maintain viable technology for
curriculum delivery. Immediate changes include the Bring
Your Own Device (BYOD) concept, where both students
and faculty will no longer rely on outdated classroom
systems and can use their own laptops on the building
Wi-Fi architecture. Future modernization plans include the
replacement of the existing digital displays, among other
initiatives.
Another new addition to CGSS this academic year is
the CGSC Surgeon Cell, led by Maj. Amanda Laska. The
Surgeon Cell includes a Behavioral Health Team and a
sick call capability and is also responsible for integrating
capacities within the Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F)
Program and serving as a pre-screening agency to streamline
the scope of their academic work and honing their skills
through a variety of engagements. In February, Dr. Mark
Wilcox and Lt. Col. Merrill Walker of the Department of
Joint Interagency Multinational Operations, along with
Dr. Sean Kalic from the Department of Military History,
participated in the Kansas City Library's " Conflict in
Crisis " series on " Russia, Ukraine, and a Vexed U.S. " Also
in February Department of Sustainment and Force
Modernization leadership met with the U.S. Army Adjutant
General Brig. Gen. Michael Johnson to discuss data literacy
and talent management among field grade officers.
CGSS is looking forward to this graduating class's
commencement in June 2023 and sending our students
back out into the force to help maintain and build readiness
throughout the Army and joint force. As always, the faculty
will use the summer semester to reset and update doctrinal
changes in the curriculum and start receiving early arrivals
for next year's classes.
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