Command and General Staff College Foundation News Spring 2023 - 18

CGSC inducts two officers into
International Hall of Fame
by Harry Sarles, Army University Public Affairs
The Command and General STaff ColleGe induCTed
leaderS from The CzeCh repuBliC and romania inTo iTS
inTernaTional hall of fame aT The lewiS and ClarK
CenTer on forT leavenworTh april 11, 2023.
The inductees were Lt. Gen. Josef Kopecký, Czech
Republic, Commander of the Joint Operations Command,
Czech Republic Land Forces, CGSOC Class of 2002 and
Lt. Gen. Iulian Berdilӑ, Romania, Chief of Land Forces
Staff, CGSOC Class of 2004. Following this induction, the
International Hall of Fame consists of 296 leaders from 80
nations. More than 8,400 international officers from 166
countries have graduated from the college since the first
international officer attended in 1894.
Commander of the Combined Arms Center and Fort
Leavenworth and Commandant of
the Command and
General Staff College, Lt. Gen. Milford Beagle, Jr., hosted
the ceremony.
" Our International Hall of Fame inductees represent the
absolute pinnacle of personal and professional achievement
as senior military officers, " he said. " It is timely and
valuable that our EUCOM [European Command] partner
international military students will bear personal witness to
this special recognition of these distinguished graduates, "
said Beagle.
Lt. Gen. Josef Kopecký, Command and General Staff
Officers Course Class of 2002, became Commander of
the Joint Operations Command Jan. 1, 2020. Prior to that
he served as Commander of Land Forces. Kopecký is the
first International Hall of Fame inductee from the Czech
Republic.
Lt. Gen. Iulian Berdilӑ, Command and General Staff
Officers Course Class of 2004, School of Advanced Military
Studies Class of 2005, became Chief of the Romanian Land
Forces Staff in March 2020.
International military student participation in the United
States originated at Fort Leavenworth with the arrival of
Swiss Lieutenant Henri Le Comte in 1894.
The CGSC International Hall of Fame was established by
the college, the Greater Kansas City Chapter of the Military
Order of the World Wars and the CGSC Foundation in
1973. Fifteen International Hall of Fame members have
gone on to be heads of state or heads of government in their
countries.
In addition to being inducted into the Hall of Fame,
CGSC Foundation Chairman Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Bryan W.
Wampler presented each inductee with an eagle statuette
signifying their appointments as life constituents of the
CGSC Foundation.
CGSC Foundation Chairman Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Bryan W. Wampler,
right,
presents Lt. Gen. Iulian Berdila, Romania, Chief of Land Forces Staff, with an
eagle statuette signifying his appointment as a life constituent of the CGSC
Foundation during the International Hall of Fame induction ceremony April 11,
2023, at the Lewis and Clark Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
For more photos and the full video read the full story online:
https://www.cgscfoundation.org/cgsc-international-hall-of-fame-230411
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The Command and General Staff College inducted leaders from the Czech
Republic and Romania into its
International Hall of Fame at
and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth April 11, 2023. Inductees are: Lt.
Gen. Josef Kopecký, Czech Republic, Commander of the Joint Operations
Command, Czech Republic Land Forces and Lt. Gen. Iulian Berdilӑ, Romania,
Chief of Land Forces Staff.
the Lewis
CGSC Commandant Lt.
Gen. Milford Beagle,
Jr., right, presents Lt.
Gen. Josef Kopecký,
Czech Republic,
Commander of the Joint
Operations Command,
Czech Republic
Land Forces, with a
certificate signifying
his induction into the
CGSC International
Hall of Fame during the
ceremony in the Lewis
and Clark Center April
11, 2023.
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