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Belvoir Eagle January 5, 2017
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Command and General Staff Officers graduate on Belvoir Submitted by Belvoir Satellite Campus U.S. Army Command and General Staff School On Dec. 15, 124 students graduated from the Army Command and General Staff Officers’ Course, or CGSOC, at the Fort Belvoir Satellite Campus, with Lt. Gen. David E. Quantock, the Army’s 65th inspector general, serving as guest speaker. The Belvoir campus, in the Barden Education Center, provides the 16-week resident course CGSOC common core instruction three times a year to active-duty, U.S. Army Reserve and Army National Guard field grade officers from all branches. The December graduating class was also composed of federal government civilian employees from agencies such as the Center for Army Analysis and the National Counter-Intelligence Security Center. These students received the same resident instruction that officers get during the CGSOC common core at the College’s main campus at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. During this course, the students received instruction in critical and creative thinking; effective writing, speaking and briefing; strategic context; unified action; Army doctrine and planning; operational art and planning; force management; military history; and operational level leadership. For the first time, the students completed a rigorous, Common Core Comprehensive Examination. This examination was a summative assessment that evaluated student learning at the end of the course. The examination had two components, an online exam and an oral exam, conducted over four days. The examination and course prepared the students to plan and conduct unified land operations in leadership positions on Army, joint, multinational and interagency staffs after graduation. In addition to the common core instruction, many of the Belvoir Satellite Campus students completed one of three offered elective classes: Genocide Prevention; Operations Within the Interagency and National Security Framework; and Logistics for the Battalion Executive Officers. To balance the course’s academic portion, the students participated in several social events, including a barbecue, kickball, bike rides and a variety of small, social events. Four guest speakers addressed the students during the course. Gregory Copley, president, International Strategic Studies Association, spoke about national and international security and strategic policy. Maj. Gen. Andrew Poppas, director of force management, U.S. Army Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, addressed the students
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Marvin Nickels, deputy director, U.S. Army Command and General Staff School, center, stands with the CGSOC Belvoir Satellite Campus Class 16-003 honor graduates, Maj. Kimberly Deaton and Maj. Wendy Pierce. On the left are Robert Deaton, with his son, Perry. Pierce is holding her daughter, Stella, and standing next to her son, Jack. about the Army’s strategy and capability development. Air Force Lt. Gen. Andrew E. Busch, director, Defense Logistics Agency, discussed the expectations of the joint staff officer. The final guest speaker, Lt. Gen. Michael D. Lundy, commanding general, Army Combined Arms Center, discussed the purpose of Combined Arms Center and the expectations of the students when they became CGSOC graduates. Lt. Gen. Robert P. Ashley Jr., Army deputy chief of staff, G-2, provided a professional development session to the Military Intelligence and Strategic Intelligence Officers on leadership, career management and opportunities. Many of the students visited local sites in
the area, including the State Department and USAID. Foreign area officer students attended monthly international student receptions hosted by the Army staff at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, and met their international counterparts, which expanded their understanding of foreign militaries. The course’s honor graduates were Maj. Kimberly Deaton and Maj. Wendy Pierce. After graduation, Deaton assumed duty with the First Brigade Combat Team, First Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Pierce began duty as an operations officer in the Joint Operations Center, U.S. Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany. The next course at Belvoir started Wednesday.
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