Edward Kaplan, John Nagl
Secretary of War Elihu Root established the [War College] in 1901 to help the army develop officers who could manage the demands of global responsibilities.
Chief of Staff of the Army General Randy George has tasked the United States Army to focus on warfighting, delivering combat ready formations, and strengthen the profession of arms while engaging in continuous transformation to the meet the needs of a rapidly changing world. The Army War College has heard that call and is about to engage in the biggest curriculum change in the seven decades since the college moved to Carlisle Barracks after the Second World War.
Of course, the Army War College has long had a similar mandate. Secretary of War Elihu Root established the school in 1901 Root to help the army develop officers who could manage the demands of global responsibilities. While the United States had won the Spanish-American War, its army had struggled to deploy forces across the globe and employ them wisely to accomplish national objectives. Secretary Root imagined the college as “a post-graduate course” where the best officers would “study and confer upon the great problems of national defense, of military science, and of responsible command.”
Originally located at what is now Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., the Army War College educated many of the senior officers who would serve with distinction in the First and Second World Wars. Moving to its current location at Carlisle Barracks in the wake of that great conflict, it has continued to research and teach the subjects of national defense, military science, and responsible command ever since, not just to army officers but to U.S. government civilians from different departments and agencies, officers of the joint force, and an increasing number of officers from our allies and partners around the globe ever since.
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