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United States Army War College International Fellows Hall Of Fame
The US AWC International Fellows Hall of Fame honors United States Army War College, USAWC international graduates "who have attained, through military merit, the highest positions in their nation's armed forces, or who have held an equivalent position by rank or responsibility in a multinational organization." Commandant of USAWC DeWitt C. Smith Jr., DeWitt C. Smith is primarily responsible for the creation of the International Fellows Program’s (IFP) 1977. From a start with six foreign students in 1978, the program now sustains over forty International Fellows (IFs) per year. Usually, only one IF per representative country per academic year participates in the program. While the fellows program was established in 1978 and the first induction into the IF Hall of Fame took place in 1988. Inductees are awarded in person at Carlisle Barracks. Since its inception over 1,900 international fellows graduate from 130 countries have been part of the fellows program. List of IF Hall of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Army War College
The United States Army War College (USAWC) is a U.S. Army educational institution in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on the 500-acre (2 km2) campus of the historic Carlisle Barracks. It provides graduate-level instruction to senior military officers and civilians to prepare them for senior leadership assignments and responsibilities. Each year, a number of Army colonels and lieutenant colonels are considered by a board for admission. Approximately 800 students attend at any one time, half in a two-year-long distance learning program, and the other half in an on-campus, full-time resident program lasting ten months. Upon completion, the college grants its graduates a master's degree in Strategic Studies. Army applicants must have already completed the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the required Joint Professional Military Education for officers in the rank of major. While the Army handpicks most of the students who participate in the residential program, the stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Othmar Commenda
Othmar Commenda (born 29 May 1954) is a retired General of the Austrian Armed Forces and former Chief of its General Staff. Career After his basic military service in 1975, he graduated at the Theresian Military Academy. He was from 1979 Platoon leader and then as company commander at Panzerbataillon 14 in Wels in service. Later Commenda graduated at the National Defense Academy in Vienna a general staff training, which he completed in 1988 with honors. from 1988 to 1991, Commenda was the chief instructor of tactics at the National Defense Academy. From 1993 to 1995 he was chief of staff and deputy brigade commander of the 3rd Panzer-Grenadier-Brigade in Mautern. As of 2001, Commenda was head of the staff department in the Cabinet of Defense, and since 2003 has been in charge of the Cabinet of the Federal Minister of Defense. From May 2013 to the end of June 2018 he was chief of the general staff. Following this, he was promoted to the rank as general. As chief of the gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiu Kuo-cheng
Chiu Kuo-cheng (; born 12 April 1953) is a Taiwanese politician and retired general of the Republic of China Army. He is the current Minister of National Defense. He was the Director-General of the National Security Bureau from 24 July 2019 to 22 February 2021, and the Chief of General Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces from 1 December 2016 to 28 April 2017, and a former Vice Minister of National Defense for Armaments. Education Chiu graduated from the United States Army War College in 1999, and was inducted into the school's International Fellows Hall of Fame in 2018. Career Chiu was the president of National Defense University in Taoyuan from 1 September 2012 to 31 July 2014. Chiu was Vice Minister of National Defense for Armaments from August 2014 to January 2015. Chiu was Commander of the ROC Army from January 2015 through November 2016. He was appointed to the position of Chief of the General Staff of the ROC Armed Forces on 24 November 2016, upon the retirement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damir Krstičević
Damir Krstičević (; born 1 July 1969) is a Croatian general and politician who served as the Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister from 2016 until his resignation in May 2020, which he tendered due to the deaths of two Croatian military pilots in an aircraft accident. Biography Krstičević was born on July 1, 1969 in Vrgorac, Split-Dalmatia County in SFR Yugoslavia. Since his childhood, he knew he wanted to be a soldier. He finished military high school in Sarajevo. Upon graduating from the Military Academy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia broke up. He joined the Croatian National Guard in the summer of 1991. He was assigned to the 4th Guards Brigade where he eventually rose to the position of the brigade's commander. After the war, in 1997, he was sent to continue his education at United States Army War College, and finished with excellent grades. In 2000 he was one of the signatories of the Twelve Generals' Letter, which resulted in Krstičević's retiring by then Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimer Chachibaia
Vladimer Chachibaia ( ka, ვლადიმერ ჩაჩიბაია) (born 4 November 1971) is a Georgian lieutenant general (2019) and former Chief of Georgian Defense Forces from 20 December 2018 to 1 July 2020, the first to be appointed in this position. His previous top commanding positions included being the Chief of Joint Staff (4 November 2008 – 5 March 2009) and Chief of General Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces (22 November 2016 – 20 December 2018). Education and early career Chachibaia was a private in the Soviet Air Forces from 1989 until 1991, when he joined the newly established National Guard of Georgia as a NCO. He commanded a National Guard platoon in the Georgian Civil War of 1992-1993 and continued his service in the Georgian army as a reconnaissance and special task force officer. He studied at the United Military Academy in Tbilisi, Georgia from 1993 to 1994 and attended several courses of military training in the United States, including at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artur Tiganik
Artur Tiganik (born 13 January 1971) is an Estonian Kindral, Brigadier General who served as the Deputy Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces. He previously served as the Commander of the Estonian Land Forces. Biography Tiganik was born in Loksa, Estonia. After graduating from the Basic Officers' course in Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School, he returned to Estonia and commanded units from platoon level up to battalion of the Kalev Infantry Battalion since 1992 to 2000. After graduating from Baltic Defence College, he continued his career as Commander of the Scouts Battalion from 2001 to 2004. In 2005, he was appointed to the ISAF mission in Afghanistan as a CJ3 Staff Officer. Between 2005 and 2006, Tiganik was Chief of the Training Department in the Estonian National Defence College. From 2006 to 2009 he served as Brigade Commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade (Estonia), 1st Infantry Brigade. From 2009 to 2012, Tiganik served as the Chief of Staff of the Estonian Land Forces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indrek Sirel
Indrek Sirel (born 16 January 1970) is a general of the Estonian Defence Forces. Early life Sirel was born in Tallinn, Estonia. Career Sirel graduated from the Moscow Military Academy in June 1991 and joined the Soviet Union Army. One of his early assignments included being a Platoon Leader in the Baical Military District. He joined the Estonian Defence Forces in June 1993 and has gone through several different courses both in Estonia and in the United States before his post as head of the Estonian Army. Rank timeline Soviet Army *1991 Lieutenant (лейтенант) Estonian Army *1993 Leitnant (Lieutenant) *1993 Kapten (Captain) *1998 Major (Major) *2002 Kolonelleitnant (Lieutenant Colonel) *2008 Kolonel (Colonel) *2012 Brigaadikindral (Brigadier General) *2018 Kindralmajor (Major General) Awards *4th class Order of the Cross of the Eagle The Order of the Cross of the Eagle ( et, Kotkaristi teenetemärk; french: Ordre de la Croix de l'Aigle) was instituted in 1928 by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto José Mejía Ferrero
Alberto José Mejía Ferrero is a Colombian general. He served as General Commander of the Military Forces of Colombia The Military Forces of Colombia ( es, Fuerzas Militares de Colombia, links=no) are the unified armed forces of the Republic of Colombia. They consist of the Colombian Army, the Colombian Navy and the Colombian Air Force. The National Police of Co .... References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Colombian generals {{Colombia-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajendra Chhetri
General Rajendra Chhetri ( ne, राजेन्द्र क्षत्री; IAST:rājendra kṣatrī) born 15 November 1960) is a Nepali military officer and former Chief of Army Staff of the Nepalese Army, He was conferred Honorary General of the Indian Army. Career Chhetri joined the Nepal Army as a lieutenant on October 24, 1978, and was commissioned into the Rajdal Battalion from Kharipati. He completed war-college from the United States. He was promoted to major general in November 2011, and to lieutenant general in February 2015. He assumed office of the Chief of Army Staff on 10 September 2015, following the retirement of General Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana. Family He was born in 1960 as the second son of Colonel Gopal Bahadur Khatri Kshatri and Pramila Kshatri in Dudhekuna village, Chok Chisapani VDC of Tanahun District Tanahun District ( ne, तनहुँ जिल्ला , or ), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neyko Nenov
Neyko N. Nenov ( bg, Нейко Н. Ненов) (18 November 1961 – 28 January 2015) was a Bulgarian major general. Education Nenov was born in Trankovo, Yambol Province, Bulgaria. He graduated from Vasil Levski National Military University in 1985, and was commissioned into the military. From 1992–1995, he attended Rakovski Defence and Staff College in Sofia, earning a master's degree in military studies. Nenov earned a second masters in 2002, from the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Nenov obtained an LL.M from Veliko Tarnovo University in 2007. Military career Major General Neyko Nenov assumed responsibility as Deputy Chief of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria on June 30, 2014, after serving as Commander of the Bulgarian Land Forces for two years (2012-2014). During more than 29 years of service, he has commanded units at every echelon, from platoon to brigade, with tours of duty in Romania, Turkey, Afghanistan and Poland. He started his milita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
