The US Army has commissioned a study to determine if it is feasible to relocate its Sergeants Major Academy from Fort Bliss, Texas to Fort Leavenworth. The Academy has a staff of approximately 280 and an annual rotation of about 650 noncommissioned officers (NCOs). A spokesman for Fort Leavenworth said that Lieutenant General William B. Caldwell had proposed the idea, the Commander of the US Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth. The study is in very preliminary stages.
The study has been described as a pre-decisional study, intended to investigate the feasibility.
The Sergeants Major Academy instructs the United States Army’s top NCOs—master sergeants first sergeants and sergeants major—in leadership, resource management, training management and military operations. The academy conducts a nine-month annual course as well as hundreds of shorter courses per year.
A consulting firm will study whether there will be room for the academy at Fort Leavenworth. The consulting firm will also study its impact on housing and existing schools at Fort Leavenworth, and evaluate the benefits of moving the academy there. The Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth is considered the intellectual center of the Army.
The US Army has commissioned a study to determine if it is feasible to relocate its Sergeants Major Academy from Fort Bliss, Texas to Fort Leavenworth. The Academy has a staff of approximately 280 and an annual rotation of about 650 noncommissioned officers (NCOs). A spokesman for Fort Leavenworth said that Lieutenant General William B. Caldwell had proposed the idea, the Commander of the US Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth. The study is in very preliminary stages.
The study has been described as a pre-decisional study, intended to investigate the feasibility.
The Sergeants Major Academy instructs the United States Army’s top NCOs—master sergeants first sergeants and sergeants major—in leadership, resource management, training management and military operations. The academy conducts a nine-month annual course as well as hundreds of shorter courses per year.
A consulting firm will study whether there will be room for the academy at Fort Leavenworth. The consulting firm will also study its impact on housing and existing schools at Fort Leavenworth, and evaluate the benefits of moving the academy there. The Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth is considered the intellectual center of the Army.
