The U.S. Army War College prepares selected military, civilian, and international leaders for the responsibilities of strategic leadership in a joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multinational environment.
The U.S. Army War College - the college and its associated institutes - operate as a synergistic team in support of Army War College students and alumni: all those serving as strategic leaders for our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines.
The Army War College -
- Educates current and future leaders on the development and employment of landpower
- Supports the operational and institutional force
- Conducts research, and publishes, to inform thought on national security and military strategy
- Supports the Army's strategic communication efforts.
The College helps develop senior leader competencies necessary for success in the contemporary operation environment that contribute to the development of senior leaders.
- The only Senior Leader College that addresses the development and employment of landpower
- Emphasis on strategic leadership
- The only Senior Leader College Distance Education Program that is certified for Joint Professional Military Education I [JPME-I]
- Resident Education Program is accredited for Joint Professional Military Education II
- Graduates more than 300 SLC JPME Phase I-certified, and 340 JPME II-certified
The Center for Strategic Leadership - the Collins Center --
- Develops and conducts strategic level political-military simulations
- Supports Army staff exercises, analysis and research
- Supports Joint Staff and Combatant/ Army Component Commander exercise and engagement programs
- Conducts interagency education, training, and development
- Hosts governmental/ military research and analysis and management activities
- Supports the Army leadership's strategic communications program.
Strategic Studies Institute
- Engages in research in support of Army, Joint, and OSD senior leaders
- Publishes books, monographs and special reports on U.S. national security, Army and Joint issues
- Sponsors conferences to define and debate critical national security, Army and Joint issues
- Directs analysis for the Army Staff and Joint Staff
- Engages in academic conferences linking the Army War College to the intellectual activity of leading universities and research institutes
The Army Physical Fitness Research Institute enhances operational readiness by providing state-of-art comprehensive health and fitness assessments to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in senior leaders at the Army War College, the Army Sergeants Major Academy, and the Command and General Staff College. APFRI -
- Applies research to improve and sustain senior leader readiness
- Executes long-term research on the over-40 population
- Promotes health and fitness education and training
- Executes the Leadership Feedback Program to promote self-awareness, hardiness, resiliency and effectives as a strategic leader.
The Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute serves as the U.S. military premier center of excellence for mastering stability, security, transition, reconstruction (SSTR) and peace operations at the strategic and operational level in order to improve military, civil agency, international and multinational capabilities and execution. PKSOI -
- Shapes U.S. government agency policy, concept and doctrine development
- Enhances senior leader proficiency
- Facilitates the coordination and integration of USG efforts with international organizations, multinational partners, and non-governmental organizations
- Supports planning, preparation and execution of stability and peace operations.
The Army Heritage and Education Center educates a broad audience on the heritage of the Army by acquiring, preserving and making available historical records, materials and artifacts -
- 327 thousand books and 11 million manuscript pages
- 20 thousand maps
- 600 oral histories and 27 thousand veterans surveys
- 50 thousand artifacts
- 1.7 million photographs
- 500 General Officer collections
