: c. SAASS's first director, Colonel William Fortner, stated in 1991 that the new school ( originally called the School of Advanced Airpower Studies ) " will be similar to the Army's School of Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth ", with additional focuses on air power topics.

In 1819, on what is now Picnic Island on the south bank of the Minnesota River, Colonel Henry Leavenworth built a stockade fort called " St. Peter's Cantonment " or " New Hope ," where materials were assembled for the construction of Fort Snelling to be built on the bluff on the north bank.

The city is located south of Fort Leavenworth, the oldest active Army post west of the Mississippi, which was established in 1827 by Colonel Henry Leavenworth.

In 1929, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and graduated from the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1931, and from the Army War College in 1934.

After graduating from the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, he served as an instructor in tactics at the Infantry School, where the assistant commandant, Lieutenant Colonel George C. Marshall called him " quiet, unassuming, capable, with sound common sense.

The Arms: Cavalry, Field Artillery, and Coast Artillery, 1919 – 41 by Lieutenant Colonel ( Retired ) Steven E. Clay, Combat Studies Institute Press, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 2011

The regiment was stationed at Fort Leavenworth in present-day Kansas, and Kearny was promoted to the rank of Colonel.

Colonel Henry Leavenworth, with the officers and men of the 3rd Infantry Regiment from Jefferson Barracks at St. Louis, Missouri, established Fort Leavenworth in 1827 to be a forward base protecting the Santa Fe Trail.

The United States responded with forces of 230 soldiers, 750 Sioux, and 50 trappers under the command of U. S. Army Colonel Henry Leavenworth.

The officer joined his superior, Colonel Henry Leavenworth, in an engagement against the Arikara Indians in August 1823.

Lieutenant Colonel Henry Leavenworth, a former U. S. Indian Agent, was among the early commanders at the fort.

* 1827: Colonel Henry Leavenworth chose site for new fort.

Other intelligence officers who served with distinction during the War of Independence included Captain Eli Leavenworth, Major Alexander Clough, Colonel Elias Dayton, Major John Clark, Major Allan McLane, Captain Charles Craig and General Thomas Mifflin.

Lake Harriet is named for Harriet Lovejoy, who lived with her husband Colonel Henry Leavenworth at Fort Snelling.

U. S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Don C. Faith, Jr., having assumed command of Regimental Combat Team 31 7th Infantry Division, for actions during the period 27 November through 1 December 1950, U. S. Army Lieutenant Colonel John U. D. Page, of the X Corps Artillery, having distinguished himself in action during the period of 29 November to 10 December 1950 and U. S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant William G. Windrich, Company I, 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1 December 1950 were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

* Memorandum for Record, Operation DESERT STORM, Lt Colonel Scott Marcy, Headquarters 3d Squadron, 2d ACR, 8 March 1991

Colonel Frederick W. Lander, impersonated, will again make his break-neck ride down the steep declivity of Talbott's ( now College ) Hill and thunder across the bridge to join Colonel Benjamin F. Kelley's ( West ) Virginia Infantry, then swarming through the streets in pursuit of the retreating Confederates.

Overall command of Union forces in the Department of New Mexico fell to Colonel Edward R. S. Canby of the Regular Army ’ s 19th Infantry, headquartered at Ft. Marcy in Santa Fe.

Use of the house had been offered to Jackson by its owner, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Tilghman Moore, commander of the 4th Virginia Infantry and a great-grandfather of Mary Tyler Moore.

In the summer of 1861 he was finally commissioned a Lt. Colonel in the Union Army and given command of the 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

The forces used, consisting of the 187th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division (" Rakkasans "), led by Colonel Frank Wiercinski, and soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division, led by Lieutenant Colonel Paul LaCamera, to secure these blocking positions.

On April 25, 1861, he was appointed Colonel of the 11th Indiana Infantry.

Gen. Alfred Terry's column, including twelve companies ( A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, and M ) of the 7th Cavalry under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer's immediate command, Companies C and G of the 17th U. S. Infantry, and the Gatling gun detachment of the 20th Infantry departed westward from Fort Abraham Lincoln in the Dakota Territory on May 17.

There Nancy met her first husband, Robert Gould Shaw II, a cousin of the Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, who commanded the all-black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

Of these, the 35th Infantry Brigade under Major General Kiyotake Kawaguchi was at Palau, the 4th ( Aoba ) Infantry Regiment was in the Philippines and the 28th ( Ichiki ) Infantry Regiment, under the command of Colonel Kiyonao Ichiki, was on board transport ships near Guam.

Here young Dick Groves met Grace ( Boo ) Wilson, the daughter of Colonel Richard Hulbert Wilson, a career Army officer who had served with Chaplain Groves with the 8th Infantry in Cuba.

In correspondence with General Sturgis, Colonel Alex Wilkin, commander of the 9th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment gave several reasons for the loss of the battle.

Haig was also awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart during his tour in Vietnam, and was eventually promoted to Colonel, becoming a brigade commander of the 1st Infantry Division ( United States ) in Vietnam.

An undercover commando squad from the French intelligence agency SDECE ( now DGSE ), joined by Special Forces ' 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment, or 1 < sup > er </ sup > RPIMa, led by Colonel Brancion-Rouge, landed by Transall and managed to secure the Bangui Mpoko airport with little resistance.

The 13th Illinois Infantry Regiment, under Colonel John B. Wyman, was brought in to guard Rolla and the Pacific Railroad ’ s terminal.

On August 12, 1862 the 24th Missouri Infantry ( Union ) under the command of Colonel Boyd surprised six rebel soldiers near Van Buren.

19th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry was organized at Camp Harwood in Harrodsburg, Kentucky and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on January 2, 1862 under the command of Colonel William J. Landram.

Colonel Haugen led the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment as it landed on Tagaytay Ridge, met up with the 188th Glider Infantry Regiment and marched into Manila.

Polish units were engaged in battle from 0500 against elements of German 76th Infantry Regiment ( Colonel Hans Gollnick ) of 20th Motorised Division under Lt. Gen. Mauritz von Wiktorin, which operated on the left ( northern ) flank of XIX Panzer Corps under Gen. Heinz Guderian.

19th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry was organized at Camp Harwood in Harrodsburg, Kentucky and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on January 2, 1862 under the command of Colonel William J. Landram.

Somehow I think that Watson paid more attention to me than he otherwise might have because his foe, Colonel Van Hamm, wouldn't touch me with a ten-foot blue pencil.

Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest escaped with his cavalry force of about 700 men before the surrender.

* 1873 – American Indian Wars: while protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Sioux near the Tongue River ; only one man on each side is killed.

President Clinton speaks with Colonel ( United States ) | Col. Paul J. Fletcher | Paul Fletcher, United States Air Force | USAF, before boarding Air Force One, November 4, 1999.

Lamizana's government faced problems with the country's traditionally powerful trade unions and on November 25, 1980, Colonel Saye Zerbo overthrew President Lamizana in a bloodless coup.

To the south the Dutch Guards, under the command of Colonel Wertmüller, came forward with their two field guns to seize the hamlet of Franquenée.

When Colonel de Gaulle did organize a counter-attack with superior French tanks, he did not have the air support to gain the upper hand and had to retreat.

Under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor, a military column, commanded by Colonel Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, and including two battalions of Sara troops, moved north from N ' Djamena ( then Fort Lamy ) to engage Axis forces in Libya, where, in partnership with the British Army's Long Range Desert Group, they captured Kufra.

On 14 September 1960, with U. S. and CIA support, Colonel Joseph Mobutu overthrew the government and arrested Lumumba.

Mike Hoare was employed to created the English-speaking 5 Commando ANC at Kamina, with the assistance of a Belgian officer, Colonel Frederic Vanderwalle, while 6 Commando ANC was French-speaking and originally under the command of a Belgian Army colonel, Lamouline.

At first, Thomas, who was the head cook at the restaurant, and the Clausses declined Sanders ' offer, but the Colonel persisted and the Clauss family franchised their restaurant with KFC and later also owned many other KFC franchises in the Midwest.

The next day, Lesi Korovavala, Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Home Affairs, told the Fiji Village news service that the Military had undertaken the reductions on its own initiative, in consultation with the department, an explanation corroborated by Lieutenant Colonel Rabukawaqa.

Once Selig had taken up production in California, they used the ( fairly ) wild animals from the zoo that Colonel Selig had set up there in a series of exotic adventures, with the actors being menaced or saved by the animals.

The war years also saw the flowering of the Powell and Pressburger partnership with films like 49th Parallel ( 1941 ), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ( 1943 ) and A Canterbury Tale ( 1944 ) which, while set in wartime, were very much about the people affected by war rather than battles.

In 1878 Surgeon-Major Peter Shepherd, together with Colonel Francis Duncan established the concept of teaching first aid skills to civilians.

After the first completed film was viewed by General Marshall along with Army staff, Marshall approached Capra: " Colonel Capra, how did you do it?

Governor Dinwiddie rewarded Washington in 1755 with a commission as " Colonel of the Virginia Regiment and Commander in Chief of all forces now raised in the defense of His Majesty's Colony " and gave him the task of defending Virginia's frontier.

Arbenz together with Arévalo further promoted the progressive social change that characterized the latter's presidency, clearing much of the old restrictions on political parties and labour unions, while also purging the army brass of its remaining pro-Arana officers — one of whom was Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas ; a man who would play a major role in Guatemalan politics in the coming years.

The famous American flier, Colonel Charles Lindbergh, arrived in the Demerara River with his flying boat ( an amphibian craft ) on September 22, 1929.

It was a force manned overwhelmingly by blacks, with a United States-trained black commander, Colonel Démosthènes Pétrus Calixte.

Colonel Inestroza later stated that deporting Zelaya did not comply with the court order: " In the moment that we took him out of the country, in the way that he was taken out, there is a crime.

In Apocalypse Now, Martin Sheen plays Captain Benjamin L. Willard, a US Army officer charged with " terminating " the command of Colonel Walter E. Kurtz.

The IEC held its inaugural meeting on 26 June 1906, following discussions between the British Institution of Electrical Engineers, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and others, which began at the 1900 Paris International Electrical Congress, and continued with Colonel R. E. B. Crompton playing a key role.

When the news of Ribbentrop's remarks was leaked to the Polish press despite Colonel Beck's order to the censors on 27 March, it caused anti-German riots in Poland with the local N. S. D. A. P headquarters in the ethnically mixed town of Lininco destroyed by a mob.

In the 1960s, the cast of the sitcom Hogan's Heroes did a commercial with Carol Channing featuring Colonel Hogan, his men, Kommandant Klink and Sergeant Shultz having Jell-O and Dream Whip for dessert.