Mike Serpa
Major
- Joined
- Jan 24, 2013
"The U.S. Army Center of Military History develops and leads staff rides for U.S. Army groups (with priority going to the HQDA staff). We also support other official government agencies and departments including the Department of Defense, U.S. Congress, Air Force, Navy, and Marines, as well as official international visitors and guests of the United States government. Staff rides represent a unique and persuasive method of conveying the lessons of the past to the present-day Army leadership for current application."
"In the summer of 1906, the assistant commandant of the General Service and Staff School, Maj. Eben Swift, and twelve officer-students at Fort Leaven- worth boarded a train for Georgia. So began the first "staff ride" for instructors and students at what is now the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. For five years the staff ride was an important part of the Leavenworth curriculum."
Several staff ride guide books are at the link: Antietam, Ball's Bluff, First Bull Run, Second Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Wilderness-Spotsylvania.
Here is the contents page for Gettysburg
"In the summer of 1906, the assistant commandant of the General Service and Staff School, Maj. Eben Swift, and twelve officer-students at Fort Leaven- worth boarded a train for Georgia. So began the first "staff ride" for instructors and students at what is now the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. For five years the staff ride was an important part of the Leavenworth curriculum."
Several staff ride guide books are at the link: Antietam, Ball's Bluff, First Bull Run, Second Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Wilderness-Spotsylvania.
Here is the contents page for Gettysburg
CMH Staff Rides | U.S. Army Center of Military History
history.army.mil