European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes May 1950 Thui Gray credits armits Success record to education program Calls Tivas school in which training never stops Washington Edu cation is the army constant former Secretary of the army Gray said in a speech at the Yale Law school the army is a vast school in which training never emphasizing the need for Post graduate education 1o men in All Gray in part during my three years As assistant under and Secretary of the i be came convinced that no other profession or group in the world provides a us Loag postgraduate education system As extensive As that set up the and i feel that an understanding of this is especially important to All americans at this it has always see Iasi incredible to me that our regular traditionally Small and undernourished in times of has nevertheless been Able to fulfil us tremendous responsibilities when Ever it has been called upon to do i know that we in the United states have had the Benefit of of great Industrial of the splendid Reserve potential represented by the american who makes the worlds finest Soldier when it becomes Neces sary for him to fight but even if we make allowances for All these there is still some thing remarkable about the consistent Success of cur military lie cold looking at world War for the record is most in with a Speed that Home to Muff deemed a rela Tive handful of beg Utar army of and enlisted fans tonnes millions of raw civilians into highly fighting they net trained my of Basic also trailed the the who provide the Strong Fea Clebone of any multary 4w of thousands Al Jun Lor officers who must actually to grips with be enemy at the head of their platoons and and the thousands of officers who must decide and actions involving intricate technical it would be naive to assume that this unparalleled Triumph of mass training and global Leader ship was lust g a Ortuoste that our professional when faced with these staggering May Dwight Eisenhower that Aogi who fought in feet a Africa Europe is to be to the May 194fi the trial of i Mau Hausen concentration Camp defendants ends with conviction at May 1947 the British Royal family re turns to London following a two month tour of South May Russia announces she is in with a suggestion for discussion and settlement of All outstanding differences Between the and the May Berlin starts preparation for celebrating end of the cordon Gray stumbled blindly upon successful the truth is that they had managed to keep themselves amazingly not Only with sound but also with a flexibility and openness of mind which enabled to adapt readily to fast developing they did in part at because of an outstanding system of classroom education which was continued throughout the quiet years after world War during this the military and its problems were largely forgotten of the rest of the a there was Little Money for new weapons and there was none for Large scale Maneu vers and some times there was not even enough for sufficient target practice am Secretary of War Robert fatter son observed after the last War in the 20s and 30s the army was too poor to bold a schools Cost very sol the denied the training opportunities afforded by a went the limit in Send ing soldiers to it never made a better i Sfa Ouid like to comment also another aspect of the army school the fact that it has developed along with tech Nical excellence a certain breadth of vision and Outlook which Jie sted itself so repeatedly among our military leaders that the term is a common suddenly blessed after a generation of neglect ing the International facts of the United stages found blessed suddenly in its hour of need with a a an a a and others of such stature that it could rely upon them not Only for military leadership but also for a statesmanlike handling of nation Al and International problems of and economic i would remind you that these whose names today Are household words throughout the were not prepared for responsibilities by Long experience in National and International they had not been government executives or captains of accustomed to managing thousands of men and millions of dollars with one they had been obscure Junior officers in a email and almost forgotten army most of their moving from Post to struggling with their families on meager and to defend their country whenever it might become Neces Macarthur was an he had completed a Long and Brilliant career in the army in in thai after five years As chief of he had retired to become com describes careers of Eisenhower Mon wealth adviser on defense affairs in the philippine but let us look at the others i have taking the year 1939 As a reference the year world War ii general Macarthur had on Bis staff As senior military assistant a lieutenant colonel Dwight a Captain Lucius Clay also had been on Macarthur but had left the year before to become District Engineer at a Post be held As Captain and major until october Eisenhower left the Philip Pines 1 a t e in 1339 still a lieutenant served throughout most of the year 1940 As battalion commander and executive officer in an infantry brigadier general George Marshall was Deputy chief of staff of the army during the first half of and was made chief of staff later that with the fourstar rank accompanying the working quietly working quietly and industriously on the War department general staff in Washington during 1939 and 40 was a lieutenant colonel Omar Bradley and Over at the army War College was a dynamic Young instructor named Joseph a a few months ago general Collins succeeded general Bradley As chief of staff of the most of the other great army names of the last War were proportionately situated in and nearly All were rapidly brought Forward and Given vastly expanded responsibilities within a very Short Only an outstanding professional education system could have prepared these men for the ready adjustment they made to these unforeseeable the Cornerstone of that system is the United military Academy at West Point i sup pose most of our citizens would be surprised to learn that purely military studies occupy no More time there during the academic year than they do at any Ameri can College or University with an hot practical Mili tary training take place largely during the the military Academy is primarily a a very Fine College with extremely High which confers upon All of its graduates a Bachelor of science founded in the Academy made few until when major Sylvanus Thayer took command As superintendent he inaugurated the system that has served Well to Broad studies the curriculum was repeatedly revised and particularly during the years follow ing world War increasing emphasis was placed on and the social sciences in As Well As on and the natural the advice and assistance of leading civitan educators was constantly sought and closer contacts with civilian institutions after world War again with the help of civilian consult the curriculum underwent another major revision to provide for new developments in science and to broaden still further the study of social including International relations and military government the most impressive feature of the army education system after an officer has earned his then begins a career during which postgraduate1 education in advanced schools is systematically provided at fairly regular act frequent intervals for every of there is the Branch where officers technical training at company and battalion level in their partic ular Arm or after a few years of troop the officer returns to his Branch school for More postgraduate study in the form of an advanced course of nine or to prepare him for More men Severy officer goes at least this far in the army education alter a few More an officer May be to attend the command and general staff College at at least half of All army officers will Complete this nine month which deals with command and staff problems of every nature at and army More schooling As his next an by now a major or lieutenant be to at tend the armed forces staff col a unified school at to train selected officers of All the services in joint Oversea operations at task Force or theater or he May go to the army War the Apex or so to of Khe army education where senior officers study for nine to 10 a few officers May both of these but the Peak of the military education system is still in the form of two unified schools that Deal with the highest level military and other problems of a National and International a these Are the National War College and the Industrial College of the armed both in Washington and both adapted from the top level army schools which operated for Many years at the same As the army wer College and the army in a mistrial carefully selected senior officers of the air and marines attend one or the other of these two depending upon their previous training and one emphasizes Tihe strategic considerations of global the other the Industrial and the regular officers called Best material signed each year to civilian col Leges end universities for graduate studies in Many critical specialist such As nuclear business and International rela and so key to leadership i Challenge any profession to such an extensive and systematic program of graduate de and this system has been operating in the army in essentially the same form for Many i is the key to the traditionally High record of end International leadership provided by our regular army i believe that we can depend upon the army education sys today than Ever be develop in the future officers of the same High stand Ards of character and perform Ance our officer material today is the Best we have Ever and i must remind you that of our or so regular army career officers less 1han a third Are West Point most of the remainder Are integrated outstanding men from All walks of Kef who proved As wartime officers that they had qualities of character Narf leadership consistent with our highest All of these officers Are on the same basis regardless of Timir with equal Opportunity for unlimited constant concern education is the army con Stant and the education of the career officer is Ever a of sity for his profession deals with problems that Are Al encompass ing in constantly they involve every aspect of our National and inter National As As the National and International life of other Peoples throughout the and the career officer is unceasingly a teacher for the army is a vast school in which training never the in the in the offices and the from the tropics the the army officer engaged daily in teaching left 1 Nurs 7 i seven been it Hace Divisi Tom of the by to fore area train studies Here Are so Complex end1 troops and monitoring their4 j Ujj j Iii Al encompassing that it is difficult to think of a counterpart in civilian unless it would be a very special Institute of advanced several Hundred officers Are regular army gesundheit London British medical journal told of a Man who sneezed so hard he broke his Adams he was in the Hospital a week and took five More to it was the first such Case recorded in most filers will serve at one time or another As an instructor at service school or in with Reserve Force i believe our nation finally has after painful and bitter that National Rity is an All inclusive and continuing problem that must be constant concern to All of we Heve Learned that our military policies must be welded to our National Domestic and and that our Mik Tarj men must have a vital place our National then Deli the stars and stripes t May editor chief a tool it Siam summer managing editor Ken Zum Wati sorta editor Gnu executive manager Maurice r Kirk Wood chief of distribution Louth Browa news bureaus Frankfurt s2t8l3236t Darmstadt Berlin 846681 w6680 Bremerhaven Munich the european edition is published Dally at for the occupation under the auspices of the armed forces information and education tet Frankfurt the stars 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