at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan.
Maj. Ira Baldwin `96 is a 26-year military veteran, Maj.
Reggie McClam '97 has 12 years of service and Maj. Ryan
Foxworth `97 has 20 years of service. Baldwin and Foxworth
were commissioned through the University's ROTC program
and McClam was commissioned through the U.S. Marine Corps
Officer Candidate School.
All are veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation
Enduring Freedom. The trio will take their combined experience
and new training to shape the military of the future.
to the 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry
Division at Camp Casey, Korea.
military aide to the President in the White House.
requirements and will graduate in December. After
graduation, Maj. Foxworth plans to serve as an instructor at
the college to develop and shape the field grade officers of
tomorrow.
Leavenworth is an Army institution that functions as a graduate
school for the Armed Forces and foreign military leaders. It was
established in 1881 as a school for infantry and cavalry by Gen.
William Tecumseh Sherman. The development of the college
has parallels with the increasing professionalization of the Army,
reaching its present form in the aftermath of the Vietnam War and
the current war on terrorism.
The college educates and develops military and civilian
leaders for full spectrum joint, interagency and multinational
operations; acts as lead agent for the Army's leadership
development program and advances the art and science of the
profession in support of Army operational requirements.
The Command and General Staff College is a 10-month
course for the intermediate level education of Army and other
service officers. Almost all Army officers who attain the rank of
major attend the school or its branch campuses at Fort Belvoir
and Fort Lee, Va., and Fort Gordon, Ga.
The 2010-11 class has an enrollment of more than 1,100
students, which is its largest class ever. All students are provided
the opportunity to pursue a graduate studies program through
several different universities or the resident School of Advanced
Military Studies, which awards a master's degree in military
arts and sciences on studies of strategically and operationally
complex issues.
Army
Maj. Ryan Foxworth
director of the BRAC Regional Task Force (RTF) effective
July 1.
The BRAC RTF is a partnership of governments working
with 11 counties and 73 municipalities surrounding Fort
Bragg and Pope Air Force Base. Its mission is to coordinate
the planning and identify community impacts as U.S. Forces
Command and U.S. Army Reserve Command move to Fort
Bragg by 2011.
"Greg's experience as chairman of our board, as a board
member, and as a former county commissioner in Bladen
County will serve him well in his new position," said Tim
McNeill, BRAC RTF chairman of the board of directors, who
made the appointment.
Taylor will be responsible for the regional planning,
economic development, workforce development and
education programs currently funded by the U.S. Office of
Economic Adjustment (OEA), local governments in the Fort
Bragg region and the U.S. Department of Labor.
Most recently, Taylor served as director of the eight-county
Cape Fear Region of the Small Business and Technology
Development Center (SBTDC) headquartered at Fayetteville
State University. Before that he worked for the SBTDC at
UNCP's Regional Center for Economic, Community and
Professional Development.
He earned his MBA at UNCP and his bachelor's degree in
business from Campbell University.
executive director