Fort Leavenworth - Tenants and Organization

Tenants and Organization

The garrison commander is a colonel reporting via IMCOM West to the Installation Management Command. The fort claims to be the "intellectual center" of the Army because much of its mission involves training.

Major tenants include:

• United States Army Combined Arms Center (CAC) which among its various responsibilities is the United States Army Command and General Staff College, which includes a degrees granting graduate school for U.S. and allied soldiers and officers. The school trains almost all of the army's majors. All modern five-star army generals have passed through the college including George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Henry “Hap” Arnold, and Omar Bradley. Since 1978 it has been commanded by a Lieutenant general (3 stars). In 2007, its commander was David Petraeus. It reports to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC).
• United States Disciplinary Barracks, which is the only maximum security prison for military personnel of all branches. Since a 2007 reorganization, its commander is a colonel who reports to the United States Army Corrections Command.
• Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility, a low security prison. reports to the United States Army Corrections Command.
• Foreign Military Studies Office (which reports to TRADOC)
• Munson Army Health Center (base hospital)
• University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies (which includes teaching Red Teams among its courses)
• Sherman Army Airfield—the base airport (which reports to the garrison)
• Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery
• TRADOC Analysis Center (which reports to TRADOC)
• Headquarters of the National Guard's 35th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
• Battle Command Training Center is the focal point for National Guard of the United States division and brigade staff training and development.
• Army/ACE Registry Transcript Systems (handles transcripts for all its training)