Leavenworth is the county seat and largest city of Leavenworth County,Kansas,United States and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census,the population of the city was 37,351. It is located on the west bank of the Missouri River. The site of Fort Leavenworth,built in 1827,the city became known in American history for its role as a key supply base in the settlement of the American West. During the American Civil War,many volunteers joined the Union Army from Leavenworth. The city has been notable as the location of several prisons,particularly the United States Disciplinary Barracks and United States Penitentiary,Leavenworth.
Fort Leavenworth is a United States Army installation located in Leavenworth County,Kansas,in the city of Leavenworth. Built in 1827,it is the second oldest active United States Army post west of Washington,D.C.,and the oldest permanent settlement in Kansas. Fort Leavenworth has been historically known as the "Intellectual Center of the Army."
The Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army,also known as the U.S. Army JAG Corps,is the legal arm of the United States Army. It is composed of Army officers who are also lawyers and who provide legal services to the Army at all levels of command,and also includes legal administrator warrant officers,paralegal noncommissioned officers and junior enlisted personnel,and civilian employees.
William Kent Suter is an American jurist who served as the 19th Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States,a position he held for twenty-two years. Prior to this,he was a major general in the United States Army;at the time of his retirement in 1991,he had served for over a year as the acting Judge Advocate General.
Frederick James Kroesen Jr. was a United States Army four-star general who served as the Commanding General of the Seventh United States Army and the commander of NATO Central Army Group from 1979 to 1983,and Commanding General,United States Army Forces Command from 1976 to 1978. He also served as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1978 to 1979. He commanded troops in World War II,the Korean War,and the Vietnam War,enabling him to be one of the very small number who ever was entitled to wear the Combat Infantryman Badge with two Stars,denoting active combat in three wars.
Lieutenant General Donald M. Campbell Jr. is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as the commanding general of United States Army Europe. He commanded the United States Army Europe from December 1,2012,to November 6,2014.
Lisa M. Schenck is an American attorney,academic,and Judge of the United States Court of Military Commission Review. She has served as the associate dean for academic affairs at the George Washington University Law School since 2009. In March 2010,Schenck was appointed as a professorial lecturer in law,and teaches military justice. Prior to her career in academia,Schenck served in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps for more than 25 years.
Lieutenant General Richard Joe Seitz was a United States Army officer and paratrooper who,during a 35-year career,commanded the 2nd Battalion,517th Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II,the 82nd Airborne Division and the XVIII Airborne Corps.
Herbert Jay Brees was a lieutenant general in the United States Army.
William Albert Moorman is a senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
Ronald M. Holdaway is a former judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and retired United States Army brigadier general.
Major General Clyde J. "Butch" Tate II,USA is an American military lawyer who previously served as the 19th Deputy Judge Advocate General of the United States Army. Major General Tate graduated from the University of Kansas in 1979,receiving a commission through R.O.T.C. as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He deferred entry to active duty in order to attend the University of Kansas School of Law. Major General Tate also holds master's degrees in Military Law and National Security Strategy. He attended the Judge Advocate Basic and Graduate Courses,the Army Command and General Staff College,and the National War College.
Larry Wyche,is a retired United States Army Lieutenant General. He last served as the deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Materiel Command. Prior to his last assignment,Wyche served as the Special Assistant to the Commanding General,U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. He has also served as commanding general of the Combined Arms Support Command,commanding general of the Sustainment Center of Excellence (SCoE) and Senior Mission Commander for Fort Lee,Virginia.
"We are Warfighter Logisticians and Supporters,prepared to give the shirts off our backs and boots off our feet,to support the fight. We will never say no,as long as there is one gallon of gas to give,or one bullet to give"
Charles Nicholas Pede is a military lawyer and retired United States Army lieutenant general who last served as the 40th Judge Advocate General of the United States Army. Pede was promoted from the rank of brigadier general to the rank of lieutenant general,bypassing the rank of major general on July 26,2017.
Walter Drew McCaw was a career officer in the United States Army. A medical doctor,he served as an army surgeon and attained the rank of brigadier general. A veteran of the Spanish–American War,Philippine–American War,and World War I,he was a recipient of the Army Distinguished Service Medal and Silver Star in addition to several foreign decorations.
Matthew Wolfe Davidson is a United States Air Force major general who serves as the deputy director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency since July 13,2023. He most recently served as the deputy commander of the Air Force Special Operations Command. He also served as the director for operations of the Air Force Special Operations Command,as deputy commander of the Special Operations Joint Task Force –Afghanistan,and once served as deputy commander of the Combined Force Space Component Command of the United States Space Command and vice commander of the Space Operations Command,United States Space Force. He was also previously assigned as executive officer to the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from June 2016 to April 2018. He was replaced by Michael E. Conley in June 2015.
Karl Truesdell was a career officer in the United States Army who attained the rank of major general and was a veteran of both World War I and World War II. He was most notable for his leadership assignments as commander of the 1st Infantry Division and VI Corps,and commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College.
Lieutenant General Arthur J. Gregg,(retired) is the first African American in the U.S. Army to reach the rank of Lieutenant General on July 1,1977. Previously,he was the first African American to reach Brigadier General in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps on October 1,1972. He served in the U.S. Army for over 30 years with his final assignment as the Army's Deputy Chief of Staff (Logistics) and retired on July 24,1981.
Charles G. Sawtelle was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of the American Indian Wars and American Civil War,he served from 1854 to 1897 and attained the rank of brigadier general while serving as Quartermaster General of the United States Army.
