An Army Reserve Historian leads a staff ride of the prison site at Andersonville, Georgia.
Armies of various nations have conducted staff rides since the mid 1800s. All staff rides have one idea in common - to place students on an actual piece of terrain, confront them with an operational situation, and have them learn lessons from the experience. Its purpose is to further the professional development of US Army leaders.
Staff Rides apply lessons from the past to present-day Army leadership for current application. We bring to life, on the very ground where historic events took place, examples of tactics, strategy, communications, use of terrain, and above all, the psychology of men and women in battle.
Take Gettysburg, for example. The resolution, initiative, and courage of Colonel Joshua Chamberlain of the 20th Maine, shows valuable principles for study by today's leaders. These leadership principles transcend technological advances and have no historical bounds, no binding parameters of geography and time.
Our staff rides specifically meet these objectives:
1. Expose students to the dynamics of battle, especially those factors which produce victory and defeat
2. Show the "face of battle", the timeless human dimensions of warfare
3. case studies in the application of the principles of war and the operational art of war
4. Plus many more
Our staff rides include:
Kennesaw Mountain (Civil War)
Chickamauga (Civil War)
The Chattanooga campaign (Civil War)
Andersonville (Civil War)
Horseshoe Bend (War of 1812)
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Chickamauga
Atlanta Campaign
