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The '''School of Advanced Military Studies''' ('''SAMS''') is one of four [[United States Army]] schools that make up the [[United States Army Command and General Staff College]] (CGSC) at [[Fort Leavenworth]], Kansas. This "enormously rigorous"<ref>[[#Sca09|Scales 2009]]. p. 24.</ref> graduate school comprises three programs: the larger Advanced Military Studies Program (AMSP); the Advanced Strategic Leadership Studies Program (ASLSP), a Joint Military Professional Education II (JPME II) certified senior service college program for senior field-grade officers, and the Advanced Strategic Planning and Policy Program (''ASP3''), which supports officers in obtaining doctorates from civilian schools.

The school educates future leaders of the United States Armed Forces, its allies, and the Interagency at the graduate level to be agile and adaptive leaders who think critically at the strategic and operational levels to solve complex ambiguous problems.<ref name="About10_Reference">[[#About10|United States Army Command and General Staff College: School of Advanced Military Studies]]</ref> The student body is small but diverse and comprises members of each of the US armed forces, various US government agencies, and allied military forces. Graduates of AMSP are colloquially known as "Jedi Knights".<ref>[[#Hun09|Huntoon 2009]]. p. 4; [[#25th10|United States Army Command and General Staff College Public Affairs 2010]].</ref>{{Ref_label|A|a|none}}

The school issues a [[master's degree]] in Military Art and Science,<ref>[[#CARL11|Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library 2011]].</ref> and provides its graduates with the skills to deal with the disparate challenges encountered in contemporary military and government operations. The modern course produces "leaders with the flexibility of mind to solve complex operational and strategic problems in peace, conflict, and war".<ref>[[#350-1|CGSC Circular 350-1]]. p. 21.</ref> Various senior military leaders have recognized the contributions of SAMS graduates in supporting global contingency operations.

The first class began at the school in mid-1983 and 13 students graduated the following year.<ref>[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. p. 2; [[#Tri12|United States Army Command and General Staff College (SAMS Tri-Fold) 2012]]. p. 2.</ref> Due to increasing requirements for SAMS graduates in the US military, the army expanded the school in the 1990s, and in 2010 over 120 students graduated.<ref name="Liewer 2010">[[#Lie10|Liewer 2010]].</ref> Since the school's inception, SAMS planners have supported every major US military campaign, providing the army "with many of its top campaign planners for the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries".<ref>[[#Hun09|Huntoon 2009]]. p. 2; [[#Ste10|Stewart 2010]]. p. 394.</ref>

== History ==
{{main|History of the School of Advanced Military Studies}}

The SAMS course was designed to fill a gap in US military education between the CGSC's focus on tactics and the [[United States Army War College|War College]]'s focus on [[grand strategy]] and national security policy.<ref>[[#Nay91|Naylor 1991]]. pp. 10, 16.</ref> In 1981, Colonel [[Huba Wass de Czege]] convinced Lieutenant General [[William R. Richardson]], who was serving as Commander of the Combined Arms Center and Commandant of the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth from 1979 to 1981, that a second year of military education was needed for select officers.<ref>[[#Was09|Wass de Czege 2009]]. p. 103.</ref> After receiving final approval, Wass de Czege helped plan and develop the school, which would open in mid-1983.<ref>[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. p. 2; [[#Swa96|Swain 1996]]. p. 160. According to Swain, this information was described in U.S. Army Combined Arms Center 1982–83–84, (1989) ''Annual Historical Review'', Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Combined Arms Center History Office.</ref>{{Ref_label|B|b|none}} Although there was some disagreement about the purpose of the course, army leaders and the course designers settled on a plan to provide officers with a "broad, deep military education in the science and art of war."<ref>[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. p. 3.</ref>

In June 1983, the first class of 13 US Army students began in the basement of Bell Hall at Fort Leavenworth.<ref>[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. p. 2, 15; [[#Tri12|United States Army Command and General Staff College (SAMS Tri-Fold) 2012]]. p. 2.</ref> Initially, there were some internal problems with facilities and scheduling,<ref>[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. p. 14–15; US Army Military History Institute, Senior Officer Oral History Program, LTC Harold R. Winton, USA, Retired. Conducted by LTC Richard Mustion, 5 April 2001 at Carlisle Barracks, PA, 17, quoted in [[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. p. 14.</ref> and in the school's early years there was uncertainty whether its graduates would be accepted and how they would perform in the force. When the first class graduated in 1984, SAMS had already become "the symbol for intellectual renaissance in the officer corps".<ref>[[#Ste10|Stewart 2010]]. p. 291.</ref> When the first director, Wass de Czege, was succeeded by Colonel Richard Sennreich in 1985, the school was already beginning to produce results and the US Army and the college regarded SAMS as a "useful experiment".<ref>[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. p. 21.</ref> By 1987, enrollment of high-quality officers had risen and sister services were becoming interested in sending students to SAMS.<ref>[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. pp. 25, 27.</ref> The program's growing popularity and reputation also began attracting students from allied countries.

[[Image:Wass de Czege U.S. Army photo.jpg|upright|left|thumb|Colonel Wass de Czege, the school's first director.]]

SAMS graduates first saw active service in December 1989 during [[Operation Just Cause]] in Panama.<ref>[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. p. 35.</ref> A core planning cell of seven SAMS graduates "crafted a well rehearsed and well executed plan that simultaneously struck some roughly 50 objectives in a single coordinated blow".<ref>[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. p. 36.</ref> According to Colonel Kevin Benson, the tenth director of the school, "The Army and SAMS faced a test of battle and the new group of highly-educated planners appeared to have passed the test with flying colors."<ref>[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. p. 38.</ref> After its mission in Panama, the army's leaders began to draw on SAMS to assist in additional ways. In the early 1990s, US Army leaders called upon the school to help develop army doctrine. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas E. Mitchell, Colonel James McDonough (the fifth SAMS director), and other members of the SAMS team helped revise the US Army Doctrinal Manual 100-5 ''Operations'' in 1990–1993.<ref>[[#Rom96|Romjue 1996]]. pp. 27–28, 31–33, 39–40, 44, 46, 51, 109.</ref>

[[File:Fort Leavenworth Bell Hall No Date Building 111.jpg|thumb|right|Bell Hall. The first home of SAMS.]]

Lieutenant General Guy C. Swan noted that SAMS graduates were indispensable in Europe after the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]] and the dissolution of the [[Warsaw Pact]].<ref name="Bower 2010">[[#Bow10|Bower 2010]].</ref> They were expected to "re-engineer the decades of planning that had gone into the GDP [General Defense Plan] almost overnight".<ref name="Bower 2010"/> Swan stated that this was "the first true test of SAMS on a large scale".<ref name="Bower 2010"/> SAMS graduates served in [[Operation Desert Storm|Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm]], and were "remembered most famously in the early days for producing the 'Jedi Knights' employed by [[Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.|Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf]] in developing the famous 'left hook'".<ref name="ReferenceA">[[#25th10|United States Army Command and General Staff College Public Affairs 2010]].</ref> SAMS graduates also served in roles beyond the initial planning, with 82 graduates participating in diverse theater tasks by February 1991.<ref>[[#USN92|U.S. News and World Report 1992]]. p. 288.</ref> As a result, US Army leadership regarded SAMS as a source of "superb planners".<ref>[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. p. 42.</ref>

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After Desert Storm, the army struggled with [[military operations other than war]], such as peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations.<ref name="Benson 2009. p. 44">[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. p. 44.</ref> The school and its graduates examined the situations in Bosnia, Haiti, and Somalia. Graduates also participated in [[Defense Support of Civil authorities]] missions.<ref name="Benson 2009. p. 44"/> The course continued to change in the 1990s. Under Colonel Gregory Fontenot, the school moved from Fort Leavenworth's Flint Hall to Eisenhower Hall in October 1994. In later years, the school's leadership expanded the number of seminars and the civilian faculty.<ref>[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. pp. 46–47, 50–51, 53.</ref> The military continues to draw heavily on SAMS in the twenty-first century. SAMS planners have played a significant role in the [[Global War on Terror]]. Beginning in 2002, the [[United States Central Command]] requested planners from SAMS and its sister schools,<ref name="Benson 2009. pp. 48–49">[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. pp. 48–49.</ref> the [[United States Air Force]]'s [[School of Advanced Air and Space Studies]] (SAASS), which was designed to be similar to SAMS,<ref name="West 1991. p. 10">[[#Wes91|West 1991]]. p. 10.</ref>{{Ref_label|C|c|none}} and the [[United States Marine Corps]]'s [[School of Advanced Warfighting]] (SAW).<ref name="Benson 2009. pp. 48–49"/> SAMS students from the 2002 and 2003 classes participated as planners in the preparations for the [[invasion of Iraq]] and the plan for the post-combat occupation.<ref>[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. pp. 49.</ref>

[[File:Eisenhower Hall - October 2012.jpg|thumb|left|Eisenhower Hall, the home of SAMS from 1994 to 2011.]]

The school continued to change and develop, and an additional faculty expansion occurred in 2005–2006. Also, the Fellows' curriculum shifted further away from that of the AMSP program.<ref>[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. pp. 50–51.</ref> To keep pace with increasing demand for SAMS planners, the commander of the army's [[Training and Doctrine Command]] directed an expansion that was approved by the [[Chief of Staff of the United States Army|Chief of Staff of the Army]], and the school's 11th director, Colonel Steve Banach, began a winter-start course in 2007.<ref>[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. pp. 53.</ref> During this period, SAMS provided planners to help forward-deployed headquarters plan operations and contingencies.<ref>[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. pp. 52.</ref> The school moved to new premises in the newly renovated Muir Hall at Fort Leavenworth on 30 August 2011.<ref name="Erickson 2011">[[#Eri11|Erickson 2011]].</ref>

== Contributions ==
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SAMS graduates have supported every major US military campaign between 1984 and 2009.<ref>[[#Hun09|Huntoon 2009]]. p. 2.</ref> SAMS graduates are known for their "critical thinking skill sets",<ref>[[#Bow10|Bower 2010]]. p. 1.</ref> and are consistently called for by combatant commanders around the world.<ref>[[#Hun09|Huntoon 2009]]. p. 4.</ref> In 2010, Brigadier General [[Sean MacFarland]] said, "In a crisis, the president always asks, 'where are the aircraft carriers?' In the Army, leaders ask, 'Where are the SAMS graduates?' Just as the aircraft carrier was a game changer in naval warfare, SAMS graduates and practitioners of operational art have been game changers in land warfare."<ref name="Liewer 2010"/>

The school has been praised by senior US military leaders. According to Major General David Hogg, "SAMS has a reputation for producing skilled planners that can take complex ideas and develop cohesive plans."<ref>[[#Bow11|Bower 2011]].</ref> In 2010, army Vice Chief of Staff [[Peter W. Chiarelli]] said that SAMS was "at the forefront of the effort to remake strategic military planning for the 21st century".<ref name="Liewer 2010"/>

== Facilities and student body ==
[[File:Muir Hall - March 2012.jpg|right|thumb|Muir Hall.]]
{{As of|2014}}, the SAMS teaching facilities are mainly housed in Muir Hall (image right), which was once a stable, and Flint Hall. The AMSP courses are taught mostly in Muir Hall—the current SAMS headquarters—while Flint Hall houses additional AMSP seminars. Both buildings were renovated in 2011 and their classrooms accommodate seminars of about 16–18 students and an instructor. The renovations for Muir Hall cost $12.2&nbsp;million, including $3&nbsp;million in information systems that allow students to collaborate digitally, replicating a common practice seen in militaries today.<ref name="Erickson 2011"/>

[[File:Classroom Activities, School of Advanced Military Studies, Fort Leavenworth, 2 November 2010.jpg|thumb|SAMS classroom activities, November 2010.]]

The application process includes an examination, an interview, and a supervisor assessment. Applicants must also complete the US Army's [[Command and General Staff School]] or an equivalent intermediate-level education course offered by another uniformed service. The student body of SAMS comprises mostly US Army [[Field officer|field grade officers]] from combat, combat support, and [[combat service support]] branches.<ref name="General Staff College p. 2">[[#Tri12|United States Army Command and General Staff College (SAMS Tri-Fold) 2012]]. p. 2.</ref> However, in 1987 the [[US Air Force]] graduated three officers and officers from the [[US Navy]] and [[US Marine Corps]] graduated the following years.  US government agencies began sending students to SAMS in 2007.  The [[Department of State]], [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] and [[United States Agency for International Development]] (USAID) have sent students to the school.<ref>[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. p. 51.</ref><ref>[[#Tri12|School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS Tri-Fold)]]. p. 1.</ref> Also, [[Warrant Officer (United States)|Warrant officers]] first attended SAMS in 2010.<ref>[[#Bow11|Bower 2011]]. p. A1.</ref>

Allied foreign militaries also provide students. In 1999, the school graduated its first international officers—Norwegian and Canadian.<ref name="General Staff College p. 2"/> Argentina, Australia, Colombia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Jordan, Republic of Macedonia, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Romania, South Korea, Brazil, Spain, and the United Kingdom have also sent students through the course.<ref name="Liewer 2010"/>

== Curricula ==
The Command and General Staff College awards a Master of Military Art and Science (M.M.A.S.) [[professional degree]] to graduates of the School of Advanced Military Studies.  The degree is accredited by the [[Higher Learning Commission]] for collegiate institutions in the midwestern United States.

=== Advanced Military Studies Program ===
Most students participate in the Advanced Military Studies Program (AMSP). In 2009, the school held eight AMSP seminars.<ref>[[#Tri12|United States Army Command and General Staff College (SAMS Tri-Fold) 2012]]. p. 1.</ref> AMSP is intended to educate students in military arts and science,<ref name="Liewer 2010"/> and focuses on operational art and covers a variety of subjects, including military problem solving; military theory and history, military doctrine, operational planning; battle dynamics, operational theory and practice, contemporary military operations, and the application of national elements of power.<ref name="ReferenceB">[[#350-1|United States Army Combined Arms Center and School]]. p. 68.</ref> Besides classroom studies and operational exercises, students must complete a research monograph{{Ref_label|D|d|none}} and an oral examination.<ref>[[#US05|United States Army Command and General Staff College 2005]]. p. 31.</ref> After graduating, officers serve on a division, corps, or Army Service Component Command staff, or in a functional area assignment.<ref name="ReferenceC">[[#350-1|United States Army Combined Arms Center and School]]. p. 67.</ref>

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===Advanced Strategic Leadership Studies Program===

ASLSP is the school's senior service college resident program, educating sixteen officers for strategic-level responsibilities; developing them to be senior leaders. Students are senior lieutenant colonels, colonels, and their Naval, Coast Guard, and US interagency civilian equivalents. Classes include students from the UK, Canadian, and German armies. Most military students are former battalion commanders. The faculty consists of four civilian professors, one of whom also serves as the program's Director, plus one military faculty member. Graduates are awarded a Masters of Arts degree in Strategic Studies, Military Education Level (MEL) I, and Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) II. US military officers are also awarded the SAMS Additional Skill Identifier (ASI) 6S.

The program began in 1984 as the Advanced Operational Studies Fellowship (AOSF) by diverting lieutenant colonel War College selectees to Fort Leavenworth for an equivalent education program. The AOSF program had students completing the AMSP coursework, and then serving as the principal instructors of AMSP during their second year. In 1995, the name of the program was changed to the Advanced Operational Art Studies Fellowship (AOASF), and in the early 21st century its curriculum was more closely aligned to the strategic level of war. In 2013, the program was again modified in part to bring it more in alignment with TRADOC policies, and to prepare it for Joint Professional Education II accreditation. It was at that time renamed the Advanced Strategic Leadership Studies Program (ASLSP).

The course focuses on the strategic and political aspects of war and educationally prepares students for assignments as strategic leaders. The academic year runs from late June through late May. The ASLSP curriculum provides a comprehensive, multifaceted focus at the theater-strategic level across the spectrum of Joint and land force operations during peace, crisis, and war. The program includes classroom studies of strategy, regional studies, joint operations, strategic leadership, and twentieth-century conflict. Students also research and write a publishable-quality monograph of 10,000- 12,000 words on a suitable subject. ASLSP includes an extensive field studies program, with approximately eight weeks of TDY, to reinforce and expand classroom studies and meet with senior leaders across JIIM organizations. Field Studies include interactions with several agencies in the National Capital Region, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and CONUS-based combatant commands, and visits to various military and civilian governmental agencies. Normally, six US Army officers and the USMC, Canadian, and German officers remain for a second year to serve as seminar leaders in the AMSP course, while one US Army officer joins the faculty of the ASLSP as the military faculty member. Graduates typically serve in a follow-on command assignment or work for a three- or four-star general officer as a member of his or her staff.

== Notable graduates ==
*[[Vincent K. Brooks|General Vincent K. Brooks]] (class of 1992)
*[[William B. Caldwell, IV|Lieutenant General William B. Caldwell, IV]] (class of 1988)
*[[Charles C. Campbell (general)|General Charles C. Campbell]] (class of 1986)
*[[Michael T. Flynn]], Former National Security Advisor (Class of 1994)
*[[Lieutenant General Mark P. Hertling]] (class of 1988)
*[[David H. Huntoon|Lieutenant General David H. Huntoon]] (class of 1988)<ref>[[#US09|United States Army Command and General Staff College 2009]]. This reference identifies Campbell, Dubik, Holder, and Huntoon as SAMS graduates.</ref>
*[[Charles H. Jacoby Jr.|General Charles H. Jacoby Jr.]] (class of 1991)
*[[John V. Meyer III|Major General John V. Meyer III]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Major General John V. Meyer, USA |website=U.S. Northern Command |url=https://www.northcom.mil/Leadership/Article-View/Article/3478813/ |access-date=September 19, 2024}}</ref>
*[[David M. Rodriguez|General David M. Rodriguez]] (class of 1989)
*[[John E. Sterling, Jr.|Lieutenant General John E. Sterling, Jr.]] (class of 1992)
*[[Jonathan Vance|General Jonathan Vance]], Canadian Chief of Defence Staff<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cdainstitute.ca/images/Bio-Gen_Vance-Approved-Nov_2015-E.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 February 2017 |archive-date=18 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218130601/http://www.cdainstitute.ca/images/Bio-Gen_Vance-Approved-Nov_2015-E.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[William G. Webster|Lieutenant General William G. Webster]] (class of 1984)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

== Notes ==
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:'''a.'''{{Note_label|A|a|none}} According to Kevin Benson, the 10th director of the school, "The first 'official' reference to the School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) graduates as Jedi Knights was on 12 May 1992 during a meeting of the Committee on Armed Services Military Education Panel in Washington D.C."<ref>[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. p. 1.</ref> Congressman [[Ike Skelton]] stated, "we all know that the real stamp of approval came when General Schwarzkopf requested SAMS graduates, sometimes referred to as 'Jedi Knights," be sent to his headquarters in Riyadh to assist in developing the campaign plan."<ref>House Committee on Armed Services, ''Advanced Military Studies Programs at the Command and Staff Colleges'', Hearings on H.A.S.C. No. 102-80, 102d Congress, 2d session, 1993, p. 5, quoted in [[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. p. 1.</ref>
:'''b.'''{{Note_label|B|b|none}} The other two officers assigned to assist Wass de Czege in preparing the curricula for the school were Lieutenant Colonels Hal Winton and Douglas Johnson.<ref>[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. pp. 6, 8–10.</ref> Another key member of the SAMS staff was Mrs. Candace Hamm whose service to the school since 1988 earned her the title of "''godmother'' of SAMS".<ref>[[#Sch10|Schifferle 2010]]. p. ix.</ref>
:'''c.'''{{Note_label|C|c|none}} SAASS's first director, Colonel William Fortner, stated in 1991 that the new school (originally called the School of Advanced Airpower Studies) "will be similar to the Army's School of Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth", with additional focuses on air power topics.<ref name="West 1991. p. 10"/>
:'''d.'''{{Note_label|D|d|none}} Initially, the requirement was to complete a master's thesis. School director Don Holder (1987–1989) changed this requirement to two monographs, the first with a tactical focus, and the second on an [[Operational level of war|operational]] level topic. This continued until the school's eighth director, Robin P. Swan (1998–2001) changed the monograph requirement back to one "in the face of multiple and competing requirements".<ref>[[#Ben09|Benson 2009]]. pp. 29–30, 46, 55.</ref>
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==See also==
* [[Basic Strategic Art Program]]
* [[U.S. Army Strategist]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
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* {{Cite thesis |type= SAMS Monograph|title= The School of Advanced Military Studies in the 21st Century|last= Baggott|first= Christopher L.|year= 1998|publisher= United States Army Command and General Staff College}}
* {{cite journal |last1= Baker|first1= Jon E.|last2= Sepanic|first2= Jason R.|title= The School for Advanced Military Studies: An Untapped Resource for the Army Medical Department |journal= U.S. Army Medical Department Journal|publisher= U.S. Army Medical Department |issn = 1524-0436 |date= October–December 2010|pages= 78–80|pmid= 21181678| ref = Bak10}}
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* {{Cite thesis |type= SAMS Monograph|title= The Challenges of Leadership Development in the United States Army: Part II: The School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) |last= Barth|first= Frank L.|year= 2002|publisher= United States Army Command and General Staff College}}
*{{cite news|url= http://www.ftleavenworthlamp.com/newsnow/x2012969038/SAMS-graduates-renowned-for-skill-sets|title= SAMS graduates renowned for skill sets|last= Bower|first= Melissa|date= 9 December 2010|newspaper= The Lamp|access-date= 18 April 2012|ref= Bow10|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130123180112/http://www.ftleavenworthlamp.com/newsnow/x2012969038/SAMS-graduates-renowned-for-skill-sets|archive-date= 23 January 2013}}
*{{cite news| url = http://www.ftleavenworthlamp.com/community/community_features/x1984309365/SAMS-graduation-adds-to-pool-of-planners| last = Bower| first = Melissa| title = SAMS graduation adds to pool of planners| newspaper = The Lamp| date = 8 December 2011| ref = Bow11| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120426062137/http://www.ftleavenworthlamp.com/community/community_features/x1984309365/SAMS-graduation-adds-to-pool-of-planners| archive-date = 26 April 2012}}
* Brown, John S. "The Maturation of Operational Art: Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm." In {{cite book |title= Historical Perspectives of the Operational Art|editor-last= Krause|editor-first= Michael D.|editor2-last=Phillips|editor2-first=R. Cody|year= 2005|pages = 439–475|publisher= Center of Military History|location= Washington D.C.|ref = Bro05}}
*{{cite book |title= School of Advanced Military Studies Commemorative History: 1984–2009|last= Benson|first= Kevin|year= 2009|publisher= United States Army Command and General Staff College|location= Kansas|ref = Ben09}}
* {{Cite thesis |type= PhD Diss.|title= Educating the Army's Jedi: The School of Advanced Military Studies and the Introduction of Operational Art into U.S. Army Doctrine, 1983–1994|last= Benson|first= Kevin C. M.|year= 2010|publisher= University of Kansas|hdl= 1808/7716}}
*{{cite web|url= http://www.tonganoxiemirror.com/news/2011/aug/30/former-horse-stables-become-site-fort-leavenworth-/|title= Former Horse Stables Become Site of Fort Leavenworth Officer School after $12.2 Million Renovation|last= Erickson|first= Matt|date= 30 August 2011|work= The Tonganoxie Mirror|access-date= 31 August 2011|ref= Eri11}}
* {{Cite thesis |type= SAMS Monograph|title= Teaching and Learning the Operational Art of War: An Appraisal of the School of Advanced Military Studies|last= Gifford|first= John L.|year= 2000|publisher= United States Army Command and General Staff College}}
* {{Cite thesis |type= SAMS Monograph|title= Wants and Needs: SAMS' Relationship with the Army|last= Goble|first= Jeffrey J.|year= 2008|publisher= United States Army Command and General Staff College}}
* {{cite journal |last= High|first= Gill|title= More than "Officer U"|journal= Soldiers|volume= 54|issue= 4 |issn= 0093-8440 |date= April 1999|pages= 32–35| ref = Hig99}}
*{{cite web|url= http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/cgsc/events/SAMS25TH/HUNTOON%2025th%20SPEECH.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120829194333/http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/cgsc/events/SAMS25TH/HUNTOON%2025th%20SPEECH.pdf|archive-date= 2012-08-29|url-status= dead|title= Huntoon Speech|last= Huntoon|first= Samuel|date= 21 May 2009|publisher= United States Army Combined Arms Center|access-date= 16 December 2010|ref= Hun09}}
*{{Citation  | last = Kretchik| first = Walter E.  | title = Whither SAMS?| journal = Army Magazine| volume = 48 | issue = 12 | issn= 0093-8440 | pages = 31–34  | date = December 1998| ref = Kre98}}.
*{{cite web|url= http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/events/sams/samsGrad1001.asp|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101107103412/http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/cgsc/events/SAMS/samsGrad1001.asp|url-status= dead|archive-date= 7 November 2010|title= SAMS Graduates Largest Class|last= Liewer|first= Steve|date= 21 May 2010|publisher= United States Army Combined Arms Center|access-date= 16 December 2010|ref= Lie10}}
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== External links ==
*{{Official website|https://armyuniversity.edu/CGSC/SAMS/SAMS}}
* {{cite web |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV7iawEvjvk| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309184731/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV7iawEvjvk| archive-date=2016-03-09 | url-status=dead|title= SAMS Graduation Documentary, MAY 2014 |author= United States Army Command and General Staff College|publisher= YouTube.com|access-date= 23 May 2014 }}
* {{cite web |url= http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/sams/index.asp|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081207060412/http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/sams/index.asp|url-status= dead|archive-date= 7 December 2008|title= School of Advanced Military Studies|author= United States Army Command and General Staff College|date= 3 December 2010|publisher= United States Army Combined Arms Center |access-date= 16 December 2010 }}
* {{cite web |url= http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2003/04/force_majeure.html|title= Force Majeure: What lies behind the military's victory in Iraq |author= Fred Kaplan | author-link = Fred Kaplan (journalist) |date= 10 April 2003|work= Slate.com|publisher= The Slate Group|access-date= 3 April 2012 }}

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