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A students stands with a Zimbabwean man holding two certificates

Passion for Research Takes Cadet to Zimbabwe

October 2, 2019

It’s not unusual for a highly motivated cadet to have a passion for research—or for a cadet to be willing to travel to do that research. But a passion so strong that it involves 44 hours on an airplane? Now that’s unusual.

A portrait of Lt. Col. John Hall.

George Washington Topic of Cincinnati Lecture

February 13, 2018

Lt. Col. John W. Hall, an early American historian who currently serves as historian for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will speak Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. in Gillis Theater in Marshall Hall.

Dr. Klaus Schmider answers a question during his class on European land warfare in Scott Shipp Hall.

Sandhurst, VMI Swap Professors

October 13, 2017

Col. Geoff Jensen is teaching this fall at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, while Dr. Klaus Schmider, a member of the Sandhurst faculty, is teaching at VMI.

Animated characters wearing red, white and blue hats.

Who’s That Marching Off to Boot Camp?

September 13, 2016

A summer research project by Andrew Kelly '17 explores the role of Walt Disney Studios in creating World War II propaganda.

Rob Havers holding Vol. 7 of the Marshall papers

‘Marshall’s Greatness for All to Understand’

August 18, 2016

On June 23, the George C. Marshall Foundation celebrated an accomplishment nearly four decades in the making: the publication of the seventh and final volume of "The Papers of George Catlett Marshall."

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