A Nigerian
Army officer, Colonel Charles Nengite, at the weekend, beat 380 other
postgraduate students to the top position at the U.S. War College (USAWC),
Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
The information was obtained from the college website, posted on
Monday.
Mr. Nengite’s performance was the best by any foreigner in 38
years in the college, the information added.
In one of several letters conveying his choice for the various
awards, the Commandant of the college, Maj.-Gen. William Rapp, described Mr.
Nengite’s performance as “arguably one of the best in the international fellows
programmes at the USAWC”.
Mr. Rapp also said at the graduation ceremony of the college
that Nigeria should be proud of Mr. Nengite and his compatriot in the Masters
of Strategic Studies class, Col. Timothy Shipi.
He said “Shipi performed brilliantly”.
The breakdown obtained from the school’s website indicated that
at the graduation of the 2015 class, Col. Nengite bagged six awards for
outstanding performance in different courses.
He earned the Distinguished Graduate award reserved for the top
five fellows in his class of 381 and also the Commandant’s award for
distinction in research.
Mr.
Nengite also received the USAWC recognition award for innovation in SHARP –
Sexual Harassment and Response Programme and articulated a seminal paper – “I
am your friend campaign’’ – strategy under the SHARP.
SHARP is considered of significant importance to the U.S. Army.
Mr. Nengite also received the 2nd best speaker award in the
speaking competition in the 2016 class made up of 302 Americans and 79 other
nationals in 73 other countries.
The Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, Gen. Mark Milley, who
presided over the ceremony, told the audience that graduands of the college
proceeded to occupy strategic leadership positions.
The USAWC was founded in 1901 to specifically cater for the
strategic leadership training needs of the U.S. military.
Some of the prominent servicemen who had gone through USAWC in
the past were President Muhammadu Buhari, Collin Powell, Dwight Eisenhower,
George Patton and Norman Schwarzkopf.
(NAN)
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