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The Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) is an internationally-renowned institution and component of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom is the UK Defences Higher Educational Institution. ...
The RCDS Mission is:
- "To prepare senior officers and officials of the United Kingdom and other countries and future leaders from the private and public sectors for high responsibilities in their respective organisations, by developing their analytical powers, knowledge of defence and international security, and strategic vision".
Formerly the Imperial Defence College, RCDS owes its origins to the recommendation of a cabinet committee in 1922 presided over by Winston Churchill, then Secretary of State for the Colonies. This article is becoming very long. ...
The college was founded in 1927 and was located at 9 Buckingham Gate until 1939. Its work in those days was chiefly concerned with defence of the Empire, with a population of 25 Members drawn from the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Buckingham Gate is a street in London SW1, England, near Buckingham Palace. ...
The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ...
The experience of the Second World War proved the benefits of such an institution for training senior service officers and governments and services of the Commonwealth for the college to resume its work.
In 1946 the college reopened at its site at Seaford House, Belgrave Square. This was the first time members from the United States attended the course. Seaford House is one of the grandest surviving aristocratic mansions in London, England. ...
The north east side of Belgrave Square soon after construction Belgrave Square is one of the grandest 19th century squares in London. ...
The college was renamed to "Royal College of Defence Studies" in 1970. The course composition has been progressively widened to include members from over 33 different countries, including in recent years China, Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, Pakistan, the Slovak Republic and Nepal.
The college celebrated its 75th Anniversary in 2002. The occasion was marked by a visit by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ...
The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, (Philip Mountbatten; born Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark, 10 June 1921) is the husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II. Originally a Prince of Greece and Denmark, Prince Philip abandoned those titles to serve in the Royal Navy, but did not renounce them. ...
RCDS forms a part of the new Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. In fulfilment of its mission, the college runs one course a year, from January to December. Each course is attended by a maximum of 88 members, around one-third from UK and two-thirds from overseas. 75% are military officers of Colonel/Brigadier or equivalent rank. The remaining 25% are civil servants, diplomats, police officers and representatives from the private sector. All have been selected to attend the course on the strength of their potential to progress to a high position within their profession. Their average age is 46. Colonel (IPA: or ) is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with the corresponding ranks existing in nearly every country in the world. ...
Brigadier is a rank which is used in different ways by different countries. ...
The College is under a Commandant, currently Admiral Sir Ian Garnett, KCB, and senior directing staff are major-general and equivalent officers from the Royal Navy, British Army, Royal Air Force, and civil service. The Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies was a UK senior serving military officer between 1972 and 2001. ...
Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. ...
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Military Badge of the Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. ...
Major General or Major-General is a military rank used in many countries. ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
The British civil service is the permanent bureaucracy that supports the Government Ministers responsible to the Sovereign and Parliament in administering the United Kingdom. ...
Distinguished former members of the course
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Klaus Naumann (born May 25, 1939 in Munich) is a German general, who was General Inspector of the German military from 1991 to 1996 and Chair of the Military Committee of the NATO from 1996 to 1999, succeeding the British general Richard Frederick Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill. ...
Field Marshal The Right Honourable Richard Frederick Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill GBE, KCB, DSO, (born 23 August 1931), was created a life peer as Baron Vincent of Coleshill, of Shrivenham in the County of Oxfordshire in 1996, following his retirement as Chair of the Military Committee of NATO, a...
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