U.S. Army War College

The United States Army War College is a United States Army school located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on the 500 acre (2 km²) campus of the historic Carlisle Barracks. It caters to high-level military personnel and civilians and prepares them for strategic leadership responsibilities. As the U. S. Army's most senior military educational institution, it provides a function similar to that of the Navy War College and Air War College, each an academic institution administered by a sister service of the United States Army, and trains most of the army's colonels or lieutenant colonels.