Nigerian Colonel Charles Opuene Nenjite beat 380 other
postgraduate students to the top position at the U.S. War College (USAWC),
Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Col Nengite's performance was the best by any foreigner
in 38 years in the college
According to google, he is a graduate of Electrical Eng.
from the Nigeria Defence Academy, Kaduna and
studied at Federal Govt College, Warri.
studied at Federal Govt College, Warri.
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.
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