Command and General Staff College Foundation News Fall 2017 - 11

FEATURE
Major Gen. Antony Anderson, Jamaica

Lt. Gen. Dennis Gyllensporre, Sweden

PHOTOS COURTESY ARMYU PUBLIC AFFAIRS

International
Hall of Fame
gains four
members
by Mark H. Wiggins,
Managing Editor
Since the spring edition of the
Foundation News, the Command and
General Staff College International Hall
of Fame has gained four new members.
- General Surapong Suwana-adth, Chief
of Defense Forces for the Royal Thai
Armed Forces, was inducted on July
11. In a ceremony conducted Oct. 12,
three more officers were inducted: Lt.
Gen. Dennis Gyllensporre, Chief of
Defence Staff, Swedish Armed Forces;
Major Gen. Antony Anderson, Chief of
Defence Staff, Jamaica Defence Force;
and Lt. Gen. Leo Beulen, Commander of
the Royal Netherlands Army.
General Surapong is an alumnus of
the CGSC Class of 1994 in which he
was also the recipient of the Eisenhower
Award. (The Eisenhower Award is
presented to the top international officer
in each CGSC class and is currently
endowed by the CGSC Foundation's
David Beaham Memorial Fund.)
Lt. Gen. Beulen graduated CGSC
in 1998. He became Commander of
the Royal Netherlands Army and was
promoted to his present rank in March
2016.
Major Gen. Anderson graduated
with the CGSC Class of 2000. He was
appointed Chief of Defence Staff of the
Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) on Oct.
10, 2010.
Lt. Gen. Gyllensporre was a

General Surapong Suwana-adth, Thailand

member of the 2001 class at CGSC,
earning the Eisenhower Award as the
top international officer and also a
Master of Military Arts and Science
degree. Since late 2014, he has been the
Chief of Defence Staff with the rank of
lieutenant general. He is also director of
the Special Forces and the Commandant

Lt. Gen. Leo Beulen, Netherlands

of Stockholm with designated state
ceremonial responsibilities.
The induction of these officers brings
to 274 the number of leaders who
have been honored in the International
Hall of Fame from the more than
8,000 international officers who have
graduated from the college.

For the full stories and more photos see:
http://www.cgscfoundation.org/thai-general-inducted-into-international-hall-of-fame/
http://www.cgscfoundation.org/cgsc-adds-three-leaders-to-international-hall-of-fame/
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