 The School of Advanced Military Studies ( SAMS ) is one of four United States Army schools that make up the United States Army Command and General Staff College ( CGSC ) at Fort Leavenworth , Kansas . This " enormously rigorous " graduate school comprises two programs : the larger Advanced Military Studies Program ( AMSP ) , and the Advanced Operational Art Studies Fellowship ( AOASF ) , which more senior officers attend . The student body is small but diverse and comprises members of each of the U.S. armed forces , various U.S. Government agencies , and allied military forces . Graduates are colloquially known as " Jedi Knights " . 
