Maj. Gen. Arthur Bartell Named Army and Navy Academy President

Army Maj. Gen. Arthur M. Bartell, a highly decorated officer whose command assignments included overseeing all ROTC and JROTC units nationwide, has been named President-Select of the Army and Navy Academy. (please link to www.armyandnavyacademy.org). Currently the Deputy Director and Chief of Staff of the Army Capabilities Integration Center, Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Eustis, Va., Bartell will retire from the Army on September 1. His 36-year career has included combat assignments in Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan and a stint as Commanding General of the U.S. Army Cadet Command. He will succeed Brig. Gen. Stephen Bliss who is retiring early next year after 12 years as head of the 103-year-old school. Academy Board of Trustees Chair Jack Wyatt said Bartell was the board’s unanimous selection. “We were very impressed with Art’s military background and his effective leadership of the Army’s Cadet Command that serves university, college and secondary school ROTC programs across the nation,” Wyatt said. “His experience and personal commitment will play a key role in continuing the fine work General Bliss has done in strengthening the Academy’s values and mission to educate and develop good character in young men.” Bartell is a 1977 graduate of the University of Michigan where he was commissioned a field artillery officer through the university’s ROTC program. He later earned master’s degrees in Behavioral Science from Catholic University and in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College. His decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, and medals commemorating his service in Southwest Asia, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the Global War on Terrorism. “The Academy selected General Bartell from a field of extraordinarily well-qualified candidates,” General Bliss said. “I am confident he will be an outstanding president who will provide the visionary leadership the Academy needs and deserves. I look forward to working with him in transition and my wife, Sally, and I look forward to welcoming the General and his wife, Karen, to our school-wide community.” The Bartells will relocate to Carlsbad in the coming months before the General assumes his new duties as the Academy’s 14th President on Jan. 17, 2014 when General Bliss retires. “I am extremely honored to have been selected as the Academy’s next President. Karen and I are very excited about joining the Warrior team and I pledge to work tirelessly to build on the tremendous efforts of General Bliss and the Board as we strive together to provide the very best academic, athletic, and leadership opportunities,” Bartell said, adding, “Go, Warriors!” Founded in 1910, the Army and Navy Academy is a private not-for-profit institution that provides an academically robust, character-based education for 7th- through 12th-grade young men. It is the only private boarding school in San Diego County and the only military academy for high school-age students in California and surrounding states.