General Tommy Franks Leadership Institute & Museum

INSPIRING LEADERSHIP, PATRIOTISM & SERVICE

FOUR STAR LEADERSHIP WITH GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS IS A WORLD-CLASS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM SELECTS ONLY 70 OF THE TOP HIGH SCHOOL LEADERS FROM A HIGHLY SELECTIVE APPLICATION PROCESS. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2008, FOUR STAR LEADERSHIP HAS HOSTED NEARLY 1000 STUDENTS FROM 49 STATES AS WELL AS 61 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND AWARDED OVER $275,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS. THE STUDENTS ARE CHALLENGED WITH PRACTICAL LEADERSHIP AND ETHICAL SCENARIOS, GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEADERS FROM AN ARRAY OF DISCIPLINES. THE PROGRAM IS COMPLETELY FREE TO EVERY SELECTED STUDENT, REMOVING ANY FINANCIAL BURDEN STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES MAY FACE. WITH EACH YEAR OF NEW ALUMNI, WE ADD TO OUR MENTOR NETWORK THAT PROUDLY ASSISTS STUDENTS AS COUNSELORS DURING THE PROGRAM, AND THE BOND CONTINUES AS THEY WORK TOGETHER TO FURTHER DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS AFTER LEAVING THE PROGRAM IN OKLAHOMA.

THE GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS MUSEUM IS HOUSED IN A NATIONAL HISTORIC BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN HOBART, OK. IT IS ONE OF ONLY TWO MILITARY MUSEUMS IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA THAT CHARGES NO ADMISSION FEE TO ANY VISITOR. WE HAVE A COLLECTION CATALOG WITH OVER 7,000 OBJECTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND ARCHIVES AND IS THE OFFICIAL ARCHIVES FOR GENERAL TOMMY R. FRANKS AND HIS TIME AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF AT US CENTRAL COMMAND FROM 2000-2003. OUR UNIQUE EXHIBITS TELL THE STORY OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY THROUGH THE LIFE OF GENERAL FRANKS, WITH INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS THAT SPAN FROM WWII TO PRESENT DAY. THE MUSEUM SHOWCASES WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE LARGEST PERMANENT 9/11 EXHIBIT WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI AS WELL A TEMPORARY EXHIBIT ROOM, WHERE TRAVELING MILITARY AND LEADERSHIP EXHIBITS WITH NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE ARE ON TEMPORARY DISPLAY. AS PART OF THE MUSEUM. THE MUSEUM ALSO HOUSES A LARGE TAXIDERMY COLLECTION OF VARIOUS SPECIES FROM EVERY CONTINENT AND AN EXTENSIVE MILITARY, POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF BOOKS IN THE HISTORIC STANLEY BUILDING IN HOBART.

THE MOBILE ROADSHOW AND CLASSROOM IS AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT TOURS THE UNITED STATES GOING TO VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FREE OF CHARGE, AND TO OTHER PRIVATE, CIVIC AND MILITARY EVENTS FOR A SMALL FEE. THE MOBILE EXHIBIT IS A CULTURAL STORY OF GENERAL AND MRS. FRANKS TRAVELS THROUGHOUT VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM IS BASED ON OKLAHOMA MIDDLE SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY; HOWEVER, THE TRAINED EDUCATOR THAT TRAVELS WITH THE EXHIBIT SHOWCASES DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES IN CULTURES THROUGHOUT THE REGION COMPARED TO THAT OF OUR IN THE UNITED STATES. THE PROGRAM IS USED AS A TOOL TO TEACH CHILDREN EVEN THOUGH DIFFERENCES MAY EXIST IN CULTURES, ALL INDIVIDUALS DESERVE RESPECT AS HUMANS, NO MATTER THEIR UPBRINGING. EDUCATIONAL EXERCISES ARE PROVIDED FOR CHILDREN TO FIND COMMONALTIES TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS FROM AND GROW RESPECT FROM.