[3] The first group of students was admitted in 2004 to attend the senior command course that lasted one year.

The first officers to graduate from the college included some of the most senior leaders of the UPDF.

[4] The course has been given every year since and has been attended by the majority of the senior commanders in the UPDF.

[5] As of June 2020, the commandant of USCSC was Lieutenant General Andrew Gutti.

The course is attended by senior officers from the UPDF and by senior military officers from other African countries including Kenya, Tanzania, South Sudan and Rwanda.