SAMS leads spring NSRT program

● Mark Wiggins ● April 6, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College’s School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) and the CGSC Foundation cohosted a National Security Roundtable (NSRT) program April 3-4, 2018 at the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Eighteen civilian business and academic professionals were the guests of this NSRT… Read More

Ambassadors discuss country teams in InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture

● Mark Wiggins ● April 6, 2018 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Retired Ambassadors David Lambertson and Patrick Moon gave the latest presentation in the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series, entitled “Ambassadorial Expectations and Country Team Operations” on April 3. During their presentation Ambassadors Lambertson and Moon shared their experiences on Embassy Country Teams and discussed an ambassador’s expectations of U.S. personnel and… Read More

Partner Spotlight – Veterans of Foreign Wars

● Mark Wiggins ● April 2, 2018 ● News Releases Partner Spotlight ● No Comments

The national headquarters of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for April 2018. The VFW has come online in recent months as one of the sponsors of two of the Foundation’s lecture series – the “Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series” and the… Read More

British visit CGSC for Eagle Owl exercise

● Mark Wiggins ● March 28, 2018 ● Featured News Releases School News ● No Comments

(Army University Public Affairs) The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College hosted 200 officers from the United Kingdom’s Intermediate Command and Staff College (Land) March 2-16 to study with their U.S. counterparts. Exercise Eagle Owl occurs twice a year and culminates in the two-week exercise where a combined group… Read More

New TRADOC commander visits Fort Leavenworth

● Mark Wiggins ● March 28, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

Gen. Stephen Townsend, the new commanding general of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, visited the Combined Arms Center Training Innovation Facility March 15. He was accompanied by Maj. Gen. Maria Gervais, deputy commanding general, Combined Arms Center-Training. Townsend assumed command of TRADOC on March 2 from Gen. David Perkins,… Read More

100th Training Division commander meets with TASS CGSS students

● Mark Wiggins ● March 28, 2018 ● Featured News Releases School News ● No Comments

Leadership from the Fort Belvoir Satellite Campus of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School (CGSS) and The Army School System (TASS) hosted a visit from Brig. Gen. Aaron T. Walter, commanding general of the 100th Training Division (Operational Support), on March 10, 2018. Lt. Col. Sean Truax, Virginia… Read More

Retired Garmin executive visits Fort Leavenworth

● Mark Wiggins ● March 20, 2018 ● Featured News Releases Walk and Talk Program ● No Comments

Mike Meyer, a member of the CGSC Foundation Board of Trustees, hosted Gary Kelley, a retired executive from Garmin, on a walk and talk tour of Fort Leavenworth and the Command and General Staff College on March 13. They were accompanied by CGSC Foundation President/CEO Doug Tystad accompanied Meyer and… Read More

CGSS hosts interagency course for true interagency audience

● Mark Wiggins ● March 20, 2018 ● Featured News Releases School News ● No Comments

The U.S. Army Command and Staff School (CGSS), Fort Belvoir, Virginia Satellite Campus, recently concluded its elective course on Interagency and National Security Coordination to a true interagency audience. The five-week course began in January 2018 and ended at the end of February 18. The elective is hosted through the… Read More

Huff Group visits Fort Leavenworth

● Mark Wiggins ● March 20, 2018 ● Featured News Releases Walk and Talk Program ● No Comments

On March 12, the CGSC Foundation President/CEO Doug Tystad, Director of Development Joan Cabell and Foundation Ambassador Matt Thrasher hosted Bryan Huff and Veronica Morris from the Huff Group, a Keller Williams Realty Partner, on a walk and talk tour of Fort Leavenworth and the Command and General Staff College.… Read More

Foundation contributes to Spouses Club scholarship program

● Mark Wiggins ● March 16, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

On March 14, the CGSC Foundation made a donation to the Fort Leavenworth Spouse’s Club Scholarship program to support the award of two scholarships in 2018. The scholarships will be awarded later this spring to one military spouse for continuing education and one college age family member. Interested applicants can… Read More