The Connections Wargaming Conference is an annual event conducted each summer to bring together practitioners from every segment of the wargaming community. Connections is open to all wargaming practitioners and international participation is welcome. Connections Conference 2021, a virtual event hosted by Army University and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, is being […]

Please join us for a luncheon and presentation of the Simons Center National Security Forum:Counter Human Trafficking Efforts in the U.S. Thursday • May 20, 2021 • 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Des Moines Embassy Club West • 520 Market Street • Des Moines, Iowa In this session of the forum, Lt. Col. John J. […]

The 13th lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series is scheduled for May 13, 2021 at June’s Northland in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas (614 Pottawatomie St.). A reception with cash bar begins at 5:30 p.m., the buffet dinner starts at 6 p.m. and Dr. Willbank’s presentation will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25/person in […]

On Silver Star Service Banner Day, we recognize those who have served our nation gallantly and remember the sacrifices of our wounded and ill veterans. The Silver Star is the third-highest military decoration for valor in combat. Many Silver Star recipients are interred at the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, including the five veterans listed below. […]

The CGSC Foundation announces the winners of its 2021 competitive scholarship program. Jillian Krysa, a senior from Havelock High School in Havelock, N.C., and Kyle Skinner, a senior at North Scott Senior High in Eldridge, Iowa, won the $500 high school awards. Three $500 college-level scholarships were awarded: Ella Levicki, a freshman at the University […]

Today, April 6, is National Library Workers Day. The CGSC Foundation would like to say a special “Thank You!” to Sierra Hochstatter, Community Technician at the Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library at Fort Leavenworth. The Foundation has worked closely with Sierra over the past year to make sure the students and families stationed at […]

Beginning in the Fall 2020 edition of the CGSC Foundation News magazine, we began highlighting personal updates from our alumni around the world. We’d like to continue seeing and sharing what our alumni are doing these days, whether it’s a new assignment, new job, a great vacation, or the birth of a child or grandchild…whatever […]

April is Month of the Military Child. For many military families, their time at Fort Leavenworth is a respite from multiple deployments and time away from their loved ones. These challenges can be especially tough for children. Recognizing the unique burden military dependent children bear, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger established April as the Month of […]