Archives for 2023

National Wreaths Across America Day 2023 offers chance to honor veterans

On Dec. 16, 2023 National Wreaths Across America Day, the CGSC Foundation helped honor veterans’ graves at the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery with ...

National Wreaths Across America Day – Dec. 16

On Dec. 16, National Wreaths Across America Day, the CGSC Foundation will help honor veterans' graves at the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery with ...

InterAgency Journal 13-2

The fall 2023 edition of the InterAgency Journal opens with three articles that focus on the Asian-Pacific region discussing U.S. national strategy, ...

ARNSF features preview of new Cold War book

The CGSC Foundation's Simons Center hosted an Arter-Rowland National Security Forum luncheon event on Dec. 7, 2023, at the Carriage Club in Kansas ...

Holiday Reception – Dec. 12

The CGSC Foundation is hosting a holiday reception for donors on Dec. 12 from 6–8 p.m. at the Carriage Club (5301 State Line Road, ...

2023 Appreciation Lunch – Dec. 8

The CGSC Foundation is hosting its annual "Friends of the Foundation Appreciation Lunch" for its suppliers, providers and supporters on Dec. 8 from ...

Distinguished Speaker Series event features preview of Cold War book

The CGSC Foundation and its Simons Center hosted the third and final lecture of the 2023 Distinguished Speaker Series at the Riverfront Community ...

No. 33/Fall 2023 (November)

In this edition we welcome the new CGSC Foundation Chair Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Christopher P. Hughes. We also highlight the Powell Lecture with Ambassador ...

Giving Tuesday, Nov. 28

Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving that encourages and inspires people to do good, give back, and celebrate generosity. This Giving Tuesday, ...

Happy Thanksgiving!

CGSC Foundation Alumni, Friends, and Supporters – Greetings and Happy Thanksgiving from the CGSC Foundation! As we head into the Thanksgiving ...

ARNSF focuses on World War II Mobilization

The CGSC Foundation's Simons Center hosted an Arter-Rowland National Security Forum luncheon event on Nov. 16, 2023, at the Carriage Club in Kansas ...

Distinguished Speaker Series – Nov. 29

You are invited to a Distinguished Speaker Series dinner event on Nov. 29, 2023, at the Riverfront Community Center in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas ...

Wreaths Across America – honoring veterans one wreath at a time

The 2023 National Wreaths Across America Day is Dec. 16. The CGSC Foundation is one of the Fort Leavenworth area Wreaths Across America sponsor groups ...

Barbados, Chiliean leaders inducted into International Hall of Fame

(Sarah Hauck/ArmyU Public Affairs) The Army University’s Command and General Staff College inducted two new military members to the CGSC International ...

Former CGSC deputy commandant elected as Foundation chair

The CGSC Foundation board of trustees has elected former CGSC deputy commandant retired Maj. Gen. Christopher P. Hughes, as the next chair of the ...

Arter-Roland National Security Forum: 2023 NATO Summit

In this presentation of the Arter-Roland National Security Forum, retired Maj. Gen. Gordon B. “Skip” Davis, Jr., a Senior Fellow at the Center for ...

Son Tay Raid focus of latest ARNSF

The CGSC Foundation's Simons Center hosted an Arter-Rowland National Security Forum luncheon event on Oct. 12, 2023, at the Carriage Club in Kansas ...

Calling for Alumni Updates – We want to hear from you!

Beginning in the Fall 2020 edition of the CGSC Foundation News magazine, we began highlighting personal updates from our alumni around the world. Our ...

2nd annual Frontier Freedom 5K Run/Walk helps builds awareness

More than 100 people participated in the Frontier Freedom 5K Run/Walk on Fort Leavenworth on Oct. 8, 2023. Hosted by the CGSC Foundation and the ...

Distinguished Speaker Series event features update on war in Ukraine

The CGSC Foundation and its Simons Center hosted the second lecture of the 2023 Distinguished Speaker Series at the Riverfront Community Center in ...

China-U.S. relations focus of national security forum in Des Moines

The CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center hosted a Des Moines National Security Forum on Sept. 27, 2023, with a luncheon event featuring a presentation by ...

2nd Annual Frontier Freedom 5K Run/Walk – Oct. 8

The CGSC Foundation and the Kansas City Friends of Fisher House are teaming up again to host the second annual Frontier Freedom 5K Run/Walk at 9 a.m., ...

ARNSF focuses on NATO’s Cold War nuclear posture

The CGSC Foundation's Simons Center hosted an Arter-Rowland National Security Forum luncheon event on Sept. 21, 2023, at the Carriage Club in Kansas ...

Distinguished Speaker Series – Oct. 3

You are invited to a Distinguished Speaker Series dinner event on Oct. 3, 2023, at the Riverfront Community Center in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas ...

Call for Papers – InterAgency Journal (Deadline Sept. 29, 2023)

The Simons Center for Ethical Leadership and Interagency Cooperation announces a call for papers for the InterAgency Journal, to be published in the ...

Former Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, United Nations delivers Class of 2024 Powell Lecture

Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad presented the annual Colin L. Powell Lecture for students of the Class of 2024 at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff ...

Third annual International Family Fishing Derby fun for all

The Fort Leavenworth Rod & Gun Club hosted the post’s third annual International Family Fishing Derby at Merritt Lake on Fort Leavenworth on Sept. ...

Distinguished Speaker Series Dinner – Sept. 12

You're Invited! The CGSC Foundation invites the public to attend a Distinguished Speaker Series dinner event at 6:30 p.m., Sept. 12, at the ...

International Military Family Fishing Derby – Sept. 9

The Fort Leavenworth Rod and Gun Club invites all international military students and their families to a “Fishing Derby” at Merritt Lake on Fort ...

Women and Leadership Fall Education Series

The AY2024 Women and Leadership program kicked off with a social at the Frontier Army Museum on the evening of August 10. The Women and Leadership ...

DMNSF – Sept. 27, 2023

In this presentation of the Des Moines National Security Forum, Dr. Joseph G. D. (Geoff) Babb, professor of history in the Department of Military ...

CGSC Foundation supports library open house for Soldiers, families

The CGSC Foundation provided material and volunteer support for the Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library open house on Aug. 11, 2023, from noon ...

CGSOC Class of 2024 Opens with International Flag Ceremony

The Command and General Staff Officers Course (CGSOC) Class of 2024 began Aug. 7, 2023, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with the International Flag ...

Check Out Your Library – Aug. 11

“Check Out Your Library” Open House on Aug. 11, from 12:30-4:00 p.m. at the Combined Arms Research Library (250 Gibbon Ave., Fort Leavenworth, KS ...

CGSC Assistant Professor, Foundation Trustee guest on “Leader Up” Podcast

The latest episode of the Army Management Staff College (AMSC) “Leader Up” podcast features special guest Col. (Ret.) Dwayne Wagner who discusses his ...

CGSOC Class of 2024 International Flag Ceremony – Aug. 7

Opening day for each class of the Command and General Staff Officers Course (CGSOC) always includes the International Flag Ceremony. The flag ...

NATO nuclear posture topic of national security forum in Des Moines

The CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center hosted a Des Moines National Security Forum on July 19, 2023, with a luncheon event featuring a presentation by ...

A new academic year begins, our work continues

CGSC Foundation Alumni, Friends, and Supporters – Greetings from historic and beautiful Fort Leavenworth! Congratulations to the Class of 2023 and to ...

ARNSF focuses on China – U.S. relations

The CGSC Foundation's Simons Center hosted an Arter-Rowland National Security Forum luncheon event on June 15, 2023, at the Carriage Club in Kansas ...

2023 Harris leadership award presented to Army doctor

Major Sebastian Welsh, M.D., received the Lieutenant Colonel Boyd McCanna “Mac” Harris Leadership Award for the Command and General Staff Officer ...

Award for 2023 top SOF student goes to psyops officer

Maj. Kent J. Gonzales received the LTC Ronald C. Ward Distinguished Special Operations Forces (SOF) Student Award for the Command and General Staff ...

InterAgency Journal 13-1

The spring 2023 edition of the InterAgency Journal, is filled with articles covering a breadth of topics spanning from the current conflict in ...

DMNSF – July 19, 2023

In this session of the Forum, retired Col. Bob Ulin will discuss the nuclear posture of NATO in Europe in the 1970s and recount how Soviet leadership ...

U.S. Army Command and General Staff College graduates June 9

More than 1,050 officers graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officer Course June 9, 2023, at the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort ...

Simons Center kicks off new national security forum in Des Moines

The CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center initiated the Des Moines National Security Forum (DMNSF) May 25, 2023, with a luncheon event featuring a ...

CGSOC Class of 2023 graduation – June 9

The Command and General Staff Officers Course (CGSOC) Class of 2023 graduation ceremony will be conducted June 9 at 9 a.m., in the Eisenhower ...

SAMS graduates 111 ‘seed planters’

The U.S. Army’s School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) Class of 2023 graduated at 9 a.m., May 25, in Eisenhower Auditorium at the Lewis and Clark ...

Remembering the Fallen on Memorial Day 2023

Memorial Day has its beginnings in the Civil War, a war in which the scale of destruction was astonishing not only in the number of lives it claimed, ...

Fort Leavenworth adds 2 to Hall of Fame

(by Harry Sarles, Army University Public Affairs) The Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth added two inductees to the Fort Leavenworth Hall of ...

No. 32/Spring 2023 (May)

In this edition we highlight the National Security Roundtable which was conducted April 17-20, 2023. We’re also highlighting the Ethics Symposium and ...

Cyber defense focus of latest ARNSF

The CGSC Foundation's Simons Center hosted an Arter-Rowland National Security Forum (ARNSF) luncheon event on May 18, 2023, at the Carriage Club in ...

SAMS graduation – May 25

The U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies Class of 2023 graduation ceremony is scheduled for 9 a.m., May 25, 2023, in the Eisenhower ...

Simons Center National Security Forum – May 25

Please join us for a luncheon and presentation of the Simons Center National Security Forum:Update Briefing on the War in Ukraine Thursday • May 25, ...

KC CASA, Speedway President, Foundation Trustee is Person of Note

The CGSC Foundation has selected Foundation Trustee Patrick C. Warren as a Foundation Person of Note to honor his service to the U.S. Army and the ...

Partner Spotlight – First Command

First Command Financial Services is selected as the latest CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner Spotlight. “First Command has provided tremendous support ...

CGSC Foundation announces 2023 Scholarship Program winners

The CGSC Foundation announces the winners of its 2023 competitive scholarship program. “I am pleased to announce that our 2023 CGSCF Alumni ...

Former CGSC professor returns to deliver Vietnam War Commemoration lecture

The CGSC Foundation hosted the 15th lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series May 9, 2023, at the Riverfront Community Center in ...

CGSC team takes third in World Quest 2023

(by Gary R. Hobin, Assistant Professor, CGSC Department of Joint, Interagency, and Multinational Operations) The moderator announces a question; it ...

Graduation draws near…

CGSC Foundation Alumni, Friends, and Supporters – Greetings from Fort Leavenworth! As we near the end of the 2023 academic year, our Foundation ...

‘1973 – The South Vietnamese Fight on Alone’ topic of next Vietnam Lecture – May 9

The 15th lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series is scheduled for May 9, 2023 at the Riverfront Community in downtown Leavenworth, ...

Foundation, CGSC cohost 2023 CGSC Military Ethics Symposium

The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the CGSC Foundation cohosted the 2023 CGSC Military Ethics Symposium which was conducted April ...

Foundation, College host Spring 2023 National Security Roundtable

Civilian business and community leaders from around the country participated in the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) National ...

U.S. Disciplinary Barracks history and mission focus of latest ARNSF

The CGSC Foundation's Simons Center hosted an Arter-Rowland National Security Forum (ARNSF) luncheon event on April 12, 2023, at the Mission Hills ...

Calling for Alumni Updates – We want to hear from you!

Beginning in the Fall 2020 edition of the CGSC Foundation News magazine, we began highlighting personal updates from our alumni around the world. Our ...

CGSC inducts two officers to International Hall of Fame

(Harry Sarles/ArmyU Public Affairs) The Command and General Staff College inducted leaders from the Czech Republic and Romania into its International ...

National Security Roundtable set for April 17-19

Civilian business and community leaders from around the country will participate in the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) National ...

FAOA chapter welcomes Ambassador Miller

Members of the Fort Leavenworth-Roger Donlon Chapter of the Foreign Area Officers Association (FAOA), along with spouses and friends met at ...

Vietnam veteran receives Medal of Honor after 58-year wait

Retired U.S. Army Col. Paris D. Davis (CGSC Class of 1971) finally received the Medal of Honor for his bravery during the Vietnam War in a ceremony at ...

Medal of Honor Day 2023

On March 25, we recognize and honor the heroism and sacrifice of those who have received the Medal of Honor – the highest and most prestigious award ...

ARNSF focuses on private sector impact on diplomacy

The CGSC Foundation's Simons Center hosted an Arter-Rowland National Security Forum luncheon event on March 23, 2023, at the Carriage Club in Kansas ...

VFW Commander-in-Chief visits CGSC

On March 13, 2023, the CGSC Foundation facilitated a visit to the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College by VFW Commander-in-Chief Timothy M. ...

Calling for Alumni Updates!

Beginning in the Fall 2020 edition of the CGSC Foundation News magazine, we began highlighting personal updates from our alumni around the world. Our ...

ARNSF recounts lessons learned from 2011 drawdown in Iraq

The CGSC Foundation's Simons Center hosted an Arter-Rowland National Security Forum (ARNSF) luncheon event on March 8, 2023, at the Mission Hills ...

Women and Leadership program members gather to celebrate International Women’s Day

Members of the CGSC Women and Leadership program gathered on March 7, 2023 to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, and reconnect after a ...

Three CGSC faculty members receive top awards for education excellence

What makes a good instructor? – "There are three characteristics that make a good teacher – passion, preparation, and humility,” said Dr. Trent ...

A busy spring ahead…

CGSC Foundation Alumni, Friends, and Supporters – Greetings from Fort Leavenworth! As we look forward to spring, our Foundation is in full swing ...

Foundation Trustee presents at Park University Black History Month observance

CGSC Foundation Trustee Col. (Ret.) Dwayne Wagner presented during Park University’s month-long celebration of Black History Month on Feb. 28 at 10 ...

CGSC Foundation scholarship program for military families kicks off Jan. 3

The CGSC Foundation announces the kickoff of its competitive scholarship program for immediate family members of U.S. Army Command and General Staff ...

Foundation Trustee to present at Park University Black History Month observance

CGSC Foundation Trustee Col. (Ret.) Dwayne Wagner will present during Park University’s month-long celebration of Black History Month on Feb. 28 at 10 ...

Capture of the USS Pueblo and survivor story topic of latest ARNSF

The CGSC Foundation's Simons Center hosted an Arter-Rowland National Security Forum luncheon event on Jan. 19, 2023, at the Carriage Club in Kansas ...

Happy New Year!

CGSC Foundation Alumni, Friends, and Supporters – Greetings and Happy New Year from Fort Leavenworth! As we begin the second half of the school year ...

Kansas City Federal Executive Board presents at latest InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture

The fourth lecture of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for CGSC academic year 2023 was conducted Jan. 18, in the Arnold Conference Room in the ...

Federal Executive Board topic of next InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture – Jan. 18

The fourth lecture of academic year 2023 of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series will be conducted at 12:30 p.m., Jan. 18, in the Arnold ...

CGSC Foundation 2023 scholarship program for military families kicks off Jan. 3

The CGSC Foundation announces the kickoff of its competitive scholarship program for immediate family members of U.S. Army Command and General Staff ...