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

● Mark Wiggins ● September 28, 2023 ● Events Past Events ● No Comments

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., on Oct. 8, 2023. The public is invited to participate in the race which will start and finish at the Frontier Army Museum… Read More

ARNSF focuses on NATO’s Cold War nuclear posture

● Mark Wiggins ● September 22, 2023 ● ARNSF Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

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 City. Simons Center Director Bob Ulin welcomed the ARNSF members, some of whom also introduced their guests. As lunch wound down Simons Center Deputy Director, Lt. Col.… Read More

Distinguished Speaker Series – Oct. 3

● Mark Wiggins ● September 21, 2023 ● Events Past Events ● Comments Off

You are invited to a Distinguished Speaker Series dinner event on Oct. 3, 2023, at the Riverfront Community Center in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas (123 S. Esplanade St.). A reception begins at 5:30 p.m., the buffet dinner starts at 6 p.m. and the presentation will begin at 7 p.m. In this… Read More

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

● Mark Wiggins ● September 18, 2023 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

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 College Sept. 12, 2023, at Fort Leavenworth’s Lewis and Clark Center. Khalilzad began the morning with his presentation in Eisenhower Auditorium addressing the students of… Read More

Third annual International Family Fishing Derby fun for all

● Mark Wiggins ● September 13, 2023 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

The Fort Leavenworth Rod & Gun Club hosted the post’s third annual International Family Fishing Derby at Merritt Lake on Fort Leavenworth on Sept. 9, 2023. The event was specifically intended for the international students and their families who are part of the Command and General Staff College Classes of… Read More

ARNSF – The Son Tay Raid

● Mark Wiggins ● September 11, 2023 ● ARNSF Registration ● Comments Off

In this presentation of the forum, Terry Buckler, the youngest of 56 volunteers from the Army Green Berets and Air Force Special Operations, will discuss the famous Green Berets’ raid on the Son Tay prison camp in North Vietnam. On November 12, 1970, U.S. Forces conducted a daring POW rescue… Read More

Distinguished Speaker Series Dinner – Sept. 12

● Mark Wiggins ● August 31, 2023 ● Events Past Events ● 5 comments

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 Carriage Club in Kansas City, Mo. (5301 State Line Road, KCMO). The evening’s keynote speaker is Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan… Read More

International Military Family Fishing Derby – Sept. 9

● Mark Wiggins ● August 31, 2023 ● Events Past Events ● No Comments

The Fort Leavenworth Rod and Gun Club invites all international military students and their families to a “Fishing Derby” at Merritt Lake on Fort Leavenworth (just west of the corner of Grant and Sedgwick Ave.) on Sept. 9, 2023. The derby is free to all international students and their families… Read More

ARNSF – NATO Nuclear Posture in the 1970s

● Mark Wiggins ● August 22, 2023 ● ARNSF Registration ● Comments Off

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 misread the intent of an exercise that nearly led to nuclear war. At the height of the Cold War, both NATO and the… Read More

DMNSF – Sept. 27, 2023

● Mark Wiggins ● August 16, 2023 ● DMNSF Registration ● Comments Off

In this presentation of the Des Moines National Security Forum, Dr. Joseph G. D. (Geoff) Babb, professor of history in the Department of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, will provide an overview of the history and current status of Sino-American relations. He will discuss… Read More