Lecture focuses on Special Forces in Vietnam

● Mark Wiggins ● May 5, 2017 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

Dr. Rich Kiper, a retired Infantry/Special Forces officer, presented the seventh lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series on May 4 at 6 p.m. in the Riverfront Community Center in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas. CGSC Foundation CEO Doug Tystad began the evening with welcome remarks and was followed by CGSC’s… Read More

Former Ambassador to Boznia-Herzegonvina speaks in CGSC, USM classes

● Mark Wiggins ● May 4, 2017 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Ambassador (Ret.) Patrick S. Moon, former U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, visited the Leavenworth area April 26-28 to share his expertise as part of the Simons Center’s Interagency Speaker Series program. During his visit Ambassador Moon… Read More

French Army mutinies topic of Great War lecture

● Mark Wiggins ● May 4, 2017 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

Dr. Ethan Rafuse, a professor of history at CGSC, presented “The French Mutinies” in the Arnold Conference Room of the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth, May 3, at 6 p.m. Dr. Rafuse’s lecture was the 11th of “The General of the Armies John J. Pershing Great War Centennial… Read More

USAID career minister visits Fort Leavenworth

● Mark Wiggins ● May 3, 2017 ● News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Career Minister Dr. Dirk Dijkerman recently visited Fort Leavenworth as part of a Simons Center special speakers program. Dijkerman is a retired U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Career Minister with a vast amount of experience in the agency, most notably serving as the Executive Coordinator for the U.S. Ebola… Read More

Ambassador Kennedy returns to Fort Leavenworth

● Mark Wiggins ● May 3, 2017 ● News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Ambassador (Ret.) Laura Kennedy returned for a second visit to Fort Leavenworth in April, again serving as the DACOR visiting professor of diplomacy for the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Class of 2017. Kennedy, who previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and… Read More

Two former leaders to be inducted to Fort Leavenworth Hall of Fame May 11

● Mark Wiggins ● May 2, 2017 ● News Releases Past Events School News ● No Comments

ARMY UNIVERSITY, FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan.—Fort Leavenworth will induct leaders from two distinct eras into its Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Lewis and Clark Center May 11 at 1:30 p.m. Deceased Major General William Giles Harding Carter who served from the post-Civil War era to World War I… Read More

Partner Spotlight – Shining Stars Catering

● Mark Wiggins ● May 2, 2017 ● News Releases Partner Spotlight ● No Comments

Shining Stars Catering, LLC, in Kansas City, Missouri is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for May 2017. The relationship between the CGSC Foundation and Shining Stars Catering was established in 2009. “The CGSC Foundation is privileged that Shining Stars is our premiere and primary caterer,” said Ann Soby,… Read More

2017 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium – ‘The Ethics of Future Warfare’

● Mark Wiggins ● April 27, 2017 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

The 2017 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium was conducted April 24-25, 2017 at the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. This year’s theme was “The Ethics of Future Warfare” – an exploration of the changing and unchanging nature of future warfare. One unchanging aspect discussed during the symposium was personal… Read More

Vietnam Commemoration Lecture – May 4

● Mark Wiggins ● April 27, 2017 ● Events Past Events ● No Comments

The public is invited to the next lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series scheduled for May 4 at 6 p.m. in the Riverfront Community Center (123 S Esplanade St.) in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas. A reception hosted by the CGSC Foundation will begin at 5:30 p.m. In this seventh… Read More

World War I lecture – May 3

● Mark Wiggins ● April 27, 2017 ● Events Past Events ● No Comments

The Department of Military History of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the CGSC Foundation at Fort Leavenworth invite the public to attend the 11th in a series of lectures intended to educate the public about World War I during its 100-year commemoration. – Dr. Ethan Rafuse,… Read More