Foundation presents gift to King of Bahrain

● Mark Wiggins ● June 27, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Hank Drewfs, a member of the CGSC Class of 1972, recently presented a gift to the King of Bahrain, his Majesty Hamid Bin Isa Al Khalifa, a 1972 graduate of CGSC and a member of the CGSC International Hall of Fame (IHOF), on behalf of the CGSC… Read More

Summer reading program kicks off

● Mark Wiggins ● June 25, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

by Katie Peterson, Fort Leavenworth Lamp – The Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library’s summer reading program kicked off June 1 and continues through July 27. The 2018 theme is “Reading Takes You Everywhere.” More than 150 children and parents were greeted with a starter bag, which included themed tattoos,… Read More

CGSOC graduates 1100 officers in 2018 class

● Mark Wiggins ● June 18, 2018 ● Featured News Releases School News ● No Comments

More than 1,100 officers graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officer Course on June 15 at 9 a.m on the Main Parade Field. The graduating class includes mid-career officers from all American military services as well as 119 international officers representing 91 countries and 24 federal government… Read More

Singapore’s Prime Minister hosts historic summit

● Mark Wiggins ● June 14, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had the honor of hosting the historic U.S. – North Korea summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 11, 2018. Prime Minister Loong is a graduate of the CGSC Class of 1978 and a 2009 inductee… Read More

119 International Students receive honors from CGSC

● Mark Wiggins ● June 14, 2018 ● Featured News Releases School News ● 2 comments

(ArmyU Public Affairs) In preparation for the Command and General Staff College graduation on June 15, international military students received their International Graduate Badges in a ceremony June 14, 2018, at the Lewis and Clark Center. Netherlands Major Rene Berendsen, International Military Student Chief of Staff for the Command and… Read More

InterAgency Journal 9-2

● Mark Wiggins ● June 8, 2018 ● Featured Simons Center News ● No Comments

This issue of the InterAgency Journal features articles on interagency cooperation, the international criminal court, private military/security companies in armed conflict, women in leadership roles and more. This issue also features three book reviews and our normal “Worth Noting” news section. The CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center for Interagency Cooperation publishes… Read More

‘Hands, Head, and Heart’ vital to effective leadership

● Elizabeth Hill ● June 7, 2018 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Dr. Ted Thomas, the director of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College’s (CGSC) Department of Command and Leadership, led the tenth and final presentation for academic year 2018 of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series on June 6. Dr. Thomas, discussed how leading in an interagency-dominated contemporary environment requires… Read More

Foundation seeking new CEO

● Mark Wiggins ● June 7, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

The CGSC Foundation is seeking a new chief executive officer and has begun a nationwide search for the next leader to succeed the current President/CEO Doug Tystad, who is retiring later this year. The Foundation has established a CEO Search Committee headed up by Foundation Chair Mike Hockley, which also… Read More

K-State professor guest lectures at CGSC

● Elizabeth Hill ● June 4, 2018 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Dr. David A. Graff, professor of history at Kansas State University, recently guest lectured at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC). On May 31, Dr. Graff spoke on Chinese military history at an elective course in the Department of Military History. According to Department of Military History… Read More

Walker, Wallace inducted into Fort Leavenworth Hall of Fame

● Mark Wiggins ● May 30, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

(Army University Public Affairs) Fort Leavenworth inducted General Walton H. Walker, most known for the defense of South Korea during the opening stages of the Korean conflict, and General William S. Wallace, former commander of the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command into its Hall of Fame in a ceremony at… Read More