Dr. Willbanks presents at Jan. 31 Vietnam lecture

● Mark Wiggins ● February 5, 2018 ● Featured News Releases School News ● No Comments

The tenth lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series was conducted Jan. 31 at 6 p.m. in the Stove Factory Ballroom in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas (417 S. 2nd Street) in front of a record attending audience of more than 100 members, including several Vietnam veterans. A reception sponsored by… Read More

CGSC selects Dr. Kevin Shea as Emeritus Professor

● Mark Wiggins ● January 31, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

Dr. Kevin Shea, a professor in CGSC’s Department of Command and Leadership (DCL), was appointed as a “Professor Emeritus” during his retirement ceremony Jan. 26 at the Frontier Conference Center on Fort Leavenworth. DCL Director Dr. Ted Thomas hosted the ceremony and presented Shea with his retirement awards. In recognition… Read More

CALL highlights lessons learned from State personnel

● Elizabeth Hill ● January 26, 2018 ● Featured Simons Center News ● No Comments

The Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) recently published a new installment in their “News From The Front” series focused on the experiences of Department of State personnel in interagency operations. Leveraging the Interagency: Insights from the U.S. Department of State Leadership is a collection of articles related to U.S.… Read More

Brown-bag lecture features CIA presentation

● Mark Wiggins ● January 22, 2018 ● Featured News Releases School News ● No Comments

Mr. Kevin Rousseau, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Distinguished Chair for National Intelligence Studies, conducted a presentation on the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the latest InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Jan. 18, in the Eisenhower Auditorium of the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. Rousseau briefed on the… Read More

VFW supports top award for CGSC graduates

● Mark Wiggins ● January 12, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

On Jan. 10, Lynn W. Rolf, III, director of programs for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, visited Fort Leavenworth and the CGSC Foundation to present a donation to the Foundation to establish an endowment for the General George C. Marshall Award. The award is presented to the distinguished U.S. graduate… Read More

KAMO Adventures reps tour CGSC, Fort Leavenworth

● Mark Wiggins ● January 2, 2018 ● Featured News Releases Walk and Talk Program ● No Comments

On Dec. 11, representatives from KAMO Adventures took a “walk and talk” tour of Fort Leavenworth and the Command and General Staff College. CGSC Foundation trustee Mike Myer, who is also on the board of KAMO Adventures, set the visit up for the group. The group’s tour began with a… Read More

Chairman’s USO Tour 2017 visits deployed troops

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

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff took his USO Tour to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on Christmas Eve 2017. Hundreds of servicemen and women filled a hanger on Bagram Airfields Flight Line to enjoy multiple entertainers bring holiday cheer to the deployed members. The tour also made stops in… Read More

Kansas Department of Transportation leaders visit Fort Leavenworth

● Mark Wiggins ● December 19, 2017 ● Featured News Releases Walk and Talk Program ● No Comments

On Dec. 14 the CGSC Foundation hosted Kansas Secretary of Transportation Richard Carlson and Merrill Atwater, who is the director of Aviation at KDOT and also the great grandson of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, on a “Walk and Talk” tour of Fort Leavenworth and CGSC. As Carlson and Atwater… Read More

KC Federal Executive Board topic of latest InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture

● Mark Wiggins ● December 12, 2017 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Mr. Larry A. Hisle, executive director of the Greater Kansas City Federal Executive Board (FEB), conducted a presentation on the FEB in the latest InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Dec. 12, in the Arnold Conference Room of the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. During his presentation, Hisle discussed the role… Read More

Willbanks addresses CORDS in latest Vietnam lecture

● Mark Wiggins ● December 11, 2017 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

In the ninth lecture of the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture series conducted Dec. 7 at 6 p.m. in the Stove Factory Ballroom in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas, Dr, James H. Willbanks, General of the Army George C. Marshall Chair of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College,… Read More