Special Forces major receives top SOF student award

● Mark Wiggins ● June 7, 2017 ● Featured News Releases School News ● No Comments

Maj. Scott Harr received the LTC Ronald C. Ward Distinguished Special Operations Forces (SOF) Student Award for the Command and General Staff Officer Course (CGSOC) Class of 2017 in a ceremony June 2. The award is presented to the top resident SOF student in each CGSOC class for achievement and… Read More

International officers present gifts to CGSC

● Mark Wiggins ● June 7, 2017 ● Featured News Releases School News ● No Comments

On May 30, a group of international military students in the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) class of 2017 presented gifts of appreciation to the College as their academic year comes to a close. CGSC Deputy Commandant Maj. Gen. John S. Kem accepted the gifts on behalf… Read More

InterAgency Journal 8-2 (Special Edition 2017)

● Mark Wiggins ● June 2, 2017 ● Featured Simons Center News ● No Comments

The InterAgency Journal is pleased to once again partner with expert practitioners and scholars from across the Department of Defense to bring you this special edition on weapons of mass destruction. – Dr. John Mark Mattox, the director of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Graduate Fellowship Program and Senior… Read More

Local public radio covers Art of War Initiative

● Mark Wiggins ● May 31, 2017 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

KCUR (89.3 FM) in Kansas City recently published a feature story about the CGSC Foundation’s “Art of War Initiative” on their website.– For years, Col. (Ret.) Doug Tystad regarded the little bronze statue as a cowboy. He’d walked by it countless times on his trips up and down the halls… Read More

‘Art of War: Gifts of Peace’ exhibit to run June 2 – July 28

● Mark Wiggins ● May 31, 2017 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

The Box Gallery in Kansas City (1000 Walnut St.), in cooperation with the CGSC Foundation and the Todd Weiner Gallery, invites the public to attend a free art exhibit entitled “Art of War: Gifts of Peace.” The exhibit opens on First Friday, June 2 and will be on display through… Read More

Memorial Day 2017

● Mark Wiggins ● May 26, 2017 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

Memorial Day represents a day of national awareness and reverence, honoring Americans who died while defending the nation and its values. Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday in May, honors service members who have died in all U.S. wars. Memorial Day differs from Veterans Day even though both federal… Read More

138 officers graduate from the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies

● Mark Wiggins ● May 26, 2017 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan.-The U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies graduated 138 officers from two courses on May 25 at 9 a.m. in the Eisenhower Auditorium of the Lewis and Clark Center. The graduates included 19 international officers from 12 countries and four federal civilian employees representing three federal agencies.… Read More

Two leaders inducted into Hall of Fame

● Mark Wiggins ● May 15, 2017 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

Fort Leavenworth inducted leaders from two distinct eras into its Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Lewis and Clark Center May 11. Deceased Major General William Giles Harding Carter who served from the Civil War to World War I and retired Brigadier General Huba Wass de Czege are… Read More

Foundation CEO interview with KCMO Talk Radio

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

A few weeks ago, Foundation CEO Doug Tystad sat down for an interview with Greg Knapp from KCMO Talk Radio (103.7FM/710AM). This was an opportunity for Tystad to talk about the College, it’s long history, notable alumni, the international officer program, the curriculum, and how the Foundation supports. Click the… Read More

Jaax speaks on ebola, biological warfare

● Mark Wiggins ● May 8, 2017 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● 1 Comment

Dr. Jerry Jaax, Colonel (Ret.), U.S. Army Veterinarian Corps, and former Kansas State University Associate Vice Provost for Research Compliance, visited Fort Leavenworth on May 1 as part of the Simons Center’s Interagency Speaker Series. Jaax is a world-renowned expert in the field of pandemic infectious disease control, serving 26… Read More