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IAP 17W (November 2015) Countering Cyber Extremism

InterAgency Paper 17W (Nov. 2015) by Megan Penn, Joshua K. Miller and Jan Schwarzenberg – Violent extremist organizations have increased their ...

French war college professor visits Fort Leavenworth

Col. Thierry Noulens (center in the photo), professor at the Ecole de Guerre Superiere, the French Army War College, visited the Command and General ...

CGSC’s Dr. Jim Martin receives AUSA award

Dr. Jim Martin, Associate Dean of Academics at the Command and General Staff College was honored during the annual meeting of the Association of the ...

Trustees farewell Simons Center director, learn about Army U

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Embassy staff in Singapore present CGSC award

Lt. Col. Wong Shi Ming, CGSOC Class of 2015 (second from left in the photo) recently received the chair representing his receipt of the Birrer-Brookes ...

Foundation board meeting set for Oct. 7-8

The CGSC Foundation Board of Trustees will conduct their next semi-annual meeting at the Lewis and Clark Center on October 7-8. The board is a very ...

Enriching the Leavenworth Experience

The Department of Military History, in conjunction with the CGSC Foundation, Inc., was pleased to sponsor the fourth lecture in the General of the ...

Simons Center director, founding officer and trustee retires

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Managing the process behind our support to the College

Earlier today we received significant input during our After Action Review for the Celebration of International Friendship and we are already ...

Partner Spotlight- Spencer Fane

Spencer Fane is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for September 2015. Long a supporter of the Foundation, Spencer Fane has stepped ...

New Provost, Deputy Commandant selected as Person of the Month

The CGSC Foundation has selected the new Provost of Army University and CGSC Deputy Commandant Brig. Gen. John S. Kem as the Foundation Person of the ...

Next Pershing Series lecture set for Sept. 10

The fourth lecture of the General of the Armies John J. Pershing Great War Centennial Series will be conducted Thursday, Sept. 10, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. ...

CGSC honors Simons Center authors

On August 21, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) awarded 33 Golden Pen Awards to faculty members in recognition of their published ...

2nd annual Celebration of International Friendship a great success

The second annual Celebration of International Friendship at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts this past Friday was a great success! Thanks ...

Celebration of International Friendship– We hope to see you there

We are excited to be partnering with the CGSC International Military Student Division, the Greater Kansas City Chapter of People to People, and ...

Simons Center farewells graduate fellow

The Simons Center recently bid farewell to another extremely accomplished Graduate Fellow. From May to July, James Gilmore conducted research and ...

Welcome CGSC Class of 2016

On behalf of the CGSC Foundation, we welcome the new students of the Class of 2016 to the Command and General Staff College at beautiful and historic ...

Couples Workshop set for Oct. 20 – register early

The CGSC Foundation is hosting a workshop in October that answers the question – What are the habits of effective military families? The workshop will ...

Get your tickets now for the 2nd annual Celebration of International Friendship Aug. 21

Featuring a performance by the West Point Glee Club! Tickets on sale at www.kauffmancenter.org starting July 20! U.S. Student/spouse and spouses ...

DHS to form new WMD office

Recently it was announced that the Department of Homeland Security is planning on creating a new office to focus on weapons of mass destruction ...

Sexual Predators and Stalkers: Increasing Public Awareness and Protecting

The United States Army Sexual Harassment/Assault Response & Prevention (SHARP) Academy presents by Open Invitation: 1st Quarter Professional ...

Foundation hosts youth leadership group visit to Fort Leavenworth

The CGSC Foundation and Fort Leavenworth Public Affairs hosted a group of high school students involved in the Overland Park Rotary Club’s Youth ...

CEO Update – Welcome to the new Foundation website

Hello and welcome to the refreshed CGSC Foundation website. We hope old friends are finding their way around and new site visitors are discovering ...

Partner Spotlight- DuraComm

DuraComm is selected as the CGSC Foundation’s Corporate Partner for July 2015. Conducting outreach and fostering strong relationships between the ...

OPM, others investigate cyber incident

Last week, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced the findings of the interagency investigation into a recent cyber incident involving ...

Fort Leavenworth: The People Behind the Names

The Combat Studies Institute Press is proud to announce the publication of Fort Leavenworth: The People Behind the Names by Quentin Schillare. Over ...

Cyber exercise tests whole-of-nation response

In June, U.S. Cyber Command, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation hosted a multi-agency exercise designed ...

The Army establishes The Army University

The U.S. Army announced the establishment of the Army University on July 7th, 2015. Army University is modeled after several successful U.S. state ...

SECDEF July 4 Message

(As Written by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Washington, D.C.) As we celebrate Independence Day, I want to thank the men and women who serve our ...

DJIMO instructor named Foundation ‘Person of the Month’

The CGSC Foundation is proud to announce that Dr. Phillip G. Pattee, an associate professor in the Department of Joint, Interagency and Multinational ...

Lt. Col. Knodle, WWII vet, dies at 94

This week the CGSC Foundation was saddened to hear the news that Lt. Col. Faye Knodle died June 20 in Marietta, Ga., at the age of 94. The Foundation ...

CGSC Class of 2015 graduates June 12

The 2015 class of the Command and General Staff Officers Course of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College graduated June 12, in a ceremony ...

Army lawyer garners Mac Harris Leadership Award for Class 2015

Dr. Ted Thomas from the Department of Command and Leadership presents the Harris Leadership Award to Maj. Andrew R. Atkins in a special ceremony June ...

Deputy Commandant promoted, reassigned

The Command and General Staff College conducted a Promotion and Relinquishment of Responsibility Ceremony for Major General Christopher P. ...

Foundation sponsors summer youth reading program

The Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library at Fort Leavenworth kicked off its youth summer reading program with a party May 29 at the library... ...

SAMS graduates 126

“I called you SAMS leaders for a reason” Maj. Gen. Wayne Grigsby told the graduates of The U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies. The school ...

Wolfowitz addresses CGSC class

Paul D. Wolfowitz spoke to the CGSC class on May 14, 2015, in Eisenhower Auditorium of the Lewis and Clark Center at Fort Leavenworth... ...

Partner Spotlight- Raytheon

Raytheon Company's Global Business Solutions is selected as the CGSC Foundation's Corporate Partner for May 2015. Promoting leader development and ...

Foundation hosts monthly meeting of Leavenworth/Lansing Chamber

The CGSC Foundation hosted the monthly meeting of the Leavenworth/Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Friday, April 24, as part of the ...

Department of History presents lecture on Gallipoli Campaign

Lt. Col. Brian Steed, a military history instructor in CGSC's Department of Military History, presented a lecture on “The Gallipoli Campaign” in the ...

2015 Ethics Symposium highlights

The 2015 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium themed "The Professional Ethic and the State" came to a close April 23. Many participants and organizers ...

Missouri State graduate students visit Simons Center

Eight graduate students from Missouri State University (Springfield) visited the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the Arthur D. Simons ...

Public invited to presentation on WWI Gallipoli Campaign April 23

The Department of Military History of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth invites the public to attend the third in a ...

College, Foundation cohost National Security Roundtable

The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the CGSC Foundation cohosted a National Security Roundtable program April 1-2, 2015 at the Lewis ...

Exercise Eagle-Owl in its ninth year at CGSC

Two hundred students from the United Kingdom’s Intermediate Command and Staff College (Land) visited the Command and General Staff College March 1-12 ...

Annual board meeting sets tone for remainder of 2015

The CGSC Foundation Board of Trustees conducted their annual meeting March 24-25, 2015, at the Lewis and Clark Center and the Frontier Conference ...

Partner Spotlight – Northrop Grumman Technical Services

Northrop Grumman’s Technical Services business sector is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for February/March 2015. ...

Former Foundation board president and noted entreprenuer addresses CGSC class

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Former CGSC Deputy Commandant, Foundation Trustee dies at 84

Former CGSC Deputy Commandant and Foundation trustee Lt. Gen. Robert H. Forman, U.S. Army, Ret., died Jan, 26, 2015, at age 84. Forman served as the ...

Registration for 2015 Ethics Symposium opens

Registration for students and invited guests to the 2015 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium is open. The 2015 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium will be ...

Fort Leavenworth post access rules changing

In the coming months, unescorted Fort Leavenworth visitors and contractors who don’t have approved common access cards or Department of Defense ...

Only one day left to make a 2014 year end contribution to the CGSC Foundation

In order for your gift to be tax-deductible for 2014, you must donate by Wed., Dec. 31, 2014. You can donate online, but if you would rather mail a ...

Former Indonesian President visits CGSC

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, president of Indonesia from 2004–2014, a 1991 graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and a member of ...

A message from the Foundation CEO

All- We need your help to continue our programs in support of the Command and General Staff College. In 2014, the CGSC Foundation continued its ...

Foundation hosts World War II veteran’s visit to CGSC

The CGSC Foundation was privileged to host Lt. Col. Faye Knodle, U.S. Army National Guard, Retired, to Fort Leavenworth and the Command and General ...

Founding trustee honored on the anniversary of his Medal of Honor

The CGSC Foundation hosted a luncheon on Dec. 5 in honor of retired Col. Roger Donlon on the 50th Anniversary of his award of the Medal of Honor. ...

Public invited to presentation on WWI trench warfare

Dr. Shawn Faulkner, a professor of military history at CGSC, will present “Devil’s Dilemma: Trench Warfare on the Western Front” in the Marshall ...

Northrop Grumman supports Foundation programs

Rich Holden, the Northrop Grumman Technical Services Program Manager for Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth programs, presented two sponsorship ...

Announcement, Call for Papers for the 2015 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium

The 2015 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium will be conducted April 20-23. This year's theme is "The Professional Ethic and the State." The symposium ...

Special events at KU to address veterans’ issues and war termination measures

The Command and General Staff Foundation is partnering with the University of Kansas Office of Graduate Military Programs, the Marine Corps University ...

Fisher House Chairman receives 2014 Distinguished Leadership Award

The CGSC Foundation presented its 2014 Distinguished Leadership Award to Mr. Kenneth Fisher, chairman and CEO of the Fisher House Foundation, in a ...

Special event at KC’s Kauffman Center to honor international officer students

Since 1895 international military officers from around the world have come to Fort Leavenworth to study military art and science at the U.S. Army ...

Foundation hosts dinner in honor of Sinise family, new leadership award

The CGSC Foundation hosted a dinner June 12, 2014 at the Frontier Conference Center on Fort Leavenworth in honor of Gary Sinise and family in ...

Simons Center announces third annual Open Interagency Writing Competition

The Simons Center for Interagency Cooperation announces its third annual open Interagency Writing Competition for 2014. The competition is open to ...

Ethic Symposium – May 5-8

The 2014 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium will be conducted May 5-8 at the Frontier Conference Center. This year's theme is "Professional Ethics and ...

5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin sales come to an end

The CGSC Foundation's 5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Program came to an end Dec. 31, 2013. Final reports of the financial benefit to the ...

Happy New Year!

On behalf of the Board of Directors and the staff, we want to wish you a happy and prosperous New Year. ...

Simons Center Progress Report – 2013

The 2013 Simons Center progress report is now available online on the Simons Center website. ...

Fort Lee professor wins 2013 CGSC Faculty Interagency Writing Competition

Dr. William J. Davis, Jr., associate professor in the Department of Joint, Interagency, and Multinational Operations at the Fort Lee, Va., satellite ...

Foundation’s Simons Center announces ‘Call for Papers’ for 2013 Faculty Writing Competition

The CGSC Foundation's Simons Center for Interagency Cooperation announces the opening of the 2013 Faculty Interagency Writing Competition. The ...

Former CGSC dean to become new CGSC Foundation CEO

The CGSC Foundation has completed its search for a new Chief Executive Officer this month with the selection of retired Army colonel Doug Tystad. ...

2012 CGSC Foundation Annual Report and Simons Center Progress Report available

The CGSC Foundation's 2012 Annual Report is available on the Foundation website. The Foundation's Simons Center for Interagency Cooperation publishes ...

Foundation CEO Bob Ulin retires

CGSC Foundation CEO Bob Ulin retired this month following seven years of leading one of the fastest growing staff or war college foundations in ...

Essay contest winner to receive free copy of “Generals of the Army”

In honor of Memorial Day, the CGSC Foundation is conducting an essay contest with the winner receiving an autographed copy of the book Generals of the ...

Founding trustee elected as new Foundation President of the Board

Michael D. Hockley, a Founding Trustee of the CGSC Foundation, was elected as president of the board March 21, 2013. His election to the post comes ...

Foundation Board President Hyrum Smith says farewell

CGSC Foundation Board President Hyrum Smith addresses members of the Foundation board of trustees at an annual meeting in March 2011. Smith recently ...

Foundation sponsors video production highlighting CGSC Department of Military History

The CGSC Foundation sponsored a video production highlighting the College's Department of Military History. The video and others were... ...

New director of development joins the CGSC Foundation

The Command and General Staff College Foundation’s newest hire in the new year started work Jan. 3. Barbara Fitzgerald began her duties... ...

Soby honored with Athena Award

On Nov. 27, 2012, the Foundation Director of Operations Ann Soby was awarded the 2012 Athena Award... ...

Foundation magazine, website recognized for excellence

On Oct. 22, 2012, the CGSC Foundation won two “Philly Awards” for outstanding nonprofit communications programs... ...

CGSC Foundation appoints new director of The Simons Center

The Command and General Staff College Foundation’s Simons Center for Interagency Cooperation has a new director effective today. Retired Ambassador ...

Foundation Supports African Army Alumni Symposium

The Combined Arms Center and Command and General Staff College (CGSC) assisted U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) in the conduct of its inaugural alumni ...

The Army’s Approach to Leader Development

Any look at the State Department’s professional education and training programs may benefit from a corresponding review of how other agencies handle ...

Tight budgets could bring era of interagency cooperation

The word “interagency” is an elusive concept of voluntary associations of federal departments and agencies, each having its own procedures, jargon and ...

Foundation presents retired General David H. Petraeus with 2012 Distinguished Leadership Award

The Command and General Staff College Foundation presented retired Gen. David H. Petraeus, the 20th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, with ...

National Security Roundtable, April 9-10, 2012

The CGSC Foundation assisted the Command and General Staff College's School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) program in hosting a National Security ...

Board Members get opportunity to shoot antique weapons

On March 14, many of the Foundation board members spent the afternoon at Fort Leavenworth’s Kinder Range for an “Antique Weapons Shoot” hosted by the ...

5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin project underway

The CGSC Foundation is currently working with the U.S. Mint on designs for the 5-Star Generals Commemorative Coins. Designs will be reviewed and ...

Foundation offers multiple ways to donate through the 1881 Legacy Society

As you consider your year-end tax planning or overall estate planning, we hope you will consider making good use of the income tax charitable ...

Simons Center Progress Report 2011 available

This report notes the progress we have made in just two years with the Colonel Arthur D. Simons Center for the Study of Interagency Cooperation. At ...

2011 Ethics Symposium kicks off with inauguration of Gen. Hugh Shelton Chair in Ethics

The 2011 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium sponsored by the CGSC Foundation kicked off at 4 p.m., Nov. 7, with the inauguration of the first-ever ...

Foundation Trustee David Beaham dies

Trustees and Friends of the CGSC Foundation and U.S. Army Command and General Staff College: I have just been informed this afternoon of the ...

Foundation Chairman, Lt. Gen. Arter, makes tandem parachute jump

Lt. Gen. Robert Arter, U.S. Army Ret., the 81-year-old Chairman of the Command and General Staff College Foundation, Inc., and the Civilian Aide to ...

Homeland Security Symposium Report published

The CGSC Foundation published the report from the Homeland Security Symposium in July 2011. The HLS Symposium was cohosted by the CGSC Foundation and ...

Kauffman Foundation funds a mission to Afghanistan

Back in 2006 when we established the Foundation one of our earliest supporters was then Lt. Gen. David Petraeus the Commandant of the College. He ...

General Hugh Shelton receives 2011 Distinguished Leadership Award

The Command and General Staff College Foundation presented retired Gen. Hugh Shelton with the Foundation’s 2011 Distinguished Leadership Award at a ...

Simons Center announces ‘call for papers’ for 2011 CGSC Faculty Interagency Writing Competition

The CGSC Foundation’s Col. Arthur D. Simons Center for the Study of Interagency Cooperation is conducting its second annual CGSC Faculty Interagency ...

CGSC Foundation, K-State, U.S. Army CGSC conduct Homeland Security Symposium

A curriculum program addressing homeland security and emergency management issues will soon be unveiled, thanks to a collaborative effort between the ...

CGSC Foundation celebrates 5th Anniversary

January 26, 2011 marks the fifth anniversary of the Command and General Staff College Foundation. The CGSC Foundation was started five years ago ...

President signs 5-Star Commemorative Coin Act into law

After nearly two years of research, letter writing campaigns, visits to Congress and phone calls, the Command and General Staff College Foundation has ...

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