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

‘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

Hope 22 Project founder tours CGSC, Fort Leavenworth

● Mark Wiggins ● June 5, 2018 ● News Releases Walk and Talk Program ● No Comments

On May 18 the CGSC Foundation invited Brooke Brown, development director of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, for a tour. Brown is also the Founder of the “Hope 22 Photography Project.” Hope 22 is a local Kansas City photography project that brings awareness to the premise that 22 veterans commit… 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

Partner Spotlight – Central Michigan University

● Mark Wiggins ● June 1, 2018 ● News Releases Partner Spotlight ● No Comments

Central Michigan University is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for June 2018. “Central Michigan University has been the leading advertiser in the CGSC Foundation News magazine for the past four years,” said Doug Tystad, Foundation president/CEO. “With their support in advertising, we’ve been able to defray the costs… 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

Top performer receives top SOF student award

● Mark Wiggins ● May 30, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● 1 Comment

Maj. William J. Doyle received the LTC Ronald C. Ward Distinguished Special Operations Forces (SOF) Student Award for the Command and General Staff Officer Course (CGSOC) Class of 2018 in a ceremony May 29 at the Lewis and Clark Center. The award is presented to the top resident SOF student… Read More

U.S.-UK students participate in 2018 Memorial Day celebration

● Mark Wiggins ● May 29, 2018 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

Approximately 40 British and American Officers currently participating in Exercise Eagle Owl at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth celebrated Memorial Day at the National World War I Memorial in Kansas City on May 27. More than 200 British officers from the United Kingdom’s Intermediate… Read More