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Throwback Thursday: State Surgeon Speaks on Modern Epidemics

TBT: Dr. Lee A. Norman, the State Surgeon of Kansas, presented a lecture entitled “Modern Epidemics: Why they occur and why we should worry!” on ...

Throwback Thursday: Gen. Powell receives Distinguished Leadership Award

TBT: Gen. Colin L. Powell received the CGSC Foundation’s first Distinguished Leadership Award on April 28, 2008. “I am honored to receive this ...

Throwback Thursday: Lt. Gen. Arter’s Birthday Jump

TBT: On September 6, 2011, the day before his 82nd birthday, Lt. Gen. Robert Arter, U.S. Army Ret., parachuted into CGSC Foundation’s First Annual ...

Foundation status update

CGSC Foundation Friends and Supporters – Due to health and safety concerns relative to the COVID-19 virus and in cooperation with Army/CGSC and local ...

Partner Spotlight March 2020 – Geiger Ready-Mix

Geiger Ready-Mix in Kansas City, Kan., is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for March 2020. “Leaders from Geiger Ready-Mix have ...

DuraComm owner is Person of Note

The CGSC Foundation has selected Benny Lee, owner of the DuraComm corporation in Kansas City and a trustee of the CGSC Foundation since 2015, as the ...

InterAgency Journal 11-1

Welcome to this first edition of the InterAgency Journal for 2020. This year marks a milestone anniversary for the Simons Center and the work the ...

Brown-bag focuses on USAID’s mission to build self-reliance

The eighth presentation of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for CGSC academic year 2020 was conducted March 12, in the Arnold Conference Room ...

KC Centurions visit CGSC

More than 70 members of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Centurions Leadership Program visited Fort Leavenworth and the U.S. Army Command ...

CGSC leaders host TASS Advisory Council Meeting

Leadership of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College hosted the 2020 TASS Advisory Council Meeting (TACM) in the Arnold Conference Room of ...

Brown-bag lecture features speakers from KC FBI Field Office

The seventh presentation of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series took place on February 25, and featured two agents from the Federal Bureau of ...

Simons Center plans for the future with CGSC faculty

Interagency faculty members from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College met with CGSC Foundation leadership at the Simons Center for ...

Foundation conducts first board meeting of 2020

The CGSC Foundation conducted its first quarterly board of trustees meeting of 2020 on Feb. 21, at the offices of Spencer Fane in downtown Kansas ...

Foundation trustee spearheads book donation to post library

As part of the Rotary Reads program, Overland Park Rotary Club member and CGSC Foundation Trustee Mike Meyer arranged for the donation of more than ...

Foundation hosts KARL visit to Fort Leavenworth

On Feb. 10, the CGSC Foundation hosted a visit of 30 members of the 2019-2021 class of the Kansas Agricultural and Rural Leadership (KARL) program ...

KC CASA is Person of Note

The CGSC Foundation has selected Patrick C. Warren, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army (CASA) for Kansas City and president of Kansas ...

Partner Spotlight February 2020 – AUSA

The Association of the United States Army (AUSA) headquartered in Arlington, Va., is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for February ...

Senior Geospatial Intelligence Officer speaks at latest brown-bag lecture

Mr. Ralph Erwin, Senior Geospatial Intelligence Officer, spoke on the roles and missions of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) on Jan. ...

CGSC Foundation scholarship program application period open

The application period is now open for the CGSC Foundation's competitive scholarship program. Eligible students who are children or grandchildren of ...

2020 marks 15 years of service to CGSC

Greetings from Fort Leavenworth. It is with great excitement that we kick off our 15th year of service to the U.S. Army Command and General Staff ...

Foundation supports ArmyU holiday party

The staff of Army University at Fort Leavenworth conducted its annual holiday party Dec. 20, 2019 at the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. ...

Happy holidays and best wishes for a great new year

Season’s Greetings from Fort Leavenworth! As the College winds down for the winter break most everyone here is busily preparing for their holiday or ...

Interagency Directorate leader is Person of the Month – December 2019

The CGSC Foundation has selected Monique GK Guerrero, director of the Command and General Staff School’s Interagency Directorate, as the Person of the ...

Partner Spotlight December 2019 – Spencer Fane

Spencer Fane in Kansas City, Mo. is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for December 2019. “As far back as 2008, Spencer Fane has ...

Foundation conducts holiday reception in honor of donors

The CGSC Foundation conducted a major donor holiday reception on Dec. 17, 2019, at the Mission Hills Country Club in Mission Hills, Kansas. Many ...

Foundation hosts holiday appreciation luncheon

The CGSC Foundation conducted its annual holiday appreciation luncheon on Dec. 12, 2019 at the Frontier Conference Center on Fort Leavenworth. The ...

Interagency faculty support Sergeants Major Course

CGSC interagency faculty members traveled to Fort Bliss, Texas, Dec. 6, 2019, to teach Sergeants Major Course students at the U.S. Army Sergeants ...

Defense Intelligence Agency topic of latest brown-bag lecture

The fifth presentation of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for CGSC academic year 2020 was conducted Dec. 10, 2019, in the Arnold Conference ...

Ambassador Canavan conducts first visit to CGSC

The Academic Year 2020 CGSC Foundation and DACOR Visiting Professor of Diplomacy, Career Minister (Ret.) Ambassador Katherine Canavan conducted her ...

Foundation elects two new trustees, approves strategic plan during quarterly meeting

The CGSC Foundation conducted its fourth quarter board of trustees meeting on Dec. 4, 2019, at the offices of Spencer Fane in downtown Kansas ...

Support the Foundation by shopping on AmazonSmile

Giving to the CGSC Foundation has never been easier than this holiday season... or all year long. If you are doing any online shopping with the ...

CGSC Foundation announces new scholarship program

The CGSC Foundation announces the launch of a new competitive scholarship program for children and grandchildren of U.S. Army Command and General ...

KC Federal Executive Board director presents at IA Brown-Bag Lecture

Mr. Larry A. Hisle, the executive director of the Greater Kansas City Federal Executive Board (FEB), spoke about the many, many programs of the ...

Former Foundation president Hyrum W. Smith dies at age 76

Former CGSC Foundation President Hyrum W. Smith, 76, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2019, after a battle with pancreatic cancer for the last several ...

Partner Spotlight November 2019 – Advantage Printing

Advantage Printing in Leavenworth, Kansas is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for November 2019. The relationship with the CGSC ...

CGSC Interagency Faculty – Persons of the Month for November

The CGSC Foundation has selected the interagency faculty of the Command and General Staff College as the Persons of the Month for November ...

Kids in Foundation-sponsored reading programs present thank you

Nora Walker, the community library technician at the Ike Skelton Combined Arms Reasearch Library (center in the photo), visited the CGSC Foundation ...

InterAgency Journal 10-4

The fourth and final issue of the InterAgency Journal for 2019 closes out the year with articles on a variety of topics including economics and ...

Area 51: Very Secret, Very Cool, but not Aliens

As part of the Foundation’s Distinguished Speaker Series, Brent Geary, Ph.D., historian with the Central Intelligence Agency and the Center for the ...

CGSC Foundation unveils 2019 ornament

The CGSC Foundation debuted the new holiday ornament design for 2019 during a reception at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) on ...

Associate Dean of Academics is Person of the Month – October 2019

The CGSC Foundation has selected Dr. Jack D. Kem, CGSC’s associate dean of academics and professor, as the Person of the Month for October ...

Partner Spotlight October 2019 – dorMail Gallery

dorMail Gallery is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for October 2019. dorMail has framed gifts and other art pieces needed in the ...

Latest brown-bag lecture focuses on CIA

Mr. Kevin Rousseau, the CGSC Distinguished Chair for National Intelligence Studies and a member of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), led a ...

Senegal, Trinidad and Tobago officers join International Hall of Fame

(Katie Peterson, Fort Leavenworth Lamp) Two new members were inducted into the Command and General Staff College International Hall of Fame in a ...

Fall NSRT program focuses on China

CGSC’s Command and General Staff School faculty from the Department of Joint, Interagency and Multinational Operations (DJIMO) and the CGSC Foundation ...

CGSC international students participate in UN Peacekeepers forum in KC

Four International Military Students (IMS) from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) took part in a panel discussion on “Protecting ...

Space lecture draws large crowd

Thomas A. Gray, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Liaison to the Combined Arms Center and Army University, addressed a packed room on ...

Partner Spotlight for September 2019 – MNJ Emblem

MNJ Emblem, an embroidery design service located in Fort Leavenworth, is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for September ...

MoH Recipient, Founding Trustee, is Person of the Month – September 2019

The CGSC Foundation has selected Col. (Ret.) Roger Donlon, Medal of Honor recipient and a founding trustee of the CGSC Foundation, as the Person of ...

Ambassador Canavan selected as Distinguished Visiting Professor of Diplomacy

The CGSC Foundation and DACOR (Diplomatic and Consular Officers, Retired) announce the selection of retired Ambassador Katherine “Kate” Canavan as the ...

ROMEOs, Greater KC Community Foundation leaders visit CGSC

On Aug. 30, the CGSC Foundation hosted the ROMEOs from Overland Park, Kansas, along with two members of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation ...

InterAgency Journal 10-3

The third issue of the InterAgency Journal for 2019 is the result of a partnership with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College’s Department ...

Foundation recognizes local hotel business

On Aug. 26, Foundation President/CEO Rod Cox visited the Fairfield Inn and Suites and TownePlace Suites of Leavenworth to present a certificate of ...

State Department presentation kicks off brown-bag lecture series

Matthew Roth, the Distinguished Chair for Diplomatic Studies at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, delivered the first lecture for ...

Partner Spotlight for August 2019 – June’s Northland

June’s Northland, a banquet and catering service located in Leavenworth, Kansas, is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for August ...

DMH professor is Person of the Month – August 2019

The CGSC Foundation has selected Dr. Joseph G. D. (Geoff) Babb, associate professor of history in the CGSC Department of Military History, as the ...

Former AFRICOM commander delivers 2019 Colin Powell lecture

Gen. Carter F. Ham, U.S. Army, Ret., the former commander of U.S. Africa Command and the current president/CEO of the Association of the U.S. Army ...

Pioneer Services continues support to the Foundation

On Aug. 1, Scott Cahill, director of corporate communications for Pioneer Services, presented a donation to CGSC Foundation President/CEO Rod Cox to ...

International Flag Ceremony opens CGSC Academic Year 2020

The Command and General Staff College opened Academic Year 2020 with the International Flag Ceremony for Command and General Staff Officers Course ...

Former AFRICOM commander to deliver Powell lecture Aug. 13

The Colin L. Powell Lecture for the CGSC class of 2020 is scheduled for 9 a.m., Aug. 13, in the Eisenhower Auditorium of the Lewis and Clark Center. ...

CGSS Class of 2020 International Flag Ceremony

Opening day for each class of the Command and General Staff Officers Course (CGSOC) always includes the International Flag Ceremony. The flag ...

Interagency Leadership handbook on sale now

The CGSC Foundation Press presents A Practitioner's Handbook for Interagency Leadership William J. Davis, Jr., Ph.D. – Author Janet K. Benini and ...

Partner Spotlight for July 2019 – Armed Forces Insurance

Armed Forces Insurance located in Leavenworth, Kansas, is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for July 2019. Armed Forces Insurance ...

CGSS director is Person of the Month – July 2019

The CGSC Foundation has selected Col. Scott A. Green, director of the Command and General Staff School (CGSS), as the Person of the Month for July ...

Continuing the mission

Greetings from Fort Leavenworth! This time of the year is always very busy and exciting here on the fort as we say goodbye to the CGSC Class of 2019 ...

H. Ross Perot, Sr., CGSC Foundation’s benefactor, dies at 89

(Special report by Bob Ulin, Founding CEO) At a CGSC Foundation board of trustees meeting in 2007, Mark “Ranger” Jones told me that he knew Ross Perot ...

Wentworth Military Academy alumni tour CGSC

On June 28, the CGSC Foundation, along with Mr. Ralph Erwin, the National Geospacial-Intelligence Agency liaison to the U.S. Army Training and ...

NSRT alumni group tours post, College

On June 26, the CGSC Foundation hosted Michael Lintecum and Kevin Hancock, both of whom are alumni of the Foundation’s National Security Roundtable ...

Army announces Expert Soldier Badge

In conjunction with the U.S. Army’s 244th Birthday, the Army announced a new proficiency badge, called the Expert Soldier Badge. The ESB is ...

Class of 2019 marks 125 years of international grads

(Katie Peterson/Fort Leavenworth Lamp) More than 100 international officers, representing 87 different countries, received the Command and General ...

TRADOC Commander challenges CGSC graduates

In commencement ceremonies on June 14, 2019, at the Lewis and Clark Center, General Stephen J. Townsend, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Training ...

Civil Affairs officer receives top SOF student award

Maj. Matthew W. Krein received the LTC Ronald C. Ward Distinguished Special Operations Forces (SOF) Student Award for the Command and General Staff ...

CGSOC Class of 2019 – Persons of the Month for June

The CGSC Foundation has selected the 2019 graduating class of CGSC’s Command and General Staff Officer’s Course (CGSOC) as the Person(s) of the Month ...

Partner Spotlight – Lawrence D. Starr Center for Peace and Justice

The University of Saint Mary’s Lawrence D. Starr Center for Peace and Justice in our Global Society (CPJ) is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate ...

New ArmyU Provost-CGSC Deputy Commandant assumes duty

Brig. Gen. Stephen J. Maranian became the fourth Provost of Army University during an Assumption of Responsibility ceremony Jun. 10, 2019 at the ...

CGSOC Class of 2019 graduation – June 14

The Command and General Staff Officers Course (CGSOC) Class of 2019 graduation ceremony will be conducted June 14 at 9 a.m. on the Fort Leavenworth ...

International Officer badge ceremony – June 13

The international officers of the CGSOC Class of 2019 will receive their International Officer Badges signifying their graduation in a ceremony ...

CARL kicks off summer reading program

(Katie Peterson/Fort Leavenworth Lamp) Children of all ages played with plastic building blocks, took a photo in front of a green screen, had a ...

Incoming CGSC Deputy Commandant/ArmyU Provost ceremony – June 10

Lt. Gen. Michael D. Lundy, commander of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, will officiate an assumption of responsibility ...

SAMS Class of 2019 graduates 156

The U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies graduated 158 officers from two courses on May 23 at 9 a.m. in the Eisenhower Auditorium of the ...

Memorial Day 2019

Memorial Day is the day we honor the military men and women who gave all in the defense of our nation. This day and everyday, we remember their lives, ...

Future leaders graduate ILE course in Grafenwoehr

Thirty-eight students from U.S. Army Europe, Central and Africa graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officers Course Common Core May ...

InterAgency Journal 10-2

The second issue of the InterAgency Journal for 2019 is the result of a partnership with the National Defense University's Center for the Study of ...

SAMS Class of 2019 graduation – May 23

The U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies graduation ceremony is May 23 at 9 a.m. in the Eisenhower Auditorium of the Lewis and Clark Center. ...

KC Federal Executive Board leader presents at CGSC

On May 8, in the Arnold Conference Room of the Lewis and Clark Center at Fort Leavenworth, Mr. Larry A. Hisle, executive director of the Greater ...

Partner Spotlight – Armed Forces Bank

Armed Forces Bank, headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner of the Month for May 2019. Over the ...

SAMS faculty and Class of 2019 – Persons of the Month for May

The CGSC Foundation has selected the faculty and 2019 graduating class of CGSC’s School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) as the Person(s) of the ...

Foundation hosts Visiting Professor of Diplomacy

Ambassador (Retired) Eunice Reddick made her second trip to the Kansas City area, April 22-26, as the CGSC Foundation’s DACOR Visiting Professor of ...

Chiefs Ambassadors visit CGSC

CGSC Foundation President/CEO Rod Cox, along with Col. Scott Green, director of CGSC’s Department of Army Tactics, led the Kansas City Chiefs ...

WWI in Asia topic of latest Pershing Lecture

“The Great War in East Asia” was the topic of the evening as Dr. Joseph G.D. (Geoff) Babb presented the latest, and last of AY 2019, lecture in ...

SAMS alum, NDU professor conducts book signing

On April 17, the CGSC Foundation co-sponsored with AAFES a book signing at the Lewis and Clark Center bookstore with Lt. Col. David Oakley, an ...

Fulfilling the mission

Happy Spring Greetings and thank you for visiting us online. I invite you to visit often to see what your Foundation has planned and we are doing to ...

SAMS leads charge in spring NSRT program

The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College’s School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) and the CGSC Foundation cohosted a National Security ...

3 officers join International Hall of Fame

(Katie Peterson/Fort Leavenworth Lamp) Three international officers were inducted into the Command and General Staff College International Hall of ...

Simulations staff are Persons of the Month – April 2019

The CGSC Foundation has selected Dr. James Sterrett, Chief of the Directorate of Simulations and Education, and Mike Dunn, Battle Simulations ...

Partner Spotlight – Allen Press

Allen Press in Lawrence, Kansas, is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for April 2019. Allen Press is the printer for many CGSC ...

CIA subject of latest InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture

The Mr. Kevin Rousseau, the CGSC Distinguished Chair for National Intelligence Studies and a member of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), provided ...

Leaders of Tomorrow Symposium features ‘Hotel Impossible’ producer-host

The CGSC Foundation, in conjunction with Park University, hosted the Leaders of Tomorrow symposium on March 29, at the Park University ...

10th Annual Ethics Symposium focuses on LSCO

The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College conducted the 10th annual Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium on March 25 at the Lewis and Clark Center. ...

Former trustee brings associates to post for Walk and Talk tour

On March 7, the CGSC Foundation hosted Tim Carlin, a former member of the Foundation board of trustees, and four of his executive friends for a visit ...

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