Partner Spotlight – Webster University

● Mark Wiggins ● June 1, 2016 ● News Releases Partner Spotlight ● No Comments

Webster University, with a campus location on Fort Leavenworth, is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for June 2016. Katie Ervin, Midwest Regional Director, Webster University, has been the driving force for Webster’s support of the CGSC Foundation mission. “Since Katie attended our National Security Roundtable in March 2016,… Read More

SAMS Class of 2016 graduates May 26

● Mark Wiggins ● May 31, 2016 ● News Releases ● No Comments

“The mind is the key to victory,” Lt. Gen. Gary H. Cheek told U.S. military and international officers, and civilians from U.S. federal agencies graduating from the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies on May 26 at 9 a.m. in the Eisenhower Auditorium of the Lewis and Clark Center.… Read More

Remember…Memorial Day 2016

● Mark Wiggins ● May 27, 2016 ● News Releases ● No Comments

In 1866, some of the first Decoration Day ceremonies were held in Columbus, Mississippi and Waterloo, New York to honor those that died during the Civil War. Later renamed Memorial Day and expanded to include those who have died in all American wars, this tradition has always included a somber… Read More

KC group takes ‘Walk and Talk’ tour

● Mark Wiggins ● May 24, 2016 ● News Releases Walk and Talk Program ● No Comments

A group of Kansas City business people, university leaders and two nonprofit executives visited the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College on May 18 to participate in the Foundation’s “Walk and Talk” outreach program that focuses on educating and informing the public about Fort Leavenworth, CGSC and the CGSC… Read More

Telling the CGSC and Foundation story in NYC

● Mark Wiggins ● May 24, 2016 ● News Releases ● No Comments

The CGSC Foundation conducted an outreach event in New York City, May 16, 2016, to inform and educate the attendees on the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the CGSC Foundation. Foundation Vice President A. Edward (Tony) Major was the hometown host of the event conducted at the… Read More

Former ambassador to Greece visits CGSC

● Mark Wiggins ● May 18, 2016 ● News Releases ● No Comments

Ambassador (Ret.) Charles P. Ries visited the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth May 10-11, as part of the CGSC Foundation’s DACOR Visiting Professor of Diplomacy program. During his visit Ries was hosted by Bill Pugh from CGSC’s Department of Joint, Interagency and Multinational Operations (DJIMO).… Read More

Lecture addresses men and flying machines of WWI

● Mark Wiggins ● May 18, 2016 ● News Releases ● No Comments

Dr. John Curatola, a professor of history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, presented “The Great War in the Air” in the Arnold Conference Room of the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth, May 11, at 6 p.m. His lecture was the seventh… Read More

Fort Leavenworth officers speak at Rotary Club meeting

● Mark Wiggins ● May 9, 2016 ● News Releases ● No Comments

Col. Norma Bradford (center in the photo), Combined Arms Center Chief of Staff for the Army Reserve Affairs, and Maj. Jodi Krippel (left), current CGSC Student spoke about their military experiences at the monthly meeting of the Overland Park, Kansas Rotary Club meeting May 9. CGSC Foundation President Mike Hockley… Read More

German Army leader inducted into International Hall of Fame

● Mark Wiggins ● May 9, 2016 ● News Releases ● No Comments

The Command and General Staff College inducted the German Army chief of staff into its International Hall of Fame on May 9 at the Lewis and Clark Center. Lt. Gen. Jorg Vollmer began his military career in 1978 and became the German Army Chief of Staff in 2015. He is… Read More

They were Soldiers…

● Mark Wiggins ● May 4, 2016 ● News Releases ● 1 Comment

Army Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Harold G. Moore and Lt. Col. Boyd M. (Mac) Harris, deceased, were inducted into the Fort Leavenworth Hall of Fame in ceremonies at the Lewis and Clark Center on May 3. Plaques representing each of the Hall’s more than 100 members are displayed in the Lewis… Read More