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‘Armageddon, Arabia, and the Modern Middle East’ presented May 9

On May 9, 2018, Brian L. Steed, a retired lieutenant colonel, former faculty member of CGSC's Department of Military History and and U.S. Army Middle ...

Foundation volunteers get personal Walk and Talk tour

On May 10, the CGSC Foundation hosted two community volunteers that have been helping the CGSC Foundation with some of its programs on a "Walk and ...

UMKC students visit CGSC for Walk and Talk tour

On April 27, instructor Michael Wizniak and his students from the University of Missouri – Kansas City toured Fort Leavenworth and the Command and ...

Pioneer Services leadership spends day at Fort Leavenworth

On April 25, leadership from Pioneer Services, a major supporter of the CGSC Foundation’s Soldier and Family Programs, spent a day at Fort ...

Space domain topic of InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture

Mr. Thomas A. Gray, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Liaison to the Combined Arms Center and Army University, spoke at the latest ...

Ninth annual ethics symposium report

The 2018 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium was conducted April 30-May 1, 2018. This year’s theme was “The Impact of Diverse Worldviews on Military ...

Dr. Jim Willbanks retires after 26 years service at CGSC

Dr. James Willbanks, General of the Army George C. Marshall Chair of Military History for the Command and General Staff College was honored in ...

Warriors’ Ascent and Jeffrey Byrne reps tour CGSC

On April 23, Lt. Col. (Ret.) Mike Kenny, executive director of Warriors’ Ascent, and Katie Lord, vice president of Jeffrey Byrne + Associates, visited ...

Foundation director of development attends international fundraising conference

From April 15-17, Joan Cabell, director of development for the CGSC Foundation, attended the annual conference of the Association for Fundraising ...

CGSOC students present at Manhattan Rotary Club program

John Cary, an assistant professor in CGSC’s Department of Joint, Interagency and Multinational Operations (DJIMO), recently escorted a group of CGSC ...

New Simons Center ‘Special Report’ published online May 1

On May 1, 2018, the CGSC Foundation's Simons Center for Interagency Cooperation published a selection of the papers submitted for the 2017 Fort ...

Partner Spotlight – Pioneer Services

Pioneer Services, a division of MidCountry Bank, is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for May 2018. “Pioneer Services has been a ...

SAMS faculty and Class of 2018 – Persons of the Month for May

The CGSC Foundation has selected the faculty and 2018 graduating class of CGSC’s School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) as the Person(s) of the ...

State Surgeon of Kansas presents on modern epidemics

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

Ambassador McCarthy returns as DACOR Visiting Professor

Retired Ambassador Deborah McCarthy returned for a second visit to Fort Leavenworth in April, again serving as the DACOR visiting professor of ...

Local video production company tours Fort Leavenworth, CGSC

Leadership of Kansas City-based video production company “Wide Awake Films” visited Fort Leavenworth on April 12 for a “walk and talk” tour of Fort ...

‘Last throw of the iron dice’ lecture presented at WWI Museum

Dr. Scott Stephenson from the CGSC Department of Military History presented his lecture “The Last Throw of the Iron Dice: The Ludendorff Offensives of ...

Army Secretary appoints Foundation Chair Mike Hockley as CASA

Secretary of the Army Dr. Mark T. Esper hosted a ceremony April 16, 2018, to swear in the newest class of appointed CASAs during the “Civilian Aides ...

Career Minister Gottlieb joins Distinguished Speaker Series

Retired Career Minister Gregory Gottlieb, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), recently visited Fort Leavenworth as part of the Simons ...

Amb. Moon returns to Fort Leavenworth

Retired Ambassador Patrick S. Moon returned to the Fort Leavenworth area in early April of this year, where he again took part in the Simons Center’s ...

Momentous change in store for 2018

Change affects all organizations. How well the organization plans for and responds to change determines how successful it will be. In the past couple ...

SAMS leads 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 ...

Ambassadors discuss country teams in InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture

Retired Ambassadors David Lambertson and Patrick Moon gave the latest presentation in the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series, entitled ...

Partner Spotlight – Veterans of Foreign Wars

The national headquarters of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for April 2018. The VFW has ...

Foundation’s Chairs, CASAs are ‘Persons of the Month’ – April 2018

The CGSC Foundation has selected Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Robert Arter, Chair Emeritus, and current Foundation Chair Michael D. Hockley, as the “Persons of the ...

British visit CGSC for Eagle Owl exercise

(Army University Public Affairs) The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College hosted 200 officers from the United Kingdom’s Intermediate Command ...

New TRADOC commander visits Fort Leavenworth

Gen. Stephen Townsend, the new commanding general of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, visited the Combined Arms Center Training Innovation ...

100th Training Division commander meets with TASS CGSS students

Leadership from the Fort Belvoir Satellite Campus of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School (CGSS) and The Army School System (TASS) hosted a ...

Retired Garmin executive visits Fort Leavenworth

Mike Meyer, a member of the CGSC Foundation Board of Trustees, hosted Gary Kelley, a retired executive from Garmin, on a walk and talk tour of Fort ...

CGSS hosts interagency course for true interagency audience

The U.S. Army Command and Staff School (CGSS), Fort Belvoir, Virginia Satellite Campus, recently concluded its elective course on Interagency and ...

Huff Group visits Fort Leavenworth

On March 12, the CGSC Foundation President/CEO Doug Tystad, Director of Development Joan Cabell and Foundation Ambassador Matt Thrasher hosted Bryan ...

Foundation contributes to Spouses Club scholarship program

On March 14, the CGSC Foundation made a donation to the Fort Leavenworth Spouse’s Club Scholarship program to support the award of two scholarships in ...

InterAgency Journal 9-1

This issue of the InterAgency Journal features writings on homeland security, how to deal with corruption in overseas security operations, dealing ...

‘Last throw of the iron dice’ is latest lecture in Great War series

Dr. Scott Stephenson presented the 14th lecture of the “General of the Armies Great War Centennial Lecture Series” at the Stove Factory Ballroom in ...

Foundation, K-State host leader development symposium

#LeadersofTomorrowKC – The Command and General Staff College Foundation and Kansas State University hosted the Leaders of Tomorrow symposium on ...

Leaders from three continents added to CGSC International Hall of Fame

The Command and General Staff College added three international military leaders to its International Hall of Fame on March 1 at 9 a.m. at the Lewis ...

‘My Lai: A 50-Year Perspective’ topic of latest Vietnam Lecture

The latest lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series was conducted March 1 at 6 p.m. in the Stove Factory Ballroom in downtown ...

2017 Program Report released

In the last column I wrote that we would have our 2017 Program Report available so that you can see what we did during the year. When you download and ...

Foundation trustees elect new officers at February board meeting

The CGSC Foundation elected new officers over the past six months as part of a sweeping effort to update the by-laws which we believe will continue to ...

Ethics of cyber defense topic of latest brown-bag lecture

On Feb. 26, Dr. Michael H. Hoeflich, the John H. & John M. Kane Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Kansas, led a discussion on ...

CARL staff members are ‘Persons of the Month’ – March 2018

The CGSC Foundation has selected Kelsey Busch, Susan Plotner and Dan Barbuto of Fort Leavenworth’s Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library (CARL) ...

Partner Spotlight – Ferguson Hotel Development

Ferguson Hotel Development, LLC is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for March 2018. “Ferguson and especially their initial ...

CGSS Students meet with Undersecretary of the Army

The U.S. Army Command and General Staff School (CGSS) students and faculty of Staff Group 30D, of the Fort Belvoir Satellite Campus Class 18-001, ...

Dr. Willbanks presents at Jan. 31 Vietnam lecture

The tenth lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series was conducted Jan. 31 at 6 p.m. in the Stove Factory Ballroom in downtown ...

CGSC selects Dr. Kevin Shea as Emeritus Professor

Dr. Kevin Shea, a professor in CGSC’s Department of Command and Leadership (DCL), was appointed as a “Professor Emeritus” during his retirement ...

CALL highlights lessons learned from State personnel

The Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) recently published a new installment in their "News From The Front" series focused on the experiences of ...

Brown-bag lecture features CIA presentation

Mr. Kevin Rousseau, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Distinguished Chair for National Intelligence Studies, conducted a presentation on the ...

VFW supports top award for CGSC graduates

On Jan. 10, Lynn W. Rolf, III, director of programs for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, visited Fort Leavenworth and the CGSC Foundation to present a ...

New year brings both pride and excitement

The new year brings the pride of accomplishments for the year just ended and excitement for things to come. We here at the Foundation are ...

Fairfield Inn leaders are ‘Persons of the Month’ – January 2018

The CGSC Foundation has selected Michael Watson and Brian Huntington from the Fairfield Inn and Suites in Leavenworth, Kansas, as the “Persons of the ...

Partner Spotlight – First Command Financial Services

First Command Financial Services is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for January 2018. “First Command is a great partner of the ...

KAMO Adventures reps tour CGSC, Fort Leavenworth

On Dec. 11, representatives from KAMO Adventures took a “walk and talk” tour of Fort Leavenworth and the Command and General Staff College. CGSC ...

Chairman’s USO Tour 2017 visits deployed troops

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff took his USO Tour to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on Christmas Eve 2017. Hundreds of servicemen and women ...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

The classrooms are empty, the parking lot is mostly empty, the halls and the food court are fairly quiet so it must be that time of year again when we ...

Happy Holidays from the CGSC Foundation and the Simons Center

Happy Holidays from the CGSC Foundation and the Simons Center! Left to right: Col. (Ret.) Roderick M. Cox, Program Director, Simons Center; Joan ...

Kansas Department of Transportation leaders visit Fort Leavenworth

On Dec. 14 the CGSC Foundation hosted Kansas Secretary of Transportation Richard Carlson and Merrill Atwater, who is the director of Aviation at KDOT ...

KC Federal Executive Board topic of latest InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture

Mr. Larry A. Hisle, executive director of the Greater Kansas City Federal Executive Board (FEB), conducted a presentation on the FEB in the latest ...

Willbanks addresses CORDS in latest Vietnam lecture

In the ninth lecture of the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture series conducted Dec. 7 at 6 p.m. in the Stove Factory Ballroom in downtown Leavenworth, ...

Leavenworth School District underwriters participate in Walk and Talk program

On Dec. 7, CGSC Foundation CEO Doug Tystad received a short notice request from the Leavenworth School District chief financial officer to host a ...

Ambassador McCarthy visits Fort Leavenworth

As part of the CGSC Foundation / Simons Center’s Distinguished Speaker Series, Ambassador (Ret.) Deborah A. McCarthy visited Fort Leavenworth Dec. ...

InterAgency Journal 8-4

This issue of the InterAgency Journal features writings on ethics, leadership, strategic communications, educating, and the world order. – The lead ...

A season to give

This is a wonderful time of year. – We moved quickly through Veterans Day honoring the sacrifice of so many, to Thanksgiving where we gave thanks for ...

Partner Spotlight – Park University

Park University is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for December 2017. Park University supports the Distinguished Speaker Series, ...

ArmyU-CGSC VCO is ‘Person of the Month’ – December 2017

The CGSC Foundation has selected the Command and General Staff College’s Visitor and Ceremonies Office (VCO), headed up by Mrs. Rita Durocher, as the ...

Call for Papers: 2018 Ethics Symposium

The 2018 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium will be conducted April 30-May 1, 2018. This year’s theme is: The Impact of Diverse Worldviews on Military ...

UMKC students participate in Walk and Talk

Michael Wizniak, an instructor of International Management in the Bloch School of Business at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) brought 16 ...

Local church members participate in Walk and Talk program

On Nov. 14, the CGSC Foundation was delighted to host some of the members of the Platte Woods United Methodist Church on a “walk and talk” visit of ...

Kansas City Public Library leaders tour CGSC, Fort Leavenworth

On Nov. 13, Crosby Kemper, the executive director of the Kansas City Library, and Carrie Coogan, the library's deputy director of public affairs, ...

Russian Revolutions subject of latest WWI lecture

Dr.’s Sean Kalic and Gates Brown presented their lecture on “The Russian Revolutions” as part of the General of the Armies John J. Pershing Great War ...

Former Commandant Lt. Gen. John H. Cushman dies at 96

Former CGSC Commandant Lt. Gen. John H. Cushman died Nov. 8 at 96 in a retirement facility in Washington, D.C. According to reports, his son, John H. ...

Brown-bag lecture features State Department presentation

Mr. Andrew B. Mitchell, a career Foreign Service Officer, led the discussion in the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture conducted Nov. 14, in the Arnold ...

Former CGSC Dean presents on climate change at Park University

As part of the Simons Center’s Distinguished Speakers Program, the Simons Center in partnership with Park University sponsored a presentation by U.S. ...

Foundation trustee brings church group for ‘Walk and Talk’

On Nov. 9, CGSC Foundation trustee Bill Eckhardt (third from left in the photo above) invited a group from his church to tour Fort Leavenworth and the ...

Second Women of Accelerent tour CGSC, Fort Leavenworth

On Sept. 24, the CGSC Foundation hosted the second group of women affiliated with the “Women of Accelerent.” Accelerent is a strategic networking ...

Class of 2018 leaders selected as ‘Persons of the Month’ – November 2017

The CGSC Foundation has selected the student leaders of the Command and General Staff School Class of 2017 as the Persons of the Month for November ...

Partner Spotlight – dorMail Gallery

dorMail Gallery is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for November 2017. For several years the CGSC Foundation has relied on dorMail ...

NSRT program focuses on China, North Korea

The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College’s Department of Joint, Interagency and Multinational Operations (DJIMO) and the CGSC Foundation ...

Vietnam lecture highlights Naval operations

The eighth lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series was conducted Oct. 19 at 6 p.m. Stove Factory Ballroom in downtown Leavenworth, ...

UN Assistant Secretary-General meets with CGSC students, faculty

United Nations Assistant Secretary-General Kevin M. Kennedy met with faculty and students in a professional development session Oct. 19, in Eisenhower ...

National Security Roundtable scheduled for Oct. 24-25

The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College’s Department of Joint, Interagency and Multinational Operations (DJIMO) and the CGSC Foundation will ...

Your Foundation in action

I wanted to report on our activities in support of the new classes of 2018 at CGSC. The Foundation has packed a lot of activity into the first three ...

Gallery curators discuss Art of War Initiative on local public radio

Assistant Gallery Director Meghan Dohogne and Poppy Di Candeloro, an independent curator and researcher, both with the Todd Weiner Gallery in Kansas ...

CGSC adds three leaders to International Hall of Fame

The Command and General Staff College inducted three international military leaders, into its International Hall of Fame on Oct. 12, 2017 at the Lewis ...

KC Economic Development Council and partners tour post

On. Oct. 5 the CGSC Foundation was pleased to host a group from the Kansas City, Mo., Economic Development Council and their partners including the ...

FBI analyst briefs on homegrown violent extremism

On Oct. 12 more than 100 students, staff, and faculty of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College gathered in the Arnold Conference Room to ...

Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series to feature presentation on Naval operations

The public is invited to the eighth lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series scheduled for Oct. 19 at 6 p.m. at the Stove Factory ...

International Hall of Fame Ceremony – Oct. 12

The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College will induct four new members into the CGSC International Hall of Fame in a ceremony in the Eisenhower ...

Pershing lecture on ‘German Home Front’ set for Oct. 11

Dr. Scott Stephenson, a professor in CGSC’s Department of Military History, will deliver his lecture entitled “Total War Comes to the Fatherland: The ...

InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture set for Oct. 12

The third lecture of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for academic year 2018 is scheduled for 12:30-1:30 p.m., October 12, in the Arnold ...

U.S. Army Chorus joins tribute to CGSC international military students

The CGSC Foundation hosted the fourth annual “Celebration of International Friendship” Sept. 29 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts ...

Gladstone Rotary Club reps tour CGSC, Fort Leavenworth

Members of the Gladstone Rotary Club (Gladstone, Mo.) enjoyed a tour of Fort Leavenworth on Sept. 14. After meeting their tour guide, Foundation ...

Pershing lecture takes a look at the German home front

On Sept. 20, Dr. Scott Stephenson, a professor in CGSC's Department of Military History, delivered a lecture entitled "Total War Comes to the ...

InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture features NGA

On Sept. 18, students, faculty, and staff of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College once again filled the Arnold Conference Room to attend an ...

Partner Spotlight – FedEx

FedEx is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for September 2017. “The CGSC Foundation is extremely proud to have support from FedEx,” ...

Smithsonian Magazine features Art of War Initiative

On Aug. 15, U.S. Navy veteran and Kansas City freelance writer Anne Kniggendorf visited the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College to explore the ...

Vietnam War documentarian Ken Burns presents at CGSC

Documentarian Ken Burns, introduced his and, fellow documentarian, Lynn Novick’s upcoming ten part series, The Vietnam War, to the Command and General ...

Art of War: Gifts of Peace exhibit kicks off in Johnson County Library system

The latest exhibit in the “Art of War: Gifts of Peace” exhibit series kicked off Sept. 5 at the Johnson County Library’s Central Resource Library in ...

Chair of Ethics kicks off academic year with CGSC visit

Dr. Shannon French, the General Hugh Shelton Distinguished Visiting Chair of Ethics, visited Fort Leavenworth Aug. 29-30, to begin her duties as the ...

Art of War Initiative featured in KC Studio magazine

The CGSC Foundation's "Art of War Initiative" is featured in the September/October edition of KC Studio magazine, a publication that covers the arts ...

Brig. Gen. Efflandt becomes 2nd Provost of Army University

(ARMY UNIVERSITY/FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan.) Brigadier General Scott L. Efflandt became the second Provost of the Army University in an assumption of ...

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