The CGSC Foundation has selected Dr. Shannon E. French, the new General Hugh Shelton Distinguished Visiting Chair of Ethics, as the Person of the ...
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Vietnam lecture addresses limitations of the air war
Dr. John Curatola, associate professor of history at the U.S Army School of Advanced Military Studies, presented the fifth lecture in the Vietnam War ...
Read MorePublic invited to World War I lecture March 16
The Department of Military History of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the CGSC Foundation at Fort Leavenworth invite the public to ...
Read MoreSixth lecture in InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series – March 15
The sixth lecture in the new InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series is scheduled for 12:30-1:30 p.m., March 15, in the Arnold Conference Room of the ...
Read MoreArt of War exhibit kicks off with reception March 2
On March 2, the CGSC Foundation and the Todd Weiner Gallery hosted an opening reception for an art exhibit entitled “The Art of War” at the City of ...
Read MoreCelebrating the CGSC art and gift collection
The "Art of War Initiative" will be formally rolled out to the public here shortly. We are excited to be able to team with the Todd Weiner Gallery in ...
Read MoreJohnson County Library Foundation staff tours post
The Johnson County Library Foundation staff enjoyed an afternoon with the CGSC Foundation at Fort Leavenworth on Feb. 21. Susan Mong, Joseph Keehn and ...
Read MoreFoundation, KU School of Business cohost Executive Leadership Summit
The 2017 Executive Leadership Summit cohosted by the KU School of Business and the CGSC Foundation, Inc., was conducted Feb. 17, 2017 at the BEST ...
Read MoreU.S. Student Detachment deputy is Person of the Month – February 2017
The CGSC Foundation has selected Ty Bruner, Deputy to the Commander of the CGSC U.S. Student Detachment, as the Person of the Month for February ...
Read MorePartner Spotlight – Advantage Printing
Advantage Printing in Leavenworth, Kansas is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for February 2017. The relationship with the CGSC ...
Read MoreCollege, Foundation host visit from global logistics association
The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College with support from the CGSC Foundation hosted a visit from 16 members of the Heartland Roundtable of ...
Read MoreJohnson & Johnson Chairman/CEO addresses CGSC class
Alex Gorsky, chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson spoke to the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College on Feb. 6, 2017 in Eisenhower ...
Read MoreVietnam lecture focuses on Gen. Westmoreland, strategy
The fourth lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series was conducted Jan. 26 at 6 p.m. in the Arnold Conference Room of the Lewis and ...
Read MoreNational Geospatial-Intelligence Agency topic of latest InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture
In the fifth InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture on Jan. 26, Mr. Ralph M. Erwin, Senior Geospatial Intelligence Officer, led a discussion on the roles and ...
Read MoreWomen of Accelerent tour CGSC, Fort Leavenworth
The CGSC Foundation has hosted many “Walk and Talks” in the past year, but none that focused solely on women. That changed on Jan. 12 when Foundation ...
Read MoreFoundation 2016 ‘Hotwash’
The Foundation completed its tenth year of service in 2016 on a number of high notes. For such a small staff, we packed a lot into the year. We ...
Read MorePartner Spotlight – Todd Weiner Gallery
The Todd Weiner Gallery in Kansas City is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for January 2017. The significance of a partnership ...
Read MoreCGSC Educators of the Year are Persons of the Month – January 2017
The CGSC Foundation has selected the CGSC Educators of the Year – Dr. Jack Kem and Lt. Col. Christopher Johnson – as the Persons of the Month for ...
Read MoreInterAgency Journal 7-3 (Fall 2016)
The fall edition of the Simons Center’s InterAgency Journal offers interagency practitioners and others a variety of topics to explore. – How can we ...
Read MoreHappy Holidays to you and yours!
The holidays are upon us, whether we're ready or not! The CGSC classes let out last Friday and the students won't return until January 3. I was in the ...
Read MoreFederal Executive Board is focus of Brown-Bag Lecture
The fourth lecture in the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series was co-hosted by the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School and the Simons Center ...
Read MoreFoundation hosts holiday appreciation luncheon for vendors, supporters
The CGSC Foundation hosted a Holiday Appreciation Luncheon at the Frontier Conference Center on Dec. 9 for all of the vendors, suppliers and others ...
Read MoreThird Vietnam War Commemoration lecture focuses on Battle of Ia Drang Valley
Dr. James H. Willbanks, CGSC’s General of the Army George C. Marshall Chair of Military History, delivered the third lecture in the Vietnam War ...
Read MoreAmbassador Kennedy visits Fort Leavenworth
Ambassador (Ret.) Laura Kennedy who previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs among many other ...
Read MoreSchool for Command Preparation receives Army Superior Unit Award
Leavenworth Lamp) Gen. David Perkins, commanding general of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, presented the Army Superior Unit Award (ASUA) ...
Read MoreAdmiral speaks to CGSC Class of 2017
Retired U.S. Navy Admiral James Stavridis spoke to the 2017 CGSC class in the Eisenhower Auditorium of the Lewis and Clark Center on Dec. 6 as the ...
Read MoreStriving to be good stewards
As we close in on the end of 2016, we are conducting our annual fundraising appeal to our wonderful donors. Throughout the year, we receive donations ...
Read MorePartner Spotlight – Saint Luke’s Cushing Hospital
Saint Luke’s Cushing Hospital in Leavenworth, Kansas, is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for December 2016. Saint Luke’s Cushing ...
Read MoreDean of Academics is Person of the Month – December 2016
The CGSC Foundation has selected Dr. Jim Martin, CGSC’s dean of academics, as the Person of the Month for December 2016. “Dr. Martin has been a ...
Read MoreFoundation trustee Bob Myers awarded top honor in his industry
Robert J. Myers, chairman of the board of Casey’s General Stores and a member of the CGSC Foundation board of trustees since 2009, was recently ...
Read MoreCGSC and CGSC Foundation host National Security Roundtable
The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College’s Department of Joint, Interagency and Multinational Operations (DJIMO) and the CGSC Foundation ...
Read MoreRoundtable program kicks off
The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College’s Department of Joint, Interagency and Multinational Operations (DJIMO) and the CGSC Foundation are ...
Read MoreHelp build the nation’s leaders on #GivingTuesday
In the spirit of #GivingTuesday please join the thousands of people around the world in celebrating generosity and giving to a cause, an organization ...
Read MoreReed Automotive, Skopós reps visit Fort Leavenworth
Randy and Tyler Reed from Reed Automotive Group in Kansas City, took part in the Foundation’s “Walk and Talk” program Nov. 10. They were joined in the ...
Read MoreDJIMO professor travels to Myanmar
Editors Note: In August 2016, Dr. Geoff Babb, an associate professor in CGSC’s Department of Joint Multinational and Interagency Operations, ...
Read MoreAccelerent partners participate in Walk and Talk program
The Foundation continued its “Walk and Talk” outreach program by hosting a visit from a group of Accelerent members in October. Accelerent is a ...
Read MoreVeterans Day 2016
On this Veterans Day, I think of my grandfather on the Texas border with General Pershing one hundred years ago; my father on a ship in Okinawa harbor ...
Read MoreSimons Center hosts third InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture
November 8 was a busy day for everyone at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC). Not only was yesterday election day, but that ...
Read MorePartner Spotlight – West Point Society of KC, Tim and Karen Carlin Foundation
The West Point Society of Greater Kansas City and the Tim and Karen Carlin Foundation, both located in Kansas City, Mo., are selected as the CGSC ...
Read MoreNew Emeritus Trustees selected as Persons of the Month – November 2016
The CGSC Foundation has selected the two newly-selected Emeritus Trustee members of the board as the Persons of the Month for November 2016 – Brig. ...
Read MoreSecond InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture a success
Yesterday the Simons Center for Interagency Cooperation and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School (CGSS) hosted the second lecture in their ...
Read MorePreparations for National Wreaths Across America Day in full swing
On National Wreaths Across America Day each December, volunteers place wreaths on individual veterans’ graves in more than 1,100 locations throughout ...
Read MoreRecent Foundation board meeting brings significant change
The CGSC Foundation Board of Trustees met on Sept. 21-22 at Fort Leavenworth. Our board normally meets twice a year, once in March and then again at ...
Read MoreVietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series continues
The second lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series was conducted Oct. 5 at 6 p.m. in the Arnold Conference Room of the Lewis and Clark ...
Read MoreFoundation hosts workshop for military families
The CGSC Foundation sponsored the “7 Habits of Highly Effective Military Families” workshop on Oct. 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Fort ...
Read MorePartner Spotlight- People to People International
People to People International (PTPI) in Kansas City, Mo., is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for October 2016. People to People ...
Read MoreClass leaders selected as Persons of the Month – October 2016
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 October ...
Read MoreCGSC faculty attend International Relations Council annual event
The CGSC Foundation was a table sponsor at the 2016 Eliot S. Berkley Annual Dinner hosted by the International Relations Council at the ...
Read MorePhotos available from the 2016 Celebration of International Friendship
On Sept. 16 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, the CGSC Foundation, in partnership with the Greater Kansas City Chapter ...
Read MorePershing Lecture series continues with look at ‘The Somme’
Click here for more photos from the lecture On Sept. 14, Dr. Mark Hull, associate professor of history at CGSC, presented the eighth lecture in the ...
Read MoreHaas & Wilkerson executives participate in Walk and Talk program
On Sept. 13, the Foundation continued its “Walk and Talk” outreach program by hosting a visit from part of the Haas & Wilkerson Insurance ...
Read MoreSimons Center hosts first InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture
The Simons Center for Interagency Cooperation and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School hosted the first lecture in their new series ...
Read MoreFoundation proud to support during another busy year
The Class of 2017 is well into the school year, students have established their routines, faculty is excited for the opportunity to help shape not ...
Read MorePartner Spotlight – Country Club Bank
Country Club Bank headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for September 2016. From the very ...
Read MoreIMSD director is Person of the Month – September 2016
The CGSC Foundation has selected Jim Fain, Director of the CGSC International Military Student Division, as the Person of the Month for September ...
Read MoreKansas City Southern Execs visit Fort Leavenworth
On Aug. 23, the CGSC Foundation hosted the executive leadership team from Kansas City Southern as part of its continuing “Walk and Talk” outreach ...
Read MoreLocal gallery to feature CGSC art collection
Beginning on Friday, Sept. 2, from 7-10 p.m., The Todd Weiner Gallery in downtown Kansas City ( 115 W. 18th Street Kansas City, Mo., 64108) will host ...
Read MoreInterAgency Journal 7-2 (Summer 2016)
From theories of international relations, to incorporating cultural considerations into training and education efforts with internationals, to a look ...
Read MoreRetirements reflect 139 years of Army, CGSC experience
Dr. Wendall C. King, the CGSC Dean of Academics; Dr. Ralph O. Doughty, CGSC Chair of Interagency and Multinational Studies; and Col. (Ret.) Lynn W. ...
Read More2016-2017 academic year calendar available online
The CGSC Foundation recently published and distributed a 2016-2017 Academic Year calendar for CGSC and CGSC Foundation major events scheduled during ...
Read MoreCGSC 2017 academic year kicks off with International Flag Ceremony
The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College kicked off the 2016-2017 academic year with the traditional International Flag Ceremony for Command ...
Read MoreAUSA pledges $20K to CGSC Foundation
The national headquarters of the Association of the United States Army has pledged $20,000 in support of CGSC Foundation programs at Fort Leavenworth ...
Read MoreInternational officer alumnus honored at White House State Dinner
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife were honored at the White House Aug. 2, in a state dinner hosted by President Barack Obama. ...
Read MorePartner Spotlight – Exchange National Bank
In 1856, the streets of Leavenworth, Kan., were not paved. The city had only been founded in 1854, the first city in the newly forming state of ...
Read MoreCGSC director of graduate degree programs is Person of the Month – August 2016
The CGSC Foundation has selected Robert F. Baumann, director of graduate degree programs for the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, as the ...
Read MoreNew class of international officers tours local factory facilities
The 2017 class of international officers at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College were hosted at a breakfast and provided a tour by ...
Read MoreCollege rhythm
The Class of 2016 graduated and has mostly departed which put the College into its “summer rhythm.” Most people assume that because the students have ...
Read MoreKCPT reps learn about CGSC, Fort Leavenworth
Lindsey Foat and Taylor Hersh from the local Public Broadcasting System (PBS) channel, Kansas City Public Television (KCPT), visited Fort Leavenworth ...
Read MoreCGSC professor, Vietnam vet interviewed by local magazine
Wilburn “Bud” Meador – retired Marine, Vietnam veteran, professor of history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the faculty ...
Read MorePartner Spotlight – Flint Hills Resources
Flint Hills Resources located in Wichita, Kan., is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for July 2016. Beginning in 2009, Flint Hills ...
Read MoreFoundation trustee Bob Myers – July 2016 Person of the Month
The CGSC Foundation has selected Robert J. Myers, Chairman, Casey’s General Stores, as the Person of the Month for July 2016. Myers is currently ...
Read MoreHallmark reps visit Fort Leavenworth, CGSC
On June 20, representatives from Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, Mo., visited Fort Leavenworth and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College to ...
Read MoreMailing list error
The CGSC Foundation wishes to apologize for the addressing errors on the Spring edition of the Foundation News. Many recipients have reported ...
Read MoreCivil Affairs officer garners distinguished SOF student award
Maj. April M.K. Moore received the LTC Ronald C. Ward Distinguished Special Operations Forces Student Award for the Command and General Staff Officer ...
Read MoreHarris Leadership award goes to grandson of Ethiopian General
U.S. Air Force Major Bishane A. Whitmore graduated from the Command and General Staff Officers Course of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff ...
Read MoreCGSOC Class of 2016 graduates
Approximately 1,300 officers graduated June 10 at 9 a.m. from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officer Course in a ceremony on the Main Parade ...
Read MoreInternational officers receive graduation badges
International military students, received the Command and General Staff College International Officer Graduate Badge during a ceremony June 9, 2016, ...
Read More241st Army Birthday – CSA video message
When the American Revolution broke out, the rebellious colonies did not possess an army in the modern sense. Rather, the revolutionaries fielded an ...
Read MoreWalk and Talk program highlights post history, student caliber
On June 1, the Foundation continued its “Walk and Talk” outreach program by hosting a visit from Country Club Bank (Kansas City, Mo.) executives along ...
Read MoreCGSOC Class of 2016 – Persons of the Month for June
The CGSC Foundation has selected the 2016 graduating class of CGSC’s Command and General Staff Officer’s Course (CGSOC) as the Person(s) of the Month ...
Read MoreCongrats to the CGSOC Class of 2016
Congratulations to the CGSC Classes of 2016! The SAMS Class of 2016 has graduated and departed for the most part and the CGSOC Class of 2016 graduates ...
Read MoreSimons Center increases efforts to publish faculty and student research
In spring 2016, the Simons Center began seeking to publish more of the scholarship being produced here at the Command and General Staff College by ...
Read MorePartner Spotlight – Webster University
Webster University, with a campus location on Fort Leavenworth, is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for June 2016. Katie Ervin, ...
Read MoreSAMS Class of 2016 graduates May 26
“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 ...
Read MoreRemember…Memorial Day 2016
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 ...
Read MoreKC group takes ‘Walk and Talk’ tour
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 ...
Read MoreTelling the CGSC and Foundation story in NYC
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 ...
Read MoreFormer ambassador to Greece visits CGSC
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 ...
Read MoreLecture addresses men and flying machines of WWI
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” ...
Read MoreInterAgency Journal 7-1 (Spring 2016)
The Spring 2016 edition of the InterAgency Journal features six articles spanning topics from the national security "pivot to Asia" to interagency ...
Read MoreFort Leavenworth officers speak at Rotary Club meeting
Col. Norma Bradford (center in the photo), Combined Arms Center Chief of Staff for the Army Reserve Affairs, and Maj. Jodi Krippel (left), current ...
Read MoreGerman Army leader inducted into International Hall of Fame
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 ...
Read MoreSAMS Class of 2016 – Persons of the Month for May
The CGSC Foundation has selected the 2016 graduating class of CGSC’s School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) as the Person(s) of the Month for May ...
Read MoreThey were Soldiers…
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 ...
Read MorePartner Spotlight – Armed Forces Insurance
Armed Forces Insurance located in Leavenworth, Kansas, is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for May 2016. Armed Forces Insurance ...
Read MoreCGSC student forum addresses gender issues
The CGSC Student Forum "Leading in the Military: Gender and Success,” was conducted April 29 at Fort Leavenworth's Lewis and Clark Center. The forum ...
Read MoreFarewell to Lt. Gen. Brown
On Friday, April 29, 2016, Lt. Gen. Robert Brown, commanding general of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth and CGSC commandant, ...
Read MoreIHOF welcomes two new members
Two highly decorated military officers that graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College were honored, April 26, 2016. Gen. ...
Read More2016 Ethics Symposium concludes
The 2016 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium, cohosted by the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the CGSC Foundation, was conducted April ...
Read MoreFoundation hosts Senate staff member visit
Mike Heldstab (center in the photo), District Representative to U.S. Senator Jerry Moran, visited the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College on ...
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