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Former U.S. Army Pacific commander, current AUSA president/CEO delivers Class of 2026 Powell Lecture

General (Ret.) Robert B. Brown presented the annual Colin L. Powell Lecture for students of the CGSC Class of 2026 at the U.S. Army Command and ...

Mentor Program running strong

The CGSC Mentor Program conducted its second social networking event at Jowler Creek Vinyard and Winery in the afternoon of Sept. 12, ...

Rod & Gun Club, CGSC Foundation host 5th Annual International Family Fishing Derby

The Fort Leavenworth Rod & Gun Club and the CGSC Foundation hosted the fifth annual International Family Fishing Derby at Merritt Lake on Fort ...

CGSC Mentor Program kicks off with networking event

The CGSC Mentor Program started the new academic year with a networking event at the Frontier Army Museum, Aug. 20, 2025. The event was supported by ...

Honored tradition opens CGSOC Class of 2026 academic year

(Army University Public Affairs) Flags representing 92 nations were marched across the stage of Eisenhower Auditorium and posted Aug. 11, 2025, in an ...

Retired Marine, former CGSC instructor dies at 67

Col. Stephen E. Brown, USMC Retired, 67, of Stilwell, Kansas, passed away peacefully at home on June 24, 2025. Brown was the namesake of the CGSC ...

Command and General Staff College graduates 950 in year of Army’s 250th birthday

(Sarah Hauck, Army University Public Affairs) Just a week before the Army celebrates 250 years of defending the nation, nearly 1,000 new leaders ...

Fort Leavenworth inducts two Army legends into hall of fame

Fort Leavenworth honored two trailblazing Army leaders during the Hall of Fame induction ceremony May 28, 2025, at the Lewis and Clark Center. ...

School of Advanced Military Studies graduates next generation of leaders

(Jessica Brushwood, Army University Public Affairs) The U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies conduct a graduation and academic honors ...

CGSC inducts four officers to International Hall of Fame

(Sarah Hauck, ArmyU Public Affairs) Four international officer alumni of the Command and General Staff College were inducted into the International ...

NSRT brings together civilian, military leaders to develop mutual understanding

The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) and the CGSC Foundation hosted 17 civilian business and community leaders from around the ...

Next event in Women and Leadership Fall Education Series – Dec. 3

Dates and topics for the AY2025 Women and Leadership Fall Education Series are listed below. Anyone interested in the Women and Leadership Program is ...

300th inductee and first Hungarian officer join Command and General Staff College International Hall of Fame

(Sarah Hauck, ArmyU Public Affairs) The Army University’s Command and General Staff College inducted its 300th and the first Hungarian international ...

4th Annual International Family Fishing Derby fun for new anglers

The Fort Leavenworth Rod & Gun Club hosted the annual International Family Fishing Derby at Merritt Lake on Fort Leavenworth on Sept. 7, 2024. ...

Former commander of U.S. Forces Korea delivers Class of 2025 Powell Lecture

General (Ret.) Vincent K. Brooks presented the annual Colin L. Powell Lecture for students of the CGSC Class of 2025 at the U.S. Army Command and ...

Women and Leadership program kicks-off with social at Frontier Army Museum

The Women and Leadership program for AY2025 kicked-off with a social event Aug. 15, from 4-6 p.m., at the Frontier Army Museum on Fort Leavenworth. ...

Flag Ceremony kicks off CGSOC Class of 2025

The Command and General Staff Officers Course (CGSOC) Class of 2025 began Aug. 5, 2024, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with the traditional CGSC ...

Command and General Staff Officers Course graduates June 7

Nearly 1,100 officers graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officer Course June 7, 2024, at the Lewis and Clark Center. The ...

SAMS Class of 2024 graduates 147

The U.S. Army’s School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) Class of 2024 graduated May 3, 2024, in a ceremony conducted in the Eisenhower Auditorium ...

CGSC WorldQuest team takes third in competition

Eight faculty members from the Department of Joint, Interagency, and Multinational Operations at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College ...

Distinguished Speaker Series event features preview of Cold War book

The CGSC Foundation and its Simons Center hosted the third and final lecture of the 2023 Distinguished Speaker Series at the Riverfront Community ...

Former CGSC deputy commandant elected as Foundation chair

The CGSC Foundation board of trustees has elected former CGSC deputy commandant retired Maj. Gen. Christopher P. Hughes, as the next chair of the ...

Women and Leadership Fall Education Series

The AY2024 Women and Leadership program kicked off with a social at the Frontier Army Museum on the evening of August 10. The Women and Leadership ...

CGSC Foundation supports library open house for Soldiers, families

The CGSC Foundation provided material and volunteer support for the Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library open house on Aug. 11, 2023, from noon ...

CGSOC Class of 2024 Opens with International Flag Ceremony

The Command and General Staff Officers Course (CGSOC) Class of 2024 began Aug. 7, 2023, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with the International Flag ...

CGSC Assistant Professor, Foundation Trustee guest on “Leader Up” Podcast

The latest episode of the Army Management Staff College (AMSC) “Leader Up” podcast features special guest Col. (Ret.) Dwayne Wagner who discusses his ...

CGSOC Class of 2024 International Flag Ceremony – Aug. 7

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

2023 Harris leadership award presented to Army doctor

Major Sebastian Welsh, M.D., received the Lieutenant Colonel Boyd McCanna “Mac” Harris Leadership Award for the Command and General Staff Officer ...

Award for 2023 top SOF student goes to psyops officer

Maj. Kent J. Gonzales received the LTC Ronald C. Ward Distinguished Special Operations Forces (SOF) Student Award for the Command and General Staff ...

U.S. Army Command and General Staff College graduates June 9

More than 1,050 officers graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officer Course June 9, 2023, at the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort ...

SAMS graduates 111 ‘seed planters’

The U.S. Army’s School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) Class of 2023 graduated at 9 a.m., May 25, in Eisenhower Auditorium at the Lewis and Clark ...

Fort Leavenworth adds 2 to Hall of Fame

(by Harry Sarles, Army University Public Affairs) The Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth added two inductees to the Fort Leavenworth Hall of ...

SAMS graduation – May 25

The U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies Class of 2023 graduation ceremony is scheduled for 9 a.m., May 25, 2023, in the Eisenhower ...

Former CGSC professor returns to deliver Vietnam War Commemoration lecture

The CGSC Foundation hosted the 15th lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series May 9, 2023, at the Riverfront Community Center in ...

CGSC team takes third in World Quest 2023

(by Gary R. Hobin, Assistant Professor, CGSC Department of Joint, Interagency, and Multinational Operations) The moderator announces a question; it ...

Foundation, CGSC cohost 2023 CGSC Military Ethics Symposium

The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the CGSC Foundation cohosted the 2023 CGSC Military Ethics Symposium which was conducted April ...

Foundation, College host Spring 2023 National Security Roundtable

Civilian business and community leaders from around the country participated in the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) National ...

FAOA chapter welcomes Ambassador Miller

Members of the Fort Leavenworth-Roger Donlon Chapter of the Foreign Area Officers Association (FAOA), along with spouses and friends met at ...

Brown-bag lecture focuses on State Department

The second presentation of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for CGSC academic year 2023 was conducted Nov. 15, in the Arnold Conference Room ...

First brown-bag lecture of AY23 focuses on space and interagency operations

The first presentation of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for CGSC academic year 2023 was conducted at 12:30 p.m., Sept. 20 in the Arnold ...

Former Kansas Senator delivers Class of 2023 Powell Lecture

Senator Charles Patrick “Pat” Roberts, the former U.S. senator from Kansas, presented the annual Colin L. Powell Lecture for students of the Class of ...

CGSC Foundation announces Colin L. Powell Lecture Series lecturer for CGSC Class of 2023

The CGSC Foundation announces the annual Colin L. Powell Lecture Series lecturer for the CGSC Class of 2023 is retired Senator Charles Patrick “Pat” ...

CGSC Assistant Professor, Foundation Trustee speaks to students about character

On Aug. 2, 2022, during Command and General Staff Officer Course (CGSOC) student orientation, Col. (Ret.) Dwayne Wagner, a U.S. Army Command and ...

Women and Leadership program conducts social event at Frontier Army Museum

The Women and Leadership program conducted a social event Aug. 11, from 4-6 p.m., at the Frontier Army Museum on Fort Leavenworth. Women who are ...

CGSOC Class of 2023 kicks off with flag ceremony Aug. 8

The Command and General Staff Officers Course Class of 2023 began Aug. 8 at Fort Leavenworth with the International Military Student Flag Ceremony ...

2022 Harris leadership award presented to AG officer

U.S. Army adjutant general officer Major Robert “Bobby” L. Barnhart received the Lieutenant Colonel Boyd McCanna “Mac” Harris Leadership Award for the ...

Award for top SOF student goes to Civil Affairs officer

Maj. Joseph A. Bedingfield received the LTC Ronald C. Ward Distinguished Special Operations Forces (SOF) Student Award for the Command and General ...

U.S. Army Command and General Staff College graduates 1100 officers

Approximately 1,100 officers graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officer Course on June 10, 2022, in the Eisenhower Auditorium of ...

CGSOC Class of 2022 graduation – June 10

The Command and General Staff Officers Course (CGSOC) Class of 2022 graduation ceremony will be conducted June 10 at 9 a.m., on the Fort Leavenworth ...

International Officer badge ceremony – June 9

The international officers of the CGSOC Class of 2022 will receive their International Officer Badges signifying their graduation in a ceremony ...

‘Across Cultures and Empires’ is topic of latest Arter-Rowland National Security Forum

The CGSC Foundation's Simons Center hosted an Arter-Rowland National Security Forum luncheon event on May 26, 2022, at the Carriage Club in Kansas ...

SAMS Class of 2022 graduates 124

The U.S. Army's School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) Class of 2022 graduated May 26, 2022, in a ceremony conducted in the Eisenhower Auditorium ...

SAMS graduation ceremony – May 26

The 2022 class of the School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) graduation ceremony is scheduled for 9 a.m., May 26, 2022, in Eisenhower Hall in the ...

AY-22 InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series concludes with presentation on Kansas City Federal Executive Board

The eighth and final presentation of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for CGSC academic year 2022 was conducted May 18, in the Arnold ...

1972 Eastern Offensive, Battle of An Loc focus of latest Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture

The 14th lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series was conducted May 12, 2022 at June’s Northland in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas. Dr. ...

CGSC WorldQuest team brings home honors

Eight faculty members from the Command and General Staff College Department of Joint, Interagency and Multinational Operations represented CGSC in the ...

FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force presents InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture

The seventh presentation of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for academic year 2022 was conducted on April 20, in the Eisenhower Auditorium of ...

CGSC inducts four officers into International Hall of Fame

On Apr. 12, 2022, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College inducted four new members into its International Hall of Fame at the Lewis and Clark ...

Foreign aid is topic of latest brown-bag lecture

The sixth presentation of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for CGSC academic year 2022 was conducted March 22, in Marshall Auditorium of the ...

Brown-bag lecture focuses on State Department, Foreign Service

The fifth presentation of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for CGSC academic year 2022 was conducted Feb, 23, in the Arnold Conference Room of ...

Deputy to the Commanding General presents InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture

The fourth presentation of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for CGSC academic year 2022 was conducted Jan. 20, in the Arnold Conference Room ...

DIA is subject of InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture

The third presentation of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for CGSC academic year 2022 was conducted Nov. 17, in the Marshall Auditorium of ...

Lewis and Clark Center Atrium dedicated in honor of Lt. Gen. Robert and Lois Arter

The Combined Arms Center and Army University dedicated the atrium area of the Lewis and Clark Center, home of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff ...

CGSC inducts two officers into International Hall of Fame

The Command and General Staff College inducted two military leaders into its International Hall of Fame at the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort ...

CGSOC Class of 2021 graduates in virtual ceremony

On June 18, 2021 the CGSOC Class of 2021 at Fort Leavenworth graduated with a virtual ceremony posted on the Army University and CGSC Youtube pages at ...

CGSOC Class of 2021 international officers receive badges

International military students in the CGSOC Class of 2021, received the Command and General Staff College International Officer Graduate Badge during ...

SAMS graduates in virtual ceremony

Maj. Andre AleongMaj. Alessio BattistiMaj. Daniel BeckMaj. Andrew BissetMaj. Kaleb BlankenshipMaj Chad BuckelMaj. Nathan CatchingMaj. Robert ...

‘Generals of the Army’ editor conducts autograph session

On May 13, Dr. James H. Willbanks, CGSC Professor Emeritus and editor of "Generals of the Army," a book commissioned by the CGSC Foundation and ...

‘The ultimate high ground’ subject of latest Brown-Bag

Thomas A. Gray discussed the topic of the domain of space and interagency operations at the latest InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture on Nov. 19, in ...

Brown-bag series kicks off with DIA briefing

The first presentation of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for CGSC academic year 2021 was conducted Oct. 6, 2020, in Marshall Auditorium in ...

CGSOC Class of 2021 demographics

The Command and General Staff Officers Course Class of 2021 kicked off Sept. 8 with the traditional flag ceremony in the Lewis and Clark Center. This ...

CGSOC Class of 2021 kicks off with flag ceremony Sept. 8

The Command and General Staff Officers Course 2021 began Sept. 8 at Fort Leavenworth with the International Military Student Flag Ceremony followed by ...

CGSOC Class of 2020 Individual Awards

Prior to the CGSOC Class of 2020 virtual graduation ceremony on June 12, CGSS Director Col. Scott Green conducted an in-person awards ceremony on June ...

Virtual ceremonies mark the CGSOC Class of 2020

Amid the restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic traditional Command and General Staff Officer Course (CGSOC) graduation ceremonies at Fort ...

SAMS graduates 158 students

Lt. Col. Sebastian BeckerLt. Col. E. Aaron BradyLt. Col. Steven HawkinsLt. Col. Flavio Caula ReisLt. Col. Thomas SprangerLt Col Cyrille TiberghienLt. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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