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The Army – The nation’s first institution

Every year our nation celebrates its independence, commemorating its official "Declaration of Independence" made on July 4, 1776. Many do not realize ...

Fort Leavenworth Garrison Commander is Person of Note

The CGSC Foundation has selected Colonel Harry D. Hung, garrison commander of Fort Leavenworth, as the Person of the Month for June 2020. “Col. ...

Partner Spotlight June 2020 – MHW Public Relations

MHW Public Relations and Communications (MHWPR) in Kansas City is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for June 2020. “Mark and MHW ...

Extending a thank you

CGSC Foundation President/CEO Rod Cox and Co-Founder/Chief Development Officer Bob Ulin presented Dr. Jeff Colyer, the Foundation’s “Person of the ...

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 ...

VA Secretary Memorial Day Message

Our country has been blessed with men and women whose sacrifices allowed us to flourish as individuals, as a society and as a nation. On Memorial Day, ...

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. ...

47th Kansas Governor is Person of Note

The CGSC Foundation has selected Dr. Jeff Colyer, the 47th governor of Kansas, as the Person of the Month for May 2020. Dr. Colyer grew up in Hays, ...

Partner Spotlight May 2020 – DACOR

DACOR (Diplomatic and Consular Officers, Retired) located in Washington, D.C., is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for May ...

No. 26/Spring 2020 (May)

In this edition we bring you an interview with the new CGSC Commandant, Lt. Gen. James E. Rainey which was conducted prior to the beginning of the ...

Armed Forces Day: Who Do You Salute?

For 70 years, our nation has upheld the tradition of Armed Forces Day, saluting those who serve in the Armed Forces on the third Saturday in May. This ...

Throwback Thursday: Ready, Set, Read!

TBT– While currently closed to the general public due to COVID-19, the Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library’s (CARL) continues to provide ...

Driving on…

Health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to preclude us from conducting any Foundation live attendance or post/College ...

Thank you neighbors!

We asked. You answered. Thank you to all who participated in the CGSC Foundation's #GivingTuesdayNow campaign we ran May 2-6. Along with the matching ...

Throwback Thursday: A Celebration of International Friendship

The international military student program at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College provides a professional military cross-cultural exchange ...

Give Back with #GivingTuesdayNow

In uncertain times it can be difficult to know what to do. American hero Mr. Fred Rogers said to “Look for the helpers,” and looking around Fort ...

Foundation launches new online Gift Shop

The CGSC Foundation has launched a new online Gift Shop to offer unique gifts and logo apparel to the CGSC family and friends. Shoppers can visit the ...

Throwback Thursday: The Grand Opening!

TBT: On April 21, 2010, philanthropist and friend of the Foundation Mr. Ross Perot cut the ribbon signifying the grand opening of the Arthur D. Simons ...

Happy 10th Anniversary to the Simons Center!

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (April 21, 2020) This year we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Simons Center and the work the Center does in the ...

Ambassador Canavan is Person of Note

The CGSC Foundation has selected Career Minister (Ret.) Ambassador Katherine Canavan, CGSC Foundation and DACOR Visiting Professor of Diplomacy, as ...

Partner Spotlight April 2020 – Baan Thai Restaurant

Baan Thai Restaurant in Leavenworth, Kansas, is selected as the CGSC Foundation Corporate Partner for April 2020. “The Baan Thai Restaurant is ...

Throwback Thursday: Benny’s a Good Man

TBT: CGSC Foundation Trustee Benny Lee plays his clarinet at one of many receptions he has hosted for the Foundation. Lee is noted for his ...

CGSC Foundation announces 2020 scholarship program winners

The CGSC Foundation announces the winners of its inaugural competitive scholarship program. Austin Shoffner, a freshman at Texas A&M University, ...

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 ...

No. 25/Fall 2019 (October)

In this edition we’re highlighting several activities from academic year 2019 as well as 2020 since many of our programs such as the Colin L. Powell ...

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 ...

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 ...