Sponsor a holiday wreath in honor of a veteran

The CGSC Foundation has joined with Wreaths Across America with the goal to ensure every veteran interred at the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery is honored with a wreath of remembrance during the December holiday season. Wreaths Across America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual… Read More

#GivingTuesday – For Soldiers, For Families, For the Nation

● ehill ● November 23, 2020 ● Featured Foundation News Simons Center Events Simons Center News & Announcements ● No Comments

This has been a difficult year. COVID-19 has changed the way we live, work, and play. By now, we’ve run out of toilet paper, we’ve lost at least one face mask, and we are all Zoomed-out. We’ve faced what at times seems endless uncertainty, but there’s one thing we are sure of: YOU.

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

● ehill ● November 20, 2020 ● Featured Foundation News Simons Center News & Announcements ● No Comments

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 Marshall Auditorium in the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. Gray’s presentation was the second in the series for the 2021 academic year. Gray, the… Read More

Webinar – Security Through Education: The Role of the American University of Afghanistan…

● ehill ● November 18, 2020 ● Featured IA Events IA News ● No Comments

The International Stability Operations Association will present on December 2, 2020, a webinar on the future of Afghanistan and the role of Afghan women promoting lasting change to their Nation, through the lens of Women, Peace and Security imperatives. “Security Through Education: The Role of the American University of Afghanistan… Read More

“The General and the Ambassador” discuss USAID in war zones

● ehill ● October 27, 2020 ● Featured IA News ● No Comments

“The General and the Ambassador: A Conversation” recently released their fiftieth episode. In this episode, Ambassador (retired) Deborah McCarthy discusses the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) role in war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan with Senior Mission Directors Hilda “Bambi” Arellano and Ken Yamashita. Arellano and Yamashita describe the… Read More

Thanks, Boss

● ehill ● October 16, 2020 ● Foundation News Simons Center News & Announcements ● No Comments

The CGSC Foundation staff would like to say a special “Thank You!” to President and Chief Executive Officer Col. Roderick M. Cox, U.S. Army, retired, on National Boss’s Day. “I am excited about the great things our Foundation does to enhance the educational experience and improve the quality of life… Read More

Foundation staffer participates in library reading program

● ehill ● October 14, 2020 ● Featured Foundation News Simons Center News & Announcements ● No Comments

CGSC Foundation Director of Operations Lora Morgan recently participated in the Combined Arms Research Library’s (CARL) Community Reads program. In a video released on October 9, Morgan read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault, illustrated by Lois Ehlert, and read with permission of Simon &… Read More

Celebrate National Book Month!

● ehill ● October 9, 2020 ● Featured Foundation News Simons Center News & Announcements ● No Comments

October is National Book Month! The importance of the written word cannot be overstated. The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College has long been the lead agent for education and leader development in the Army, and has produced countless soldiers, statesmen, scholars, and authors. The CGSC Foundation is proud… Read More

“The General and the Ambassador” discuss role of development in national security (pt. 2)

● ehill ● September 21, 2020 ● Featured IA News ● No Comments

On September 19, part two of Ambassador (retired) Deborah McCarthy’s conversation with former Acting U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Alonzo Fulgham and former Senior USAID Mission Director James Bever was released on “The General and the Ambassador.” This episode continues the examination of the role of development assistance… Read More

HHS, DoD release COVID-19 vaccine distribution strategy

● ehill ● September 18, 2020 ● Featured IA News ● No Comments

On Wednesday, September 16, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense (DoD) released two documents outlining the Trump Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution strategy. The documents were developed by HHS in coordination with DoD and the Centers of Disease Control (CDC). The vaccine distribution plan… Read More