CGSC Foundation Scholarship Program kicks off second year with new partner

● mhwiggins ● January 8, 2021 ● Foundation News ● No Comments

The CGSC Foundation recently announced the second year of its competitive scholarship program for relatives of U.S. Army Command and General Staff College alumni and others who are Life Members of the Foundation’s Alumni Association. Like the 2020 program, the 2021 Foundation scholarship awards will include at least two $500… Read More

Foundation wraps up 2020 participation in Wreaths Across America

On Dec. 19, 2020, the CGSC Foundation participated in the annual laying of wreaths on veterans’ graves in the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery Wreaths Across America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery begun by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester… Read More

Interagency Brown-Bag Lecture to focus on space and interagency operations – Nov. 19

● mhwiggins ● November 16, 2020 ● Past Events ● No Comments

The second presentation of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for CGSC academic year 2021 will be conducted at 12:30 p.m., Nov. 19 in the Marshall Auditorium of the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. Mr. Thomas A. Gray, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Liaison to the… Read More

Foundation News – No. 27/Fall 2020

● mhwiggins ● November 10, 2020 ● Foundation News ● No Comments

In this edition we bring you not only a detailed piece about Lt. Gen. Arter, but also updates from CGSC Commandant Lt. Gen. Rainey and the leadership of the Command and General Staff School, the Department of Distance Education, and the School for Advanced Military Studies. We’ve also started “Alumni… Read More

Brown-bag series kicks off with DIA briefing

● mhwiggins ● October 7, 2020 ● Featured Foundation News Simons Center News & Announcements ● 2 comments

The first presentation of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for CGSC academic year 2021 was conducted Oct. 6, 2020, in Marshall Auditorium in the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. Mr. Roderic C. Jackson, the Defense Intelligence Chair and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Representative to the Combined Arms Center… Read More

KU Virtual Security Conference – Sept. 3

● mhwiggins ● August 27, 2020 ● Past Events ● No Comments

You are invited to attend a virtual conference entitled “North Korea from the Inside Out” hosted by the KU Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence (ICCAE) on Thursday, Sept. 3, from 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. For more information and to register visit: https://iccae.ku.edu/conference This conference is focused on the… Read More

The Army – The nation’s first institution

● mhwiggins ● July 1, 2020 ● Featured Foundation News Simons Center News & Announcements ● No Comments

Every year our nation celebrates its independence, commemorating its official “Declaration of Independence” made on July 4, 1776. Many do not realize that the birth of the nation through that declaration was preceded by the establishment of the Continental Army on June 14, 1775. After the Declaration of Independence, the… Read More

CGSOC Class of 2020 Individual Awards

● mhwiggins ● June 16, 2020 ● Featured Foundation News ● No Comments

CGSS Director Col. Scott Green hosted the awards ceremony for the award recipients of the CGSOC Class of 2020 in Marshall Auditorium of the Lewis and Clark Center on June 11, 2020. The Marshall Award, the first award presented in the ceremony, went to Maj. Sarah M. Gerstein. As the… Read More

Virtual ceremonies mark the CGSOC Class of 2020

● mhwiggins ● June 16, 2020 ● Featured Foundation News ● No Comments

Amid the restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic traditional Command and General Staff Officer Course (CGSOC) graduation ceremonies at Fort Leavenworth and its satellite campuses were conducted in a virtual environment for the 2020 classes of the course. Students in the Fort Lee, Va., satellite campus class graduated on April 22,… Read More

Arter-Rowland National Security Forum Inaugural Luncheon

● mhwiggins ● June 12, 2020 ● Past Events ● No Comments

(POSTPONED UNTIL A LATER DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED) – The CGSC Foundation originally planned to host the inaugural luncheon for the Arter-Rowland National Security Forum at 11:30 a.m. on March 31, 2020, at the Carriage Club in Kansas City (5301 State Line Rd.). We will update details as soon as… Read More