Category: Foundation News

More than 1,100 officers graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officer Course on June 15 at 9 a.m on the Main Parade Field. The graduating class includes mid-career officers from all American military services as well as 119 international officers representing 91 countries and 24 federal government civilian employees. The Army Vice […]

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had the honor of hosting the historic U.S. – North Korea summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 11, 2018. Prime Minister Loong is a graduate of the CGSC Class of 1978 and a 2009 inductee into CGSC’s International Hall of […]

(ArmyU Public Affairs) In preparation for the Command and General Staff College graduation on June 15, international military students received their International Graduate Badges in a ceremony June 14, 2018, at the Lewis and Clark Center. Netherlands Major Rene Berendsen, International Military Student Chief of Staff for the Command and General Staff Officers Course Class […]

The 2018 classes of SAMS and CGSOC are nearing completion of their academic year. – We wish them well as they head back into the operating forces to put their knowledge and skills back to the test. In this edition we continue our “CGSC 101” series that highlights the College’s teaching departments and schools with […]

Dr. David A. Graff, professor of history at Kansas State University, recently guest lectured at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC). On May 31, Dr. Graff spoke on Chinese military history at an elective course in the Department of Military History. According to Department of Military History instructor Dr. Geoff Babb, Dr. Graff […]

On May 9, 2018, Brian L. Steed, a retired lieutenant colonel, former faculty member of CGSC’s Department of Military History and and U.S. Army Middle East Foreign Area Officer, presented “Armageddon, Arabia, and the Modern Middle East,” at the Stove Factory Ballroom in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas. Steed’s lecture was the 15th in the General of […]

The 2018 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium was conducted April 30-May 1, 2018. This year’s theme was “The Impact of Diverse Worldviews on Military Conflict.” This ninth annual symposium featured a variety of guest speakers, panel presentations and breakout topics. CGSC Deputy Commandant Brig. Gen. Scott L. Efflandt delivered welcoming remarks on the morning of April […]

Dr. James Willbanks, General of the Army George C. Marshall Chair of Military History for the Command and General Staff College was honored in retirement ceremonies at the Lewis and Clark Center April 24. Willbanks career dates to 1969 when he was commissioned a lieutenant of infantry after graduating from Texas A&M University. His early […]

Retired Ambassador Deborah McCarthy returned for a second visit to Fort Leavenworth in April, again serving as the DACOR visiting professor of diplomacy for the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Class of 2018. McCarthy, who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania from 2013 to 2016, visited Fort Leavenworth 16-19 April 2018. […]

Retired Career Minister Gregory Gottlieb, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), recently visited Fort Leavenworth as part of the Simons Center’s Distinguished Speakers Series. Gottlieb is the Director of the Feinstein International Center of Tufts University, and also holds the endowed position as the Irwin H. Rosenberg Professor in Nutrition and Human Security in the […]