Category: Foundation News

On March 15, the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) announced that actor and humanitarian Gary Sinise had been selected as the 2017 recipient of the George Catlett Marshall Medal for his commitment to the men and women of our nation’s armed forces. Sinise will receive the award, AUSA’s highest award for distinguished public […]

The holidays are upon us, whether we’re ready or not! The CGSC classes let out last Friday and the students won’t return until January 3. I was in the food court today as instructors discussed their final grading requirements before they too head out for some well-deserved time off. It’s pretty quiet around here as […]

Ambassador (Ret.) Laura Kennedy who previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs among many other positions over a nearly 40 year diplomatic career, visited Fort Leavenworth Dec. 1-2 as the DACOR visiting professor of diplomacy for the CGSC Class of 2017. On the evening of Dec. 1, Ambassador […]

On this Veterans Day, I think of my grandfather on the Texas border with General Pershing one hundred years ago; my father on a ship in Okinawa harbor seventy one years ago; my wife’s uncle piloting an LST at Omaha Beach seventy two years ago; my wife’s uncle fighting in Korea 64 years ago; my […]

Beginning on Friday, Sept. 2, from 7-10 p.m., The Todd Weiner Gallery in downtown Kansas City ( 115 W. 18th Street Kansas City, Mo., 64108) will host the exhibition opening for The Art of War with pieces curated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College art collection at Fort Leavenworth. The exhibit will […]

Dr. Wendall C. King, the CGSC Dean of Academics; Dr. Ralph O. Doughty, CGSC Chair of Interagency and Multinational Studies; and Col. (Ret.) Lynn W. Rolf Jr., CGSC Director of Educational Technology; all retired from their duties in August 2016, marking the passing of 99 years of military service and 40 years of service to […]

The CGSC Foundation recently published and distributed a 2016-2017 Academic Year calendar for CGSC and CGSC Foundation major events scheduled during the Class of 2017’s time at Fort Leavenworth (August 2016 – June 2017). Major class schedule items such as holiday periods and major class exercises are included in the calendar, along with Foundation supported […]

The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College kicked off the 2016-2017 academic year with the traditional International Flag Ceremony for Command and General Staff Officer’s Course 2017 at 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 8 at Fort Leavenworth’s Lewis and Clark Center. The ceremony featured posting of the colors of all the nations represented by students […]

The national headquarters of the Association of the United States Army has pledged $20,000 in support of CGSC Foundation programs at Fort Leavenworth to further its mission capabilities for Soldiers and families attending the Command and General Staff College. On Aug. 3, Cal Johnson, president of the Henry Leavenworth chapter of AUSA, Henry Leavenworth AUSA […]

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife were honored at the White House Aug. 2, in a state dinner hosted by President Barack Obama. According to reports Singapore was the first Southeast Asian country to have a political leader honored with a U.S. state dinner, and only the fifth Asian nation after India, […]