Category: Foundation News

As part of the CGSC Foundation / Simons Center’s Distinguished Speaker Series, Ambassador (Ret.) Deborah A. McCarthy visited Fort Leavenworth Dec. 5-7, as this year’s DACOR Visiting Professor of Diplomacy. During her visit Ambassador McCarthy met with students and faculty of the School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), students and faculty of the U.S. Army […]

Dr.’s Sean Kalic and Gates Brown presented their lecture on “The Russian Revolutions” as part of the General of the Armies John J. Pershing Great War Centennial Series on Nov. 15, at the Stove Factory Ballroom in downtown Leavenworth. Kalic and Brown published Russian Revolution of 1917: The Essential Reference Guide, a book just published […]

U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Ethics Symposium Announcement and Call for Papers Organizers: The United States Army Command and General Staff College, Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and the CGSC Foundation, Inc. will co-host a symposium entitled: “The Impact of Diverse Worldviews on Military Conflict” War is a clash of wills […]

On Sept. 20, Dr. Scott Stephenson, a professor in CGSC’s Department of Military History, delivered a lecture entitled “Total War Comes to the Fatherland: The German Home Front, 1914-1918,” at the Stove Factory event space in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas. The evening began with a small reception for attendees sponsored by First Command Financial Services in […]

The Department of Military History of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the CGSC Foundation at Fort Leavenworth invite the public to attend the 12th in a series of lectures intended to educate the public about World War I during its 100-year commemoration. – Dr. Scott Stephenson will present “Total War Comes […]

The Colin L. Powell Lecture for the CGSC class of 2018 was conducted at 8:30 a.m., Aug. 23, in the Eisenhower Auditorium of the Lewis and Clark Center. Former Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers presented this year’s lecture. Rogers served as the U.S. Representative for Michigan’s 8th District from 2001-2015. He was the chairman of the […]

The Command and General Staff College opened its academic year with the International Flag Ceremony for Command and General Staff Officer’s Course 2018 on Aug. 14 at the Lewis and Clark Center. The ceremony features posting of the colors of 91 nations represented by students attending this year’s class. “Flags, although they’re cloth and just […]

Nearly 1,200 officers graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officer Course on June 9 at 9 a.m on the Fort Leavenworth main parade field.  The graduating class includes mid-career officers from all American military services as well as 110 international officers representing 85 countries and 15 federal government civilian employees. (See the […]

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 […]