Category: Simons Center News & Announcements

CGSC Foundation CEO Doug Tystad announced the hire of a new program director for the Simons Center this week. – Col. (Ret.) Rod Cox assumed duties of the position on March 28. “Rod has a distinguished record of service in both military operational positions as well as interagency positions,” Tystad said. “I believe that Rod […]

As many readers of the InterAgency Journal noticed last November, the Simons Center recently conducted a survey of our readers. The survey was included in the Fall 2015 edition of the InterAgency Journal, and asked readers for their opinions on the Journal’s content and subject matter. The data gathered in the survey is being used […]

The Arthur D. Simons Center for Interagency Cooperation is again accepting article submissions for their flagship publication, the InterAgency Journal. The InterAgency Journal provides a forum to inform a broad audience on matters pertaining to tactical and operational issues of cooperation, collaboration, and/or coordination among and between various governmental departments, agencies, and offices. The Journal is published quarterly, […]

On this Veterans Day the officers, trustees and staff of the CGSC Foundation and Simons Center salute our nation’s Veterans. The status of “Veteran” is rare…fewer than 10 percent of Americans can claim the title “Veteran” and less than 1 percent of our population is currently defending us. Veterans have given us freedom, security and […]

The CGSC Foundation recently recognized former Simons Center director Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Ray Barrett at a farewell dinner on October 7. At the dinner, the Foundation board presented Barrett with a Foundation chair in appreciation for his retiring after 10 years of service as one of the Foundation’s founding trustees, its first Vice Chairman, and […]

Maj. Gen. Raymond D. Barrett, Jr., current director of the CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center for Interagency Cooperation, has announced his retirement from his position after five years with the Center and 10 years total involvement in the CGSC Foundation. Barrett was a founding officer and trustee of the CGSC Foundation, which was formed in December […]

On August 21, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) awarded 33 Golden Pen Awards to faculty members in recognition of their published scholarly works. CGSC’s Golden Pen program recognizes faculty members for their professional writing, and are broken into three categories: golden, silver, and bronze. Included among the awardees were two authors whose work was published in […]

The Simons Center recently bid farewell to another extremely accomplished Graduate Fellow. From May to July, James Gilmore conducted research and wrote an original paper as the first graduate student enrolled at Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo., to intern at the Simons Center. Gilmore’s primary research effort was focused on the Army’s development and […]

Welcome to the updated and refreshed Simons Center website. We hope old friends are finding their way around and new site visitors are discovering all that the Simons Center has to offer. Users of our old site will notice that we’ve added a few new content areas to the site, including this blog. The new […]

(As Written by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Washington, D.C.) As we celebrate Independence Day, I want to thank the men and women who serve our nation at home and abroad for all that you do to help keep America safe. When George Washington issued one of his first general orders on July 4, 1775, […]