Simons Center News

Dr. John Curatola, a professor of history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, presented “The Great War in the Air” in the Arnold Conference Room of the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth, May 11, at 6 p.m. His lecture was the seventh in a series of lectures […]

In April the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report suggesting the Department of Defense (DoD) clarify its roles and responsibilities for Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA) during cyber incidents. The report, GAO-16-332, comes as the scale, frequency, and impact of cyber incidents grow. Cyber threats loom over U.S. national and economic security, requiring DoD […]

The Command and General Staff College inducted the German Army chief of staff into its International Hall of Fame on May 9 at the Lewis and Clark Center. Lt. Gen. Jorg Vollmer began his military career in 1978 and became the German Army Chief of Staff in 2015. He is a 2002 graduate of the […]

Army Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Harold G. Moore and Lt. Col. Boyd M. (Mac) Harris, deceased, were inducted into the Fort Leavenworth Hall of Fame in ceremonies at the Lewis and Clark Center on May 3. Plaques representing each of the Hall’s more than 100 members are displayed in the Lewis and Clark Center Atrium. The […]

On Friday, April 29, 2016, Lt. Gen. Robert Brown, commanding general of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth and CGSC commandant, gave his final farewell speech to the students attending the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Brown received Senate confirmation for his four-star promotion April 28. He relinquished command within […]

Two highly decorated military officers that graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College were honored, April 26, 2016. Gen. Rajendra Chhetri of Nepal and Maj. Gen. Ravinder Singh of Singapore were inducted into the International Hall of Fame during a ceremony in the Eisenhower Auditorium at the Lewis and Clark Center. Lt. […]

The 2016 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium, cohosted by the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the CGSC Foundation, was conducted April 19-21, at the Lewis and Clark Center and the Frontier Conference Center on Fort Leavenworth. The theme of this year’s symposium “The Ethics of Humanitarian Military Operations and Intervention” was intended to […]

Earlier this month Defense Secretary Ash Carter spoke on the Department of Defense’s ongoing rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region. While speaking to the sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, Carter said that “the Department of Defense is operationalizing the next phase of the rebalance and rebalancing it for the long term. We’re bringing […]

On April 13, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced their partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) to develop new technology solutions to advance homeland security. DHS and NASA’s endeavor seeks innovation through publicly crowdsourced prize competitions.  “We’re creating opportunities for everyone from companies to college […]

Last week, the President’s National Security Advisor, Susan E. Rice, spoke on the whole-of-government strategy against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) while addressing cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In her remarks, Rice spoke of a comprehensive strategy to combat ISIL that includes all elements of U.S. power, […]