CGSC adds three leaders to International Hall of Fame

● Mark Wiggins ● October 17, 2017 ● Featured News Releases School News ● No Comments

The Command and General Staff College inducted three international military leaders, into its International Hall of Fame on Oct. 12, 2017 at the Lewis and Clark Center. The induction brings to 274 the number of leaders who have been honored in the Hall of Fame from the more than 8,000… Read More

KC Economic Development Council and partners tour post

● Mark Wiggins ● October 17, 2017 ● Featured News Releases Walk and Talk Program ● No Comments

On. Oct. 5 the CGSC Foundation was pleased to host a group from the Kansas City, Mo., Economic Development Council and their partners including the Kansas City, Kansas Economic Development Council; sister city Morelia, Mexico; the Hispanic Chamber; Visit KC; Twelve Street Heritage Development Corporation; and Commerce Bank. CGSC Foundation… Read More

FBI analyst briefs on homegrown violent extremism

● Mark Wiggins ● October 17, 2017 ● Featured News Releases School News Simons Center News ● No Comments

On Oct. 12 more than 100 students, staff, and faculty of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College gathered in the Arnold Conference Room to hear Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Intelligence Analyst Kenneth Hines lead a discussion on homegrown violent extremists (HVEs) and the threats within the United… Read More

U.S. Army Chorus joins tribute to CGSC international military students

● Mark Wiggins ● October 3, 2017 ● Featured News Releases ● 1 Comment

The CGSC Foundation hosted the fourth annual “Celebration of International Friendship” Sept. 29 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Kansas City. The event was conducted to welcome and honor the 2017-2018 class of international military officers studying at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College… Read More

Gladstone Rotary Club reps tour CGSC, Fort Leavenworth

● Mark Wiggins ● October 3, 2017 ● Featured News Releases Walk and Talk Program ● No Comments

Members of the Gladstone Rotary Club (Gladstone, Mo.) enjoyed a tour of Fort Leavenworth on Sept. 14. After meeting their tour guide, Foundation Trustee Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Stan Cherrie, the group boarded a bus and began their tour with a 30-minute windshield tour to covering the rich history of the… Read More

Pershing lecture takes a look at the German home front

● Mark Wiggins ● September 28, 2017 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

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… Read More

InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture features NGA

● Mark Wiggins ● September 28, 2017 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

On Sept. 18, students, faculty, and staff of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College once again filled the Arnold Conference Room to attend an InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture. The subject of this second lecture in the 2018 academic year was the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Mr. Ralph M. Erwin,… Read More

Smithsonian Magazine features Art of War Initiative

● Mark Wiggins ● September 14, 2017 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

On Aug. 15, U.S. Navy veteran and Kansas City freelance writer Anne Kniggendorf visited the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College to explore the background of the CGSC Foundation’s Art of War Initiative. During her visit to CGSC, Kniggendorf visited the storage area in Eisenhower Hall where the CGSC’s… Read More

Vietnam War documentarian Ken Burns presents at CGSC

● Mark Wiggins ● September 8, 2017 ● Featured News Releases ● 1 Comment

Documentarian Ken Burns, introduced his and, fellow documentarian, Lynn Novick’s upcoming ten part series, The Vietnam War, to the Command and General Staff College on Sept. 8, 2017 at the Lewis and Clark Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The 18-hour documentary series will premiere on PBS, Sunday Sept. 17, 2017. During… Read More

Art of War: Gifts of Peace exhibit kicks off in Johnson County Library system

● Mark Wiggins ● September 8, 2017 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

The latest exhibit in the “Art of War: Gifts of Peace” exhibit series kicked off Sept. 5 at the Johnson County Library’s Central Resource Library in Overland Park. The title of this new exhibit in the series is “Truth and Art.” As part of the exhibit’s first night, the Johnson… Read More