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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

The 2017 class of international officers at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College were hosted at a breakfast and provided a tour by leadership of Kansas City’s Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Company, July 19. The IOs were welcomed by, Faultless Starch’s Director of Health and Wellness Tricia Beaham. Ms.… Read More

Wilburn “Bud” Meador – retired Marine, Vietnam veteran, professor of history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the faculty advisor to the CGSC Foundation – was recently interviewed by Leawood Lifestyle, a magazine published for residents of the Kansas City suburb of Leawood. The magazine’s July… Read More

Maj. April M.K. Moore received the LTC Ronald C. Ward Distinguished Special Operations Forces Student Award for the Command and General Staff Officer Course (CGSOC) Class of 2016 in a ceremony June 9. Maj. Moore is a civil affairs officer in the U.S. Army. The award is presented to the… Read More

U.S. Air Force Major Bishane A. Whitmore graduated from the Command and General Staff Officers Course of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College on June 10, as one of 1,300 students. He was also one of only 139 members of the class recognized for obtaining a Masters of… Read More

Approximately 1,300 officers graduated June 10 at 9 a.m. from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officer Course in a ceremony on the Main Parade Field on Fort Leavenworth. The 2016 graduating class was comprised of 1,307 students: 879 from the active U.S. Army; 50 – National Guard; 98… Read More