Command and General Staff College Foundation News Fall 2017 - 31

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Maj. Scott Harr received the LTC Ronald C. Ward Distinguished Special
Operations Forces (SOF) Student Award for the Command and General
Staff Officer Course (CGSOC) Class of 2017 in a ceremony June 2. The
award is presented to the top resident SOF student in each CGSOC class for
achievement and academic excellence. The award honors military scholarship,
recognizes excellence in scholarship and overall contributions to the SOF body
of knowledge.
The award is named after CGSC faculty member and SOF officer Lt. Col.
Ronald C. Ward, who had a distinguished 31-year career in the U.S. Army in
Infantry and Special Forces units. Ward was killed in a lightweight sport aircraft
accident Oct. 8, 2010, during his assignment to the SOF cell of the Combined
Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth. On behalf of his family, Ms. Beth Ward,
Lt. Col. Ward's wife at the time of his death, endowed the award through the
CGSC Foundation. The award is a replica of a Roman Gladius sword with the
recipient's name engraved. In addition, a plaque describing the award with a list
of all past recipients is in the SOF directorate offices on the third floor of the
Lewis and Clark Center.

PHOTO BY DAN NEAL/ARMYU PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Special Forces major receives
top SOF student award

Maj. Scott Harr receives a Roman Gladius sword for the LTC
Ronald C. Ward Distinguished Special Operations Forces
Student Award for the CGSOC Class of 2017. Presenting is
Col. Paul Schmidt, director of the Combined Arms Center
Special Operations Forces Directorate.

For the full story and a link to more photos see
http://www.cgscfoundation.org/special-forces-major-receives-top-sof-student-award/

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PHOTO COURTESY ARMYU PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Harris Leadership award
goes to Army nurse

The CGSC Foundation Chairman Lt. Gen. (Ret.) John Miller presents
Maj. Genna Speed with the Harris Leadership Award during the
CGSOC Class of 2017 graduation ceremony June 9.

U.S. Army nurse Major Genna Speed received recognition for her
leadership abilities and was selected as the winner of the Lieutenant
Colonel Boyd McCanna "Mac" Harris Leadership Award for the
CGSOC Class of 2017.
The award is given to the individual in the graduating class
that possesses the innate leadership and communications skills
embodied in the Army Leadership concept of Be-Know-Do, a
concept developed by Lt. Col. Harris when he was a CGSC instructor
and doctrine writer with the Center for Army Leadership. The
leadership award in his name is sponsored by Moira and Gary Sinise
with a permanent endowment through the CGSC Foundation.

For the full story and more photos see
http://www.cgscfoundation.org/harris-leadership-award-goes-to-army-nurse/

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