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On April 27, 2023, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and nonresident senior fellow with the Forward Defense practice at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Scott Cooper spoke with students in UMKC's Bridging the Gap: What happens when soldiers become civilians again? course...

Author and U.S. Army veteran Matt Gallagher spoke to students in UMKC's Bridging the Gap course on February 2nd about his novel Youngblood and his experiences in the army. Gallagher is the author of several books, including the novel Daybreak and a memoir of his service in Iraq titled Kaboom. His...

Our program to train and mentor discussion leaders for an undergraduate course on narratives of war and civil-military relations received funding from National Endowment for the Humanities Program.

On November 8, 2023, UMKC Bridging the Civil-Military Divide hosted a Veterans Roundtable from noon - 1:30pm in Scofield Hall, Room 109. What, if anything, do civilians owe to returning military veterans? The words “Thank you for your service” are ubiquitous – but to some military veterans they ring...

On Sept 28, 2023, Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Stephanie Cooper, a U.S. Army Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer, addressed students and took questions in Bloch Executive Hall 213. LTC Cooper is a Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer stationed at Fort Leavenworth. In 2006, Cooper deployed to Ramadi...