Trout Run (retreat) Trout Run (retreat) Trout Run is a property in the Catoctin Mountains near Thurmont, Maryland, that was visited on several occasions by Presidents Herbert Hoover, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower. Originally called Catoctin Lodge, it is located about away from the presidential retreat at Camp David and was established by one of Hoover's senior aides. It subsequently became the property of the family of a senior State Department official, who owned it for nearly 70 years, before it was acquired in 2013 by an arm of the Church of Scientology. It became the focus of controversy in 2015 when
Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy in national resource strategy. The graduating of the class of 1994 was the first to be awarded a master's degree. In 2012, the college was renamed "The Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy". It is now commonly known as "The Eisenhower School". Today, the official mission of the college is to: "Prepare selected military officers and civilians for strategic leadership and success in developing our national security strategy and in evaluating, marshalling, and managing resources in the execution of that strategy." The faculty is composed of civilian academics and highly qualified military officers from all the