Incirlik Air Base, Turkey ? For the daughter of a Leavenworth couple, living only 35 miles from the Mediterranean Sea makes this assignment seem like a dream come true. Air Force Senior Airman Megan L. Bedard, daughter of John and Kelli Denney of Leavenworth, is assigned to the 39th Security ...

Topeka ? Gov. Mark Parkinson has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff from sunup to sundown on Friday, Oct. 8, throughout Kansas in honor of Sgt. Justin Officer of Wichita.“Sergeant Officer deserves the utmost respect and appreciation for his ultimate sacrifice and commitment to our ...

Tonganoxie VFW Post 9271 has maintained 100 percent membership every year but one during the last quarter-century.To have 100 percent membership, the post must have at least the same number of members as the previous year. That’s saying something if you ask one of the post’s founders, Larry ...

Fort Leavenworth's front gate reopened Monday after a piece of unexploded ordnance was discovered in a vehicle around 2:50 p.m. Monday. The occupants of the vehicle voluntarily notified officials that they had the item in the vehicle and they were bringing it to the post for proper disposal. ...

Tonganoxie VFW Post 9271 and its Ladies Auxiliary will have a 25th anniversary celebration starting at 11 a.m. Saturday at its post home, 1002 E. First St.Social hour will be 11 a.m. to noon, while lunch will be served noon to 1 p.m.A memorial and recognition service will take place from 1 p.m. ...

Shirley Hemenway lost her son in the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, and she said she worries that people have allowed everything to go back to normal in the years since. But when she saw Governor Mark Parkinson, Kansas Attorney General Steve Six and a crowd of more than 200 people gathered in ...

The Kansas National Guard's 35th Infantry Division has a new commanding general.Maj. Gen. John Davoren, Lansing, assumed the responsibilities of commanding general of 35th Infantry Division from retiring Maj. Gen. M. Wayne Pierson during a ceremony Saturday at Fort Leavenworth. Maj. Gen. Tod ...

Command Sgt. Maj. Peter L. Cramer will assume the duties of U.S. Army Garrison Fort Leavenworth command sergeant major during an assumption of responsibility ceremony at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31 at Zais Park. Cramer comes to Fort Leavenworth with 27 years of military service, including an ...

As he was formally recognized for his contribution in making Fort Leavenworth’s 3-year-old Lewis and Clark Center a reality, U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., shared the tribute with fellow senators, the men and women trained at the center and the soldiers they lead.Fort Leavenworth honored ...

Fort Leavenworth ? The second of only two units from Fort Leavenworth to deploy since World War II has returned to its home base.Around 150 soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 705th Military Police Internment and Resettlement Battalion returned from a year-long deployment ...