Fort Leavenworth ? Army Maj. Jon Brierton remembers exactly where he was and what he was doing eight years ago when two planes hit the World Trade Center.Now a student at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Brierton was a plans officer in the Army Reserve’s 854th ...
Army Spec. Clyde B. May has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill in Lawton, Okla.During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military ...
In today's cloudy economic times where jobs are scarce, there is at least one ray of sunshine coming to Kansas.On Friday, officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Leavenworth County, the City of Leavenworth and the Leavenworth County Port Authority announced that a new Consolidated ...
On Monday, Sen. Pat Roberts condemned the notion of moving the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Ft. Leavenworth amid Obama Administration statements saying Ft. Leavenworth is under consideration not only to house the detainee, but also to be the site for the federal criminal trials ...
Leavenworth ? Republican members of the Kansas congressional delegation are fighting on two fronts to stop efforts to move suspected terrorist detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Fort Leavenworth.Half of the state’s congressional delegation showed for a Monday morning news conference in ...
Alan William Bauerly, Tonganoxie, was commissioned into the Army Field Artillery as a second lieutenant during Kansas State University’s U.S. Army ROTC commissioning ceremony May 15 at the Alumni Center. His lieutenant bars were pinned on by his grandfather, Merril Lovendahl, his wife, ...
Fort Leavenworth is switching its water disinfection method to a form of chlorine known as “free chlorine,” which does not contain ammonia.The process started Monday and will end Monday, Aug. 10. Persons undergoing dialysis treatment should contact their care provider to adjust for free ...
Army Sgt. Ryan Kesinger, son of Wayne and Debbie Kesinger, Tonganoxie, recently returned to Fort Sill, Okla., after serving his second tour of duty in Iraq. Sgt. Kesinger and his wife, Heather, soon will be moving to El Paso, Texas, where he will continue his military career at Fort Bliss.
Tonganoxie’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9271 has conducted a change of command.Three years ago, Elmer Tanking took command of VFW Post 9271. This past month he relinquished his command to Dan Hopkins in an installation ceremony led by the former VFW National Sergeant of Arms Barry ...
The Tonganoxie Civic Club is sponsoring a blood drive, which will be held from 2-7 p.m. Friday, July 17, at VFW Hall, 901 E. First St., in Tonganoxie.To make an appointment, go online at esavealifenow.org and use this sponsor code: tonganoxie. Interested donors may also contact Richard Dean at ...
