Ozawkie ? Outside the American Legion Post 225 headquarters in Ozawkie, legion members from Post 31 in Rossville and Post 41 in Tonganoxie gathered to observe Flag Day in a special way.Aligned in two rows, while holding in place flagpoles with Old Glory at the ends of those rows, the ...
U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., has been voicing his strong opinion against bringing the detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Fort Leavenworth, and during his trip to Leavenworth, he continued making his voice heard.Roberts conducted a town hall meeting Wednesday evening on the subject with some of ...
When Jim Rogers first took command of Tonganoxie’s American Legion Post 41 in 2002, he had a vision of taking the existing 14-member post and expanding it to fulfill the duties of the American Legion.Seven years and 77 members later, Rogers said it was time for someone else to assume duties ...
By now, actor and musician Gary Sinise says he’s used to having an all-too familiar movie line thrown his way: “Lieutenant Dan, you’ve got no legs!”“I say, ‘Hey, I’ve never heard that before,’” Sinise, who played the Oscar-nominated “Forrest Gump” character in 1994, said ...
Strategic patience and understanding were at the forefront of retired U.S. ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker’s speech Thursday to students of the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth.Crocker stressed the United States needs to show its international partners that it is not ...
Strategic patience and understanding was at the forefront of retired U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker’s speech Thursday to students of the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth.Crocker stressed that the U.S. needs to show its international partners that it is not working ...
Fort Leavenworth ? The Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth is getting a new deputy leader for training.Col. Paul E. Funk II will assume command as the deputy commander of the Combined Arms Center-Training at 9 a.m. Friday, April 17. His assumption of command ceremony will be at the post ...
A Lansing man is among appointees to the Kansas Military Disability Board announced today by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.“Kansas has a strong tradition of supporting our veterans,” Sebelius said. “I am thankful for this board’s work in ensuring that veterans receive the disability and awards ...
Army Maj. Rachel Sullivan stood at the front of a room near a map of the southwest Asian nation Azerbaijan. “We anticipate that there will be food shortages, water shortages and other shortages in these areas,” she said, referring to highlighted areas on the map. “People will be moving ...
The fight to keep Guantanamo Bay detainees out of Fort Leavenworth continues.On Monday, state senators in Topeka signed a resolution stating their opposition to moving the detainees to the fort, while Kansas Sens. Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts, along with Missouri Sen. Kit Bond, argued against ...
