The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth will induct four graduates into its International Hall of Fame this week, including three chief generals and one defense minister from four different countries.The induction ceremony will be 9 a.m. Thursday at the Lewis and ...
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., is now accepting applications for nominations to the U.S. service academies. The applications are for spots in the 2012 freshman classes at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.; the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.; the U.S. Air Force Academy in ...
The Ladies Auxiliary of Tonganoxie VFW Post 9271 will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13 at the post home, 910 E. First St. in Tonganoxie.The group meets at that time the second Tuesday of each month.For more information, call (913) 369-3674.
Fort Leavenworth ? A civilian contractor was rescued and taken to an area hospital this morning after he was trapped for about two hours beneath rubble from a partially collapsed wall outside a building at Fort Leavenworth.The man was taken via helicopter to an area hospital with injuries that ...
A Johnson County native and Kansas University graduate will be at the helm of a high-powered plane during the headline act of this weekend’s Kansas City Aviation Expo and Air Show.U.S. Air Force Capt. Joe “Rifle” Shetterly, who graduated from Olathe North High School, is part of the Air ...
A 2010 Basehor-Linwood High School graduate has completed U.S. Air Force basic training and technical school.Airman 1st Class Logan M. Ross, the son of Matthew and Maureen Ross of Linwood, graduated from basic training as an honor graduate April 1 and graduated with honors from technical school ...
Sun Rodgers of Leavenworth and Betty Wright of Shawnee cried and clung together during funeral services Tuesday at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery. Buried with honor The following are the list of World War I veterans and wives buried Tuesday:• Lt. Col. Ernest Mark and wife, Frances Mark; ...
Veterans honoredThe following are the list of World War I veterans and wives buried Tuesday:• Lt. Col. Ernest Mark and wife, Frances Mark; both discovered dead of poisoning by daughter on June 1, 1937• Maj. Albert Duval; died in 1959• First Lt. Charles Shumaker and wife, Alvira Shumaker; ...
Fort Leavenworth ? Fort Leavenworth is losing its top commander to the peacekeeping mission in Iraq while his replacement is set to arrive from Colorado.President Barack Obama today nominated Lt. Gen. Robert L. Caslen Jr., commanding general, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, ...
The Officer Candidate School in Salina is inviting alumni from the program to help celebrate a landmark anniversary later this summer.The school, which trains officers for the Army National Guard over a five-state region, will commence its 55th graduation, as well as an induction ceremony for ...
