Military Matters

Compiled from news sources

This is a news blog that will track coverage of military activities in northeast Kansas - how Kansans are affected by the presence of the bases here, and how ideas and units developed here affect the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. We'll also focus on news about the Kansas National Guard.

Joint Chiefs chairman confronts Army's challenges in Kansas

Posted October 25, 2007

More coverage of Admiral Mike Mullen's visit to Army bases in Kansas: Read more...

Fort Riley practices for disaster

Posted October 19, 2007

A mock mass casualty exercise gives Fort Riley personnel the ability to "train as realistically as possible," said Lisa Medrano of Irwin Army Hospital. "This is exactly how it would be handled in a real situation." Read more...

New York Times profiles Iraq debate at Fort Leavenworth

Posted October 15, 2007

Students at the Command and General Staff College are debating the decisions that resulted in the ongoing Iraq War. Read more...

Kansas-based officers play key roles in Army debate

Posted October 10, 2007

The Army is in the midst of an "intense debate" over a force-wide reorganization that would put a new premium on training foreign military units to fight their own battles against terrorist threats. And officers at both Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley are playing key roles in that debate. Read more...

KU prof, Fort Leavenworth draw anthropologists' ire

Posted October 8, 2007

Internet blogs oppose the project, urging "anthropologists of the world, unite!" Academic journal articles with titles such as "Anthropologists as Spies" criticize the efforts. And some of the scientists under attack fear they could be blackballed by their profession. Read more...

At Fort Riley, informing loved ones of loss

Posted September 13, 2007

Deb Shelkey, a civilian employee in Fort Riley's Casualty Office, said that in each case, the officer recites the same message that begins: "The Secretary of the Army has asked me to express his deep regret that your son (or daughter) was killed in action ..." Read more...