Fort Leavenworth News

A wreath lies at the gravestone of Sgt. William Smith in a Topeka cemetery to mark the 150th anniversary of the organizing of the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry regiment.

Lt. Col. David Kramer was born in Moline, Ill. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics, and proceeded to Fort Rucker for initial entry rotary wing training in the UH-1 Huey.

Col. Michael Standish as the new leader of the Army Recruiting Battalion based in South Carolina.

Terrence and Christie Griffin celebrated their promotion to the rank of major with a double ceremony at the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum.

Maj. Gen. John M. Murray will take command of the 3rd Infantry Division later this summer from MG Robert "Abe" Abrams, who is currently deployed to Afghanistan.

Major General James M. Richardson received his second star from his wife, Brigadier General Laura Richardson, at a promotion ceremony Saturday in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The Guard says in the news release that Col. Wayne Black has been promoted to the position of assistant adjutant general.

The American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, many of them women and children who were asleep in their villages, pleaded guilty to murder Wednesday and acknowledged to a judge that there was "not a good reason in this world" for his actions.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an Army officer's appeal of his conviction for killing an unarmed Iraqi prison detainee in 2008.

Pfc. Bradley Manning says he was driven by an unquenchable thirst for information and wanted to show the world the truth about the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In this Aug. 23, 2011 file photo provided by Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System, Staff Sgt.

The Army private first class already knows he's going to prison, having previously pled guilty to 10 charges relating to the disclosure of hundreds of thousands of government documents.

A Victoria Army reservist is behind bars after military officials said he falsified documents to obtain a symbolic combat action badge.

Construction Begins for the 91-room "Generation 4" Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott in Leavenworth, Kansas to Open in Spring 2014 - Construction has begun on a 91-room, contemporarily-designed "Generation 4" Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott in historic Leavenworth, Kan.

Prolific documentary-maker Alex Gibney delivers a gripping account of the wins and losses of hard-charging idealism on the front lines of the information wars in "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks." Exhaustively researched and balanced in its view of the controversial key player, the film slips in ahead of DreamWorks' dramatic take on the ... (more)

In this Aug. 23, 2011 file photo provided by Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System, Staff Sgt.

Reports question the Pentagon's denying a U.S. Marine prison closed due to its treatment of Bradley Manning , who leaked WikiLeaks material, Courthouse News said.

Attorney General Anand Ramlogan answers a question from the backbench during yesterday's sitting of the Senate.

A Ugandan general who leaked a letter alleging an assassination plot against army officers opposed to the president's son succeeding his father as leader has requested the protection of British police.

Retired US Army Col. Terry Lee Wagner, 70, Hollidaysburg, passed away Thursday morning at Garvey Manor from Parkinson's Disease.