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17 hrs ago | Department of Defense News

Face of Defense: Wounded Warrior Begins Second Career

A former soldier who spent about 16 months in the warrior transition battalion here now looks forward to a rewarding career as an Army civilian.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Fort Riley, KS, Wakefield, KS

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Ellsworth Reporter

Poem honors all who serve

Depot fundraiser 5:00 PM Holyrood Fire Department community room Money from the spaghetti dinner will go to the Holyrood Santa Fe Depot restoration committee.

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Related Topix: Holyrood, KS, US Army, US Military, Wilson, KS, Fort Riley, KS

Thu Nov 19, 2009

The Daily Union

"Studi Part of Fort Riley's Heritage Ceremony"

Wes Studi, an actor who has appeared in more than 50 film and television productions such as the movies ""Dances With Wolves,"" ""Geronimo"" and ""Comanche Moon,"" came to Fort Riley as a guest speaker for a National American Heritage Observance ceremony Thursday.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Riley, KS, Entertainment, Comanche Moon, Television, Wes Studi, Junction City, KS

WIBW

Fort Riley Transition Team Soldier Killed In Iraq

Staff Sgt. Ryan L. Zorn, 35, a Soldier assigned as a Transition Team member to the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, has died from wounds sustained in Iraq.

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Related Topix: US Army, Fort Riley, KS, US Military, Riley, KS

Tue Nov 17, 2009

WIBW

Senate Spending Bill Contains Two Kansas Projects

A bill that contains money for projects at Fort Riley and for the National Guard is in the hands of House and Senate negotiators.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Pat Roberts, Sam Brownback, Kansas, US Military, US Army, Fort Riley, KS, US National Guard

Sun Nov 15, 2009

The Capital-Journal

War left its marks in Kansas

Reuben Rhodes, left, of Shaw Environmental, uses a metal detector to find pieces of test bombs in a field south of Alma recently as Cindy Burns takes detailed notes of the places where the metal is.

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Related Topix: Kansas, Wabaunsee County, KS, US Military, Fort Leavenworth, US Army, Topeka, KS

Fri Nov 13, 2009

KSALLink.com

Royal Canadian Artillery School Honors Veterans Day in Salina

The Canadian Army and Air Force soldiers are in Salina, training at the nearby Smoky Hill Weapons Range.

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Related Topix: Salina, KS, US Army, US Military, US Air Force, Saline County, KS

Wed Nov 11, 2009

The Daily Gazette

Wartime sweetheartsa love tested by time

Burdette and Harriet Burch of Sterling, 88 and 89, respectively, recall the day they met on a bus in Georgia while they were serving during WWII, she for the Navy, he in the Army.

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Related Topix: Sterling, IL, US Military, US Army, Whiteside County, IL, Georgia State University, Milledgeville, IL, Morrison, IL

Mon Nov 09, 2009

KSNT-TV Topeka

Army says Fort Riley soldier killed in Iraq

Spc. Tony Carrasco Jr., a 25-year-old soldier from Berino, N.M., died Wednesday when his unit was attacked by insurgents while providing security in Ad Dawr, Iraq.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Riley, KS, Iraq, World News,

Truthdig

Afghanistana s Sham Army

Success in Afghanistan is measured in Washington by the ability to create an indigenous army that will battle the Taliban, provide security and stability for Afghan civilians and remain loyal to the puppet government of Hamid Karzai.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Military, Fort Bragg, US Army, Hamid Karzai, Prison,

Sun Nov 08, 2009

KSNT-TV Topeka

Ft. Riley reacts to Ft. Hood

Officials say distribution of sensitive information could lead to a potential terrorist attack.

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Related Topix: Fort Riley, KS, US Army, US Military, Fort Hood

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Journal Messenger

Del. Lingamfelter calls Fort Hood shooting a despicablea

Military justice in the case of Army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan, suspected in Thursday's shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, will be swift, efficient and open to public scrutiny, a local lawmaker and Army veteran said Friday.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, Fort Belvoir, Fort Leavenworth

Manhattan Mercury

Fort Riley prepared to help teammates

Phlebotomist Sumer Mosley takes a blood donation from a U.S. Army Pfc. Jose Estrada, with the 411th Military Police Company at Fort Hood, Thursday, at Scott and White Hospital in Temple, Texas.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Killeen Metro, Temple, TX

Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Capital-Journal

KS military reacts to Ft. Hood attack

The entrance to Fort Hood, Texas, was closed after a shooting on the base left 13 people dead Thursday.

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Related Topix: Fort Hood, TX, US Military, US Army, Fort Hood

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Topeka Capital-Journal

1st Infantry readies for 'other war'

In the coming months, the 1st Infantry Division will roll up its "Big Red One" flag and plant it in Iraq for a year, the scene of a fight that's slowly becoming America's other war.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Middle East, US Military, US Army, Fort Collins Metro

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Cincypost.Com

More Than A Mission

Major Smith and Iraqi children during a humanitarian mission with Iraqi forces. During this mission the advisor team and Iraqi soldiers distributed clothing and toys donated by people in the United States, medicine, and school supplies.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Leavenworth, US Army, Leavenworth, KS, Command and General Staff College, US Marine Corps

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Chronicle Times

Some gifts last a lifetime

Will Joines is pictured next to a pallet of school supplies that he, along with members of the Cherokee Hy-Vee Distribution Center, gathered together to send to needy children in the war-torn county of Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: Cherokee, IA, US Military, US Army

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Department of Defense News

Army Announces Force Structure Actions

The Department of the Army announced today a series of planned unit activations and conversions at Fort Riley, Kan.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Fort Riley, KS

Mon Oct 26, 2009

The Kansas City Channel

Dad Comes Home From Iraq For Ill Child

An 8-year-old girl remains in Children's Mercy Hospital fighting the H1N1 flu . Doctors said Grace Silva-Rivera was deathly ill days ago, but her condition is improving.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, US Army, US Military

Sat Oct 24, 2009

KMAN-AM Manhattan

Fort Riley breaks ground on new hospital

Fort Riley hosted a groundbreaking ceremony in anticipation of construction for the new state of the art Irwin Army Community Hospital Friday afternoon.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Riley, KS

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