The Front Lines

Joint Chiefs chairman visits Kansas

Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is visiting Kansas this week - Fort Leavenworth on Tuesday (after a stop at Fort Sill, Okla.) and Fort Riley today.The Fort Leavenworth visit wasn't necessarily easy.[The Washington Post reports:][1] "Also Tuesday, Mullen visited ...

Fort Riley practices for disaster

Here are recent headlines about the military in Kansas:Fort Riley ¢ 1st Infantry Division[(49abcnews.com][1] It's a scary scenario, a terrorist attack at Fort Riley. But it's a reality check for these soldiers and hospital crews to see if they can handle it. Soldiers hurt, screaming. It's the ...

Kansas Air National Guard expands at Wichita

Here are recent headlines about the military in Kansas:Kansas National Guard[(KAKE TV) Intel Center at McConnell Doubling in Size:][1] The Kansas Air National Guard at McConnell Air Force base is landing more jobs. The McConnell Air National Guard Intelligence Squadron is expected to roughly ...

ESPN profiles connection between Fort Riley, K-State football

Here are recent headlines about the military in Kansas:Fort Riley ¢ 1st Infantry Division**ESPN video: K-State football trains with Fort Riley troops** [(AP) Immigrants Play Countrymen in Exercises:][1] Army veteran Lee Anderson is putting his military skills to use -- as an actor. But you ...

New York Times profiles Iraq debates at Fort Leavenworth

The New York Times [spent some of its precious Sunday front-page real estate][1] on a story about Fort Leavenworth, and how students at the Command and General Staff College are debating the decisions that resulted in the ongoing Iraq War.Some excerpts:"As the war grinds through its fifth year, ...

Blackwater, private military contractors under Fort Leavenworth scrutiny

With all the recent discussion about Blackwater and other private military contractors in Iraq, a two-year-old paper on the topic from Fort Leavenworth's [Combat Studies Institute][1] is receiving renewed attention in the blogosphere.The paper, ["Public War, Private Fight? The United States and ...