Here are recent headlines about the military in Kansas:Fort Leavenworth(AP) Military Red Teams creating critical thinkers in time of war : During World War II, British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery relied upon junior officers to study German Field Marshal Irwin Rommel in Africa and Europe, then assess the Allies’ plans. Eleven students from the Red Team University graduated Thursday from the 18-week course. Its curriculum is designed to forge officers who anticipate cultural perceptions of U.S. coalition partners, adversaries and others and to find vulnerabilities. In short, they’re supposed to think like the “red team” – the enemy – and give other officers insight into that thinking. The first class graduated in 2006, as the war in Iraq entered its fourth year.Fort Riley ¢ 1st Infantry Division(LA Times) Long Beach soldier killed by roadside bomb in Iraq: The last memory Lesby De Paz had of her son was a Mother’s Day card he sent while serving in Iraq. “I want to tell you how much I appreciate everything you’ve given me,” Army Spc. Astor Sunsin-Pineda wrote in Spanish. “I send you this card – simple, but with lots of love. I would like to be with you on this special day. God bless you.” Sunsin-Pineda, 20, of Long Beach, was killed earlier this month by a roadside bomb in Baghdad. A fellow soldier, Army 1st Lt. Ryan P. Jones, 23, Westminster, Mass. , also died. The two were assigned to the 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion based out of Fort Riley, Kansas. They were combat engineers, who were typically responsible for clearing routes of roadside bombs or other explosive devices.