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Readying for war

The 1st Infantry Division has been around for nearly 100 years. Fort Irwin, Calif., has been training troops to fight America's wars for decades. In preparation for its deployment to Iraq, the Big Red One is spending three weeks at Fort Irwin.

Panel reflects on Iraq transition
By Mike Belt
August 25, 2008
The U.S. Army is taking a close look at the decisions made in planning and implementing the war in Iraq and what happened during the nation-building effort that followed. That process and its discoveries are outlined in a recent book, “On Point II, Transition to the New Campaign,” which was discussed Sunday at Kansas University’s Dole Institute of Politics.
Dole Institute’s fall schedule to begin with Iraq war update
By Mark Vierthaler
August 19, 2008
An update on the Iraq war will kick off the Dole Institute of Politics’ fall schedule, the institute announced Tuesday.
Family preparing for wounded soldier’s return home
By Caroline Boyer - cboyer@theworldco.info
August 2, 2008
As Sean Humphrey sorted through his son’s personal items Friday, just shipped to Shawnee from Iraq, he was reminded of how lucky he was.
Army confirms Iraqi assigned to Fort Riley
July 19, 2008
Army officials have confirmed that an Iraqi native who is suing the U.S. government over delays in his citizenship application is assigned to a division at Fort Riley.
Nursing student earns his degree near the battlefield
KU burn specialist receives his B.S. after treating soldiers, civilians in Iraq
By Mark Vierthaler
July 9, 2008
The long days and nights Robert Hafner spent in a makeshift hospital in Al Asad, Iraq, tending to patients who had suffered burns was where he needed to be. Heavy gusts of wind would send fine particle dust into what the nurses had hoped would remain a clean room. The nurses lacked the plethora of bandages most burn units possess.
Training for war zone very lifelike
By Alexander Parker
June 6, 2008
In the barren desert that makes up most of Fort Irwin, soldiers train in conditions that are near-mirror images of what they’ll face in war zones like Iraq. But the soldiers aren’t the only ones living on base. In fact, the realistic scenarios they face are thanks to a cast of hundreds. From Hollywood-effects wizards to Iraqi expatriates, Fort Irwin could be the world’s largest live-action movie set. Without the cameras.
Surge leader tells of progress made during deployment to Baghdad
By Erin Castaneda
May 8, 2008
Just about six weeks out of his second tour in Iraq, Army Col. Don Farris came to the Dole Institute of Politics on Wednesday to share his recent experiences in Sadr City, a Shiite district in Baghdad.
Family embraces baby Freedom
Father returns home from Iraq in time for birth of eighth child
By Alexander Parker
May 6, 2008
Eight is enough. It’s enough children for Travis and Stacy Cecil. And, for Travis, eight months was long enough — maybe too long — to be in Iraq while his wife was pregnant.
6News video: Soldier makes it back for daughter’s birth
May 5, 2008
It's a moment he wouldn't miss: a Lawrence father serving in Iraq made it home just in time to witness the birth of his daughter.
Injured vet accepts Dole honor
Soldier lost 3 limbs during war in Iraq
By Erin Castaneda
May 3, 2008
Life’s struggles can turn into the most meaningful life lessons. U.S. Army Sgt. Matt Lammers, 26, had been one of his dad’s “best teachers,” said Gary Lammers, a high school principal in Olathe.
Soldier’s prayers come true
By Estuardo Garcia
April 26, 2008
For months, the biggest visual representation that Joe Peel’s children had of their father was a three-foot cardboard cutout they called “flat dad.”
6News video: Tonganoxie soldier returns from Iraq
April 25, 2008
The VFW post in Tonganoxie was the site for a local soldier's homecoming — one that was heartfelt and sincere.
Al-Maliki vows fight ‘to the end’
By Leila Fadel - McClatchy Newspapers
March 28, 2008
As gun battles raged in the southern port city of Basra, parts of Baghdad and neighboring provinces, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in effect declared war on Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army, saying he’d fight the militia “to the end” and never negotiate.
Veterans on a mission to inform
By Mike Belt
March 28, 2008
The Iraqi army has its first major test in Basra, where it recently launched an offensive against radical Shia militias, a group of veterans visiting Lawrence on Thursday said.
6News video: Veterans speak at Dole Institute
March 27, 2008
Several Iraq war veterans made their way to Lawrence today, stopping at KU's Dole Institute of Politics.

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