Here are recent headlines about the military in Kansas:Fort Riley ¢ 1st Infantry Division(TheNewsTribune.com) Army wives talk about life at war: To cope with loneliness and fear while her husband fought in Iraq, Michelle engaged in “retail therapy,” shopping and spending sprees. Leah suffered from depression the first time her husband deployed to Iraq; she plans to seek counseling when he takes his second tour. Christy endured a false-alarm call, when she was notified that her husband was missing following an accident in Iraq. But it turned out he was in bed at the time. These three women are among the more than 20 Army wives who allowed author Janelle Mock to tell their stories in her new book, “Portraits of the Toughest Job in the Army: Voices and Faces of Modern Army Wives. Mock, a Seattle-area native, knows her subject inside out. Her husband, Steve, is serving in Iraq as a combat medic. Mock says it was her everyday life as an Army wife and mother most recently at Fort Riley, Kan. that led her to write the book. “I was so touched by the daily things. Like the day I was on a walk, and I saw my neighbor kissing an envelope covered in stamps, that she was mailing to her husband,” she says.(Tuscaloosa News) Daleville soldier kept U.S. Army vehicles moving in Iraq: When Curtis Glawson Jr. was deployed to Iraq in February, his wife returned to South Korea to spend time with her family while he was gone. She planned to come back in December so she could welcome her husband home in February. They were living in Kansas, where he was assigned to the 610th Brigade Support Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division of Fort Riley as a mechanic. But after less than two months in Iraq, Curtis Glawson Jr. was killed when an improvised explosive device exploded near his vehicle March 20. He had spoken by phone to his mother a few days before that. “It was like 1 something in the morning. I was laying there asleep,” Brooks said. “He said, ‘Man it’s crazy over here.’ He had got lost, made some wrong turns. But everybody made it back OK. I told him he got to be careful over there. He said there were bombs all over the place. We just don’t even know.”VIDEO from 1st Infantry Division: New Army secretary visits Fort Riley Fort Leavenworth(AP) New officer training center opens at Fort Leavenworth: Military leaders (Monday) dedicate a new training center at Fort Leavenworth to prepare officers for war. The $115 million Lewis and Clark Center replaces an old building at the post that had deteriorated so badly that the military decided it would be less costly to replace than repair. The 96-classroom school offers a 10-month course to teach officers how to lead fighting units and train them in war-fighting techniques. The officers are also taught Arabic, history and the latest in counterinsurgency methods. The keynote speaker is Kansas Senator Pat Roberts, who was instrumental in developing the project.(Leavenworth Times) Prison program ‘model for all of the states to follow’: Edward F. Reilly Jr. admits many people once thought the idea seemed crazy – inmates working outside of prison walls. But a program in Kansas that allows prison inmates to be employed “is a model for all of the states to follow,” said Reilly, chairman of the U.S. Parole Commission. “And there is a big, big need in Washington,” he said Wednesday. That’s why people involved in the criminal justice system in Washington, D.C., visited Leavenworth earlier this week. Reilly, who’s from Leavenworth, hosted a delegation that included Paul A. Quander Jr., director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency in the nation’s capital, and Nancy Ware, executive director of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council in Washington.Kansas National Guard(AP) Guard members honored for disaster service: Kansas set a record this year with three 100-year storms. But Maj. Gen. Tod Bunting, adjutant general of Kansas, said Friday the Kansas National Guard was up to the challenge. “You tell us what you need us to do, and we’ll do it,” Bunting said Friday during ceremonies to honor about 40 Guard members who received ribbons and certificates for their service. The award is presented to Kansas National Guard members who serve on state active duty providing support to civil authorities in response to natural and man-made disasters within the state. “Today we celebrate taking care of our citizens,” Bunting said.