Here are recent headlines about the military in Kansas:Fort Leavenworth(Army Times) Symposium to tie history, current warfare: The Combat Studies Institute will hold a symposium to discuss the Army and enemy fighters who are not aligned with a sovereign nation. The three-day meeting on military history and non-state actors will take place Sept. 11-13 at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and will feature a list of speakers from various academic, media and military arenas who will address a mix of historical and contemporary affairs topics. The symposium’s format is a shift from previous years, which featured a more academic approach with multiple, multi-person panels. “We did that to increase the relevance of military history to today’s military challenges, to help leaders understand how to use the past to prepare for current and future operations,” said Col. Timothy Reese, director of the Combat Studies Institute. The activity will take place in Fort Leavenworth’s new Command General Staff Course building, the Lewis and Clark Center, which will be dedicated in a mid-August ceremony, he said.Fort Riley ¢ 1st Infantry Division[(WIBW) New Army secretary to visit Fort Riley:][2] Newly-confirmed Secretary of the Army Pete Geren is scheduled to visit the post on Friday. It will be Geren’s first visit to an Army installation since his confirmation. Geren schedule includes a breakfast speech to community leaders, a visit to Irwin Army Community Hospital, a meeting with Army Families and an update on transition team training. [2]: www.wibw.com/home/headlines/8586432.html