Here are recent headlines about the military in Kansas:Fort Riley ¢ 1st Infantry Division(San Francisco Chronicle) Popular Web sites now off-limits to troops: his online link between troops serving overseas and their friends and families was interrupted Monday when the Defense Department announced that it had cut off access to MySpace, YouTube and 11 other popular file-sharing and networking Web sites on the Pentagon’s 5 million computers and 15,000 networks. The new policy, which military officials say is intended to reduce the amount of traffic snagging the Defense Department’s overburdened worldwide network, comes on the heels of an Army regulation last month enforcing new, strict rules on soldier bloggers. … Maj. Bruce Mumford, communications officer for the 4th Brigade, 1st Infantry Division in Iraq, says the military will not spend more on expensive equipment to broaden the bandwidth and meet the demand. “The U.S. Army’s not going to pay the bill for you to get on MySpace and YouTube,” Mumford told the Associated Press. Madden said U.S. troops are still allowed to access the sites on their personal computers and such nonmilitary networks as Internet cafes in Iraq run by private concerns. The troops also are allowed to send messages and photos by e-mail. (AP) Terror group warns U.S.: At Fort Riley, Kan., the former U.S. military commander in Iraq said soldiers could face higher chances of ambush and capture under a new strategy to shift troops into smaller outposts – part of plans to seek more outreach with Iraqi civilians and possible tips on militant activities. “But the strategy has exposed them to greater risk of attack,” said Gen. George Casey after meeting with Fort Riley and 1st Infantry Division commanders. The redeployment into the smaller bases has been strongly supported by Casey’s successor, Gen. David Petraeus.(Topeka Capital-Journal) General: Family is focus: FORT RILEY – U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey said Monday access to mental health services for spouses and children of soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan should be enhanced. Casey, a four-star general appointed chief of staff after 30 months as commander of multinational forces in Iraq, said his ongoing tour of U.S. Army posts offered deeper insight into the burden being carried by families. Their needs have grown as soldiers left for second and third tours in combat, he said. “We need to do even more than we have in the past for the families,” he told reporters outside Patton Hall. “They are carrying a burden here that is, frankly, much larger than I would have thought.”Fort Leavenworth(KC Star) Fallen colonel led by inspiring: Army Col. James W. Harrison Jr. had planned to retire. But Harrison pulled back the retirement paperwork recently when it was clear his expertise was needed. It was a classic example of his commitment to leadership, friends said Monday at a Fort Leavenworth memorial service for Harrison, who was killed May 6 in Afghanistan by a mentally ill Afghan soldier. He was buried in a private service at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery. The news of his death traveled quickly at Fort Leavenworth, not just because he was well-known, but also because few Army colonels have been killed in action. Only six colonels have died in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, a group that records military deaths. Two of those colonels, including Harrison, were assigned to Fort Leavenworth.