Here are recent headlines about the military in Kansas:Fort Leavenworth(USA Today) Study: Expect Iraq insurgency to last 10 years: Insurgencies, such as the one the U.S. is fighting in Iraq, last an average of more than 10 years, according to a database commissioned by the Pentagon. For the U.S., the good news is that rebels lose more often than they win. Chances for stopping an insurgency improve after 10 years. Stopping the violence in Iraq will take years, Pentagon leaders have said. However, there have been few efforts to analyze and quantify insurgencies in order to draw conclusions about Iraq and Afghanistan. … Col. Timothy Reese, director of the Combat Studies Institute at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., cautions against reading too much into it. Each conflict is unique, and the differences are as important as the similarities, Reese said. “War cannot be reduced to a formula,” Reese said. “War is an art as much as it is a science.”(DoD Press Release) DoD Identifies Two Army CasualtiesThe Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died May 6 at Pol-e-Charki, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered from small arms fire. Their deaths are under investigation. Killed were: Col. James W. Harrison Jr., 47, of Missouri. He was assigned to the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Master Sgt. Wilberto Sabalu Jr., 36, of Chicago. He was assigned to the U.S. Military Police School, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.Fort Riley ¢ 1st Infantry Division(TwinCities.com) Roadside bomb kills Minnesota soldier: Robert “Bobby” Dixon knew he needed to protect his boy from harm. His son needed health insurance, stability. So the Minneapolis man enlisted in the Army – and was sent to Iraq. On Sunday, the Humvee in which Pfc. Dixon was riding as a gunner was hit by an improvised bomb. He died of his wounds at the age of 28, family members said Tuesday. The fate of Logan, 3, and a second child born after Dixon’s divorce – Michael, now 2 – prompted Dixon to enlist in July 2005. He was assigned to the Army’s 1st Squadron, Fourth Cavalry Regiment in the 4th Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, stationed at Fort Riley, Kan.