Here are recent headlines about the military in Kansas:Fort Riley ¢ 1st Infantry Division(AP) Three from Fort Riley killed in Afghanistan: Three members of a military transition team from Fort Riley have been killed in an attack in Afghanistan. Fort Riley officials announced Thursday that two National Guardsmen and a soldier were killed Monday when they were attacked by insurgents during operations in Jalalabad. Killed were Maj. Henry San Ofeciar, 37, of Agana, Guam, and two Pennsylvania National Guardsmen — Sgt. 1st Class Scott Ball, a 38-year-old combat engineer from Mount Holy Springs, Pa., and Sgt. Jan Argonish, a 26-year-old infantryman from Peckville, Pa. Ball and Argonish were assigned to the 55th Brigade in Scranton, Pa. The three men were part of small teams that help train and advise military and police forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Team members train at Fort Riley for 60 days before going overseas for a year.(49abcnews.com) Memorial service held for recently killed Fort Riley troops: Soldiers and families at Fort Riley honored these five soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom. “The fallen soldiers we honor here today are more than just names. They are heroes who worked within their teams to accomplish amazing results, to bring peace and security to a troubled nation.” Master Sergeant Scott Carney, Sergeant First Class Daniel Miller, Major Henry San Nicholas Ofeciar, Master Sergeant Scott Ball and Sergeant Jan Argonish were killed while serving our country in Iraq and Afghanistan.Fort Leavenworth(Washington Post) Melvin H. Rosen; Survived Bataan Death March: Melvin Herbert Rosen, who died Aug. 1 at 89 of heart disease at his home in Falls Church, trudged 65 miles in four days without food or water in tropical heat during World War II on a road that came to be littered with the bodies of hundreds of American and thousands of Filipino prisoners of war. A young Army captain, he survived what came to be called the Bataan Death March. … After the war, he recuperated in Massachusetts and returned to active duty. He held several assignments, including at the Pentagon as chief plans and policy officer in the Procurement Division of the Army General Staff. He served in Germany and taught at Fort Leavenworth for four years on the faculty of the Command and General Staff College. He was promoted to colonel in 1961.Kansas National Guard(Topeka Capital-Journal) Veterans seek passage of aid bill: The budget bill for the Department of Labor, which includes the funding for veterans, passed the U.S. House in July and is scheduled for a Senate vote later this fall. It includes $3.4 billion for substance abuse and mental health services, something that is badly needed, according to those at the Statehouse. David Watchous, wearing an Operation Iraqi Freedom hat, stood with the four other veterans on the Statehouse steps. He spent 11 months outside Baghdad with the Kansas National Guard 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery, and returned two years ago in need of some services. One member of his battalion committed suicide, said Watchous, who himself “saw some crap” and never knew if he would make it through the day. Two years back in the states, and he still sees someone twice a week for PTSD. “War is violent and ugly and takes an unimaginable toll on soldiers returning home,” Watchous said.