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Fort Leavenworth to host special radar protection program

Fort Leavenworth[(ThomasNet Industrial NewsRoom) Surveillance radar protects perimeters from intruders:][1] LAS VEGAS - ICx Technologies, a provider of advanced technology solutions for homeland and military security, announced today the availability of its Perimeter Surveillance Radar model ...

Fort Riley soldier remembered

Here are today's headlines about Kansas military affairs:Fort Leavenworth[(KC Star) Record creates uncivil disbelief:][1] The thought that more than 60,000 black soldiers may have fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War can be hard for some people to swallow. Edwin Kennedy knows just ...

Kansas prepares pitch for biodefense facility

Here are today's headlines from the Kansas congressional delegation:Fort Leavenworth[(AP) Lawmakers push for biodefense site ahead of selection team visit:][1] A week before site selection teams visit Kansas, the state's congressional delegation is ramping up the push for a new federal ...

Two Fort Riley soldiers killed in bomb attack

Here are recent headlines about the military in Kansas:Fort Riley ¢ 1st Infantry Division[(Cleveland.com) U.S. deaths in Iraq:][1] The latest identifications reported by the military: Army Pfc. Daniel A. Fuentes, 19, Levittown, N.Y., died Friday in Baghdad of wounds suffered when an explosive ...

Kansas Guard troops headed to Kosovo

Here are recent headlines about the military in Kansas:Kansas National Guard[(AP) Kansas Guard unit to redeploy to Kosovo:][1] A Kansas National Guard unit is making its second deployment to Kosovo in the past four years, taking another turn at keeping the peace in the Balkans region. Maj. Gen. ...

Another Fort Riley soldier killed in Iraq

Here are recent headlines about the military in Kansas:Fort Riley ¢ 1st Infantry Division[(WCBS) Soldier from Queens killed][1] A 24-year-old Army soldier from Queens was killed when an improvised bomb went off near his unit in Iraq, the Defense Department said. Spc. Brian Ritzberg died in ...