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A convoy of Bradley fighting vehicles gets in position during exercise Combined Resolve 10 at the Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, May 1, 2018. The vehicles are assigned to 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, "Dragons", 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
A federal appeals court has refused to hear the appeal of a Kansas man who tried to set off what he thought was a bomb at an Army post to support the Islamic State. A three-judge panel of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday dismissed the appeal filed by John T. Booker Jr. challenging some conditions of his supervised release.
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he plans to make some decisions soon on whether to recommend an increase in the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and whether the totals should be based on military requirements rather than pre-set limits. Mattis told reporters traveling with him that he spoke for several hours by video conference on Sunday with U.S. Gen.
Tracey Martin remembers boarding a plane in late August and receiving another round of bad news about her son, Stephen. Stephen Martin, a specialist in the Army, had an autoimmune disease that was eating away at his nerve endings, gradually eroding his ability to feel in his limbs.
Management of the facility would change hands Friday from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the entity in charge of overseeing construction, to Fort Riley's Department of Public Works, the department that will oversee facility operations.