National Guardsmen talk about coming under attack (AUDIO / VIDEO)
The attack happened more than a year ago, but for the first time, several of the injured soldiers have come together to recount a day burned into their memories. Members of Missouri National Guard...
View ArticleMissouri senators agree on handling of military sexual assaults
Missouri’s Senators are in agreement on what they see as the better of two proposals to combat sexual assaults in the military. Senator Claire McCaskill (D) is the sponsor of one of two amendments to...
View ArticleSave the Warthogs, say McCaskill, Blunt (AUDIO)
Senators McCaskill and Blunt are working to protect some endangered Warthogs. About 25 of them live at Whiteman Air Force Base—the A-10 fighter jets that killed a lot of tanks and other ground...
View ArticleFlags to fly at half staff in honor of Staff Sgt. Eric Summers, Poplar Bluff
Gov. Jay Nixon has ordered that the U.S. and Missouri flags at state buildings in all 114 counties and the City of St. Louis be flown at half-staff on Saturday, Dec. 14 to honor the bravery and...
View ArticleFt. Wood drill sergeant is Army’s top singer (AUDIO)
A Military Police Drill Sergeant from Fort Leonard Wood has won the Army’s version of “American Idol” or “America’s Got Talent.” Sergeant Christiana Ball has defeated eleven other finalists to win...
View ArticleBoeing weighs future of F-18 (AUDIO)
Shortly after Boeing decides whether Missouri will be the home of a new major commercial aviation factory, it will have to decide the future of its military aviation factory. One of the state’s...
View ArticleSon of fallen Missouri Marine visits display honoring Missouri soldiers...
Representatives in the Missouri House have been greeted in the first two weeks of the legislative session by a display honoring Missouri soldiers who have died in service to the country since September...
View ArticleVeterans tell lawmakers students should not get ‘day off’ on Veterans Day...
The House Veterans Committee today took up a bill that would require schools would close each year for Veterans Day. Rep. Keith English (D-Florissant) is proposing that schools should not use Veterans...
View ArticleMcCaskill rips Army for recruiting scandal that has cost millions (AUDIO)
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) today took up in her Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight what she calls one of the worst scandals in the history of the Army. She says tens of millions of...
View ArticleVeterans to legislature: stop spending our money (AUDIO)
Missouri’s veterans organizations want state government to stop spending money on things other than services for veterans. The Veterans Capital Improvement Trust Fund was set up in the 1990s financed...
View ArticleBill lets veterans file to run for office while deployed (VIDEO)
The first bill to be signed by the Governor this session becomes law just five days before candidate filing begins, allowing those serving overseas to run for office. It would also allow folks with...
View ArticleMilitary spending cuts would cost Missouri $34 million, hundreds of troops
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel today outlined a plan for cuts to the Pentagon that would reduce the number of troops to pre-World War II levels, though he admits threats to the United States remain...
View ArticleMcCaskill wins by losing (AUDIO LINK)
The Senate supports Senator McCaskill’s proposal to make unit commanders responsible for prosecution of military sex assault cases in their units. Another Senator had proposed letting a special...
View ArticleRolla soldier’s funeral tomorrow (AUDIO)
State and national flags will be flying at half staff at state buildings in all Missouri counties tomorrow in honor of a former Rolla soldier killed in the Fort Hood shootings April 2. Army...
View ArticleSenators Blunt, McCaskill offer amendment to keep fighter production in St....
Missouri’s U.S. Senators are recommending money be appropriated to keep construction of a high-tech fighter jet continuing in St. Louis County. Senator Roy Blunt’s (R) office estimates 15,000 north St....
View ArticleBlunt: VA list scandal might yield positives (AUDIO)
The Kansas City veterans hospital has admitted to Senator Blunt it had one of “those” secret lists of veterans waiting more than ninety days for care. But Blunt thinks some positives are starting to...
View ArticleSoldier from Hillsboro killed in Afghanistan
A soldier from Missouri has been killed by enemy fire in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense announced Friday that 20-year-old Private First Class Matthew H. Walker of Hillsboro died Thursday when...
View ArticleAudit: Wait for an appointment at St. Louis VA hospital among longest in the...
New patients seeking care at the Veterans Administration hospital in St. Louis had some of the longest wait times for new patients at any such facility in the nation, according to the results of an...
View ArticleB-25 to return to Kansas City region for Flag Day celebration
A World War II era bomber will return tomorrow to the region in which 69 years ago it was built, the Kansas City area. The B-25 dubbed the “Axis Nightmare” will return to Kansas City for Jackson...
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