Gov. Nixon: National Guard scaling back in St. Louis region
The National Guard presence in the St. Louis region is being scaled back. Governor Jay Nixon says “improving conditions” in the region are allowing the state to reduce the number of Guardsmen and women...
View ArticleMissouri Legislator criticizes Gov. Nixon for Guard ‘trained to kill’ comment...
The chair of a legislative committee investigating the state’s response to unrest in Ferguson takes issue with an explanation offered by Governor Jay Nixon (D) for how the National Guard was deployed...
View ArticleMissourians, elected officials to rally against Fort Leonard Wood cuts
Missouri elected officials from all levels of government will be at a public listening session today to speak against the proposed cutting of 5,400 jobs at Fort Leonard Wood in response to projected...
View ArticleMissourians, elected officials voice opposition to Fort Leonard Wood cuts
Missouri’s top elected officials, more than a third of its state legislature, and some 2,000 Missourians turned out at Fort Leonard Wood Monday night to urge the Army not to cut up to 5,400 military...
View ArticleLawmaker proposes advocate for Missouri military bases
The Federal Government is considering additional downsizing at its military bases across the United States. One state lawmaker wants to create a paid position for someone to campaign for Missouri’s...
View ArticleBonding proposal for new Missouri veterans home to be back in ’16
A proposal that would have asked voters to allow the sale of bonds to pay for one more veterans home in Missouri fell short in the legislative session that just ended, but its sponsor tells Missourinet...
View ArticleEffort would expand Veterans Memorial at Missouri Capitol
Outside the State Capitol is a memorial to those who have fought in the wars the United States has been in since Missouri became a state in 1821, through the memorial’s dedication in 1991. Jefferson...
View ArticleMissouri Woman Will Receive Medal of Honor for Her Father’s Heroism
A Congressional Medal of Honor will be awarded next week to Missourian Elsie Shemin-Roth’s father. The late Sgt. William Shemin will be recognized for acts of heroism during World War I when he led his...
View ArticleMissouri woman and sister accept father’s posthumous Medal of Honor
A Missouri woman’s thirteen year pursuit for a Medal of Honor for her father has finally paid off. It’s been nearly a century after his heroic efforts, but World War I veteran William Shemin was...
View ArticleSearch resumes for men missing from ’52 Alaska military plane crash,...
The search has resumed for the remains of servicemen killed in a military plane crash in Alaska in 1952. Two of those still missing are from Missouri. Last year remains recovered from wreckage embedded...
View ArticleSen. Blunt wants Democrats to allow defense spending bill to advance
A $612 million dollar defense authorization bill has been passed by the U.S. Senate but Democrats have voted against a motion to begin debate on the bill that would pay for everything in it, in an...
View ArticleDoctors say fireworks can be stressful for veterans
The sound of fireworks can prompt traumatic memories for many men and women who have served in war. Dr. Thomas Demark with the Kansas City Veterans Administration Medical Center says Independence Day...
View Article774 to be cut from Missouri’s Fort Leonard Wood
The Army has announced 774 uniformed personnel will be cut from Fort Leonard Wood by 2017, but Missouri elected officials are saying the cuts could have been worse. The cut is part of an announced...
View ArticleMissouri’s congressional delegation disagrees on President’s Iran agreement
Republican Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler and Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver disagree on the nuclear deal the President has made with Iran. The arrangement would not give Iran enough nuclear...
View ArticleMilitary advocate created to lobby for troop size and needs in Missouri
A new state law has created a position in the state government to lobby for the military in Missouri. Co-sponsor, Representative Steven Lynch, said the advocate will push for maintaining or...
View ArticleUSS Missouri crewman remembers Japan’s surrender
70 years ago last week, the battleship U.S.S. Missouri was anchored in Tokyo Bay and the surrender of Japan was signed on its decks, ending World War II. Ray Morse was one of more than 2,000 crewmen...
View ArticleFamilies turn to Missouri senator for answers about missing men from 1952...
Family members and loved ones of 52 military men killed in a November 1952 plane crash in Alaska are expressing frustration that remains recovered from that crash last year have not been identified....
View ArticleIdentities of remains from 1952 military plane crash known, unreleased, since...
More remains of military men killed in a 1952 plane crash in Alaska have been identified since as early as March, but those identifications have not been released due to changes in which agency was...
View ArticleVietnam Moving Wall visits Missouri Capitol
The names of 58,000 servicemen and women are on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Moving Wall that has come to the Missouri State Capitol. The monument isn’t just about names to retired Army Colonel Hugh...
View ArticleMissouri National Guard is adding 400 new jobs
The Missouri National Guard is adding 400 new jobs, mainly part-time, to its current 12,000 Army and Air Guard personnel. The jobs will be largely in the military police and transportation sectors and...
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