Marine from Missouri found dead at California base shooting range
A Marine found dead at a shooting range at Camp Pendleton in California is from central Missouri. Lance Corporal Dominic E. Schraft, 19 of Vienna, was found dead of a gunshot wound the head Monday...
View ArticleMissouri senator sponsors bills to ease military family relocations
Senator Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) and three of his colleagues have introduced a bill meant to give military families more flexibility when a service member has to move. The proposed Military Family...
View ArticleMissouri Senator Blunt urges President Obama to sign defense bill
A $612 billion defense policy bill was passed Wednesday by the U.S. Senate and is expected to be vetoed by President Obama. The measure sets the defense policy, authorizes military pay and benefits and...
View ArticleMore IDs made from Korean War-era crash, Missourians not found yet
Remains from two more of the men that died in an Korean War-era military plane crash in Alaska have been identified so they can be returned to families for burial, but men with ties to Missouri still...
View ArticleMissing Army Veteran from Wisconsin used phone in Missouri
An Army veteran missing from Wisconsin for nine days used his cell phone in southern Missouri the day after he was last seen. Bruce Windorski of Gillett, Wisconsin, left his home October 17 for what he...
View ArticleMcCaskill seeks DOD cooperation to help veterans exposed to mustard gas
Senator McCaskill is seeking compensation for veterans exposed to mustard gas during World War Two experiments, but she says the Department of Defense isn’t releasing information she’s requested. She...
View ArticleMissouri public safety director gives update on improvements for Mexico vet home
Residents and staff at the Veterans home in Mexico, Missouri received an update from Department of Public Safety Director Lane Roberts on plans for nearly $3 million in facility improvements. Roberts...
View ArticleBill to recognize mental health service dogs in Missouri offered for 2016
A bill that nearly passed this year, to have mental health service dogs recognized in the same way as other service dogs, has been filed again for 2016. Representative Chrissy Sommer (R-St. Charles)...
View ArticleInternational soldiers who died in Missouri flooding identified
Five international soldiers who were training at Fort Leonard Wood and drowned during flooding Saturday have been identified. The soldiers were returning to the fort from Osage Beach when their vehicle...
View ArticleDriskill nominated to be Missouri’s first-ever Military Advocate
A state position to advocate for Missouri’s military bases, personnel and agencies was created through a bill passed last year by the Legislature and signed by Governor Jay Nixon (D). Nixon has...
View ArticleMilitary Advocate nominee talks about preserving Missouri’s assets
Governor Jay Nixon’s nominee for military advocate says knowing what national defense budget cuts are possible for Missouri is critical. Joe Driskill says lobbying for the state’s military personnel...
View ArticleMissouri military men’s remains ID’d, coming home 63-years after Alaska crash
Remains from two Missouri military men unaccounted for since the 1952 crash of an Air Force plane in Alaska have been identified and are coming home for burial. Air Force Airman 3rd Class Wayne Dean...
View ArticleSen. McCaskill proposal would fight retaliation against sexual assault...
U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) proposes making professional retaliation against sexual assault victims and whistleblowers in the military a crime. She’s co-sponsoring the legislation with...
View Article63 years later, funerals set for Missouri men killed in military plane crash...
63-years after the military plane crash in Alaska that killed them, funerals have been set for two Missouri men. Air Force Airman 3rd Class Wayne Dean Jackson of Downing and Army Technical Sergeant...
View ArticleMissouri panels to study long-term care & veterans homes, utility ratemaking,...
The state Senate is launching committees that will study three issues in the months before the new General Assembly convenes in January. Senate President Ron Richard (R-Joplin) told Missourinet he...
View ArticleNew Missouri veterans home less a priority than replacing state’s oldest,...
For several years discussion in Missouri has been about building an eighth state veterans home to go toward addressing the waiting list of veterans seeking long-term care. Now that discussion is...
View ArticleBlunt backs provision in budget proposal to ease military family moves
Senator Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) wants military families to have the option to stay at their current base for up to an additional six months or move to their next assigned location early. The Senate’s...
View ArticlePhoto gallery: Missourians remember veterans on Memorial Day
Memorial Day celebrations continued Monday throughout the state. Missourians traveled to Jefferson Barracks where Boy Scouts placed flags at all 280,000 graves. Ceremonies also took place at all the...
View ArticleSenator McCaskill proposing help for WWII vets exposed to mustard gas
Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) is introducing legislation aimed at helping World War II veterans who were the subjects of secret military mustard gas experiments. She wants to require a swift...
View ArticleSen. McCaskill says VA Secretary shouldn’t resign
U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) doesn’t think VA Secretary Robert McDonald should resign, but she calls what he said “stupid.” He compared veteran health care wait times to the lines at...
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