Fort Riley welcomed back the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team with an uncasing ceremony Wednesday. Casing is the packing of military colors and uncasing is the unpacking for transportation. The 1st Combat Aviation Brigade Combat Team is deploying to Europe. Colonel Chad Corrigan, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade Commander spoke about departing. Corrigan adds they have [...]

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Saturday was Fall Apple Day Festival at Fort Riley, the largest annual public event on post. The event is named Apple Day because of a featured and special apple pie. The pie in question is renowned in the area, and draws a large crowd every year. KMAN spoke with one of the 2023 Pie Queens, [...]

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The Fall Apple Festival is Fort Riley’s annual open house. It is free and open to the public, with a number of family-friendly activities. Event Coordinator Ron Stewart gives an overview of some of the attractions that visitors will see at the event. The event will take place on the historic main post of Fort [...]

The Department of the Army announced Friday the deployment of the 1st Infantry Division Combat Aviation Brigade to Europe in support of European Allies and partners. Officials at Fort Riley say the team deploying will replace the 3rd Infantry Division Combat Aviation Brigade, as part of a regular rotation of forces to support the United [...]

Senator Jerry Moran visited with KMAN this week about the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), recently passed by the Senate. The bipartisan bill authorizes a 5% pay raise for soldiers, as well as construction funds for a number of projects for the military. The bill also allows for supply chain alterations that would allow stockpiles [...]

A massive annual defense spending bill was passed by the Senate Thursday, that would give service members a better than 5% pay raise and investments into Fort Riley’s infrastructure. The vote was 86-11. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) applauded the passage of the Senate’s bill, saying it includes “critical investments for the nation’s weapons stockpile and cutting-edge [...]

Fort Riley has postponed the planned installation wide power outage, the Black Start exercise, initially planned for Wednesday due to extreme high temperatures and heat indices. Black Start will be rescheduled to a later date. Fort Riley will hold its annual full-scale exercise Wednesday as planned but won’t include shutting off power to the installation. [...]