FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Fort Riley, Kansas ~ 26 JUNE 2012

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Fort Riley, Kansas

Fort Riley is a United States Army installation located in Northeast Kansas, on the Kansas River, between Junction City and Manhattan. The Fort Riley Military Reservation covers 100,656 acres in Geary and Riley counties and includes two census-designated places: Fort Riley North and Fort Riley-Camp Whiteside. The fort has a daytime population of nearly 25,000.

Fort Riley, "Home of the Big Red One" (1st Infantry Division), is known for its excellent training, abundant recreational opportunities, rich history, and tremendous relations with surrounding communities.

Throughout the year, Fort Riley provides assistance to the Army National Guard (ARNG) and United States Army Reserve. Fort Riley provides training assistance to more than 30,000 Reserve Component soldiers, including the Army National Guard, U.S. Army Reserves, Navy Reserves, Marine Reserves, Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), Air Guard, and individuals conducting individual training or attending schools. While at Fort Riley, they resided at this Complex, and use Tank Trails from Equipment Concentration Site #33 and Mobilization and Training Equipment Site (MATES).

Fort Riley is home to more than 10,000 soldiers. Population assigned-served 42,264; Active Duty Officer 1,117; Active Duty Enlisted 9,252; Family Members 12,020; Retirees 16,249 (Army 5,860 and Other Services 10,389); Civilian Work Force 3,626.

The Garrison Command is composed of dedicated Soldiers and civilian employees who play a critical role in supporting the Fort Riley mission. Their focus is to provide training, readiness, and deployability for three active component combat brigades and support for mobilization and deployment of active and reserve component units.

The Garrison Command also provides effective support services for the Soldiers and Family members. The quality of life is important at Fort Riley. The goal is to provide the best quality of life available in the Army. The Garrison Command is dedicated to making training at Fort Riley a rewarding and enjoyable experience.

Learn More About Fort Riley HERE!

In 1976, a group of cavalrymen met to assess the status of preservation initiatives relating to the history, equipment, literature, traditions, and heritage of the Cavalry. Their findings were not encouraging; many significant reminders of the past presented by artifacts, documents, and photographs of the Cavalry simply vanished or had been discarded, their value unrecognized.

To safeguard the legacy of the Cavalry and to halt the grievous losses diminishing the cultural substance of our country’s rich past, the US Cavalry Association was formed that year. From that small group of cavalrymen, the Association has grown to a diverse and unique organization, national in scope, striving to preserve the Cavalry heritage.

The US Cavalry Association is the proud sponsor of the U.S. Cavalry Museum, located at Fort Riley, Kansas. The U.S. Cavalry Museum is part of the Army Museum System and chronicles the colorful history of the American Mounted Horse Soldier from the Revolutionary War to 1950. The building that houses the Museum was once the headquarters used by General George Armstrong Custer.

Visit The U.S. Cavalry Museum HERE!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. 

Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[HiJinx]

Actually, it’s one of the few that is okay with him!
There was another with him and his mom that I thought about - for about a millisecond!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[JMJJR]

Did 26 months at Ft Riley in the 70's

Love hanging out on Milford Lake during the summer, winters sucked.

Overnight-ed there back in May as part of Run For The Wall

Junk City hasn't changed much

[E.G.C.]

Tuesday Morning Coffee Bump.

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning Kathy and (((HUGS))). It’s already 102 here.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Thanks, unique, for the pastries.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, Arrowhead...((HUGS)))

YIKES!!! 102!! You practically have to walk before the sun comes up, or cook as you go.

Stay safe!! No heat stroke.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, Flag_This...thanks for sharing your memories. Our thanks to your Dad for his service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon/evening, prairebreeze....interesting.

Soldiers from Fort Riley ill with Spanish influenza at a hospital ward at Camp Funston, Kansas in 1918.

America's entry into World War I resulted in many changes at Fort Riley. Facilities were greatly expanded, and a cantonment named Camp Funston was built five miles (8 km) east of the permanent post during the summer and fall of 1917. This training site was one of 16 across the country and could accommodate from 30,000 to 50,000 men.

The first division to train at Camp Funston, the 89th, sailed for France in the spring of 1918. The 10th Division also received training at Funston but the armistice came before the unit was sent overseas.

The camp was commanded by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. A Military Officers Training Camp was established in the Camp Whitside area to train doctors and other medical personnel.

Armistice Day, November 11, 1918, beckoned to a world made safe for democracy but also one that heralded a new day for the horse cavalry. The War Department directed service schools be created for all arms of service.

As a result, in 1919, the Mounted Service School as it was known since 1907 and which had ceased to function during the war, was redesignated as the United States Army Cavalry School. The change was sudden and abrupt.

The new school met the need for courses both broader in scope and more general in character

[Arrowhead1952]

Yes, I have been starting my walk right after 7:00 so we get home before it gets too hot.

[blackie]

Thanks Kathy!

{{HUGS}}

[prairiebreeze]

Great picture, thanks for posting that. Hard to imagine how bad it was. It got so bad that when people developed symptoms the doctors would simply tell them “get your name on a coffin list”.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good efternoon, ML...((HUGS))...are you having to move your stuff very far?

Do you have a wagon for Linda to pull so she can help?

Any sun?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, Redcitizen...we thank you for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

w h !!
Thanks, unique, for the woohoo!!

Luv.....#50!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

All grown up now.....how time flies.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, tom....late but here finally today.