Open navigationClose navigationHome All the major chapters in the American story from Indigenous beginnings to the present day History from countries and communities across the globe In 1918 the Spanish Flu killed at least 50 million people around the world and was the second deadliest plague in history–after But how exactly did a flu virus cause such massive death and destruction across the world The flu showed no mercy for combatants on either side of the trenches the first wave of the epidemic hit German forces on the Western Front no-holds-barred offensive that would determine the outcome of the war It had a significant effect on the already weakening morale of the troops—as German army commander Crown Prince Rupprecht wrote on August 3: poor provisions and the deepening influenza have deeply depressed the spirits of men in the III Infantry Division the flu was spreading fast beyond the borders of Western Europe due to its exceptionally high rate of virulence and the massive transport of men on land and aboard ship due to the war effort numerous cases had been reported in Russia the Philippines and even New Zealand would eventually fall victim as well Boys wear bags of camphor around their necks around the time of the 1918-19 Spanish flu—an “old-wives’ method of flue-prevention,” according to a December 1946 issue of Life magazine. The Spanish flu was a huge concern for WWI military forces. Here, men gargle saltwater to prevent infection at the War Garden at Camp Dix (now Fort Dix) in New Jersey, circa 1918.Read more: Why October 1918 Was America’s Deadliest Month Ever A woman wears a sci-fi-looking flu nozzle attached to a machine circa 1919. It’s not clear how it worked or if it had any health benefits. Donning a mask, a man uses a pump to spray an unknown “anti-flu” substance in the United Kingdom, circa 1920. Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis/Getty Images Professor Bordier of France’s University of Lyon apparently claimed that this machine could cure colds in minutes. This photo circa 1928 shows him demonstrating his own machine. People in London wear masks to avoid catching the flu circa 1932. This is a preventative method people still use around the world today. People in England wear different-looking masks to prevent the flu circa 1932. This baby’s parents had the right idea in this photo circa 1939. The flu can spread between people up to six feet away, and because babies have a high risk of developing serious flu-related complications, it’s best for people who haven’t received flu shots to stay away.Read more: Pandemics That Changed History British actress Molly Lamont (far right) receives her “emergency flu rations” of oranges at Elstree Studios in London, circa 1940. Discover more of the major events, famous births, notable deaths and everything else history-making that happened on March 4th Under the cover of constant bombing from British artillery, Brigadier General John Thomas slips 2,000 troops, cannons and artillery into position at Dorchester Heights, just south of Boston, on March 4, 1776. Under orders from General George Washington, Thomas and his troops worked through the night digging trenches, positioning cannons and completing their occupation of Dorchester Heights. […] The first session of the U.S. Congress is held in New York City as the U.S. Constitution takes effect. However, of the 22 senators and 59 representatives called to represent the 11 states who had ratified the document, only nine senators and 13 representatives showed up to begin negotiations for its amendment. In 1786, defects […] On March 4, 1829, Andrew Jackson upholds an inaugural tradition begun by Thomas Jefferson and hosts an open house at the White House. After Jackson’s swearing-in ceremony and address to Congress, the new president returned to the White House to meet and greet a flock of politicians, celebrities and citizens. Very shortly, the crowd swelled […] Abraham Lincoln becomes the 16th president of the United States on March 4, 1861. In his inauguration speech, Lincoln extended an olive branch to the South, but also made it clear that he intended to enforce federal laws in the states that seceded. Since Lincoln’s election in November 1860, seven states had left the Union. […] Franklin Delano Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States. In his famous inaugural address, he outlined his “New Deal” plans and told Americans that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” 1944 Louis “Lepke” Buchalter, the head of Murder, Inc., is executed at Sing Sing Prison in New York. Lepke was the leader of the country’s largest crime syndicate throughout the 1930s and was making nearly $50 million a year from his various enterprises. His downfall came when several members of his notorious killing squad turned into […] On March 4, 1952, actor and future President Ronald Reagan marries his second wife, actress Nancy Davis. The couple wed in Los Angeles at the Little Brown Church in the Valley. Nancy Davis, whose real name is Anne Frances Robbins, met her husband in 1951. (MGM Studios signed her to a contract and billed her […] Ernest Hemingway completes his short novel The Old Man and the Sea. He wrote his publisher the same day, saying he had finished the book and that it was the best writing he had ever done. The critics agreed: The book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and became one of his bestselling works. The […] After 20 tumultuous years of marriage, actress Lucille Ball files for divorce from her husband and collaborator, Desi Arnaz, on March 4, 1960. The breakup of the couple, stars of the hit sitcom “I Love Lucy” and owners of the innovative Desilu Studios, was one of the highest-profile divorces in American history at the time. […] On March 4, 1966, an offhand John Lennon comment appears in the London Evening Standard. Months later, it erupted in the “Bigger than Jesus” scandal that brought a semi-official end to the giddy phenomenon known as Beatlemania. In England, no one took much notice of Lennon’s quote that later set off a media frenzy in […] On March 4, 1974, actress Mia Farrow from The Great Gatsby graces the cover of the inaugural issue of People, a weekly celebrity and human interest magazine spotlighting the personal lives of notable and intriguing people. People remains one of America’s best-selling weeklies. People’s founding editor Richard Stolley came from the newsweekly LIFE, where he’d […] On March 4, 1990, Loyola Marymount University star senior forward Hank Gathers sprints down the court during a West Coast Conference tournament game, leaps and catches an alley-oop pass, slams down an emphatic dunk, and, after jogging back to midcourt, collapses to the floor. Although he briefly regains consciousness, he is rushed to a hospital, […] The comedic star John Candy dies suddenly of a heart attack on March 4, 1994, at the age of 43. At the time of his death, he was living near Durango, Mexico, while filming Wagons East, a Western comedy co-starring the comedian Richard Lewis. Born in 1950, Candy got his first professional acting work in […] On March 4, 2004, Mianne Bagger, a golfer from Denmark, makes history at the Women’s Australian Open as the first transgender athlete to compete in a professional golf tournament. Bagger shoots an underwhelming 84 (12 over par) in her first round, but that is a footnote to the historic performance. Bagger told reporters it took her […] On March 4, 2005, billionaire mogul Martha Stewart is released from a federal prison near Alderson, West Virginia, after serving five months for lying about her sale of ImClone stock in 2001. After her televised exit from the facility, Stewart flew on a chartered jet from nearby Greenbrier International Airport to New York, where she […] Both World War I and the 1918 influenza pandemic were devastating events in history. So why did memorials for one event overshadow the other? Some winged warriors, like the famed Cher Ami, received military honors for their intrepid feats as battlefield messengers. After terrorizing trans-Atlantic ships in World War I, German U-boats grew even more fearsome in World War II. Manfred von Richthofen—better known as the “Red Baron”—was the top scoring flying ace of World War I, with 80 aerial victories between September 1916 and his death in April 1918. We strive for accuracy and fairness. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate Uncover fascinating moments from the past every day Learn something new with key events in history from the American Revolution to pop culture you agree to receive emails from HISTORY and A+E Global Media You must be 16 years or older and a resident of the United States This work, Military Health System Communications Award Winners Announced, Advancing to Defense Media Merit Awards Competition, by Derik Crotts, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright Rain showers in the evening becoming a steady light rain overnight The new Irwin Army Community Hospital is slated to open in January 2016 after numerous delays Fort Riley received some unexpected good news After years of lobbying to replace the Army’s oldest hospital Congress slipped money for a new facility into a bill that financed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan funding was in place to bring Fort Riley a hospital that would meet modern healthcare standards the Irwin Army Community Hospital replacement project was lauded by Army officials for its state-of-the-art features such as a four-story glass atrium energy-efficient design and outdoor healing garden six years after construction began and three years past the original completion date the building remains unfinished amid a flurry of litigation numerous delays have pushed back the opening to at least January 2016 The decision to set aside $404 million for a new hospital on Fort Riley — and to fund several other military hospitals — was partially rooted in a 2007 scandal involving patient neglect at Walter Reed Army Medical Center A series of articles published by The Washington Post thrust the country’s military healthcare system into the national spotlight and onto the following year’s Congressional agenda the Army would break ground on new hospitals at Fort Riley questions surrounding military healthcare remained unanswered which operates its own network of hospitals faced a series of investigations after reports that dozens of veterans had died while waiting for care at a VA facility in Phoenix That scandal pushed Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to order a comprehensive review of the military health system the 645-page report gave military hospitals mixed reviews It concluded that the system “provides good quality care that is safe and timely and is comparable to that found in the civilian sector.” “(it) demonstrates wide performance variability with some areas better than civilian counterparts and other areas below national benchmarks.” One of the facilities responsible for that performance variability is the current Irwin hospital It was listed in the report as one of seven “major outliers” for patients needing acute care Irwin ranked 128th out of 133 medical facilities with an average appointment wait time of 2.31 days The study’s median wait time was 0.46 days the current hospital also receives consistently low marks from its most important demographic — patients patients rated Irwin 26th out of 27 Army hospitals for “getting needed care.” The survey asked how easy it was for patients to see a specialist and get treatment “as soon as (they) needed.” ranked Irwin 20th out of 21 peer Army hospitals for “overall hospital rating.” That report includes a green arrow next to Irwin’s score to signify a rating “significantly higher” than in the previous year What the report doesn’t mention is that Irwin had been ranked dead last in 2012 DD Form 1391 — the official Army document used to justify the hospital replacement — bluntly details the current hospital’s shortcomings the document describes the building as a “50-year-old outdated facility with a deteriorating infrastructure.” If the new hospital is not funded patients “will not have access to (a) modern health care platform commensurate with the current DoD criteria Potential power outages and major utility systems failures will pose possible health and safety risks now that the facility has reached the end of its lifecycle.” officials said the hospital’s operating rooms would need to be at least four times bigger to comply with current standards who took command of Irwin Hospital in July 2014 said she’s looking forward to the new facility’s operating rooms even though progress on the building has slowed to a crawl Ware said the hospital was about 95 percent complete when she arrived Ware said the building is now 99.9 percent finished and workers began installing medical equipment such as the MRI machine in July only having it move about 5 percent (in) a year has driven me crazy,” she said it’s easy to imagine lives being saved on the inside Exterior details — from fluorescent exit signs in the adjacent parking garage to a bubbling fountain in a nearby detention basin — give the impression of a fully operational hospital the 550,000-square-foot facility will include more beds for the emergency room and maternity ward There’s also an inpatient psychiatric wing with 10 behavioral health beds although Ware said the Pentagon still hasn’t officially agreed to hire people to staff the wing “Kansas has the lowest number of available psychiatric beds in the nation,” she said we wind up sending soldiers out of the state We sent a soldier just yesterday down to San Antonio to a civilian facility.” the new hospital will provide soldiers and their families with a centralized healthcare location reducing the number of medical buildings on post from 32 to eight From an architectural and aesthetic standpoint the building itself was designed to be as impressive as the medical care it would one day provide managed by the Kansas City District of the U.S It was fast-tracked from the beginning using what’s called the “early contractor involvement method” in which the design and build phases overlap allowing site work and construction to begin before the architectural plans are finalized “It’s a little bit like trying to build an airplane in flight,” Ware said of the process said it’s common for projects of this scale to be fast-tracked the civilian architects hand over their plans to Corps officials later providing feedback only when requested “It’s not unusual that the Corps takes over during the construction process,” Andrews said the bulk of the construction contract was awarded to Balfour/Walton — a joint venture between Balfour Beatty a multi-billion dollar construction company headquartered in London Phoenix-based CORE Construction assumed Walton’s stake in the venture in 2010 Balfour Beatty’s share of the contract was about $230 million and the company took the lead in decision-making on the project As construction commenced after groundbreaking in October 2009 the estimated completion date of 2012 began to slip officials said the building would be finished in fall 2013 Ware said the hospital would open in late summer of this year and now officials are predicting January 2016 the parties involved in the project have remained mostly silent about what kept construction behind schedule Representatives from Balfour Beatty didn’t respond to requests for comment initially agreed to make project manager Christine Hendzlick available for an interview While the Corps refused to answer specific questions about construction delays the litigation — two federal lawsuits filed by subcontractors — paints a picture of a project in disarray Nebraska-based Murray Drywall filed a lawsuit seeking $4.6 million from the Balfour/Walton joint venture the complaint cites a redesign of the building’s exterior curtain wall — the outside of the much-touted atrium — as the “catalyst for a multitude of costly issues” that “left the building open to weather and moisture,” causing “significant damage to the installed wallboard.” “was forced to replace water-damaged wallboard over a two-year period as the (Corps) continued discovering areas where mold inspections and mold remediation (were) required.” also alluded to leaks in the atrium windows but said she had no specific knowledge “I don’t know if it was two drops of water or a stream,” she said filed its own $14.1-million lawsuit against Balfour/Walton in 2014 That complaint alleges a “significantly incomplete” structural design that included problems such as disconnected stairways and incomplete handrails The complaint also mentions delayed inspections “largely due to insufficient resources on the part of (Balfour/Walton) and/or the Government.” “what was supposed to be a five-month project for W&W turned into a significantly more costly disruption and other interference with W&W’s work.” Neither W&W Steel nor Murray Drywall responded to requests for comment The lawsuits are currently on hold pending the outcome of Balfour/Walton’s own $14.1 million claim filed with the federal government’s Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals an administrative tribunal that rules on disputes between contractors and the military The Mercury was unable to obtain documents about the proceedings because they aren’t considered public records said via email that “the parties are working through the issues raised .. to see if they can be resolved before trial.” Other government documents do appear to corroborate at least some of the subcontractors’ claims An October 2014 Military Construction Status Report — prepared by the Department of Defense to satisfy congressional reporting requirements — mentions failed window tests on the building’s curtain wall notes that “testing of the atrium curtain walls revealed multiple leaks.” The documents also indicate the government has been withholding “liquidated damages at $16,500 per calendar day” from Balfour/Walton While the reports don’t explicitly state when the government began withholding those damages they do list a required completion date of May 13 That would amount to about $8.3 million — and counting — if the damages are still being assessed Although the Corps won’t say why the project has been delayed for so long She said the contractors sometimes struggled to hire as many workers as they needed has been the hospital’s quest for LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Silver certification which codifies a building’s use of energy-efficient design principles “This is one of the first LEED-constructed (hospitals),” she said “So there may be some learning curves to the projected timelines.” It may be true that getting Irwin Hospital ready for its certification has been an arduous process Martin Army Community Hospital on Fort Benning was funded through the same legislation as Irwin and was mired in litigation for several months before construction even began But after breaking ground in April 2011 — 18 months after Irwin  — the larger Fort Benning project officially opened last November after just three and a half years Documents obtained from the Corps indicate a total of 464 modifications to the original Irwin project contract ranging from minor alterations such as moving electrical outlets to multi-million dollar modifications to the curtain wall Corps officials said the estimated cost of the project remains at $343 million — well under the $404 million originally set aside by Congress — but refused to provide a breakdown of how they arrived at that number It’s likely the final cost won’t be known until well after the hospital opens and the litigation has been resolved seem confident the hospital will open in January and they’re even beginning to coordinate with VIPs who will attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony To the hospital’s 50,000 potential patients We're always interested in hearing about news in our community there are no recent results for popular commented articles Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: This work, Enabling the warfighter: Fort Riley barracks renovations help to improve quality of life for soldiers, by Christine Paul, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright — Roughly 200 soldiers in the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley in Kansas will be deployed to the southern border A spokesperson said the deployment is to “protect and defend the territorial integrity of the United States as directed by the President.” The soldiers will operate under the direction of U.S Northern Command and Joint Task Force North The 41st Combat Engineer Company - Armored and the 977th Military Police Company will join 2,500 soldiers already at the border in support of Customs and Border Protection “My heart is with Kansas families and loved ones as soldiers from Fort Riley are sent to protect and secure our borders,” U.S Roger Marshal (R - Kansas) said in a news release Saturday “Kansans and Americans across the country extend our deepest gratitude for keeping us safe.” Marshal said he and his wife Laina were praying for a “safe and quick return home.” Report a typo This work, Fort Riley’s Operation Santa Claus kicks off holiday season, by Jennifer James, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright Life in the military moved the Messenger family from North Carolina to Fort Riley her husband and four daughters soon found themselves in an unfamiliar area so she would spend nice spring days on Fort Riley public land photographing the resident elk herd Since it was the time of year whitetail shed antlers begin dropping Devyn says she stumbled upon a few nice antlers; but she couldn’t figure out why they were there “This got me interested more and more of the whereabouts of the bucks in the area,” says Devyn Later in the summer after she put out trail cameras Devyn received pictures of several really nice bucks One of which would become her target buck: a big 7x7 typical Devyn occasionally had a hard time getting to the woods Determined to be afield as much as possible Devyn would often take all the kids with her hunting The three younger ones would sit in a pop-up blind within close range of Devyn and her oldest daughter as they sat in a double ladder stand but he was at 35 yards and no shot was offered Sitting at home that night she figured she’d go back to the same spot where she encountered her target buck Devyn was questioning her decision to hunt Her husband was with her in the tree that morning with a Go Pro and rattling antlers “My husband just hit the rattling antlers together for about 40 seconds and we instantly heard brush breaking from across the road down in a swampy ditch Our stand was set up relatively close to a minimum maintenance road but through the brush it was kind of hard to see clearly I heard his hooves hitting the road as he was running down it towards our location,” says Devyn Devyn didn’t know the buck was her target “He’s a shooter.” Devyn readied herself for the shot she told her husband she was going to stop him with a grunt I put the crosshairs on the buck’s chest and squeezed the trigger It looked like a balloon exploding,” Devyn says My husband was sure it was a good hit as we reviewed the footage We decided to wait about 30 minutes before blood trailing.” the couple found Devyn’s buck piled up about 100 yards away in the thickest of brush and weeds and he turned back and gave Devyn a big hug and told her “My first reaction when I saw it as I got closer was ‘He is really big!’ I then began shaking,” says Devyn With towering tines and the right G2 measuring 17 inches Not bad for a first buck and from public land The NAW Team moves elevated blinds from one area of their lease to another James Kroll us a Frontier low-till planter for food plots in Kentucky James Kroll and Haynes Shelton discuss which implements you need to maintain a hunting property's access roads The NAW Team plants fruit trees for whitetails on a Kentucky hunting property James Kroll discuss the proper way to use a PTO tiller for food plots James Kroll share their tips for planting in thick grass thatch Shane Indrebo joins Haynes Shelton to profile the Lee Hardy sheds from Wisconsin James Kroll discuss what you do and don't need in a tractor for your deer land North American Whitetail's Blake Garlock visits with John Traywick Chief Design Officer at Browning Trail Cameras to talk about an exciting new addition to the popular Vision Pro cameras for 2025 — the ability to receive live video straight from the field This realtime application runs through the Browning Trail Cameras app and can certainly be used an an added layer of security for your property as users have the option to save any video they choose this setup is perfect for property owners that don't live particularly close to their dirt Haynes Shelton and Russ Clarken discuss the incredible non-typical Russ downed in Iowa during the 1994 hunting season Aron West downed this staggering typical he calls “Skyscraper” on Oct James Kroll find mature buck travel corridors by pairing boots-on-the-ground scouting with topo maps See All Other Magazines See All Special Interest Magazines Get the top North American Whitetail stories delivered right to your inbox This website uses online tracking technologies, such as cookies and pixels, to serve advertising and improve our services. 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See our Privacy Policy All North American Whitetail subscribers now have digital access to their magazine content This means you have the option to read your magazine on most popular phones and tablets click the link below to visit mymagnow.com and learn how to access your digital magazine Get Digital Access Subscribe Now By signing up, I acknowledge that my email address is valid, and have read and accept the Terms of Use A Fort Riley soldier was sentenced to 3½ years in prison after pleading guilty to driving drunk and killing an off-duty police officer on a rural Kansas road last year was driving a 2013 GMC pickup truck westbound on U.S Highway 81 in the town of Peck at about 4:19 a.m He ran a stop sign while speeding and hit a 2014 Audi sedan driven by Scott Hollingsworth who was driving home from work with the Clearwater Police Department 17 to involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence and was sentenced Monday by Judge Chris Magana in Sedgwick County The soldier had a friend in the car with him who was injured The judge ordered Kaiser to pay the friend nearly $3,000 in restitution The area where the accident occurred is south of Wichita and largely rural except for a nearby casino Kaiser was leaving the town of Mulvane and traveling to a friend’s house Fort Riley is about 120 miles north of Wichita was driving back home to the town of Wellington He had worked for the department for about a year and is survived by his wife and daughter His widow filed a civil lawsuit against Kaiser in October and later that month they reached a settlement of $100,000 enlisted in the Army in July 2023 from Arkansas City and had been assigned to Fort Riley since last February He is in the process of separating from the Army The soldier was in Sedgwick County Jail on Wednesday Fort Riley has about 15,000 active-duty soldiers assigned to the base Its largest unit is the 1st Infantry Division Kansas will deploy approximately 200 Soldiers to the southern border to protect and defend the territorial integrity of the United States as directed by the President the 41st Combat Engineer Company-Armored and the 977th Military Police Company will augment the 2,500 forces already at the border supportingCustoms and Border Protection’s southern border mission Northern Command Public Affairs at (719) 554-6889 or email nncpa.omb@mail.mil A Fort Riley soldier was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter for a traffic accident that killed a Kansas police officer who was driving home after his shift 10 for a warrant out of Sedgwick County where the March traffic accident occurred according to the Geary County Sheriff’s Office The charges against the soldier are involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol and two counts of aggravated battery March 16 when he ran a stop sign while speeding and hit a vehicle driven by Clearwater Police Officer Scott Hollingsworth according to the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office The area is south of Wichita and largely rural with the exception of a nearby casino had just gotten off work and was driving back home to the town of Wellington and had been assigned to Fort Riley since February The soldier was in Geary County Detention Center with a $200,000 bond Fort Riley is partially located within Geary County This work, Former commander returns to Fort Riley for Victory with Honors, by SSG Takita Lawery, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright Chaplain to the Iron Rangers and Rabbi on Post at Fort Riley Army Installation in North Central Kansas Rabbi Michoel Harari was preparing for a Chanukah unlike any before it Most of his men would be spending the holidays on the base There are approximately 15,000 active duty service members and 5,600 civilian employees assigned to Fort Riley Around 280 are Jewish.The situation called for some entertainment The rabbi reached out to eighteen-year-old Duvy Burston a former camper at the Yeshivah Outdoor Adventure program Harari directs in the summers A budding singer and songwriter as well as a full-time yeshivah student “Rabbi Harari asked me to lead a kumzitz and give a concert for the soldiers I’m so excited to take part in all he does for the Fort Riley community,” Duvy told Lubavitch.com directors of Chabad of Orange County in Chester wouldn’t it be nice to send some treats to the soldiers to thank them for their service and let them know we care?” Chana says posting on social media to crowdfund donations The response was immediate—within a few hours she had the means to create fifty care packages But Chana wasn’t satisfied: “Fifty is a small number when there are over 15,000 soldiers on the base.”Looking for a larger audience Chana put a message on a WhatsApp group for CTeen directors in the USA “We’ll make ten packages,” came a response from Los Angeles Tens of CTeen chapters volunteered to raise money and packed Chanukah treats for the men and women at Fort Riley.In Yardley mom of a first-grader at Abrams Hebrew Academy heard about the campaign and felt a jolt of recognition Her father had been a captain stationed at Fort Riley and she was born in the army hospital there “My dad installed a giant freezer and helped his Jewish colleagues get kosher meat,” she says Melanie and her family gladly made packages to add to Donna’s shipment another former YOA camper who has assisted at Fort Riley holiday events in the past where they met with the approximately one thousand soldiers living in the Fort Riley barracks some of whom have returned from a two-year deployment abroad and then been locked down on the base They haven’t seen their families in years and that’s a real challenge,” Rabbi Harari says The yeshiva boys and the soldiers schmoozed and civilian staff gathered for a Chanukah party They lit the first light on a giant menorah enjoyed latkes and donuts the Army and the USO (an organization that serves American soldiers during their time in uniform) ordered all the way from Brooklyn and danced as Duvy performed his own original songs and a bevy of Chanukah and traditional Jewish numbers “How cool is it to celebrate Chanukah by attending the first ever Jewish concert on a US army installation?” a soldier remarked and the six Harari children distributed over three hundred care packages and many more handwritten cards shipped to the base from CTeen chapters and Chabad communities all over the country “To say our base is in the middle of nowhere is an understatement Yet here we are flooded by love from people who jumped at an opportunity to do something for our troops,” the rabbi says The soldiers and Rabbi Harari compiled a video montage of thanks “It’s heartwarming to know that kids all over this nation went out of their way to send their love and support and make sure we too feel the Chanukah joy Thank you to all the Chabad teens who participated.” December 14, 2020 Click here to cancel reply. Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" This work, Meet Pfc. Chloe Telford [Image 2 of 2], by SGT Jared Simmons, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright This work, North Carolina Football Player, Fort Riley Soldier Team-up for U.S. All American Bowl, by SGT Jordan Johnson, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright (AP) — A top Army official says the latest delay in opening the new hospital at Fort Riley is attributed to 357 safety issues Assistant Secretary of the Army Katherine Hammack told U.S Jerry Moran in a letter obtained by The Associated Press that the problems were identified during pre-final inspections They include things like fire doors not meeting code requirements The project was initially fast-tracked for completion in 2012 but has run into numerous delays Hammack assured Senator Moran that the contractor is actively working with the U.S Army Corps of Engineers to resolve the issues as early as possible Hospital commander Colonel Risa Ware says staff is training in the facility and 90 percent of the furniture and equipment has arrived Andrew Bristow II speaks at a Change of Responsibility ceremony Tuesday at Forty Riley James Collins smiles at a Change of Responsibility between CSM James Collins and CSM Andrew Bristow II at Fort Riley Tarus Bristow smiles at her daughter Emory after the recited roses at a Change of Responsibility between CSM James Collins and CSM Andrew Bristow II at Fort Riley Andrew Bristol speaks at a Change of Responsibility between CSM James Collins and CSM Andrew Bristow II at Fort Riley James Collins speaks at a Change of Responsibility between CSM James Collins and CSM Andrew Bristow II at Fort Riley Andrew Bristow II wants to make sure soldiers and their families at Fort Riley get the attention they deserve Bristow took over as Fort Riley Garrison’s senior noncommissioned officer in charge of supporting Fort Riley’s mission for soldiers and civilians Tuesday at a change of responsibility ceremony Army garrison soldiers and all the soldiers at Fort Riley I’ll do my best to make sure that you and your families continue to be taken care of,” he said Bristow enlisted in the Army in 1995 and moved to Fort Riley from Fort Bragg He has deployed in support of Operations Enduring Freedom His awards and decorations include six Bronze Star medals The new command sergeant major thanked Fort Riley leaders and outgoing Garrison Command Sgt James Collins for helping him transition into his new position at Fort Riley said Collins exemplifies the qualities of a command sergeant major He said it is not uncommon to see Collins out and about in gyms the warrior zone and chapels where he would talk to families and civilians about their concerns “For a command sergeant major who grew up in the infantry and the Rangers this command may have seemed to be a daunting task since the majority of our force is civilian,” Lawrence said of Collins’ job at Fort Riley “However not for command sergeant major Collins He adhered to the fundamentals of what he knew — positive leadership who has served as the Fort Riley garrison command sergeant major since February 2016 is retiring from the Army after 27 years of service As he said farewell to Collins and his family Lawrence also welcomed Bristow and his family to Fort Riley “He has hit the ground running,” Lawrence said Email notifications are only sent once a day Tornadoes and Severe Weather Events September 7 Severe storms erupted over central Kansas Friday afternoon and moved east across north central and northeast Kansas during the evening hours The storms formed ahead of a strong cold front entering the region Numerous reports of severe weather (3/4 inch or larger hail and/or 58 mph or higher wind) and tornadoes occurred across the WFO Topeka county warning area Most significant damage occurred in 3 tornadoes that moved across parts of Dickinson widespread wind damage was reported through Coffey The initial tornado began near Upland about 525PM in northeast Dickinson county before dissipating just east of Milford Lake Tree damage was extensive along the path with about a half dozen structures also damaged This tornado was rated F1 with winds estimated in the 73 to 112 mph range The same parent thunderstorm produced another short F0 (winds up to 72 mph) tornado in Riley county over Ft Riley military base shortly after 6pm.  Here are a few radar images from the evening:  Another tornado reformed southwest of Abilene and caused damage in and around the park in the city of Abilene about 6pm Winds estimated from 70 to 100 mph tore across east central Kansas damaging numerous trees and several structures Damage was especially significant in around the Lawrence Large hail accompanied many of the storms during the evening also Photos courtesy of Mike Umscheid and Lawrence Journal-World Pictures of Dickinson and Geary County tornado and damage This article was written by Sara Francis Fujimura for the "Volume 8 No 3 - 2003" issue of Perspectives in Health the magazine of the Pan American Health Organization (published from 1996 to 2007) hundreds of thousands of American troops headed to Europe for the closing offensives of World War I Influenza—more specifically the Spanish flu—left its devastating mark in both world and American history that year The microscopic killer circled the entire globe in four months claiming the lives of more than 21 million people The United States lost 675,000 people to the Spanish flu in 1918-more casualties than World War I the Korean War and the Vietnam War combined Pharmaceutical companies worked around the clock to come up with a vaccine to fight the Spanish flu The virus disappeared before they could even isolate it America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918 tells the chilling story of the world's deadliest flu pandemic from a U.S perspective and also offers many details of the epidemic's international reach but following the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) earlier this year it was rereleased in paperback in September with a new preface Crosby's book and other treatments of the 1918 pandemic (see box at end) make enlightening-if alarming-reading as the Northern Hemisphere's new flu season gets under way researchers believe the Spanish flu most likely originated in the United States One of the first recorded cases was on March 11 Overcrowding and unsanitary conditions created a fertile breeding ground for the virus 522 men had been admitted to the camp hospital suffering from the same severe influenza the army reported similar outbreaks in Virginia Navy ships docked at East Coast ports also reported outbreaks of severe influenza and pneumonia among their crews The flu seemed to target military personnel and not civilians so the virus was largely overshadowed by hotter current affairs such as Prohibition the suffragette movement and the bloody battles in Europe influenza began to subside in the United States striking the Allied forces and Central Powers with equal force The Americans fell ill with "three-day fever" or "purple death." The French caught "purulent bronchitis." The Italians suffered "sand fly fever." German hospitals filled with victims of Blitzkatarrh or "Flanders fever." Then came the deadly twist: the virus ravaged its victim's lungs patients succumbed to complete respiratory failure A microscopic look at diseased lung tissue revealed that the alveoli were so full of fluid that victims literally drowned The slow suffocation began when patients presented with a unique symptom: mahogany spots over their cheekbones Within hours these patients turned a bluish-black hue indicative of cyanosis nurses often looked at the patients' feet first Those with black feet were considered beyond help and were carted off to die What made this influenza especially baffling to health care workers was that it attacked healthy flu is only life-threatening to the elderly young children and people with compromised immune systems Spanish flu turned the tables on this pattern Disproportionate numbers of men and women-especially pregnant women-died sometimes called the "Spanish Lady," received its misnomer thanks largely to wartime censorship Both the Allied forces and Central Powers had amassed huge losses due to Spanish flu but the warring parties stifled reports to hide information that could be valuable to the enemy uncensored newspapers in Spain openly reported the deaths from flu of millions of Spaniards in May and June of 1918-reports that were picked up by media around the world saying the disease had come from its battlefields and had flown over the Pyrenees mountains carried by the wind the epidemic quickly evolved into a pandemic southeast to India and as far south as New Zealand Hitching rides on naval ships and carriers the virus traveled to the four corners of the earth The epidemic wreaked havoc on Puerto Rico but surprisingly barely touched the Panama Canal Zone The steamship Harold Walker is blamed for bringing Spanish flu to Tampico the virus had rounded the globe and returned once more to U.S The second and third waves of Spanish flu slammed the United States in the cold-weather months of 1918 The flu completely wiped out some villages in Alaska and others lost most of their adult population Philadelphia lost nearly 13,000 people in a matter of weeks many cities soon ran out of coffins and some had to convert streetcars into hearses to keep up with demand Crosby described how overburdened undertakers were: Life came to a standstill in some parts of the United States Chicago police officers were ordered to arrest anyone sneezing or coughing in public all public gatherings-including in movie houses dance halls and pool parlors- were prohibited Even ministers were ordered not to hold church services Crosby details the desperation: "Many families had no adult well enough to prepare food and in some cases had no food at all because the breadwinner was sick or dead." chief of cellular pathology and genetics at the U.S Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and a world-renowned leader in Spanish flu research "There was a massive shortage of medical care of all kinds," he says Many cities' health care services were already overtaxed by the war one-third of Nashville's doctors were treating service people overseas when Spanish flu hit Nurses became an invaluable asset to communities as the remaining doctors quickly became overwhelmed and in many cases sick themselves with the Spanish flu Crosby describes the horrors facing nurses some fresh out of school and with little practical experience: But what made the 1918 pandemic so particularly deadly so pharmaceutical companies are able to counteract each year's strain with the proper flu vaccine as historical records dating from the 1700s show every 10 to 40 years the world suffers a global flu pandemic The virus mutates so much that the human body no longer recognizes it and is left defenseless The resulting epidemic spreads faster than scientists can isolate "History tells us we are ready for another pandemic," says Kirsty Duncan Spanish flu researcher and author of Hunting the 1918 Flu: One Scientist's Search for a Killer Virus "In many ways we are even more vulnerable now than in 1918 You can travel from one continent to another in a matter of hours now Someone unknowingly harboring a disease can bring it from one country to another passing the disease along to other travelers before they ever show signs of the disease." Would the world be able to cope with another flu pandemic Jude Children's Research Hospital and an expert on influenza He cites Taubenberger's pioneering work in developing new techniques for analyzing genetic changes in influenza viruses His findings suggest that "should something like the Spanish flu return and Relenza-would all be effective," Webster says adding: "With today's technology to add to Taubenberger's results drug companies could get a vaccine ready very quickly." "Quarantine and hygiene put the SARS virus back in the bottle," says Webster "It would not have been possible to do so with an influenza It would travel too fast to be contained by quarantine and hygiene alone." FORT LIBERTY — Moments after casing the colors for Fort Bragg and revealing the Fort Liberty flag the installation’s senior commander referenced a phrase used in the military community for years commander of the 18th Airborne Corps and Fort Liberty said during a redesignation ceremony Friday Fort Bragg was first designated in 1918 as Camp Bragg after North Carolina native Braxton Bragg an artillery officer who fought in the Mexican-American War was a Confederate general in the Civil War and was associated with being a slave owner Renewed conversations about redesignating military installations with Confederate names followed the May 25 was killed while in the custody of Minneapolis police In December 2020, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act which includes a provision mandating military installations named after Confederates to be renamed said updated costs associated with the name change are about $8 million serves a total population of more than 282,000 including more than 50,000 service members and 20,000 Department of Army civilians and contractors Donahue said the new name of the home of the Army’s airborne and special operation forces does not change the mission of its soldiers who is a prior commander for the 82nd Airborne Division Army Forces Command and served on a local Cumberland County renaming commission said his brother-in-law was born on Fort Bragg in 1948 “My brother-in-law will always have been born at Fort Bragg he will drive onto Fort Liberty,” McNeill said After reviewing thousands of name recommendations and hosting several local community meetings the national Naming Commission recommended Fort Bragg’s new name be Fort Liberty Fort Liberty is the only one named after a value and not a person Related coverage: 'Part of this tradition': Sunset march ties Fort Bragg's past to Fort Liberty's future Gold Star mom who inspired name change speaksOn Friday, officials revealed that Gold Star mother Patti Elliott inspired the name liberty Elliott’s son, Spc. Daniel Lucas Elliott was a member of the Army Reserve military police when he was killed by a roadside bomb July 15 He was deployed with the Cary-based 805th Military Police Company The Army Reserve Center in Cary is named in his honor Elliott said that during the early stages of renaming Fort Bragg the assistant director of the North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs told her that he’d appointed her to serve on the local Fort Bragg renaming commission Elliott is state president of the North Carolina branch of the American Gold Star Mothers and also is part of the Army Survivor Advisory Working Group Elliott stood up during a meeting after hearing proposals for Fort Bragg’s new name Elliott said she appreciated that each person who proposed a name had a “special interest” to “advance their cause,” but as each person spoke “There had to be a way that we could include everyone and make it significant for those who have come before and those who will come in the future — the legacy that we are building now,” she said Donahue and McNeill said those who were part of the local naming commission were an inclusive group and that it was hard to pick one name from all of Fort Bragg’s Medal of Honor recipients “How could you choose any and leave any of those others behind,” Donahue asked “How could you actually leave behind those who will come?”   Donahue said Elliott told the group her son died for liberty is part of Fayetteville’s history in signing one of the first records to fight for liberty against Great Britain in 1774 and is also in the 82nd Airborne Division's song and Special Forces motto He said a new tradition that kicked off Thursday night, the Sunset Liberty March is a way to honor all of the post’s heroes daily while also “telling the story” of Fort Bragg and Fort Liberty’s history Staff writer Rachael Riley can be reached at rriley@fayobserver.com or 910-486-3528 A near head-on fatality crash that happened early Thursday in Geary County claimed the life of a Fort Riley soldier and shut down a highway for more than nine hours which involved a semitrailer and pickup truck just south of its junction with K-82 highway The crash location was about 10 miles north of Junction City Kansas Highway Patrol officials said the crash occurred when a 2008 Ford F-150 pickup truck that was southbound on US-77 left the west edge of the roadway where it collided with a northbound 2001 Freightliner semitrailer The patrol said the semi struck the Ford on the passenger side Both vehicles came to rest in the east ditch of US-77 highway The driver of the Ford pickup truck was identified as Thomas J was reported injured and was taken to Geary Community Hospital in Junction City The patrol said Johnson was wearing a seat belt According to the Twitter feed of @TrooperBenKHP was being routed around the crash scene on K-82 to K-15 south on K-15 to K-18 and east on K-18 back to US-77 It wasn’t known when the roadway would be reopened to traffic — Two units based out of Fort Carson in Colorado Springs have been activated to the U.S southern border for immigration efforts following Executive Orders signed by President Trump this week Fort Carson released the following statement on Friday: Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) made the announcement Friday based at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs serves as the Department of Defense’s operational lead for U.S forces carrying out Trump’s Executive Orders on the border The initial deployment of about 1,500 active-duty Army and Marine personnel is expected to be on the ground by the end of the week USNORTHCOM said they will help augment the approximately 2,500 service members already deployed to support Customs and Border Protection at the southern border The soldiers will help with detection and monitoring efforts as well as repairing and placing physical barriers Trump pledged throughout his campaign that he would crack down on immigration “I will declare a national emergency at our southern border All illegal entry will immediately be halted And we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came,” Trump said in his Monday inauguration address “We will reinstate my remain in Mexico policy I will end the practice of catch and release And I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country.” Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship has already been halted by a Reagan-appointed judge as multiple states filed lawsuits The Washington judge called the Executive Order “blatantly unconstitutional.” His order halted the policy for several weeks as the legal challenges continued The units involved in the initial southern border deployment come from military installations across the country: Northern Command is aggressively bolstering security at the southern border Soldiers and Marines are immediately deploying to seamlessly integrate with forces already along the border and working together with the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection we will have nearly doubled the number of forces along the border effectively implementing the President’s intent while planning and posturing for expanded efforts to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the United States,” said Gen Northern Command.It's important to note federal troops cannot take on the duties of a police officer That could change if violence breaks out at the border that is deemed a threat to national security USNORTHCOM said the exact number of troops at the border will fluctuate and rotate as planning efforts are finalized it's worth noting that service members who retire and then teach at the Academy are considered civilian instructors Watch KOAA News5 on your time, anytime with our free streaming app available for your Roku, FireTV, AppleTV and Android TV. Just search KOAA News5 FORT BRAGG — While Fort Bragg with be redesignated as Fort Liberty in June nine streets on post will also get new names during the next few months The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act mandates renaming Department of Defense assets that commemorate the confederacy The Fayetteville Observer first reported that Reilly Road will be renamed after former 18th Airborne Corps Command Sgt The street names selected were based on input from units on the installation and new signs will be in place no later than Dec 31 and families who live on and serve alongside this installation,” the news release stated “We view this as the next chapter in the post’s history and look forward to honoring the stories of the military heroes of every generation and walk of life.”  More: These are the stories of Fort Bragg's Medal of Honor recipients Here’s a look at all nine roads and who they will be renamed after Bragg Boulevard on post will become Liberty Boulevard Reilly Road to become Rock Merritt Avenue. Kenneth “Rock” Merritt was a World War II and Vietnam veteran who jumped into Normandy on D-Day June 6 and served during Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge Merritt served as the 18th Airborne Corps’ top senior enlisted adviser twice — first selected for the spot from 1962 to 1966 and again between 1973 to 1977 Randolph Street to become R. Miller Street. Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller, 24, was killed Jan while serving as a weapons sergeant with the 3rd Special Forces Group in Afghanistan While conducting a combat reconnaissance patrol through the Gowardesh Valley Miller and his unit were attacked by insurgents Charging enemy fire to provide protective fire for his team He is credited with saving the lives of seven members of his own team and 15 Afghanistan national army soldiers during the battle Armistead Street to become Stiner Road. Gen. Carl Stiner was the former commander of the U.S 18th Airborne Corps and 82nd Airborne Division He was involved in the capture of the terrorists in the 1985 Achille Lauro cruise ship hijacking the Panama invasion and the capture of Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega as well as special operations activities during Operation Desert Storm Alexander StreetAlexander Street to become Gandara Street. Pvt. Joe Gandara was a paratrooper with D Company 17th Airborne Division when he was killed June 9  Gandara’s detachment came under enemy fire from a Nazi force that pinned the men to the ground for four hours firing his machine gun from his hip and destroying three hostile machine guns before he was fatally wounded Pelham Street to become Conde-Falcon Road. Staff Sgt. Felix Conde-Falcon was a member of D Company 82nd Airborne Division when he was killed April 4 Conde-Falcon led his platoon in a charge to clear an enemy bunker while under fire Conde-Falcon destroyed two other bunkers and came under fire when rejoining his platoon Conde-Falcon killed the enemy inside the nearest fortification until he ran out of ammunition During an attempt to secure another bunker More: Fort Bragg renames Longstreet to disassociate from Confederate name Jackson Street to become Merriweather Road after his Humvee was attacked by enemy forces Merriweather served with the 503rd Military Police Battalion Donelson Street to become Benavidez Street. Master Sgt. Roy Benavidez served with the 18th Airborne Corps and 82nd Airborne Division and earned the Medal of Honor for his 1968 actions while serving with the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam Benavidez was wounded multiple times May 2 he recovered classified documents and the body of a dead team member and aided the wounded aboard a crashed helicopter Benavidez helped move soldiers toward another extrication aircraft that arrived He is credited with saving the lives of at least eight men More: Who are Fort Bragg’s buildings and roads named after? Mosby Street to become Shachnow Lane. Originally from Lithuania, Maj. Gen. Sidney Shachnow was the only general officer in the Army to have survived the Holocaust He was held as a Jewish prisoner for more than three years at the Kovno concentration camp when he was a child during World War II military in 1955 and served for more than 39 years including 32 in the Special Forces community He deployed twice to the jungles of Vietnam and was the top U.S Army officer in Berlin at the end of the Cold War His top posts included leadership of the John F Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School and U.S Army Special Forces Command at Fort Bragg and U.S Staff writer Rachael Riley can be reached at rrily@fayobserver.com or 910-486-3528 Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command was officially pinned as an Army general officer on April 17 Check out some memorable moments from this special ceremony #MICC commander presented an update to MICC lines of effort end state and his vision for the command to over 800 virtual and nearly 200 in-person attendees during the 1st quarter #FY2025 MICC Town Hall He called the information iterative as he will further refine priorities and key tasks as he moves the command towards #Transformation ensuring continued success through 2030 and beyond Contact the MICC at https://forms.osi.apps.mil/r/JPs6as0YHE To ensure open transparency with competition, Army contract requirements are advertised on the General Services Administration (GSA) System for Award Management (SAM) https://SAM.gov You can refer to the site for contract opportunities specific to your industry not only with the Army but all federal entities receive and manage federal awards including sources sought synopsis sole source justifications and other notices Those interested in doing business with the government should register on SAM to learn about available procurement opportunities You may also check out our Small Business Programs page located at https://www.army.mil/micc/#org-small-business and clicking on the Small Business tab you'll find helpful information on our advanced acquisition forecast as well as a link to contact a MICC small business professional near you to discuss your business capabilities The Mission and Installation Contracting Command delivers the power of Army contracting within the continental United States Strategic Support Area for Army forces to ensure globally dominant land force capability Members of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command support Soldiers and their families through the acquisition of goods and services vital to their mission and well-being. Headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston the MICC is made up of approximately 1,500 military and civilian members responsible for contracting goods and services in support of Soldiers U.S. Army Installation Management Command U.S. Army Forces Command U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command U.S. Army North U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command U.S. Army Reserve Command U.S. Army Military District of Washington U.S. Army Medical Command U.S. Army Futures Command United States Military Academy at West Point Contact the MICC at https://forms.osi.apps.mil/r/JPs6as0YHE Contracting professionals with the Mission and Installation Contracting Command at Fort Drum manage a program contributing to making Army acquisitions simpler The Simplified Acquisition Threshold Supply Procurement Program harnesses e-commerce technology to deliver supplies more rapidly to Soldiers It reached it 10,000-milestone award in March 2021 and continues to reduce the procurement action lead time today The Office of the Chief Information Officer has the responsibility for oversight of the Army Contracting Command's Freedom of Information Act Program The Freedom of Information Act is a federal law that establishes the public's right to request existing records from federal government agencies Requests are only for agency "records." The agency is not required to create documents in response to a request which is known by its legal cite as 5 U.S.C along with the Department of Defense and Army Regulations govern how requests will be processed within the Army can be found at Part 518 of Chapter 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations which is available in most public libraries See Also: The Privacy Act You can request documents under the FOIA by fax or electronic mail and must include the following information: Download: Sample MICC FOIA request Requests for information under FOIA may be sent to the following: the fax coversheet should be addressed to the attention of: "MICC FOIA Officer." Electronic Mail: usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.mbx-owner-foia@army.mil Categories of requesters and how their fees determined: All requesters must include a "willingness to pay statement" in their request The requester can set a limit on the costs to be incurred he or she may state "not to exceed $50." If the estimate for answering the request exceeds the limit the FOIA Officer will call the requester to discuss his/her options The requester has four options: accept the copied documents up to the previous specified amount of money; cancel the entire request; authorize the money needed to complete the request; or authorize additional funds up to another specified amount Except for commercial requesters whose fees total more than $15 FOIA requesters whose bill comes to $15 or less are not charged: The following are FOIA exemptions described in 5 U.S.C There are seven reasons why an Army component may not release a record requested under FOIA: The MICC Public and Congressional Affairs Office fulfills the Army's obligation to keep the American public and the Army informed as well as instill stakeholder confidence and credibility in the Army acquisition process The Mission and Installation Contracting Command is responsible for contracting throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. For inquiries regarding contract opportunities overseas, contact the Army Contracting Command 30 contracting activities and 10 battalions MICC-Dugway Proving Ground is a full-service contracting office. It awards and manages the full spectrum of contract vehicles in support of the Army Test and Evaluation Command and Developmental Test Command's West Desert Test Center, U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground Garrison base operations support functions Dugway Proving Ground Network Enterprise Center Rapid Integration and Acceptance Center and other tenant and federal agencies conducting testing and training on Dugway Proving Ground Using innovative contracting methods and a highly competent workforce office staff responds to the needs of the fluctuating test and training requirements They are committed to supporting the warfighter and improving the quality of life at Dugway Proving Ground the 919th CBN provides trained and deployable contracting support scalable to the operating force needs various medical units and 71st Ordnance Group as well as tenants units The 418th Contracting Support Brigade is located at Fort Cavazos the brigade enhances installation and operational contracting support to Army commands Subordinate to the Mission and Installation Contracting Command it provides strategically aligned support to commands and installations Among the major customers supported by the 418th CSB are the Army Reserve Command and Army Test and Evaluation Command MICC-Fort Cavazos/901st Contracting Battalion MICC-Fort Cavazos and the 901st Contracting Battalion provide cradle-to-grave contract support for supplies, services and construction in support of the Fort Cavazos Garrison and its tenant units. Its core customers include III Armored Corps and its subordinate units which are prepared to rapidly deploy and conduct the full range of military operations to seize The corps is prepared to exercise mission command of Army joint task force or combined joint forces land component command MICC-Fort Cavazos director: Tunissha Marshall and Fort Riley Warrior Transition Battalion Alaska; Tropic Region Test Center with operations in South America; and the Yuma Test Center all of which are supported by MICC-Yuma Proving Ground Yuma Proving Ground is the premier testing authority ensuring the utmost warfighter success The Installation Management Command provides professional garrison services to the community the 419th Contracting Support Brigade located at Fort Bragg enhances installation and operational contracting support to Army commands The brigade is made up of more than 400 military and civilian personnel four battalions and seven installation-level contracting offices Those include the 900th Contracting Battalion at Fort Bragg; 904th CBN at Fort Stewart are aligned subordinate to the MICC-Fort McCoy contracting office MICC-Fort Bragg/900th Contracting Battalion Operational control of the 905th Contracting Battalion realigns to the Mission and Installation Contracting Command Oct. 1, 2022. The 905th CBN primary senior contracting officer authority remains with U.S. Special Operations Command along with its accompanying contracting policies and procedures SOCOM is responsible for developing and employing fully capable forces to conduct global special operations and activities as part of the joint force to support persistent networked and distributed combatant command operations and campaigns against state and non-state actors to protect and advance U.S Contracting support for the installation also extends to the Military Entrance Processing Station ROTC activities as well as various other tenant units Army divisions rotating through the Joint Readiness Training Center The installation support extends to more than 52,000 acres with more than 100 ranges and field training sites and 1,160 buildings More than 3,900 active-duty Soldiers and their 14,000 family members make Fort Jackson their home The installation employs 5,200 civilians and provides services to post customers and more than 36,000 retirees and family members Mission partners also supported by MICC-Fort Jackson also include the logistics readiness center directorate of emergency services as well as the plans MICC-Moffett Field is located in Mountain View It is staffed by a dedicated group of Soldiers and DOD civilians who support Army Reserve units in a seven-state region Each of these offices maintains its own procurement source list and should be contacted individually Another source of procurement opportunities is through use of the Government Purchase Card Program construction and services it procures include: Bidders and offerors are cautioned to ensure their bids and proposals are delivered to MICC-Fort Knox weekdays no later than the time and day indicated in the solicitation and all amendments to the solicitation have been acknowledged MICC-Fort Knox will not accept faxed bids or amendment acknowledgements unless specifically allowed in the solicitation itself Defense support to civil authorities as well as chemical radiological and nuclear response missions by Army Reserve units in the continental United States The MICC-FDO Installation Readiness Center serves as the strategic central location to award new and follow-on contracts for installation operations and support in order to strategically align MICC contract execution with its major mission partners’ readiness priorities and lines of effort It effectively promotes strategic Army category management objectives to optimize support for Soldiers while realizing increased savings reduced procurement actions lead times and standardization of services across the Army for such support functions as food services and base operations The MICC-FDO Government Purchase Card Program Management Center represents the Army’s largest most demanding and most complex program based on its annual dollar volume high-profile and high-operational tempo external customers and complexity involved in providing “no mission fail” program management support The establishment of GPC program management center provide increased GPC personnel efficiencies and effectiveness increased standardization in GPC policies and processes as well as improved GPC mission support and assured continuity of operations support for the command and its mission partners the MICC GPC program manages approximately more than 400,000 transactions valued at about $800 million The office also provides utility and energy program management support advisory and assistance services to MICC contracting support brigades field directorate offices and directors of installation contracting offices MICC-Fort Eisenhower is responsible for the solicitation and award of new contracts up to $5.5 million for supplies services and minor construction that support daily operations of the Fort Eisenhower Garrison Army Cyber Center of Excellence and assigned tenant activities MICC-Fort Eisenhower performs contract administration for garrison support contracts regardless of dollar value and performs contract administration of other contracts performed on the former Fort Gordon as directed by higher headquarters The office also issues government purchase cards to individuals within other supported Fort Eisenhower activities for making buys up to $3,000 for miscellaneous items such as office and administrative supplies Additional mission partners supported by MICC-Fort Eisenhower include the Defense Forensic Science Center Eisenhower Army Medical Center non-medical supplies and services 3rd Medical Command and 335th Signal Command It also serves as the training ground for one in five new Soldiers entering Army Basic Combat Training Fort Leonard Wood is also home to one of the Army's largest and most diverse non-commissioned officer academies In addition to being a premier training center, Fort Leonard Wood is home to and supports numerous deployable U.S. Forces Command units including the 4th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade The maneuver enhancement brigade is the Army's choice to execute the Defense Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Response Force mission for the nation MICC-Fort Benning provides contracting solutions for the Maneuver Center of Excellence, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Benning and tenant units in support of Soldiers and their families. Key tenants include the 75th Ranger Regiment and Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation Fort Benning trains approximately 50% of the Army’s Soldiers during any given year in infantry It possesses both a Noncommissioned Officer Academy and Officer Candidate School It is the Army’s sixth largest installation and hosts the Army’s largest logistics readiness center Army Aeromedical Center and other resident organizations primarily focused on Army aviation The MICC-Fort Sill contracting office provides effective and efficient contracting support to its mission partners in support of Soldiers their families and the installation community  while maintaining the public's trust and fulfilling public policy objectives MICC-Fort Sill provides support to the U.S Army Forces Command and tenant units on the installation MICC Field Directorate Office-Fort Eustis is located on Joint Base Langley-Eustis in southeastern Virginia MICC FDO-Fort Eustis oversees 11 contracting offices within the MICC providing them with contract support Types of supplies and services it procures includes information technology depot-level maintenance for all Army watercraft and master contracts for services construction and base operation type services as well services in support of USMA Contract actions awarded to American small businesses by the command totaled more than $3 billion Download Doing Business with the MICC Guidebook Small business representatives should ensure they have: The U.S. Army Contracting Command – MICC Office of Small Business Programs is responsible for contracting throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. For questions related to contract opportunities outside of the United States, contact the Army Contracting Command SAM.gov is an official U.S government online source for contract opportunities Organizations within the federal government publish notices on proposed contract actions valued at more than $25,000 cover announcements through official solicitations in the pre-award process Anyone interested in doing business with the government can use this system to research active opportunities The System for Award Management is an official website of the U.S You can use this site for free to: Register to do business with the U.S or search for entity registration or exclusion records SBA SubNet allows the search of solicitations from the U.S. Small Business Administration Headquarters Army Contracting Command is the entry point for all unsolicited proposals with the following guidance Unsolicited proposals shall be mailed to the following address: Electronic unsolicited proposals shall be clearly marked as such and submitted to the ACC Contracting Operations mailbox at: usarmy.redstone.acc.mbx.acc-contracting-operations@army.mil 2025 MICC APBI registration is now closed. PLEASE NOTE: MICC does not charge fees for small business events. Verify any and all future event links by reaching out to a small business professional using the contact information on the MICC small business webpage: https://www.army.mil/micc#org-small-business Additionally, all official small business events are widely publicized through official MICC social media, the MICC small business webpage and published as a special notice announcement https://sam.gov/ The Mission and Installation Contracting Command's advance planning briefings for industry were conducted virtually April 22-25 The event allows small-business representatives from across the socioeconomic spectrum an opportunity to gain valuable insight on forecasted contract opportunities with the Army 2024 APBI: Agenda The Small Business Administration offers its two-day class Boots to Business twice a week (Tuesday/Wednesday and Thursday/Friday) the fourth week of every month at the Soldier Development Center at Fort Cavazos For more information contact Boots-to-Business@sba.gov or call (844) 610-VET1 or (202) 205-VET1 UTSA and PTAC small business training on various topics is available by visiting https://ptac.iedtexas.org/training/ The Colorado PTAC offers training events on various topics. For more information visit https://www.coloradoptac.org/ or view its education and training events calendar at https://coptac.ecenterdirect.com/events The El Paso Procurement Technical Assistance Center conducts events on various topics using both in-person and virtual platforms. For upcoming events visit the El Paso PTAC Contract Opportunities Center MICC-Fort Bliss/919th Contracting Battalion (254) 287-5352, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-bliss@army.mil MICC-Fort Carson/918th Contracting Battalion (254) 287-5352, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-carson@army.mil (254) 553-9320, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-dpg@army.mil DOD Activity Address Code: W91151 (formerly Fort Hood) (254) 553-9320, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-cavazos@army.mil (254) 553-9320, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-irwin@army.mil MICC-Joint Base Lewis-McChord/902nd Contracting Battalion (254) 553-9320, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-jblm@army.mil DOD Activity Address Code: W9124E (formerly Fort Polk) (254) 287-5352, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-johnson@army.mil MICC-Fort Riley/923rd Contracting Battalion (254) 287-5352, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-riley@army.mil (254) 553-9320, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-ypg@army.mil (910) 396-9223, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-buchanan@army.mil MICC-Fort Bragg/900th Contracting Battalion DOD Activity Address Code: W91247 (formerly Fort Liberty) (910) 907-5112, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-bragg@army.mil MICC-Fort Campbell/922nd Contracting Battalion (910) 643-7122, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-campbell@army.mil MICC-Fort Drum/925th Contracting Battalion (910) 396-9223, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-drum@army.mil (910) 907-5112, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-jackson@army.mil (910) 396-9223, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-mccoy@army.mil MICC-Fort Stewart/904th Contracting Battalion (910) 643-7122, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-stewart@army.mil (757) 501-8197, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-carlisle@army.mil (757) 501-8197/7283/8199, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-eustis@army.mil (757) 501-8199, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-eisenhower@army.mil DOD Activity Address Code: W91QF5 (formerly Fort Lee) (757) 501-8197, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-gregg-adams@army.mil MICC-Fort Leavenworth/MICC-Presidio of Monterey (757) 501-7283, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-leavenworth@army.mil (757) 501-7283, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-leonardwood@army.mil DOD Activity Address Code: W911SF (formerly Fort Moore) (757) 501-8199, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-benning@army.mil DOD Activity Address Code: W9124G (formerly Fort Rucker) (757) 501-8199, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-novosel@army.mil (757) 501-7283, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-sill@army.mil (757) 501-8197, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-westpoint@army.mil (520) 714-8143, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-irc@army.mil (703) 806-4603, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-belvoir@army.mil (520) 945-8826, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-knox@army.mil (520) 714-8143 / (703) 806-4603, usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.list.hq-sbs-fsh@army.mil The U.S. Army Office of Small Business Programs has published its long-range acquisition forecast for the current fiscal year. Upcoming requirements for various commands within the Army footprint can be viewed at https://www.army.mil/osbp#org-resources The Secretary of Defense has officially authorized Col Freddy Adams to wear brigadier general insignia He was pinned during a MICC Ceremony by deputy and acting commanding general of the Army Material Command The MICC kicked off its first Wellness Wednesday on March 19 with a walking contest launching the 250 Walk-It-Out-Wednesday challenge Wellness Wednesday will take place every third Wednesday while Walk-It-Out-Wednesday continues weekly until June 14 Tune in to this month's #GoldenSword as the #MICC command team shares how we remain mission-focused and committed to delivering #ContractingforSoldiers let's prioritize safety while enjoying the holiday season Wishing everyone a happy and secure month ahead #HolidaySafety #HappyHolidays #HappyNewYear JennyAnne Bright has officially assumed responsibility as the hashtag#MICC's command sergeant major Watch the Facebook livestream to see the ceremonial passing of the unit colors Here's a look back at all the end of fiscal year celebrations we are wishing everyone a happy new fiscal year and more success for fiscal year 25 Congratulations to our mission partners and contracting professionals who helped the MICC ensure fiscal year 2024 successfully closed with over 22,000 executed contract actions worth nearly $5.5 billion by midnight on September 30 The MICC also administered more than 358,000 Government Purchase Card transactions by cardholders across the Army valued at more than $554.5 million during FY 2024 The MICC Office of Small Business Programs additionally exceeded all five small business socioeconomic goals in FY 2024 for the tenth consecutive year MICC contract actions awarded to American small businesses totaled more than $3 billion It's that time of year again and the MICC War Room is conducting daily operations to ensure MICC partners and customers are set up for success as we cross the end of fiscal year 2024 finish line Are you using the Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) tool the MICC contracting operations (CONOPS) team implemented this year Watch this video to learn more about the benefits of the CLM and other tips for success CONOPS is doing what they can to help you efficiently and effectively meet Army Budget Office requirements by midnight (EST) on September 30 explain why the annual Senior Contracting Officials and Directors Training event is invaluable to ensuring the MICC is on the right course For more details visit http://www.army.mil/micc Freddy Adams in his first #GoldenSword video July is a crucial month as we enter the fourth quarter of the fiscal year while celebrating the birth of our nation Freddy Adams acknowledges the team's vital role in Soldiers' success during his Change of Command Speech Adams assumed command earlier this month during a ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Watch the video now and read more at https://www.army.mil/article/277089/ The Mission and Installation Contracting Command includes contracting activities at 30 locations across the country Advertised vacancies for civilian career opportunities can be found on USAJOBS If you are nearing graduation or a recent graduate For more information, email the MICC human capital team at usarmy.jbsa.acc-micc.mbx.g1@army.mil Department of Defense civilian employee salaries and wages are based on a general schedule The Mission and Installation Contracting Command is currently leveraging direct hire authority granted by the Office of Personnel Management to federal agencies for filling vacancies across many of its 28 contracting offices throughout the nation to address critical hiring needs and a shortage of candidates New employee onboarding is a critical process that introduces new hires to their roles team and culture of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command and its 30 contracting locations across the nation Successful onboarding is an ongoing effort that extends beyond the initial days or weeks By investing time and resources in new employee onboarding the MICC aims to increase employee satisfaction ultimately contributing to the overall success of our organization Noncommissioned officers with the 51C MOS perform the vital tasks of providing procurement support for anything a unit might need and serving the commander as a business adviser The career field was established in December 2006 to meet the Army’s continuously increasing need for contingency contracting officers and the contributions made by 51C NCOs are viewed as a critical asset Learn more at 51C Reclassification site Related: MOS 51C offers NCOs what may just be the best opportunity in the Army Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © 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