by admin | Nov 14, 2005 | Military
Missouri’s top man on military matters before Congress is not getting answers to some questions he’s asking military officials and his patience seems to be wearing thin.West Central Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton, the ranking Democrat on the House Armed...
by admin | Nov 11, 2005 | Military, Politics / Govt
Veterans Day, 2005, in Missouri is a chance to recognize those who have served this nation in military service. A spokesman for veterans says it is also a time to recognize their political report. Pat Kerr, Ombudsmen with the Missouri Veterans Commission, says for...
by admin | Nov 3, 2005 | Politics / Govt
A General Accounting Office report shows the Missouri National Guard is woefully short of equipment, having about 61 percent of the radios it needs, 37 percent of the night vision equipment it’s supposed to have, and only about a quarter of the medium trucks...
by admin | Nov 3, 2005 | Military
A new government study using internal military statistics indicates Missouri’s national guard is badly under-equipped. The General Accounting Office says Missouri’s National Guard has only 28 percent of the medium trucks required by military standards,...
by admin | Sep 14, 2005 | Military
Missouri’s top man in the National Guard has toured the damage in the New Orleans area. Adjutant General King Sidwell says he’s impressed with how his two thousand Guardsmen are helping in relief down there but did not sound exactly impressed with how the...
