by admin | Jul 26, 2009 | Military, Politics / Govt
Governor Nixon has returned from his trip visiting Missouri’s military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan, reflecting on their dedication to their mission Nixon joined a Department of Defense sponsored tour with four other governors, touring Iraq, Afghanistan as...
by admin | Jul 19, 2009 | Military, Politics / Govt
Governor Nixon is in the Middle East with a handful of other governors visiting Missouri National Guard members while making a special pitch to the Pentagon. After a day touring Baghdad, Iraq, Nixon spoke with reporters from a military base in Kuwait. Nixon says the...
by admin | May 25, 2009 | Military
There is sad news involving a Missouri soldier this Memorial Day. The Pentagon reports Missouri Army National Guard Sergeant Paul Faris Brooks, a Joplin native based at Fort Leonard Wood, died in Iraq on May 21st of wounds sustained when his unit was attacked by enemy...
by admin | Mar 28, 2009 | Military
The Missouri National Guard is going to help flood victims in North Dakota. Governor Jay Nixon (D-MO) has mobilized National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from units in Springfield and St. Joseph, to provide two C-130 aircraft with 14 Airmen and a helicopter maintenance...
by admin | Mar 25, 2009 | Military
The commission was joined by legislators, retired military folks and a host of interests from areas surrounding Whitman Airforce Base and Fort Leonard Wood such as school officials, chambers of commerce members, Realtors and others. Reports were given by the USS...
