Sgt. 1st Class Charles Buford, X Platoon NCOIC, received hugs and kisses from his sons, 4-year-old Lucas and 7-year-old Cameron, after a deployment ceremony for 30 soldiers from the 15th Military Police Brigade deploying as part of Operation Inherent Resolve June 5, 2019, at Frontier Chapel. The soldiers will provide detainee operations and additional support during the nine- to 12-month deployment. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp
Leaders, troops and ceremony guests applaud unfurling of a banner announcing the 291st Military Police Company, 40th MP Battalion (Detention), as recipient of the 2018 Brigadier General Thomas F. Barr Award during a ceremony March 28, 2019, at the 291st’s company operations facility. The Barr Award is awarded annually to the top company-sized or smaller MP unit in ACC. The award has gone to a company in the 15th MP Brigade eight of the last 10 years. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp
Army Corrections Command Correctional Professional of the Year 256th Military Police Company, 40th MP Battalion (Detention) 1st Sgt. James Russell, right, reviews procedure with Pvt. Gabriella Lopez, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 40th, before her turn to fire and engage while moving, a recent addition to law enforcement weapons qualifications, during bi-annual rifle and pistol qualifications for soldiers in the battalion June 6, 2019, at Kinder Range. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp
Level 1- and Level 2-certified Army Combat Fitness Test graders brief Pre-Command Course students, wearing colored jerseys that designate their lane and order of testing, on how to take the ACFT to get a baseline and familiarize themselves with the process Dec. 7, 2019, at Sherman Army Airfield. The ACFT, the Army’s new physical fitness test, will be implemented for record by October 2020. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp
Pre-Command Course student Sgt. Maj. Aaron Stubenvoll looks to the lane turn-around point while dragging a 90-pound sled in the sprint-drag-carry portion of the Army Combat Fitness Test Dec. 7, 2019, at Sherman Army Airfield. In addition to the drag, the spring-drag-carry portion of the ACFT also includes 300 meter shuttle run and kettle bell carry. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp
Scouts BSA Troop 166 Scoutmaster Sarah Groefsema shows troop members Adela Courtright and Maegan Brookshire how her son’s rank card and merit badge progress is organized in a three-ring binder using baseball card sleeves during the troop’s first official meeting of the all-girl Boy Scouts of America troop Feb. 4, 2019, at Patch Community Center. Officially known as Scouts BSA as of Feb. 1, 2019, the program is now open to both boys and girls ages 11-17. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp
Fire and Emergency Services Capt. Mark Weishaubt, left, and Staff Sgt. Brett Fishel, 67th Military Police Detachment (Military Working Dog), Special Troops Battalion, right, help Staff Sgt. Eliseo Rivera, 500th Military Police Detachment, STB, don firefighting gear in preparation of anchoring his team’s participation as Rivera’s teammate Staff Sgt. Leonardo Tocaven, 500th, tosses a coiled hose over the top of the tower after raising it to the top in the Combined Arms Center/Special Troops Battalion Joint Military/Fire Department Leadership Challenge May 17, 2019, at the All-Hazards Training Center. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp
Awards bearer Josh Altice, Workforce Development Program specialist, walks in front of assembled Fort Leavenworth Fire Department leaders — including Capt. Mark Weishaubt, Capt. Trent Strayer, Capt. Jimmy Herken, Capt. Dustin Hensley, Capt. Rob Dokos, Capt. Richard Baggett, Battalion Chief Santino Maestas, Battalion Chief Rob Allen, Assistant Fire Chief Kevin Seymour, Assistant Fire Chief Edgar Guerra and Assistant Fire Chief Christopher Bender — in preparation of each of the men receiving the Commander’s Award for Civilian Service during the accreditation recognition ceremony for Fort Leavenworth Fire and Emergency Services Sept. 5, 2019, at Fire Station No. 2. Fire Chief William Maciorowski and Assistant Fire Chief Dean Turner each received the Meritorious Service Award during the ceremony, and Capt. Edward Smith, who was not present for the ceremony, also received the Commander’s Award for Civilian Service. The ceremony celebrated the accredited agency status that Fort Leavenworth Fire and Emergency Services was awarded by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International Aug. 9. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp
Water encroaches on Sherman Army Airfield, covering the lower roads and runway March 20, 2019. The airfield was evacuated March 15, 2019, in anticipation of the flooding. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp
Floodwater damaged the road by Quarry Creek that leads to Sherman Army Airfield from the Riverside Avenue railroad crossing, seen here July 12, 2019. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp
Vizer, an 8-month-old Labrador retriever training to be an assistance dog through the Dog Handler CARES (Canine Assistance Rehabilitation Education and Services) Program, heels next to his handler during a demonstration of skills June 19, 2019, at the Joint Regional Correctional Facility. Vizer has already gone through initial training at another correctional facility and is currently being handled by JRCF inmates in the program as part of a 90-day trial period. Eventually the program will expand to six teams of dogs and handlers, taking on puppies to train for six months to a year to learn basic commands before they move on to the next phase in the assistance dog training. The JRCF program is in conjunction with CARES Inc., an assistance dog service organization based in Concordia, Kan. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp
Upon being named the first-place winner of Open Mic Night, Pfc. Seth Johnson, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 40th Military Police Battalion (Detention), is congratulated by Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Jon Williams as 40th MP Battalion Command Sgt. Maj. Mark Haliburton, event master of ceremonies, announces that Johnson’s prize is a $500 voucher toward a new car April 18, 2019, at the Frontier Conference Center. Johnson performed Tink’s “Treat Me Like Somebody” for the Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month event. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp
Lead Installer Logan Thompson and Superintendent Mark Hulett, of Kerr Athletics out of Atchison, Kan., adhere numbers at the 10-yard-line while installing turf for the refurbished Unified School District 207 track and field March 25, 2019, at Normandy Field. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp
