Jan. 27, 2009
**For Immediate Release”
In a special “Saturday at the Museum,” the Museum of the Kansas National Guard will host a Threat Symposium on Jan. 31 at the Museum. The event is free and open to the public.
At 9 a.m., Maj. Greg Edson and Master Sgt. James Fenton, who served on an Embedded Training Team in Afghanistan, will give a visual presentation on the Army’s mission in Afghanistan and missions for future deployments in that country.
At 10 a.m., a panel of 35th Division soldiers who recently returned from Kosovo, chaired by Col. Russ Conrad, will detail the peacekeeping missions for which the Kansas Guard had responsibility in Kosovo.
Maj. Dave Young, a member of the Kansas Air National Guard who heads the Integrated Initiatives Office of The Adjutant General’s Department, also will present an important program at 11 a.m. on the “Economic, Military and Technological Threats” to the United States, with special emphasis on how the need for payment on the national debt and how entitlement programs will impact the military and the future of this county as a world power.
Coffee and donuts will be served, beginning at 8 a.m., and a chili dinner served at noon, with donations accepted.
Admission to the Museum is free. The Museum is located at 6700 SW Topeka Ave, the main entrance to Forbes Field. For more information, call 785.862.1020.
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