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Youngest Soldier Pvt. Brendan Hagens, of the 291st Military Police Company, 40th MP Internment and Resettlement Battalion, and Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth Command Sgt. Maj. Philip Johndrow receive help cutting the Army's birthday cake f...
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After being prompted by Combined Arms Center Command Sgt. Maj. Philip Johndrow, 2-year-old Dougie Bostick sticks his finger in cake icing as 4-year-olds Maryn Ruffin and Allison Bostick watch during the Army birthday celebration June 12, 2009, outsid...
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Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth Command Sgt. Maj. Philip Johndrow calls forward Maj. Ryan Yedlinsky, CAC G3, and Maj. Sean McBride, 2009-02 Intermediate Level Education student in Staff Group 3A, to recognize them for contributing to the sp...
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Soldiers from the 40th Military Police Internment and Resettlement Battalion and the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks hold guidons high as they pass the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery near the Frontier Conference Center parking lot to finish an early m...
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A military police vehicle and the Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth command team lead troops down Stimson Avenue on a three-mile fun run to celebrate the Army's 234th birthday June 12, 2009, at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The fun run was followed ...
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Spc. Nathan Pittman, Special Troops Battalion, shares why he is proud to be a Soldier during Army birthday celebration June 12, 2009, outside the Frontier Conference Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. A three-mile fun run preceded the remarks and cake ...
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Fort Leavenworth troops, as well as some family members, jog along Biddle Avenue as a three-mile fun run begins to celebrate the Army's 234th birthday at about 6 a.m. June 12, 2009, near the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery at Fort Leavenworth, Kan...
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FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (June 18, 2009) - Spouses and children joined service members and civilians for a three-mile run and cake-cutting ceremony to celebrate the Army birthday June 12 at the Frontier Conference Center.
"It's a great thing to do for our 234th anniversary," said Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, commander of the Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth. "It's who we are and what we do."
Leading the massive formation on the run were CAC and Fort Leavenworth 2009 Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year Sgt. Jovan Luna and Spc. Thomas Rincon. Luna carried the Army flag, and Rincon carried the CAC flag.
Several children ran the entire three-mile course, while others rode scooters or were pushed in strollers by their parents.
"I've never done three miles," said 11-year-old Ariel Singh, daughter of Intermediate Level Education class 2009-02 student Maj. Robi Singh. Ariel said she had a good time and would do it again next year.
A brief ceremony followed the run, during which CAC Command Sgt. Maj. Philip Johndrow spoke about 2009 as the Army's 234th birthday and the Year of the NCO. Three Soldiers spoke about why they were each proud to be an American Soldier.
Johndrow, the post's most senior NCO, then cut the birthday cake with the help of the youngest Soldier, 18-year-old Pvt. Brendan Hagens of the 291st Military Police Company, 40th MP Internment and Resettlement Battalion, and the youth who were present. The cake featured several designs in recognition of the Year of the NCO, including all the NCO ranks.
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