Fort Harrison News

Veterans, families and the general public are all invited to the second Vietnam Experience, a tactical demonstration and encampment from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 18-19 at Fort Harrison State Park, 5753 Glenn Road, Indianapolis.

BELGRADE - Army veteran and former Great Falls resident Michael R. Patterson, 59, of Belgrade, whose varied careers included welder, fishing hand, construction worker and teacher of English as a second language, died June 17 at a Missoula hospital, of complications from a car crash near Drummond.

Over 30,000 people are expected to attend The Gateway to Freedom Air Show, which will take place in Helena this weekend.

HELENA - Army veteran Garfield O. Munson, 87, a former coach and superintendent of schools, died of natural causes Saturday in Helena.

Mayor Paul Ricketts officially welcomed the Indiana National Guard and the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team to the City of Lawrence during a groundbreaking ceremony hosted by Maj.

HELENA - Longtime Helena resident Dolores Elizabeth "Dee" King, 89, died of natural causes Tuesday at her home in Keizer, Ore.

On June 2, 1970, 39 years ago yesterday, Corporal Kenneth B. Luttel died in Vietnam.

In a boost to the local economy, the US military is investing $15 million into historic Fort Benjamin Harrison.

John Lester Newell, 71, of 715 47th St. S., a retired Marine and Army veteran, died of cancer Friday at a local hospital.

It closed as a military base in 1995, but found new life. Fort Harrison was built in 1908 in what was then rural Lawrence Township and was at its busiest during the world wars.

More than a decade after Fort Benjamin Harrison's decommissioning, the military is making a comeback there.

1906: The facility is officially named Fort Benjamin Harrison, in honor of the 23rd president and construction begins.

HELENA - The state's top enlisted soldier is retiring after 37 years in the Montana National Guard.

February 17, 2009 President Barack Obama signed into law the $787-billion dollar American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or the Stimulus Bill.

The Montana Army National Guard announced today that the activation ceremony for its newest unit will occur on Sunday, May 3 at 11 a.m. at the Billings Armed Forces Reserve Center.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - Warren Harden, 87, of White Sulphur Springs, a World War II Army veteran, died of natural causes Thursday at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Fort Harrison.

Montana Army National Guard soldiers were tested on their ability to detect and react to improvised explosive devices as apart of the Big Sky Warrior Academy at Fort Harrison near Helena Friday.

The Army National Guard honored a few of its own in a ceremony at Fort Harrison in Helena on Sunday.

FORT HARRISON - While this historic military post sits only seven miles west of Helena, it's far enough away from the public eye that it rarely draws attention.

A memorial this morning in Billings honored a Montana soldier killed in the line of duty.