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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 23, 2007 No. 08-010 INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS VISIT CAPITAL JAN. 25 Forty-one military officers from 39 nations will visit Topeka Friday, Jan. 25, to learn about state government and the state judicial system. The international officers are enrolled in a year-long course of study at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. “These officers are the future leaders of their nations,” said Maj. Gen. Tod Bunting, the adjutant general. “Each year, we give these officers an overview of how our Kansas government works and how our National Guard serves the people of the state. This information helps them understand who we are as a state and a nation and how we can work together for our mutual benefit.” They will arrive at the Memorial Hall Building, 120 SW 10th, at approximately 8 a.m. Brig. Gen. Deborah Rose, director of Joint Forces Headquarters Kansas, Kansas National Guard, will give the officers an overview of the Kansas National Guard’s history and current structure at approximately 8:25 a.m. Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh will speak to the officers at approximately 8:45 a.m. on Kansas government. The officers will then walk to the Kansas Statehouse, where they will meet with Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson. A media availability session will be held from 9:35 to approximately 9:50 a.m. in the second floor rotunda. Following a tour of the Statehouse, the officers will walk to the Judicial Building to hear a presentation on the Kansas court system by the Honorable Lawton R. Nuss, justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. The officers will travel to the Kansas Museum of History at approximately 11:45 a.m., where they will be served lunch and see a presentation on Native Americans, followed by a tour of the museum. This year marks the 48th annual visit to Topeka and the 114th year that
international officers have been attending the Command and General Staff
College at Fort Leavenworth. Since 1894, more than 7,032 officers from
153 different countries have come for training. These students represent
the finest from each of their countries. Over the years many of these
students have gone on to key positions in their countries. Twenty-six
have become heads of state, including three currently serving in Bahrain,
Indonesia and Singapore. More than 600 have become ministers, ambassadors,
representatives or chief of staff for their military and nearly 50 percent
have become general officers in the armies of the world. -30- |
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