Fort Riley Garrison Commander Colonel Andrew Cole paid a visit to the monthly Military Affairs Council meeting in Junction City this week.

He reported thatthe Second Brigade Combat Team will be returning to Fort Riley from the middle east in the near future. The First Brigade Combat Team will be training at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California and will then deploy to Korea.

There will be approximately 23,000 National Guard troops that will train at Fort Riley during the course of the year. They will in groups at regular intervals.

It was reported that Major General Wayne Grigsby Jr. has taken up the charge by local leaders to get people with influence to visit Fort Riley.During a recent command post exercise two generals and one retired general visited the post.