Fort Riley, Kansas Open House

[Rogue]

To anyone who lives nearby, or may be passing through, Fort Riley is hosting their annual Open House. Their will be demos where you can fire all manner of weapons (240B, SAW, M-4/M-16, etc.), see Bradleys, Abrams and Palladins up close and personal. There will be static displays of weapons and equipment gathered from Iraq (both recent and Desert Storm) as well as a number of other exhibits and displays. All of this goes down on October 1st, starting at 0930 if you're interested. Entry is free of charge. There is a concert which is also free to the public starting at 1800-2200 that night (think it's country music).

Anyway, in addition to all of that, there will also be helicopter displays as well as an Air Force "low and slow" flyover as well. I will be setting up and working at a LAN party demo where we will be playing a number of combat oriented games on PCs. An Army sponsored LAN party if you will. Everyone and anyone in the area is welcome. PM me for more info if you want to visit an Army installation and hang around with soldiers, their families and their equipment. I may be able to provide some addition tour info to anyone interested as well. Again, PM me for info and I'll see that your questions are answered.

 

[Heisenberg]

That'd be a lot of windshield time (6 hrs. round trip) in one day, otherwise I'd probably go. I have to say though, that Fort Riley isn't quite the same since the Big Red One moved.

 

[deftron]

Johnny Damon is from there

 

[Rogue]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
That'd be a lot of windshield time (6 hrs. round trip) in one day, otherwise I'd probably go. I have to say though, that Fort Riley isn't quite the same since the Big Red One moved.

The Big Red One is coming back finally. They'll be full strength here next summer.

 

[gar3555]

I love the Open House...it rocks...I've been before...its a great way to spend a day. May have to make the 50 min trip this year

 

[FoBoT]

dang! cool!


hmmm....
looks like 2 hours from work, 3 hours from home
what day of the week is that? saturday?

http://maps.google.com/maps?spn=1.88043...city+mo&daddr=Fort+Riley,+Kansas&hl=en

 

[Rogue]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
dang! cool!


hmmm....
looks like 2 hours from work, 3 hours from home
what day of the week is that? saturday?

http://maps.google.com/maps?spn=1.88043...city+mo&daddr=Fort+Riley,+Kansas&hl=en

Yep. PM me for details. If you show up, like I said, I'll provide an "expanded" tour for any ATOT members who show up.

 

[Heisenberg]

Originally posted by: Rogue

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
That'd be a lot of windshield time (6 hrs. round trip) in one day, otherwise I'd probably go. I have to say though, that Fort Riley isn't quite the same since the Big Red One moved.

The Big Red One is coming back finally. They'll be full strength here next summer.

:thumbsup:

 

[sixone]

Greetings from Hays, or thereabouts. Thanks for the heads-up. If I can drag the hubby out of the tractor for a day, we just might be there.

 

[gar3555]

Originally posted by: sixone
Greetings from Hays, or thereabouts. Thanks for the heads-up. If I can drag the hubby out of the tractor for a day, we just might be there.

Hays City America?? wow...I'm finding there are more and more KS people on this site everytime I look

 

[sixone]

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: sixone
Greetings from Hays, or thereabouts. Thanks for the heads-up. If I can drag the hubby out of the tractor for a day, we just might be there.

Hays City America?? wow...I'm finding there are more and more KS people on this site everytime I look

Kinda scary, isn't it?

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: Rogue

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
That'd be a lot of windshield time (6 hrs. round trip) in one day, otherwise I'd probably go. I have to say though, that Fort Riley isn't quite the same since the Big Red One moved.

The Big Red One is coming back finally. They'll be full strength here next summer.

My little brother just headed out to Ft. Riley. I think he is assigned to The Big Red One.

 

[gar3555]

Originally posted by: sixone

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: sixone
Greetings from Hays, or thereabouts. Thanks for the heads-up. If I can drag the hubby out of the tractor for a day, we just might be there.

Hays City America?? wow...I'm finding there are more and more KS people on this site everytime I look

Kinda scary, isn't it?

hehe...ya...Oktoberfest there always kicks my butt...

 

[sixone]

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: sixone

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: sixone
Greetings from Hays, or thereabouts. Thanks for the heads-up. If I can drag the hubby out of the tractor for a day, we just might be there.

Hays City America?? wow...I'm finding there are more and more KS people on this site everytime I look

Kinda scary, isn't it?

hehe...ya...Oktoberfest there always kicks my butt...

Never been...I'm too afraid!

 

[gar3555]

Originally posted by: sixone

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: sixone

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: sixone
Greetings from Hays, or thereabouts. Thanks for the heads-up. If I can drag the hubby out of the tractor for a day, we just might be there.

Hays City America?? wow...I'm finding there are more and more KS people on this site everytime I look

Kinda scary, isn't it?

hehe...ya...Oktoberfest there always kicks my butt...

Never been...I'm too afraid!

You live there, and you've never been...wow...thats impressive...

oh and on the Ft. Riley thing...do they let you shoot the guns anymore? last time I went, I got to fire a SAW and an M-4...blanks, but it was awesome

 

[sixone]

Originally posted by: gar3555
You live there, and you've never been...wow...thats impressive...

oh and on the Ft. Riley thing...do they let you shoot the guns anymore? last time I went, I got to fire a SAW and an M-4...blanks, but it was awesome

I'm actually about an hour away. There's a new brewery in town - very good food, so this might be the year!

 

[gar3555]

Originally posted by: sixone

Originally posted by: gar3555
You live there, and you've never been...wow...thats impressive...

oh and on the Ft. Riley thing...do they let you shoot the guns anymore? last time I went, I got to fire a SAW and an M-4...blanks, but it was awesome

I'm actually about an hour away. There's a new brewery in town - very good food, so this might be the year!

ya...I went to Hays a month or so ago for my Uncle the Bishops thing for his mission...we ate there...its good

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Sweet! May have to make the drive over from Topeka.

 

[Rogue]

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: sixone

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: sixone

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: sixone
Greetings from Hays, or thereabouts. Thanks for the heads-up. If I can drag the hubby out of the tractor for a day, we just might be there.

Hays City America?? wow...I'm finding there are more and more KS people on this site everytime I look

Kinda scary, isn't it?

hehe...ya...Oktoberfest there always kicks my butt...

Never been...I'm too afraid!

You live there, and you've never been...wow...thats impressive...

oh and on the Ft. Riley thing...do they let you shoot the guns anymore? last time I went, I got to fire a SAW and an M-4...blanks, but it was awesome

Yep, sure do. That's the biggest draw! Did I not mention that in the OP? Yeah, that and they have a number of tracked vehicles open for climbing in and on as well.

 

[gar3555]

Originally posted by: Rogue

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: sixone

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: sixone

Originally posted by: gar3555

Originally posted by: sixone
Greetings from Hays, or thereabouts. Thanks for the heads-up. If I can drag the hubby out of the tractor for a day, we just might be there.

Hays City America?? wow...I'm finding there are more and more KS people on this site everytime I look

Kinda scary, isn't it?

hehe...ya...Oktoberfest there always kicks my butt...

Never been...I'm too afraid!

You live there, and you've never been...wow...thats impressive...

oh and on the Ft. Riley thing...do they let you shoot the guns anymore? last time I went, I got to fire a SAW and an M-4...blanks, but it was awesome

Yep, sure do. That's the biggest draw! Did I not mention that in the OP? Yeah, that and they have a number of tracked vehicles open for climbing in and on as well.

it does...I missed it the first time...just saw demo weapons... def gonna have to come down for it again...

 

[Rogue]

I believe they're going to have SAWs, 240B and M-16 or M-4s to fire (blanks of course, but fun none the less).

In previous years, they've had the M-2 (Ma Deuce, .50 Cal), but blanks don't have enough power to actuate the bolt and they jam up too often, so they've held off on using them this year and last.

And if you're into Country music, there's a pretty well known artist playing in the evening free of charge. Here are more details:

http://www.riley.army.mil/view/article.asp?id=310-2004-09-17-42946-44

 

[FoBoT]

is there an age limit for kids? i have 12 and 6 year old girls

 

[Rogue]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
is there an age limit for kids? i have 12 and 6 year old girls

Nope, there will be stuff for all ages to do. Naturally, they won't be able to fire blanks and may be limited on a few other things, but there will be plenty of things for the kids. There will be an obstacle course for the kids to navigate and they'll get a small prize for finishing (a dog tag or something). I think they'll be allowed in the tanks and stuff, that always gets kids pretty stoked.