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to duty. The Correctional Brigade environment was unique in that prisoner control was maintained by military discipline, instead of walls and bars for most of the typical prisoners’ stay. The Correctional Brigade doctrine was that the minimum custody/military discipline environment when coupled with correctional treatment, educational programs, military and vocational training best prepared the typical first-time prisoner for a crime-free life after prison as either a productive soldier or a useful citizen in civilian life. Moreover, this correctional system was asserted to be less expensive to establish and operate than the traditional prison. The camp had a cinema that was open to the residents of Fort Riley, including those outside of Camp Funston.
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Prior to October 1992, Camp Funston was the home of the United States Army Correctional Activity, formerly U.S. Army Retraining Brigade, whose mission was officially to prepare prisoners for transition to civilian life as useful citizens with General Discharges or, in a few select cases, for return
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Construction began during the summer of 1917 and eventually encompassed approximately 1,400 buildings on 2,000 acres (8.1 km). The Camp Funston garrison was administered by the 164th Depot Brigade, commanders of which included
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took over command and control of the TT mission in October 2006. The brigade is responsible for the formation and training of the TT teams. This mission shifted to
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for service in Iraq and Afghanistan takes place. Previously, transition teams had been trained at several U.S. Army installations, most notably
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Center of Military History Publication No. 60-14-1—Maneuver and Firepower: The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades
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sent their young men to military camps, but they did not allow them to obey any military commands or wear a uniform.
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Soldiers ill with Spanish influenza at a hospital ward at Camp Funston, Kansas, when the epidemic began in 1918.
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In March 1918, some of the first recorded American cases of what came to be the worldwide
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During World War I, Camp Funston also served as a detention camp for
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Camp Funston was the location where the training of all
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The first teams began training on June 1, 2006. The
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U.S. Army
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Major General
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