After seven deployments and life-changing injuries, Staff Sgt. Jacob Higgins found unexpected peace not in a clinic—but in a hive. In this interview, Higgins shares how working with bees helped ease the anxiety and stress of recovery, reconnect him with his family, and uncover parts of himself he didn’t realize needed healing. From combat boots to beekeeping suits, watch how one Soldier found calm, connection, and purpose through a world most people try to avoid.
Music title "Electric Dreams" by Scott Buckley (@ScottBuckley) – released under CC-BY 4.0.
COL Laudino Castillo, IACH commander, served as the guest speaker for Kansas State University’s U.S. Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Spring 2025 Commissioning Ceremony on May 16.
In front of families, faculty, and fellow Soldiers, COL Laudino Castillo administered the oath of office to nine newly commissioned second lieutenants, welcoming them into the officer ranks of the United States Army.
Since its founding in 1919, the K-State Army ROTC program has commissioned over 3,800 second lieutenants and is recognized as one of the 274 host programs nationwide shaping future leaders for the Army. COL Castillo, a career Soldier with 33 years of service who enlisted as a private at age 17, told the commissioning cadets he...
05.16.2025 | MANHATTAN, KANSAS, US |
Story by Jorge Gomez
