DATE: January 13, 2025 10:40:01 AM CST

Cardinals Caravan to visit baseball fans at Fort Leonard Wood

By Fort Leonard Wood Public Affairs Office

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (Jan. 13, 2025) — Five current and former St. Louis Cardinals baseball players are planning to stop at Fort Leonard Wood to meet with fans Jan. 17 at noon during an event in Nutter Field House.

The Cardinals Caravan — which brings players, alumni and broadcasters together with fans outside of St. Louis each year during baseball’s offseason — is scheduled to include current players Alec Burleson, Luken Baker and Jimmy Crooks, along with Cardinals alumni Matt Adams and Mitch Harris.

According to Erin Krippene, St. Louis Cardinals marketing coordinator, Harris, a former Cardinals pitcher, served in the U.S. Navy for five years prior to his baseball career.

This caravan’s emcee is scheduled to be longtime Cardinals radio broadcaster John Rooney.

The players will be on hand to sign autographs and take pictures with DoD ID card holders and their families.

To obtain a voucher for entry, stop by Leisure Travel Services, located in Bldg. 490, Monday through Friday between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Vouchers will be given to card holders on a first come, first served basis through Jan. 16.

For more information about the Cardinals Caravan, contact the Fort Leonard Wood Public Affairs Office at 573.563.4145 or Leisure Travel Services at 573.329.8587.

St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar meets Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Wells, with the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence NCO Academy, and his daughter Layla, during the 2023 Cardinals Caravan event in the Engineer Regimental Room at Fort Leonard Wood’s John B. Mahaffey Museum Complex. (Fort Leonard Wood Public Affairs Office)

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About Fort Leonard Wood

Fort Leonard Wood is a thriving and prosperous installation that has evolved from a small basic training post more than 80 years ago to a premier Army Center of Excellence that trains nearly 80,000 military and civilians each year.

Fort Leonard Wood is home to the U.S Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and three U.S. Army schools: the U.S. Army Engineer School; U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear School; and the U.S. Army Military Police School. In addition to training engineer, CBRN and military police specialties for the Army, Fort Leonard Wood also provides gender-integrated in-processing and Basic Combat Training for new Soldiers.

Fort Leonard Wood also hosts and trains with the largest Marine Corps Detachment and Air Force Squadron on any Army installation as well as a large Navy construction detachment.

More information about Fort Leonard Wood is at: https://home.army.mil/wood/index.php/about/mission