Flynn, 66, was a fourth-generation rancher, with ancestors who homesteaded in Montana Territory in the 1860s.
He had served four terms in the Montana House of Representatives, from 2011 to 2017, and announced at the end of the 2017 legislative session that he had been diagnosed with stage IV cancer.
For those of us at the Belgrade News, Flynnâs death is personal.
You see, for years since the 2011 Legislative session, Kelly Flynn wrote an immensely popular weekly âwhatâs-going-on-in-the-Legislatureâ column for the newspaper.
âHe was a good writer,â said former Belgrade News editor Michael Tucker. âHe never got in the way of his own voice.â
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In 2017, Kelly Flynn told colleagues during his final minutes of serving on the state Legislature of his battle with Stage IV terminal cancer and saying he hoped they would
By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 28, 2021 The Marine Corps wants an improved combat uniform that has fire protection and better dampening of infrared signatures, but it doesn’t want to pay a lot more for it. Marine Corps Systems Command is looking for a uniform that would combine the benefits of the flame-resistant organizational gear, known as FROG, with the durability and comfort of the existing digital-pattern combat utility uniform, and at a price point closer to the latter. A FROG set costs $184, more than twice the $89 for a combat utility top and trousers, Military.com reported. The Corps wants the new uniform to cost less than $106.
The new U.S. Marine Corps PT shorts. (Illustration: U.S. Marine Corps) The Marine Corps is developing a new PT uniform with improved materials to ensure better fit, form and function, said Kelly Flynn, with Marine Corps Systems Command. The new PT uniform is currently in source selection, so further details cannot be discussed at this time.
The service updated its requirements for the new PT uniform on the government s contract solicitation site this month. The Marine Corps plans to buy 900,000 physical training uniform sets over a five-year period, documents state.
Marines hoping for a return to the famously short silkies appear to be out of luck. The inseam on the new PT shorts is at least 8 inches long, nearly four times the length of the short green silkies. The inseam on the PT shorts liner is 4 inches long, documents show.