A civilian contractor sold advertisements to cover costs and profit while the fort’s Public Affairs Office provided the paper’s content.

[5] The first weekly newspaper at the post was The Fort Leavenworth News, which published from 1940 to 1952.

[3] The Lamp was named by Lt. Col. Robert Simpson, a U.S. Army Command and General Staff College instructor, who named the newspaper after the Fort Leavenworth Lamp insignia chosen as the symbol of the Command and General Staff College in 1956.

The other submissions included Sir Echo, Brass Mirror, Fort Leavenworth Dispatch, The Dragoon, Post Parade, Outpost and Dirty Damned Lying Press.

[8] The newspaper then switched from a civilian enterprise to recreation activity overseen by the base's public affairs office.