The former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is speaking about military families at Kansas State University.

Retired Gen. Richard Myers will speak at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Little Theatre in the Student Union. The university says the presentation is titled “A National Perspective on the Transitioning and Reintegration of Our Military and Families.”

The College of Human Ecology’s Institute for the Health and Security of Military Families is hosting the lecture. The institute addresses the health and resiliency of military personnel, veterans and their families through research, academic outreach and clinical service programs.

Myers was raised in Johnson County and graduated from Kansas State University in 1965.