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Kentucky National Guard Tests Skills in All-Hazards Exercise
September 27, 2024
Soldiers with the 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade pose for a photo with members of the Wolfe County search and rescue team and Red Star Wilderness emergency medical services at the Disney Training Center in Artemus, Kentucky, Sept. 14, 2024. The Soldiers and the two rescue teams worked together in an all-hazards exercise to improve inoperability.
Kentucky National Guard Hosts State Partner Djibouti
September 6, 2024
Maj. Joshua Mitchell, battalion executive officer, speaks to logistics officers from the Djiboutian Armed Forces who visited the 1792nd Combat Support Sustainment Battalion in Bowling Green, Ky., Aug. 22, 2024. The visit was part of the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program.
Kentucky Guard Connects Regions in Natural Disaster Prep
August 28, 2024
Master Sgt. Clinton Ragsdale inspects radio equipment in the Mobile Command Unit. Soldiers from the Kentucky Army National Guard’s Communication/Information Technology Mission Command mobilized through parts of western Kentucky Aug. 12-16, 2024, for a natural disaster response exercise.
Kentucky Guard Hosts Ecuadorian Military for Exchange
August 12, 2024
Kentucky National Guardsmen brief members of the Ecuadorian military and civilian partners on a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package at Boone National Guard Center in Frankfort Aug. 7, 2024. The Kentucky Guard and Ecuador have been partners via the State Partnership Program since 1996.
Kentucky Guard Aviation Conducts Aerial Gunnery at Grayling
August 8, 2024
U.S. Army Spc. Austin Banks fires the M240 machine gun during mounted gunnery in a UH-60 Black Hawk at Camp Grayling Army Airfield in Grayling, Michigan, July 16, 2024. Banks, a crew chief in Bravo Company 2/147th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade, was conducting aerial gunnery during annual training.
Kentucky Guard Engineers Support Djibouti Armed Forces
June 27, 2024
U.S. Army Capt. Colby Davis, the commander of the 130th Engineer Support Company, explains the planning phases of construction projects to engineer officers of the Djibouti Armed Forces at Camp Dodge, Iowa, May 15, 2024. The DAF visited the Kentucky Army National Guard's 206th Engineer Battalion's annual training to learn how to set up battalion-level engineer operations.
Task Force St. Lo Soldiers Train in Czech Republic
June 21, 2024
Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers along with members of the 72nd Mechanized Battalion, 7th Mechanized Brigade, Czech Republic Army, participated in a culminating training exercise May 14, 2024, in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. The units are mobilized for Immediate Response 24 as Task Force St. Lo under the command of the Virginia National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
Guard Soldiers, Czech Partners Celebrate Victory in Europe Day
May 28, 2024
Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia National Guard Soldiers participated in a Victory in Europe celebration May 8, 2024, in Hranice, Czech Republic. The units mobilized to the Czech Republic under the command of the Virginia National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
Kentucky National Guard Partner Ecuador Receives C-130H
May 6, 2024
Ecuadorian Air Force Lt. Col. Brian Flores, left, liaison to the U.S. Embassy, speaks to Kentucky Air National Guard leaders before a ceremony welcoming the arrival of a C-130H Hercules to the Ecuadorian Air Force in Latacunga, Ecuador, March 25, 2024. The ceremony marked a new milestone in Ecuador’s participation in the National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program, which has paired Ecuador and the Kentucky National Guard for mutual military cooperation.
National Guard Athletes Finish Strong at Lincoln Marathon
May 6, 2024
Puerto Rico National Guard runner Sgt. Angeles Virella crosses the finish line of the 47th annual Lincoln Marathon and Half Marathon May 5, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Nebraska National Guard has a long history of supporting the Lincoln Marathon, which biennially serves as the time trials for the National Guard All Guard Marathon Team.
Kentucky, Tennessee Win Regional Best Warrior Competition
April 23, 2024
Tennessee National Guard Spc. Noah Green, left, and U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Buck with the Kentucky National Guard won the 2024 Region III Best Warrior Competition at the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Kentucky, April 19, 2024. Nineteen competitors from 10 states and territories competed for the titles of Soldier and NCO of the Year for Region III.
Kentucky Air Guard Assists with Storm Recovery
April 3, 2024
Fourteen members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron cleared roadways in Prospect, Ky., April 3, 2024, after multiple tornados touched down in the region. The Airmen removed multiple fallen trees that blocked access to about 100 homes.
The Hometown Heroes of Tower 22
March 27, 2024
Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, and SEA Tony Whitehead, senior enlisted advisor to the CNGB, visit National Guardsmen deployed within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility March 15, 2024.
Kentucky Guard Hosts Ecuadorian Military for Leader Engagement
February 14, 2024
Army Maj. Gen. Haldane Lamberton speaks to the senior leaders from the Kentucky National Guard and the Armed Forces of Ecuador in Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 30, 2024. Over four days, the Ecuadorians visited multiple locations in Frankfort, participated in briefings with Kentucky Emergency Management, toured the capitol, and met Gov. Andy Beshear.
Kentucky Honor Guard Helps Recognize Medal of Honor Recipient
November 6, 2023
Soldiers with the Kentucky National Guard’s Honor Guard stand ready for the 21-gun salute during the ceremony of a Medal of Honor recipient who was buried at Highland Cemetery in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, Nov. 4, 2023. U.S. Army Sgt. John F. Rowalt of Bellville, Ohio, served during the Indian Wars and was in a grave that had gone unmarked and almost forgotten for 148 years.
Kentucky Guard Aviation Brigade Demonstrates Readiness
July 3, 2023
Spc. Connor Ridings, Kentucky National Guard, builds links on an Air Defense Systems Integrator to provide command and control data and track the activity of friendly and enemy forces within the airspace of the unit’s area of operations. The combat readiness and capabilities of the 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade, supported by the 751st Troop Command, were tested during the Warfighter 23-05 exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, May 27-June 13, 2023.
Alaska National Guard Rapidly Deploys for Exercise ORCA 23
June 28, 2023
Members of the Mississippi National Guard's 47th Weapons of Mass Destruction - Civil Support Team process through a decontamination line June 14, 2023, in Wasilla, Alaska, as part of ORCA 2023. The exercise increased interoperability among a range of agencies, including the Alaska National Guard’s 103rd Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team, 12 National Guard units, eight local and state agencies, three federal organizations, and community partners.
Kentucky Guard ‘Mountain Warriors’ Complete Annual Training
June 22, 2023
After five days of intense testing, 13 U.S. Army Soldiers and one Finnish Defense Forces soldier received the Expert Infantryman Badge June 15, 2023, at Fort Barfoot, Virginia. The event was run by the 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and tested Soldiers on their proficiency and skill as infantrymen over the course of five days. Soldiers were tested on physical fitness, day and night land navigation, more than 30 medical, weapons and patrol tasks, and a 12-mile ruck march.
Indiana Air Guard Supports Joint Homeland Defense Exercise
June 16, 2023
The Indiana National Guard Reaction Force, comprising defenders with the 181st Security Forces Squadron and military police with the Indiana Army National Guard, partnered with civilian law enforcement to respond to a simulated riot-based scenario during Homeland Defender 2023 at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind., June 10, 2023. The NGRF is composed of Soldiers and Airmen from National Guard units to provide a rapid response capability focused on incidents requiring law enforcement or security support.
Indiana, Kentucky Guard Conduct Wet-Gap Crossing Exercise
June 14, 2023
Army Staff Sgt. John Dennison, a platoon sergeant with the Kentucky National Guard’s 2061st Multi-Role Bridge Company, walks off the raft bridge onto the shore during the Homeland Defender Exercise at the Muscatatuck Training Center in Butlerville, Ind., June 9, 2023. Homeland Defender is a three-day, multi-agency exercise that brought together the Indiana National Guard, Kentucky National Guard, FEMA, Indiana first responders, and Verizon Communications.