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Kentucky Guard Prepares Incoming Command Teams for Leadership
August 27, 2026 — GREENVILLE, Ky. – The Kentucky National Guard hosted a pre-command course for incoming commanders and first sergeants at Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center, Aug. 13-16, bringing together leaders...

Kentucky Guard, Ecuador Strengthen Partnership With Medical Exchange
August 11, 2026 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Two Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Medical Group shared information about the unit’s Critical Care Air Transport Teams, or CCATT, during a mission to Ecuador,...

Airmen Reflect on Ramstein Flag 2026: ‘We’re Here, We’re Capable, We’re Ready’
June 29, 2026 — KARUP AIR BASE, Denmark – Air Force Master Sgt. Alexander Klosterman had a brief break from his duties on the flightline at Karup Air Base, Denmark.Ordinarily, the weather specialist with the 123rd...

Missouri Guardsmen Expand Capabilities Through Dual Qualification
June 22, 2026 — ROSECRANS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mo. – Aircraft maintenance professionals assigned to the Missouri National Guard’s Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, or AATTC, have reached a significant...

Kentucky Air Wing Supports Ramstein Flag Exercise
June 10, 2026 — KARUP, Denmark – Airmen with the Kentucky National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing are supporting a NATO Allied Air Command exercise in Denmark through June 19, providing tactical airlift for an event...

Kentucky Guard, Ecuador Strengthen Partnership Through Training
June 8, 2026 — SALINAS, Ecuador – Kentucky Army National Guard Soldiers in the 940th Military Police Company participated last month in Exercise EL GATO, or Ecuador Liaison Guard Annual Training Operation, with...

Kentucky Guard Enhances Lethality at Arcane Thunder
May 22, 2026 — FORT IRWIN, Calif. – Soldiers of Kentucky National Guard’s B Battery, 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery, 38th Infantry Division Artillery, conducted annual training at Fort Irwin, during a larger,...

Kentucky Guard Protects Kentucky Derby Trophy
May 7, 2026 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. – On the evening of May 2, the trophy felt heavier in Staff Sgt. Jonathan Miller’s memory than it did in his hands.He recalled the 150th Kentucky Derby two years prior, when he crossed...

Kentucky Guard, Ecuador Share Disaster Response Tactics
April 16, 2026 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Seven members of the Ecuadorian armed services visited Kentucky recently to learn more about how the Kentucky National Guard responds to emergencies and to share their own disaster...

Kentucky National Guard ‘Ready for the Future,’ Army Guard Director Tells Leaders
March 11, 2026 — BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The director of the Army National Guard praised the Kentucky National Guard’s combat readiness, domestic response capabilities and international partnerships during remarks at the...

Kentucky Guard Transports Patients, Medical Workers After Winter Storm
January 27, 2026 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing are transporting medical patients and healthcare providers to and from clinics and hospitals after Winter Storm Fern...

Kentucky Guard Instructors Train Florida Guard Members Overseas
December 19, 2025 — FRANKFORT, Ky. – For four multiple launch rocket system crewmember instructors from the Kentucky Army National Guard, being asked to share their long-range artillery expertise at Wendell H. Ford...

Kentucky National Guard Responds to Fatal Civilian Plane Crash
November 13, 2025 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Firefighters from the Kentucky Air National Guard were among hundreds of emergency workers who responded Nov. 4 to a fatal civilian plane crash just south of Louisville Muhammad Ali...

Kentucky Guard, Ecuador Conduct Air Assault Training Exchange
September 12, 2025 — LATACUNGA, Ecuador - Members of the Kentucky National Guard took part in a four-day air assault training exchange with the Ecuadorian 9th Special Forces Brigade as part of the Department of War...

Kentucky National Guard Helps Fight Wildfire of Historic Kosovo Monastery
July 14, 2025 — CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo - Kentucky National Guard’s Task Force Aviation helped fight a wildfire July 8 that was threatening the Dević Monastery, a centuries-old Serbian Orthodox religious site in the...

Kentucky Guard MEDEVAC Prepares for Deployment to Europe
April 28, 2025 — FRANKFORT, Ky. – Soldiers from the Kentucky Army National Guard's MEDEVAC detachment held a departure ceremony at the Army Aviation Support Facility at Boone National Guard Center on April...

Kentucky National Guard Soldier Commended for Heroic Rescue
April 28, 2025 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A routine trip home took a dramatic turn for a Kentucky National Guard Soldier on March 15.U.S. Army Spc. Brandon Pollard was headed to his Lexington home after a drill at the Bowman...

Guard Engineers Continue Road Repairs in Eastern Kentucky
April 11, 2025 — HINDMAN, Ky. – Kentucky Army National Guard engineers continued road construction on county roads in Hindman and Hyden on April 1.Soldiers from Detachment 1, 149th Engineer Vertical Construction...

109th Airlift Wing Lands LC-130 Hercules on Fresh Water Ice
March 10, 2025 — INUVIK, Canada - Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing have landed an LC-130 Hercules on freshwater ice for the first time in the wing’s history during Operation...

Kentucky Army Guard Assists with Flood Response
March 7, 2025 — HYDEN, Ky.  –  The Kentucky Army National Guard’s 207th Engineer Construction Company helped respond to floods that damaged Eastern Kentucky, removing debris and clearing roads.Twenty-seven Soldiers,...

Puerto Rico Guard Distributes One Million Gallons of Water in Drought Response

Guardsmen Boost Domestic Response Capabilities in Patriot 26

Washington Guard Strengthens Fiscal Readiness

Kentucky Guard Prepares Incoming Command Teams for Leadership

New PSYWAR Course Strengthens Guard Capabilities