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Kentucky Guard, Djibouti Military Partner on Cyber, Radio Exchange
July 24, 2025 — DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti - In the East Africa region where a single breached network can ripple across borders, Djiboutian soldiers and the Kentucky Army National Guard as well as other U.S. service...

Kentucky Guardsman Interprets Native Language, Cyber Skills
June 13, 2025 — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – From Juarez, Mexico, to the Kentucky Army National Guard, Staff Sgt. Daniel Jarillo-Gutierrez, an information technology specialist, can translate into three languages: English,...

Kentucky Army Guard Completes Exercise with V Corps
May 30, 2025 — POZNAN, Poland — Soldiers from the 138th Operational Fires Command (OFC), Kentucky Army National Guard, recently participated in a corps-level Command Post Exercise (CPX) with U.S. Army V Corps, held...

Kentucky Army Guard Soldiers Qualify for 2025 CrossFit Games
May 22, 2025 — FRANKFORT, Ky. – U.S. Army Col. Eddie Simpson and 1st Lt. Erik Thomas, both Kentucky Army National Guard Soldiers, have qualified for the 2025 CrossFit Games, one of the most elite distinctions in...

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...

Kentucky Guardsman Completes Ranger School on First Go 
December 7, 2023 — FRANKFORT, Ky. – There are many leadership schools that service members can attend but few are more challenging than the U.S. Army Ranger School, where perfection is the standard, and nothing less is...

44th IBCT Builds ‘Generational Readiness’ in JRTC Rotation
June 20, 2023 — FORT JOHNSON, La. – Spc. Christopher Strawn sweated heavily under a glaring sun as he knelt beside an improvised checkpoint on a dusty gravel road. The checkpoint wasn’t much — concertina wire strung...

Kentucky Army Guard, SPP Partner Ecuador Exchange Knowledge
June 30, 2022 — GREENVILLE, Ky. – Kentucky Army National Guard instructors met with six Ecuadorian enlisted instructors June 27-30 in the latest engagement in their partnership of almost three decades.Senior...

Kentucky Army Guard Veteran Awarded Bronze Star with Valor
June 13, 2022 — OWENSBORO, Ky. - A Kentucky Army National Guard veteran was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor in June 10 for his actions while deployed to Afghanistan in 2002. Sgt. John Burlew received the...

Army National Guard aviators train underwater
April 25, 2022 — FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Kentucky Army National Guard Soldiers with the 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade attended the Shallow Water Egress Trainer course April 6-7.The course put Soldiers in a chamber...

Kentucky Soldiers conduct riot control training in Germany
February 14, 2022 — HOHENFELS, Germany - Soldiers assigned to Kentucky Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 29th Infantry Division, reacted to improvised...

Virginia Guard task force begins federal active duty for Africa mission
November 29, 2021 — BEDFORD, Va. - State and federal officials and senior military leaders joined families, friends and fellow Soldiers to mark the start of federal active duty for more than 1,000 Virginia and Kentucky...

Kentucky Air Guard augments hospital workers battling COVID
September 16, 2021 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. – More than 40 members of the Kentucky Air National Guard reported to Baptist Hospital East Sept. 14 to provide logistical support for medical staff fighting a rising tide of...

116th IBCT trains on new squad designated marksman rifle
August 2, 2021 — FORT PICKETT, Va. – Virginia and Kentucky Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team trained on and fielded new M110A1 squad designated marksman rifles July 12-15...

41st Civil Support Team conducts annual WMD training
May 11, 2021 — BARDSTOWN, Ky. – The Kentucky National Guard's 41st Civil Support Team (CST) tested its readiness to respond to threats from weapons of mass destruction March 15-18.This certification is conducted...

Idaho, West Virginia Guardsmen shine at Ranger competition
April 23, 2021 — BOISE, Idaho – Idaho Army National Guardsman Capt. John Bomsta and his teammate, Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Smith from the West Virginia Army National Guard, were the top National Guard team and 10th out...

Diverse skills key to success for 149th MEB at warfighter
October 26, 2020 — FORT BRAGG, N.C. - The 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade worked alongside multiple active-duty and National Guard units at the XVIII Airborne Corps (ABC) Warfighter Exercise (WFX) 21-1 at Fort Bragg...

Three Components, One Army: LaNeve Stresses Guard’s Role in Army’s New Priorities

Pennsylvania Guardsmen Demonstrate Drone Innovation Project

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future

Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Four From Plane Crash

Modular Airborne System Delivers One Million Gallons of Fire Retardant