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Kentucky Soldiers aid the Commonwealth
January 21, 2025 — Kentucky National Guard Soldiers worked with Kentucky Emergency Management and Kentucky State Police to provide transportation to essential medical personnel and first responders who would otherwise have not been able to safely travel to their critical and essential jobs after Winter Storm Blair hit the Commonwealth Jan. 5-6, 2025...

Guardsmen recognized at Kentucky State of the Commonwealth
January 17, 2025 — Two of our Army Guard Soldiers were honored by Gov. Andy Beshear during last night’s State of the Commonwealth address in the House Chambers at our state capitol. Sgt. Grayson Johnson and Spc. William Price each received the Purple Heart and Combat Action Badge as a result of drone attacks at Tower 22 in Jordan last year. The Soldiers received a standing ovation from the governor, members of the Kentucky House and Senate and the Kentucky Supreme Court as well as guests and visitors...

Longest-serving director of Bluegrass Station retires
January 17, 2025 — Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Stephen Collins retires after 16 years as the director of Bluegrass Station (BGS) in Lexington, Kentucky, on Dec. 10, 2024. Collins served in the Kentucky National Guard for 38 years and became the director of BGS in August of 2008...

Kentucky military police deploy overseas
January 16, 2025 — Kentucky Army National Guard Soldiers with the 617th Military Police Company, 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, say goodbye to their loved ones at a deployment ceremony held in Richmond Jan. 4, 2025. Soldiers of the 617th will be deploying to the Middle East to conduct military police operations in support of Operation Inherent Resolve...

Adams takes command of 123rd Medical Group
January 15, 2025 — Col. Patricia Adams assumed command of the 123rd Medical Group during a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base here Dec. 15, succeeding Col. Hans Otto, who has led the unit since 2022...

Kentucky’s 75th Troop Command gets new commander
January 12, 2025 — U.S. Army Col. Jason Penn relinquished command of the 75th Troop Command, Kentucky Army National Guard, to Col. Steven Engels during a change of command ceremony at the Wellman Armory on Boone National Guard Center Jan. 12, 2025...

Kentucky Air Guard security forces conduct information exchange with Ecuadorian partners
December 31, 2024 — Twenty-seven Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Security Forces Squadron teamed with six Ecuadorian Air Force special forces for a week-long information exchange supporting domestic law enforcement operations May 16-22, 2024...

Bosslift offers new perspective to civilian employers of Guard Airmen
December 30, 2024 — Several civilian employers and community leaders toured the Kentucky Air National Guard Base to learn more about the missions of the military reserve components, and specifically about the Kentucky Air National Guard in Louisville on Sept. 19, 2024. Their tour included extensive briefings on the missions of the Kentucky Air National Guard and its primary operational unit, the Louisville-based 123rd Airlift Wing, as well as an orientation flight aboard a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft...

Kentucky National Guard honors top recruiters and mission makers at ceremony
December 30, 2024 — Soldiers from the Kentucky Army National Guard’s Recruiting and Retention Battalion were honored during the battalion’s Mission Makers ceremony in Louisville, Dec. 14, 2024...

Kentucky National Guard supports Bardstown Christmas Parade, strengthens community bonds
December 23, 2024 — Soldiers from Charlie Battery, 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery Brigade, supported the 2024 Bardstown Christmas Parade Dec. 5, 2024, by providing a color guard and assisting local police. The event featured over 100 entries, including the Bluegrass ChalleNGe Academy cadets and Ethan, the canine star of the upcoming film Ethan Almighty, as the grand marshal...

Kentucky Air Guardsman helps recover pilots lost in combat during Vietnam War
December 20, 2024 — The efforts of a Kentucky Air National Guardsman were instrumental in locating the remains of two U.S. Marine aviators lost in combat over Vietnam a half-century ago...

Kentucky Guard breaks ground on its first machine gun range for enhanced readiness
December 20, 2024 — Leaders from the Kentucky Guard, along with state and federal representatives, were on hand for the groundbreaking of the new multi-purpose machine gun range at the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Dec. 13, 2024...

Kentucky Air Guard helps alleviate arctic housing shortage with airlift mission to North Slope
December 19, 2024 — Thirty-six Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard conducted Operation Arctic Haven here Aug. 30 to Sept. 6, airlifting 39 tons of residential building supplies to the North Slope of Alaska to support local communities in need...

Hood takes command of 123rd Operations Group
December 18, 2024 — Col. Randall Hood took command of the 123rd Operations Group during a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base Oct. 11, 2024. Hood replaces Col. Matthew Quenichet, who has been selected to lead the 123rd Airlift Wing...

Kentucky Guard Airmen selected as best in Contingency Response field
December 18, 2024 — Two Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Contingency Response Group were selected as top performers nationwide in the Contingency Response community, the National Guard Bureau announced recently...

Myers concludes 30-year career of service to Air Guard, Air Force
December 17, 2024 — Chief Master Sgt. Gregory W. Myers, manager of the 123rd Security Forces Squadron, retired from military service during a ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base Oct. 13, ending a career spanning 30 years...

National Guard supports Kentucky wreath laying ceremony
December 10, 2024 — The Kentucky National Guard supported the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs wreath laying ceremony with participation by the 202nd Army Band and members of HHC, 63rd TAB color guard. U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Haldane B. Lamberton, the adjutant general of Kentucky, laid the wreath in honor of prisoners-of-war and missing-in-action...

Kentucky National Guard strengthens emergency preparedness through statewide county outreach
December 2, 2024 — The Kentucky National Guard’s County Outreach Team meets with county officials to strengthen relationships and improve emergency preparedness by discussing available resources and fostering interagency coordination. The first of these meetings began in late 2022 to allow local officials to familiarize themselves with the Guard’s resources and personnel and streamline crisis response efforts...

123rd CRG demonstrates mission mastery in joint validation exercise with Army
November 30, 2024 — Around 100 Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group joined more than 50 Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 359th Inland Cargo Transfer Company to participate in a week-long U.S. Transportation Command exercise here in August, successfully revalidating the units’ capability to operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening...

Kentucky National Guardsman Runs at Near-Olympic Level
November 29, 2024 — After joining the Kentucky National Guard, Army Staff Sgt. Terry continued to train his passion: Running...

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