Kentucky Guard

Kentucky Air Guardsman provide medical support at nursing home in Northern Kentucky
May 11, 2020 — A small team of Kentucky Air Guard medical professionals are augmenting a civilian nursing home in Covington... MORE

Aviation unit departs for deployment to Afghanistan
May 8, 2020 — The Kentucky Army National Guard aviation company held a small departure ceremony at the Army Aviation Support Facility on Boone National Guard Center. The unit will provide Blackhawk medical evacuation support while in Afghanistan... MORE

Kentucky Food Bank works with the Guard to provide to community
May 7, 2020 — Twelve Soldiers assigned to 138th Field Artillery Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB), worked alongside the First Church of God at the host site of God’s Pantry Food Bank in Danville, Ky., to prepare and distribute 190 boxes of food for anyone in the local community who has been affected by COVID-19... MORE

Guard Celebrates National Nurses Week
May 6, 2020 — Nurses have been a major part of responding to COVID-19 across the country over the past few months as well as being a key piece of the Kentucky National Guard’s efforts in the commonwealth. These frontline workers deserve much praise and recognition... MORE

International Life During COVID-19
May 4, 2020 — The Kentucky National Guard intends to maintain close contact with Djibouti and Ecuador to build upon their strategic relationship during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Both our partners in the State Partnership Program (SPP) have been fighting the same virus. This has truly been a global pandemic... MORE

Kentucky MPs receive unique training from Special Forces Group
May 1, 2020 — Soldiers of the 617th Military Police Company, the Ravens, earned extensive training with the 3rd Special Forces Group while at mobilization station located at Camp Oro Grande near Fort Bliss, Texas, during the last three weeks of March 2020... MORE

617th MPs train with Special Forces 2020

Local Food Banks able to continue services with Guards help
April 23, 2020 — Local area food banks have been affected by COVID-19. More than 100 Kentucky Guardsmen stepped in to help Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland (FAKH) food bank... MORE

63rd Theater Aviation Brigade Supports COVID-19 Drive Thru Testing Site
April 16, 2020 — For the first time in the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s history, the Kentucky Army National Guard is collaborating with both the public and private sector to establish a Drive Thru Testing Site (DTTS) at Franklin County Fairgrounds in Frankfort, Ky... MORE

Kentucky Guard Supports first State Drive-Thru Testing Site
April 13, 2020 — Members of the Kentucky Army National Guard began providing logistical support to local agencies at Kentucky’s first COVID-19 drive-thru test site at the Franklin County Fairgrounds, starting April 13, 2020... MORE

Kentucky Guardsmen lend hand at local food banks
April 7, 2020 — More than 70 Soldiers from around the State joined the COVID-19 response by helping at “no touch” food banks that serve donated food to hungry families Apr. 7. They helped pack bags and boxes of food, moved pallets and loaded up cars in Lexington, Louisville, Elizabethtown, Covington and another location in Northern Kentucky, Wilder... MORE

Kentucky Guardsman help with call center
March 31, 2020 — Kentucky National Guard Soldiers with the 1163rd Medical Company and Airmen with the 123rd Medical Group augment the COVID-19 Call Center to manage data collection and case management Mar. 31... MORE

Kentucky Brigade Training Officers lead the way
March 30, 2020 — As the Kentucky Guard celebrates Women's History Month and continue recognizing the contributions of our female Soldiers across the commonwealth, our female brigade training officers are showing what strong leadership looks like... MORE

Majors Maloney, Watson, and Capt. Miller pose for a photo

Kentucky Guard Soldiers take part in leadership course
March 13, 2020 — Ranger instructors with the Warrior Training Center at Fort Benning worked in conjunction with the 238th Regional Training Institute to conduct a fast paced and challenging course that consisted of classroom training, situational training exercise (STX) lanes, land navigation and close quarters marksmanship... MORE

Kentucky Guard Soldier Relishes in Unchartered Esports Arena
March 4, 2020 — When Sgt. 1st Class Paul England is not preparing Kentucky National Guard Soldiers for unknown battlefields overseas, he can often be found entertaining viewers on the virtual realm... MORE

Aviator makes final flight, says goodbye to the Guard
February 28, 2020 — As family and friends gathered to watch, a UH-60 Blackhawk streaked through the blue Kentucky sky and made its way to the Army Aviation Support Facility. Its pilot, CW5 Knight, takes it all in one final time... MORE

Marine Reservists lead training of Kentucky Guard Soldiers
February 12, 2020 — Soldiers with Kentucky Army National Guard’s 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade participated in a crew serve weapon class instructed by Virginia Marine Reservists... MORE

Kentucky Guardsmen set to Deploy
January 7, 2020 — Kentucky National Guard leadership joined friends and family to say farewell to the 617th Military Police Company during a departure ceremony, at the Lexington Convention Center on Jan. 7... MORE

Two of a Kind
December 18, 2019 — Twin brothers, Dwight and Donald Harlan reach the highest rank amongst warrant officers in the Kentucky National Guard... MORE

Kentucky Guard first Dept. of the Army agency to receive ACFT equipment
December 17, 2019 — The U.S. Army’s new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) goes into effect on Oct. 1, 2020. In order to meet that timeline, equipment for the ACFT has started shipping now and the Kentucky National Guard is the first of all three Army components (active, guard, reserve) to receive the initial fielding. "I'm appreciative of the Kentucky Guard being the first Army organization to receive this equipment as we go into the ACFT transition," said Brig. Gen. Hal Lamberton, Kentucky's adjutant general. "The ACFT will be a better assessing tool of our physical conditioning. By virtue of us being the first to get the equipment, we've set ourselves up to have more time to prepare for the new test.”... MORE

Staff Sgt. Zachary Casey helps unload the plastic crates containing the new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) equipment onto the USPFO warehouse floor Dec. 11, 2019. (Courtesy photo)

Kentucky Guard well represented during Inauguration
December 10, 2019 — Many Soldiers from both Army and Air Force participated in the 61st Inauguration parade for incoming governor-elect, Andy Beshear Dec. 10, 2019. From the six Color Guard Soldiers and Airman that carried ol’ Glory to the steps of the Capitol to the 13 Solders that fired off 19 howitzer cannon blasts from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 138th Field Artillery Brigade... MORE

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