Kentucky Guard

KY Guardsmen Compete for Top Gun Story by Sgt. Brandy Mort, 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Kentucky Army National Guard
July 31, 2016 — The 238th Regional Training Institute’s team consisted of Maj. Timothy Mitchell, brigade supply officer and Staff Sgt. Shahid Iqbal, supply sergeant. This year was Mitchell’s first year, Iqbal’s second... MORE

1st Battalion 149th Infantry Annual Training at JRTC
July 25, 2016 — More than 400 Kentucky Guardsmen from 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry honed their warrior skills while acting as the opposition force during rotation 16-08 at JRTC... MORE

Expanded 6 November 1860 to form the Lexington Battalion (to include the Lexington Rifles) and the Kentucky River Battalion

Survivors Set Sail to Remember
June 22, 2016 — As family members awaited boarding the vessel, many families took the time to capture an image by the “Survivors of American Heroes” flag, hung in the middle of the conference room. One of those families were from Powell County, Kentucky, and had brief moments of nostalgia about their fallen hero, Bobby Jo Martin Jr., from the 82nd Airborne... MORE

Kentucky Guardsmen test search and rescue skills during Vigilant Guard
June 21, 2016 — The Kentucky National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, High-Yield Explosives (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) tested its search and rescue, extraction and recovery capabilities June 11, at the Satsop Business Park in Elma, Washington. As part of a Vigilant Guard exercise, the Kentucky CERFP teamed with local and state agencies to simulate a mass-casualty search and rescue operation. ... MORE

Vigilant Guard is a United States Northern Command and National Guard Bureau sponsored exercise program.

Kentucky Guard, Emergency Management partner for earthquake readiness
June 16, 2016 — "CAPSTONE-14 offers Kentucky and our neighboring states the opportunity to build upon the existing partnerships and opportunities to identify unified real-world solutions for emergency response to a catastrophic event of this magnitude," said Michael Dossett, KYEM Director... MORE

Artillery Calls in Air Assets
June 16, 2016 — Soldiers from the 2/138th and Detachment 1, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 238th Aviation worked hand in hand to provide relevant and realistic MEDEVAC training by providing air support to Soldiers on the ground. ... MORE

Air Assault qualified Soldiers with the 2/138th FA BN were provided refresher training by 2/147th during their annual training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, June 10, 2016

Kentucky Medics Prepare for the worst
June 16, 2016 — Placing a chest tube or shocking a patient with an Automated External Defibrillator is something most Army medics hope to never use, but recently medics assigned to the Kentucky CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), got to do exactly that in a real-life emergency trauma simulation... MORE

Kentucky National Guard Sergants Ryan Stull, Ryan Hunter, Caitlyn Hernandez and Spc. Patrick Noell specifically requested the training and each said it was invaluable to their trauma skills

149th Brigade Support Battalion delivers
June 16, 2016 — The team that operates the Tactical Water Purification System (TWPS) is the only one of its kind remaining in the Kentucky National Guard... MORE

His team is capable of producing 1,500 gallons of clean water per hour.

Soldier commemorates battalion history in new guidon stand
June 16, 2016 — First Kentucky Brigade was the only Confederate element from the state of Kentucky during the Civil War. The brigade was formed by former Vice President, Major General John Breckinridge. Historians have two theories as to why the First Kentucky Brigade had the nickname of the Orphans: first – the brigade went through multiple commanders in its five-years of service; second – they were unable to return home during the war due to Kentucky's political stance. ... MORE

Partnering for success
June 16, 2016 — The Kentucky National Guard has partnered with the LMPD for multiple Thunder Over Louisville events. Soldiers of the 223rd began their operations at the opening ceremony and provided security until the last spectators departed safely. ... MORE

Bettering our Communities
June 11, 2016 — Comforts, best practices and a wealth of knowledge were exchanged June 11, at the small regional hospital located in Elma, Washington. The Kentucky National Guard’s CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), assisted the hospital staff with the set-up and use of Summit Pacific’s decontamination kit – the first time the staff ever opened the kit... MORE

Kentucky CERFP assist Oregon in Cascadia Rising
June 8, 2016 — NGB strategically placed these CERFP teams in each of the 10 FEMA regions throughout the U.S., and June 7-9, members of the Oregon and Kentucky National Guard CERFP, along with the Utah Homeland Response Force (HRF) and aviation assets from the Idaho National Guard, exercised their abilities to respond to a simulated 9.0-magnitude earthquake and the aftermath of a tsunami during Cascadia Rising 2016... MORE

Cascadia Rising simulates a 9.0-magnitude earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which tests the Oregon and Kentucky National Guard’s CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) ability to work alongside local, state and federal first responders and public safety officials during a disaster response effort.

Operation Immersion
May 23, 2016 — The four-day event required participants to abandon their comforts by way of conducting intense pre-sunrise physical fitness training, consuming Meals Ready to Eat, and executing mock combat missions, thus allowing them a real-world view of the deployment process for a Kentucky National Guard Soldier... MORE

Operation Immersion offers participants the opportunity to experience the stresses that Soldiers encounter during basic training, mobilization, deployment, and demobilization. (

Family Readiness Group Volunteers Honored at Keeneland
April 24, 2016 — With a combined service of 54 years, Heather Dollar, Patty Wininger, and Pam Feltner have dedicated themselves to supporting not only their families but the families of their National Guard units. Each volunteer had her own story, but together they told a powerful account of duty, honor, and family... MORE

Combat medics get refresher training and more
November 18, 2015 — In order to stay up-to-date on the best trauma practices, medics receive refresher training every two years. Luckily for Kentucky National Guard medics, the refresher training is offered at the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center, which is cost efficient and convenient for the Kentucky National Guard... MORE

According to the sustainment training staff, this practical exercise and the use of UH-60 Black Hawk medevac helicopters is unique to the Kentucky National Guard

Earning the title 'Best Warrior'
November 6, 2015 — The three Guardsmen received ribbons and trophies in a brief awards ceremony Nov. 8, at the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Kentucky, following the competition. ... MORE

Winners are Spc. Jacob Heath, Soldier of the Year; Sgt. Christopher Cole, NCO of the Year; and 1SG Josh Baker, Senior NCO of the Year.

Proud of the Progress - Former aviation maintenance operator excited for future of new AASF
October 19, 2015 — Canon enlisted in the Army in 1955 and retired in 1990. In 1959, the Kentucky aviation assets found a new home in Frankfort, Kentucky, at the Capital City Airport. Then, 18-or-so-years later in 1971, Canon witnessed a state-of-the-art facility erected at Boone National Guard Center – the Army Aviation Support Facility... MORE

Kentucky National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility

149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade conducts a command post exercise
June 25, 2015 — The 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade conducted a 72-hour command post exercise from June 21-23 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana... MORE

Kentucky Guardsmen compete in biathlon finals
March 5, 2015 — JERICHO, Vt. - For the first time, the Kentucky Guard sent a team to ski and shoot against the best of the best biathlon athletes in the National Guard. Guardsmen from 23 other states joined Kentucky at the 40th National Guard Biathlon Championships at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site in Jericho, Vt., Feb. 28 to March 5. ... MORE

As first time competitors, the Kentuckians only fear was finishing last in the races.

National Guard commemorates last War of 1812 battle
January 9, 2015 — In a sugar cane field along the meandering Mississippi River just outside New Orleans 200 years ago, Citizen-Soldiers fought along side Choctaw Indians, free African-Americans and criminal privateers, prevailing against the most powerful army in the world. The Battle of New Orleans was the last major conflict of the War of 1812. The outcome ended the last war with England, preserved a claim to the Louisiana Territory, triggered migration and settlement along the Mississippi River and rebuilt the spirit of the American people. ... MORE

The 2nd Kentucky were part of a living history encampment near Chalmette Battlefield with hundreds of other reenactors for the weekend of events.

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