Kentucky Guard

103rd Brigade Support Battalion Headquarters gets new leadership
March 8, 2014 — Capt. Douglas Curdie took command of the Kentucky Army National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters’ Company, 103rd Brigade Support Battalion, 138th Fires Brigade, March 8, 2014, at a small ceremony in Harrodsburg, Ky. Curdie, a former Marine and current guardsman residing in Barbourville, Ky., assumed Command from Capt. Anthony Travis of Elizabethtown, Ky. Travis commanded the 103rd Headquarters for a period of 29 months, a time in which the 103rd earned the distinction of being recognized by the Department of the Army as the finest brigade support battalion in the entire Army National Guard... MORE

Curdie, a former Marine and current Kentucky Army National Guardsman residing in Barbourville, Ky., assumed Command from Capt. Anthony Travis of Elizabethtown, Ky.

Kentucky Guard's First Female Chaplain in 25 years
February 21, 2014 — It has been more than 25 years since a female has served as a chaplain in the Kentucky Guard. A fact White says contributes to the idea that things happen for a reason... MORE

White is the first female chaplain with the Kentucky Guard in 25 years.

Kentuckians honor the cost of freedom on Labor Day weekend
September 6, 2013 — Mattingly and his wife , both longtime residents of Harrodsburg, Ky., decided to begin a massive undertaking to bring the Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall to Harrodsburg after seeing the Wall years earlier. The effort, which culminated in a holiday weekend from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2, 2013 that teemed with emotional tributes to American heroes, involved numerous dedicated local volunteers and generous donors... MORE

Mattingly and his wife , both longtime residents of Harrodsburg, Ky., decided to begin a massive undertaking to bring the Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall to Harrodsburg after seeing the Wall years earlier. The effort, which culminated in a holiday weekend from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2, 2013 that teemed with emotional tributes to American heroes, involved numerous dedicated local volunteers and generous donors.

Harrodsburg locals prepare to honor fallen veterans
July 19, 2013 — These artillery pieces, provided by Lexington's 138th Fires Brigade, will serve to honor fallen veterans when the American Veterans’ Traveling Tribute Wall comes to Harrodsburg’s Anderson-Dean Park from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2, 2013, concluding with a 21-gun salute on the wall’s last day in town... MORE

In addition to the cannons being on display with traveling wall and other planned tributes, local soldiers will provide an honorary guard for the wall during its three-day stay in Harrodsburg.

National Guard Youth Foundation highlighted at Kentucky Speedway
June 29, 2013 — As part of the National Guard Youth Foundation - the national nonprofit that supports Challenge - and the Challenge program's relationship with Hendrick Motorsports, several cadets, foundation officials and members of the National Guard were invited to the track to see Dale Earnhardt Jr. drive the number 88 Chevrolet with a special National Guard Youth Foundation logo on his car. ... MORE

Sending Christmas comfort to Kentucky's ADT 5
December 28, 2012 — Operation Resilient Warrior, a Radcliff, Ky. based organization, just down the road from Fort Knox, has adopted the unit as a means to thank them for their service to our country and for the meaningful work they are doing in Afghanistan... MORE

The packages will be sent to soldiers of Kentucky's Agribusiness Development Team 5, in Afghanistan for Christmas.

'Morgan's Men' prepare for deployment to Jordan
December 16, 2012 — Soldiers of the 1/623rd will assume an advise and assist role in the training of Jordanian troops as part of a partner nation alliance in support of Operation Enduring Freedom... MORE

Soldiers sat with their families during the ceremony, part of the unit's "family is first" philosophy.

Kentuckians, multi-national force work to better roads in Africa
December 11, 2012 — The area was approximately one hundred meters wide by a quarter mile long and was littered with hundreds of empty plastic bottles, scrap metal, paper bags, and pieces of cardboard. As word spread around camp about the project more and more units began volunteering and it became clear that some major planning would be needed to coordinate all the moving parts. That job fell to Maj. Michael Woodson, Task Force Longrifles Plans Officer... MORE

Two groups started at opposite ends of the road, cleaning up debris and trash, working throughout the day.

A Thanksgiving feast
November 22, 2012 — t was quite the feast! Numerous meats, sides and desserts! The Thanksgiving decorations were fantastic, ranging from autumn colored leaves to huge ginger bread homes, and even the staff dressed up as Pilgrims and Native Americans. Keeping with tradition, staff officers from Task Force Longrifles donned their food service uniforms and dished out the amazing smorgasbord to hungry Soldiers waiting in line... MORE

A Lasting Impact
November 17, 2012 — A small group of soldiers from Charlie Battery 2-138th Field Artillery Regiment out of Bardstown, Ky., have the distinct privilege of serving in one of the most beautiful and mountainous countries in Africa. It is the American equivalent to Colorado and Kentucky could fit into its borders nearly 11 times... MORE

HOA deployment is home to this Soldier
November 9, 2012 — Pfc. Ismaila Pam, a Automated Logistical Supply Specialist from the 2138th Forward Support Company (FSC) of Louisville, Ky., was born in Mauritania, Africa, and grew up in Senegal. ... MORE

Ismaila Pam, a resident of Louisville, Ky.

Transportation missions boost Soldier morale
November 2, 2012 — The Border Run mission consists of these soldiers meeting at the border between Djibouti and Ethiopia to exchange supplies. The transportation of supplies not only helps with material needs for the soldiers in Dire Dawa, but also helps boost their morale... MORE

751st TC Change of Command
October 27, 2012 — The Kentucky Army National Guard’s 751st Troop Command welcomed Lt. Col. Scott C. Thomas as battalion commander during a change of command ceremony at Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Ky., Saturday. Thomas, a Louisville native, is currently the full-time Assistant Chief of Staff for the Kentucky National Guard. Thomas replaced outgoing commander, Lt. Col. Brent A. Wilkins... MORE

Kentucky Army National Guard Lt. Col. Brent A. Wilkins receives the Meritorious Service Medal from Col. John Edwards, commander of the 75th Troop Command, at Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Ky., Oct. 27, 2012. Lt. Col. Wilkins was presented this award during a change of command ceremony in which he released his command to Lt. Col. Scott C. Thomas. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Cody Stagner, 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment/Released)

Kentucky maintenance facility earns top regional honor
October 17, 2012 — One such building is the Kentucky Army National Guard’s Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site (MATES), whose soldiers were recently recognized for running one of the best maintenance facilities in the National Guard. ... MORE

From the hangar to Afghanistan, Army helicopter mechanic fits in well
October 16, 2012 — Sizemore, who has served with the Kentucky National Guard since 2008, is currently deployed to southern Afghanistan as part of ADT 4’s Security Team. ... MORE

Sizemore is a member of the Kentucky National Guard Agribusiness Development Team 4's Security Platoon

Soldier reflects on Kentucky's ADT 4, from the front truck
October 8, 2012 — “We run lead truck probably every other mission, that’s about the way it works,” explained Staff Sgt. Robert Foushee, a 28-year-old Lexington, Ky., native. In February 2012, Foushee deployed to southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province as a Security Platoon Dismounted Team Leader and Truck Commander with the Kentucky National Guard’s Agribusiness Development Team 4. Since then, his team has effectively taken over its role of running security from the front of ADT 4’s convoys, according to Foushee... MORE

Foushee is a dismounted team leader and truck commander with the Kentucky National Guard's Agribusiness Development Team 4.

Kentucky airman serves in Afghanistan for new friends and old
October 8, 2012 — Stribling, a member of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Aerial Port Squadron came because of a friend from his previous deployment to Afghanistan’s Bagram Air Base in 2011. That friend is fellow airman and Louisville resident Staff Sgt. Austin McDonald. ... MORE

Stribling, a member of the Louisville, Ky. based 123rd Aerial Port Squadron, is currently serving on his second deployment.

Kentucky Army Aviation helps keep the National Guard in the air
September 24, 2012 — It is often thought that a warrant officer in an Army Aviation unit is only a pilot. That is certainly not the case. The aviation field also demands that experts are on hand as maintenance technicians to ensure that those pilots have a working aircraft to fly. In the Kentucky National Guard, some aviation warrant officers are not only keeping Kentucky Guardsmen in the air, but also are working to keep pilots in quality aircraft nationwide... MORE

Soldiers at the Army Aviation Support Facility prepare for a test flight in a OH-58 helicopter in Frankfort, Ky., Sept. 24, 2012. The Kentucky Guard provides maintenance support to all OH-58s in the National Guard.

Kentucky Guardsmen return from Afghanistan on 9/11
September 11, 2012 — On the eleventh anniversary of 9/11, the Kentucky National Guard welcomed home the soldiers of the 176th Engineer Firefighting Team during a ceremony in Greenville, Ky. The unit deployed to Afghanistan exactly one year ago, Sept. 11, 2011. Friends, family members and the Greenville Fire Department greeted the soldiers at the Muhlenberg County Airport, and then accompanied them to the unit’s home at the nearby Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center. ... MORE

Sgt. Aaron Watts of Versailles, Ky., shares a moment with his son, Cameron, during the welcome home ceremony for the 176th Engineer Firefighting Team at the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Ky., Sept. 11, 2012. Watts and his unit deployed to Afghanistan exactly one year before, Sept. 11, 2011 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Kentucky Guardsmen deploy to the Horn of Africa
August 31, 2012 — The Kentucky National Guard honored approximately 565 soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery, during a departure ceremony at the Frankfort Convention Center in Frankfort, Ky., Aug. 31, 2012. Hundreds of family members and friends gathered with the Kentucky National Guard command staff to provide a fitting farewell as the unit departed for the Horn of Africa for a scheduled nine-month deployment... MORE

Kentucky's Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Edward W. Tonini speaks to the Soldiers of the 2/138th Field Artillery during the unit's farewell ceremony in Frankfort, Ky., Aug. 31, 2012. Approximately 565 soldiers deployed to the Horn of Africa for a scheduled nine-month deployment.

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