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Category: 75th Troop Command

Kentucky earns runner-up at 2021 Region III Best Warrior Competition
May 14, 2021 — During the 2021 Best Warrior Competition, held at Fort McClellan, Alabama, Spc. Michel, an infantryman assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry Regiment, made a lasting impression on the judges and earned 1st Runner-Up for Region III BWC Soldier of the Year... MORE

Guardsmen support Derby in reduced capacity
May 2, 2021 — Louisville's historic Churchill Downs hosted the 147th Kentucky Derby, May 1, 2021, but for the Kentucky National Guard, this year's support and augmentation of local law enforcement were certainly different due to COVID-19 restrictions... MORE

Welcome Home for 70 medical professionals from year-long deployment
April 10, 2021 — Kentucky National Guard leadership joined friends and family to welcome home members of the 1163rd’s Medical Company Area Support unit from a year-long deployment in Poland at Bluegrass Airport in Lexington April 10th... MORE

41st Civil Support Team kicks off Annual Evaluation Training with AR North
March 15, 2021 — The Kentucky National Guard's 41st Civil Support Team (CST) rallied in Bardstown, Ky., to kick-off their mission-readiness evaluation March 15-18, 2021. This certification test takes place every 18 months to keep the team up to date with the protocols and procedures necessary for responding to potential Weapons of Mass Destruction (MWD) and/or threat thereof... MORE

75th Troop Command Change of Command
March 7, 2021 — Outgoing commander, Lt. Col. Douglas D. Clay, handed over the reins of the unit to Lt. Col. Timothy R. Starke... MORE

75th Troop Command Change of Command ceremony

COVID-19 Vaccines now available for Guard members
January 11, 2021 — The Moderna vaccine was picked up by the Kentucky National Guard and they have started administering it to troops... MORE

Kentucky's Adjutant General, Brig. Gen. Haldane B. Lamberton, gets his COVID-19

Chris Howell is the first Physician Assistant in the Kentucky Army National Guard to achieve the rank of Colonel
November 23, 2020 — When Col. Chris Howell was promoted to the rank of colonel, his career took a historical turn. He became the first-ever Physician Assistant (PA) to achieve the standing within the Kentucky Army National Guard... MORE

Governor Beshear visits Kentucky Guard, tours COVID-19 protective equipment warehouse
September 14, 2020 — In March 2020, the state experienced its first spike in positive COVID-19 cases sparking the need for sterile and disposable personal protective equipment (PPE). On Sept. 14, along with First Lady Britainy Beshear and several staff members, Governor Andy Beshear visited troops and toured the PPE storage warehouse in Frankfort... MORE

Kentucky Army National Guard troops pause for a photo at the supply warehouse in Frankfort, Ky., Sept. 10, 2020.

Never Forgotten: Honors for fallen Soldier brings family closure after 70 years
August 29, 2020 — After missing in action for 70 years, Aug. 26 marked the day they finally brought the Soldier home. In a bevy of flags, surrounded by family, friends, and veterans from several generations, they gave Cpl. Hash a hero’s welcome. Then, on Aug. 29, they laid him to rest at the Worley Cemetery, near his hometown of Corbin, Ky... MORE

Cpl. Billie Joe Hash repatriation ceremony

First Chaplain of the Kentucky Militia – James Moore
July 28, 2020 — Reverend Moore is credited as one of the individuals who contributed to the development of music in Lexington, and perhaps Lexington’s first music enthusiast. When the Reverend Moore constructed Vaucluse on the Georgetown Pike, he personally supervised the creation of a parlor designed for recitals and musicales. It was a square room with a high ceiling and special material to provide the best acoustics possible. The room was flanked by two chambers, opening onto a recessed portico. Information on musical events at Vaucluse is lacking, but it seems likely that this room was filled with the strains of the best music Lexington could provide during receptions given by the Moore’s... MORE

James Moore, early 1800s. Oil on canvas by Samuel Dearborn

Strength through diversity
July 13, 2020 — When Staff Sgt. Joy Floyd, of the 75th Troop Command in Louisville, Ky, attended basic training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma in 2014, she was randomly assigned a battle buddy. "We were in the classroom when they pulled us out," she said." The Red Cross was there and they told her that her grandmother had passed away."... MORE

Military Funeral Honors Team recognized for professionalism and dedication to service in our communities
June 17, 2020 — Four members of the Kentucky Army National Guard military funeral honors team were recognized during a small ceremony held at Boone National Guard Center in Frankfort, Ky., on May 21, 2020... MORE

Kentucky Guard Soldier posts highest ACFT score yet.
June 26, 2019 — The U.S. Army is transitioning to a new physical fitness test, the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), to better prepare Soldiers in readiness and lethality. To date, no Soldier yet has achieved a perfect score. On June 18, Spc. Ryan Sowder from the 2112th Transportation Company out of Burlington, Kentucky scored 597 out of a possible 600 points. This is the highest score recorded in all of the U.S. Army so far - Active, Guard or Reserve... MORE

88M truck driver, Spc. Ryan Sowder, is part of the 2112th Transportation Company based in Burlington, Ky. He recently scored a 597 out of 600 points on the new Army Combat Fitness Test, which is the highest score to date across the force. Sowder also qualified this year for the 2019 Reebok Crossfit Games in Madison, Wis. (photo submitted)

Kentucky Guardsman carries on father's legacy
June 8, 2014 — was December 2006 when the family learned of the death of Staff Sgt. Thomas Clemons. While serving with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 123rd Armor on patrol near Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, Clemons succumbed to a severe heart attack. Just a month earlier he was home on leave telling the stories of the war... MORE

Staff Sgt. Thomas Clemons at the unit's armory in Leitchfield, Ky., June, 8, 2014. Clemons enlisted into the same unit his father served in before his death in Iraq in 2006.

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.

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.

Edwards accepts command of Kentucky National Guard 75th Troop Command
February 6, 2011 — A highly decorated veteran with a 23-year career, Edwards will bring his experience as an engineer and chemical officer to the 75th with pride. He’s worked with junior leaders as a TAC officer at the 238th Regiment and commanded the 103rd Chemical Battalion in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005... MORE

Edwards accepted command of the 75th Troop Command immediately following the promotion ceremony during a change of command ceremony.

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