Kentucky Guard

Guardsmen ruck for awareness
September 21, 2017 — Suicide over the years has had a massive effect on communities, households, units, companies and battalions. The Kentucky National Guard has been taking a lot of steps to make sure suicide doesn’t affect more people in the future... MORE

Kentucky National Guard soldiers take a group photo before the annual 10k Ruck For Life on the Boone National Guard Center in Frankfort, Ky. Sept. 20, 2017.

Kentucky Guardsmen deploy for Hurricane Irma response operations
September 7, 2017 — Approximately 20 Soldiers from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 238th Aviation (a company under 63rd TAB) deployed to the Virgin Islands with two UH-60 Blackhawks equipped for medical evacuations. Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron also deployed as part of Kentucky’s response to provide search and rescue... MORE

Kentucky Guardsmen leave lasting mark on Exercise Steppe Eagle
August 16, 2017 — Steppe Eagle, a premier multinational exercise focused on peacekeeping and peace support operations, provided eight Kentucky Soldiers a chance to build relationships with partner nation militaries and assist as subject matter experts... MORE

Joint exercise bolsters effectiveness of infantry, engineer units
July 27, 2017 — Side by side the 1123rd and 1/149th conducted an air assault mission to breach an obstacle and assault a target. Aviation assets from the 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade complimented the training event... MORE

Kentucky celebrates two year state partnership with Djibouti
July 13, 2017 — Brig. Gen. Benjamin F. Adams III, Kentucky National Guard’s Land Component commander, and State Command Sgt. Major David Munden visited Djibouti June 23-28 to participate in several military to military engagements and help honor the country during the annual independence day parade. ... MORE

US, Uzbek soldiers build new lines of communication
June 22, 2017 — U.S. Army Central Soldiers conducted a tactical communications military-to-military engagement with the Uzbekistan Armed Forces June 13-16, 2017, at the Tashkent Institute of Information Technologies in Tashkent, Uzbekistan... MORE

State Chaplain uses diversity for common good
May 31, 2017 — He has served 30 years in the Active Army, Reserve and National Guard. Cho has been in the Kentucky Guard since 1996 as a traditional Guardsmen and was named state chaplain in October of 2013. He is also a full time pastor at his church in Radcliff and currently serves as a faculty member teaching courses in the Old Testament and Archaeology at undergraduate and graduate level institutions. ... MORE

Motley promoted as first female CW5 in Kentucky Guard
May 21, 2017 — Stephanie Motley, a Blackhawk Helicopter Pilot, was promoted to Chief Warrant Officer 5, in Frankfort, Kentucky May 21, becoming the first female to attain the highest warrant officer rank... MORE

Motley, a Blackhawk pilot became the first female in the Kentucky Guard to earn the highest warrant officer rank.

149th MET bolsters Army mission in Middle East
May 18, 2017 — The Soldiers of the 149th Military Engagement Team reached the midpoint of their overseas deployment in April 2017 after spending the last five months working with partner nation military members throughout the Arabian Peninsula, the Greater Levant, and Central and South Asia... MORE

Senior leaders visit Kentucky Soldiers overseas
March 8, 2017 — Brig. Gen. Benjamin Adams III, Kentucky’s Director of the Joint Staff, and State Command Sgt. Maj. David Munden took the opportunity to visit with Soldiers in each unit, and they received a first-hand glimpse into each unit’s mission overseas... MORE

Kentucky Air National Guard Airman assists Army ROTC in Djibouti
March 4, 2017 — Travelling across the globe to more than 42 countries were 1,300 Army Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets taking part in the U.S. Army Cadet Command's Cultural Understanding & Language Proficiency program. In the role of chaperone, Air Force Master Sgt. Brittany Ingram from the 123rd Airlift Wing, Louisville, Kentucky, was able to accompany a group of these college-age cadets to the Republic of Djibouti in the horn of Africa over the summer... MORE

Master Sgt. Brittany Ingram, an Airman from the 123rd Airlift Wing Louisville, Kentucky, shows the plaque given to her by the group of U.S. Army Reserve Officer Corps cadets that she accompanied to Djibouti, Africa over the summer as a cadre member for the U.S. Army Command’s Cultural Language and Proficiency program.

Kentucky Guard Soldiers build partnerships in Jordan
February 18, 2017 — Working together is valuable to our continued partnerships with the Jordanian people, said Lt. Col. Joseph Gardner during a military-to-military engagement with the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) Central Command Feb. 12 to 16... MORE

During the engagement, over 40 JAF officers and 13 U.S. Soldiers developed interoperability while exchanging information about division current operations integration cells.

Kentucky Guardsmen train in historic sanatorium
February 7, 2017 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. — To become experts in their fields, Soldiers train in all types of conditions and places. Even if those places are haunted. For members of the 41st Civil Support Team, a recent training exercise was business as usual, another opportunity to hone their skills. But it was no ordinary duty location... MORE

The team utilized the historic site as an suitable location for a mission with low visibility and limited communications in an unfamiliar environment.

Kentucky MEDEVAC trains for water rescue
January 25, 2017 — Overall, all the Soldiers in the unit walked away from AT having learned something beyond their MOS,” said Tharp. “Something that may possibly save their lives, and the lives of others, one day.”... MORE

The training was a joint exercise with members of the Bluegrass Emergency Response Team (BERT) from Jessamine County, Ky., in order to share best practices and improve the interoperability of state assets.

Kentucky Guardsmen support Presidential Inauguration
January 20, 2017 — National Guardsmen from every corner of the country descended on the nation’s capital to support the 58th Presidential Inauguration, Jan. 20. Nearly 300 Kentucky Guardsmen from across the commonwealth were among them. The majority of that number were from the 198th Military Police Battalion based out of Louisville, Kentucky, who augmented local law enforcement in the Capital region during the event... MORE

Members of the unit were on hand to support local agencies for the 58th Presidential Inauguration.

Warrior Ethos runs deep in Best Warrior
December 15, 2016 — The Kentucky National Guard’s 2016 Best Warrior competition is no different. Only one Soldier, NCO and Senior NCO is named with the top honor at the conclusion of the strenuous three-day competition. A gauntlet that puts the NBC-hit American Ninja Warrior TV competition to shame... MORE

Kentucky National Guard Sgt. Amanda Marlow, a human resources specialist assigned to Joint Force Headquarters represented JFHQ as the NCO competitor for the 2016 Best Warrior Competition.

Kentucky Construction Soldiers deploy to Middle East
December 14, 2016 — The 207th will conduct construction operations in the Middle East, Central and South Asia in support of U.S. Army Central Command. Their missions will focus on road and runway repair, base maintenance, drainage correction projects, and culvert installation. The 207th will conduct multiple construction missions across multiple countries simultaneously... MORE

VonLintel was nominated to be recognized by her leadership for superior performance during the unit's pre-mobilization training.

It's not easy becoming the best
November 1, 2016 — Kentucky Guardsmen competed in what was billed as the most challenging Best Warrior Competition yet at the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Ky., Oct. 27-29. No one disagreed with that assessment... MORE

The stress shoot was an expanded event for the competition in order to prepare the Kentucky Guardsmen and the training site for the National Guard's regional best warrior competition to be held in April, 2017.

Two degrees and counting for Kentucky Soldier
October 3, 2016 — It took her four years to earn the title sergeant. Soon, Sarah Wilson could also be addressed as doctor. The communications non-commissioned officer with the 149th Brigade Support Battalion has spent the better part of five years enhancing her education, all in the hopes of becoming a clinical psychologist... MORE

She has earned each degree from Western Kentucky University using educational benefits available to her as a Kentucky Guardsman.

ESGR’s take your Boss to work day
August 15, 2016 — The Kentucky ESGR program provides the opportunity for civilian employers to interact with Kentucky National Guardsmen during their annual training... MORE

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