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Kentucky National Guard strengthens emergency preparedness through statewide county outreach
December 2, 2024 — The Kentucky National Guard’s County Outreach Team meets with county officials to strengthen relationships and improve emergency preparedness by discussing available resources and fostering interagency coordination. The first of these meetings began in late 2022 to allow local officials to familiarize themselves with the Guard’s resources and personnel and streamline crisis response efforts...

Kentucky National Guardsman Runs at Near-Olympic Level
November 29, 2024 — After joining the Kentucky National Guard, Army Staff Sgt. Terry continued to train his passion: Running...

Kentucky National Guard breaks ground on new field maintenance facility in Boone County
November 27, 2024 — Kentucky National Guard broke ground in Burlington, Nov. 18 for a new field maintenance facility. When complete, the facility will serve more than 760 Soldiers from six different units serving in the cities of Burlington, Walton, and Carrolton...

Kentucky Soldiers compete to be Commonwealth's Best Warrior
November 6, 2024 — Soldiers from across the Commonwealth competed in multiple events for the Kentucky Army National Guard's Best Warrior competition at the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Nov. 3-6, 2024. The 75th Troop Command hosted the four-day event, which put participants through various grueling challenges that tested their Soldier knowledge and skills...

Wounded Kentucky Guardsman receives new “smart home”
October 31, 2024 — Kentucky Army National Guard Maj. John Rock and his wife, along with six of their nine children, cut the ribbon on their new home, Oct. 28, 2024. The new “smart home” was made possible by the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. The home features several ADA improvements and is mortgage-free to the family...

Growing safety culture in Kentucky National Guard
October 24, 2024 — Nearly 40 Soldiers and civilian technicians attended the annual Safety Training Workshop on Oct. 21-23, 2024. The workshop held at Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park in Gilbertsville focused on ensuring Soldier and civilian safety in the workplace through proactive management and prioritizing risk management, safety culture, and effective reporting...

Chief Information Officer retires after 30 years
September 27, 2024 — Col. John B. Blackburn retired after more than 30 years of service during a ceremony held in his honor at the Wellman Auditorium on Boone National Guard Center in Frankfort, Sept. 27, 2024...

Combat Medics train for recerts
September 19, 2024 — Combat medics from around Kentucky attended Tactical Combat Casualty Care recertification training to maintain their military occupational specialty skills at Boone National Guard Center Sept. 7-20...

Kentucky's 2113th Welcome Home
August 20, 2024 — The Solders of the 2113th Transportation Company hosted their welcome home during a ceremony at the Paducah-McCracken County Convention and Expo Center in Paducah, Ky., Aug. 17...

Kentucky Guard advocates for unified cybersecurity strategy at state local issues conference
August 17, 2024 — Maj. Gen. Haldane Lamberton and Lt. Col. Dayna Sanders addressed local leaders and representatives at the Governor’s Local Issues Conference in Louisville, Aug. 8...

Kentucky Colonel promoted to General
August 16, 2024 — U.S. Army Colonel Andrew J. Bates was promoted to brigadier general during a ceremony held at Metro Hall Aug. 7. Bates is the project management team lead for Louisville Metro Government and has worked for them the last 26 years, so it was fitting that he was promoted at Metro Hall...

Kentucky National Guard Hosts Ecuadorian Military for Interagency Operations Exchange
August 10, 2024 — The Kentucky National Guard hosted a subject matter expert exchange with members of the Ecuadorian military, focusing on interagency operations and communications in a domestic operational environment. This engagement, scheduled from August 5-9, 2024, included various activities and site visits across central Kentucky, including the Boone National Guard Center in Frankfort, the 123rd Airlift Wing in Louisville, and the Lexington Fire Department...

Mountain Warriors conducts Change of Responsibility Ceremony
July 24, 2024 — The 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry Regiment conducted a Change of Responsibility ceremony between outgoing Command Sgt. Maj. Anthony Hughes and incoming Command Sgt. Maj. Tim Lewis, during annual training at Brooks Parade Field, July 20...

Kentucky Guard Attends Leader Engagement with Djibouti
July 16, 2024 — Kentucky leadership attended Djibouti’s Independence Day parade and met with Djiboutian and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) leaders as part of the State Partnership Program (SPP)...

Kentucky Wildcats host MREP Soldier
July 2, 2024 — Over the last few weeks, the 2/138th hosted Lieutenant Andreas Märtson, a signal officer from Estonia, through the Military Reserve Exchange Program (MREP). Previously a professional basketball player in Estonia, Märtson got to visit the Joe Craft Center on the University of Kentucky’s campus during the cultural outing day Thursday, June 20th. During the visit, Märtson and Soldiers from the 2/138th Field Artillery Battalion (FAB) watched the Wildcats practice, met the team and head coach Mark Pope, and toured the facility...

Kentucky Guard CERF-P conducts joint training with Georgia Guard's HRF
June 28, 2024 — The Kentucky National Guard's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package (CERF-P) Conducted a joint training exercise with the Georgia National Guard's Homeland Response Force (HRF) at Fort Stewart, Georgia, June 23-28, 2024...

Thunder support, change of command and responsibility
June 25, 2024 — The 103rd BSB says farewell to one command team and welcomes another during a dual-ceremony at Campbellsville University Harrodsburg Athletic Center in Harrodsburg, June 14, 2024...

Kentucky National Guard celebrates 232nd birthday
June 24, 2024 — June 24, 2024, marks the 232nd birthday of the Kentucky National Guard, which was formed by Gov. Isaac Shelby as one his first official acts in 1792. On Thursday, dozens of Soldiers and Airmen gathered in Louisville, Kentucky, to celebrate the occasion and look back over the past two centuries...

From Alaska to the Republic the 201st Engineer Battalion Gets It Done
June 3, 2024 — Soldiers from the 149th Engineer Vertical Construction Company (Cynthiana, KY) and the 207th Engineer Construction Company (Hazard, KY) participated in the Innovative Readiness Training Program’s Shepard Point project during Annual Training 2024. These Soldiers were tasked with the initial clearing, grubbing, and rough grading of approximately 1200 meters of road near Cordova, Alaska...

National Guard athletes finish strong at Lincoln Marathon
May 6, 2024 — Twenty-one of the National Guard’s best athletes from the All Guard Marathon Team, representing 17 states and territories, competed in the 47th annual Lincoln Marathon May 5. ...

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