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Building Renaming Ceremony Honors CW5 (Ret.) Joe Wilkins
May 28, 2024 — Retired Chief Warrant Officer 5 Joe Wilkins was honored with a renaming ceremony recognizing his remarkable 52 years of service, both in and out of uniform. On May 20, 2024, families and friends of Wilkins gathered at the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Kentucky, as the Garrison Training Command headquarters building was officially named the "CW5 Joe N. Wilkins Building." “Dad loved being part of the Guard and supporting the Guard. That’s what he lived to do,” said Brent Wilkins, son of Joe Wilkins. “From the time he joined in 1960 until he retired in 2012, he lived the Guard. He supported the Guard.”... MORE

Frances Wilkins, widow of Chief Warrant Officer 5 Joe Wilkins, holds the plaque for the building renaming in remembrance of Joe Wilkins at Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center (WHFRTC) in Greenville, Kentucky on May 24, 2024. Joe Wilkins was one of the three full-time employees who made WHFRTC a major state training site. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Andy Dickson)

Kentucky National Guard selects the Best Warriors of 2024
November 8, 2023 — The Kentucky Army National Guard announced the winners of the state-wide Best Warrior Competition at the awards breakfast held at Wendell H. Ford Training Center, Nov 5... MORE

Soldiers who competed in Kentucky's Best Warrior Competition received trophies during a ceremony held in Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Kentucky, November 5, 2023. From left: Spc. Jackie Zheng, Soldier of the Year; Command Sgt. Maj. Benzie Timberlake, 75th Troop Command; Sgt. Jerry Marksbury III, NCO of the Year Runner-Up; Sgt. Robert Buck, NCO of the Year; Command Sgt. Maj. Aaron Lester, 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade; and Spc. Stephen Shelton, Soldier of the Year Runner-Up. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Cody Stagner)

Ticks!
June 30, 2021 — For more than twenty years, Col. Jesse Huff, the outgoing preventive medicine officer for the Kentucky Army National Guard Medical Detachment, has been collecting ticks to prevent tick-related Soldier illness and support national-level scientific studies on the species... MORE

LTC Joiner takes charge of Kentucky Training Institute
April 18, 2021 — Family, friends, and service members from across the commonwealth came together on Sunday, April 18, 2021, to witness a Change of Command ceremony, where Col. Fred W. Bates relinquished control of the 238th Training Regiment (Combat Arms) to Lt. Col. Allen Joiner, at the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center, Greenville, KY... MORE

Kentucky Guard Soldiers take part in leadership course
March 13, 2020 — Ranger instructors with the Warrior Training Center at Fort Benning worked in conjunction with the 238th Regional Training Institute to conduct a fast paced and challenging course that consisted of classroom training, situational training exercise (STX) lanes, land navigation and close quarters marksmanship... MORE

149th Engineers raise the roof of training possibilities in Kentucky
August 20, 2012 — Soldiers of the 149th Vertical Engineer Company donned their construction hats recently to take on the assembly of new structures at Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center (WHFRTC) in Greenville, Ky. Set in the rolling landscape of Muhlenburg County, a new Contingency Operating Location (COL) is taking shape for the training site and the Kentucky Guard. The buildings the 149th are erecting at WHFRTC not only benefit their own skill set, but also the training possibilities for service members in the Commonwealth... MORE

Spc. Roscoe Click, Spc. Matthew Peck and Sgt. Joshua Brown, all of the 149th Vertical Engineer Company, curve steel panels to form a section of a roof for a K-span building at Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Ky., Aug. 20, 2012.

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