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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...

Guardsman excited to lead, honored at commissioning
August 25, 2012 — Surrounded by 10 of his fellow classmates, 2nd Lt. Martin A. Goldey looked out across the grounds of the Kentucky Capital. Goldey and his comrades, Kentucky’s newest commissioned officers, spent 18 months getting to this point. For Goldey, honor graduate, his commissioning ceremony from the Kentucky National Guard’s Officer Candidate School class 54-12 was bittersweet...

Having a ‘ball’ after it all
August 25, 2012 — Sounds of saxophones, trombones and drums from the speakers filled the ballroom at the Capital Plaza Hotel Aug. 25. The lights elegantly reflected off of the dinner glasses and the golden ranks of freshly graduated second lieutenants of the Kentucky National Guard. Class 54-12 of the 238th Regiment’s Officers Candidate School ended a weekend of commissioning festivities with a military ball...

Kentucky Guard pins OCS class 54-12
August 25, 2012 — Eleven second lieutenants raised their right hands and swore an oath of office to become the Kentucky National Guard’s newest officers at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Aug. 25. Officer Candidate class 54-12 endured a rigorous 18-month training program in order to graduate as the new group of Kentucky National Guard leaders. The officer candidates were tested in key areas such as physical fitness, leadership abilities, land navigational skills, and operational orders...

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...

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