Kentucky Guard

Survivors Set Sail to Remember
June 22, 2016 — As family members awaited boarding the vessel, many families took the time to capture an image by the “Survivors of American Heroes” flag, hung in the middle of the conference room. One of those families were from Powell County, Kentucky, and had brief moments of nostalgia about their fallen hero, Bobby Jo Martin Jr., from the 82nd Airborne... MORE

Kentucky Guardsmen test search and rescue skills during Vigilant Guard
June 21, 2016 — The Kentucky National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, High-Yield Explosives (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) tested its search and rescue, extraction and recovery capabilities June 11, at the Satsop Business Park in Elma, Washington. As part of a Vigilant Guard exercise, the Kentucky CERFP teamed with local and state agencies to simulate a mass-casualty search and rescue operation. ... MORE

Vigilant Guard is a United States Northern Command and National Guard Bureau sponsored exercise program.

149th Brigade Support Battalion delivers
June 16, 2016 — The team that operates the Tactical Water Purification System (TWPS) is the only one of its kind remaining in the Kentucky National Guard... MORE

His team is capable of producing 1,500 gallons of clean water per hour.

Artillery Calls in Air Assets
June 16, 2016 — Soldiers from the 2/138th and Detachment 1, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 238th Aviation worked hand in hand to provide relevant and realistic MEDEVAC training by providing air support to Soldiers on the ground. ... MORE

Air Assault qualified Soldiers with the 2/138th FA BN were provided refresher training by 2/147th during their annual training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, June 10, 2016

Kentucky Guard, Emergency Management partner for earthquake readiness
June 16, 2016 — "CAPSTONE-14 offers Kentucky and our neighboring states the opportunity to build upon the existing partnerships and opportunities to identify unified real-world solutions for emergency response to a catastrophic event of this magnitude," said Michael Dossett, KYEM Director... MORE

Kentucky Medics Prepare for the worst
June 16, 2016 — Placing a chest tube or shocking a patient with an Automated External Defibrillator is something most Army medics hope to never use, but recently medics assigned to the Kentucky CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), got to do exactly that in a real-life emergency trauma simulation... MORE

Kentucky National Guard Sergants Ryan Stull, Ryan Hunter, Caitlyn Hernandez and Spc. Patrick Noell specifically requested the training and each said it was invaluable to their trauma skills

Soldier commemorates battalion history in new guidon stand
June 16, 2016 — First Kentucky Brigade was the only Confederate element from the state of Kentucky during the Civil War. The brigade was formed by former Vice President, Major General John Breckinridge. Historians have two theories as to why the First Kentucky Brigade had the nickname of the Orphans: first – the brigade went through multiple commanders in its five-years of service; second – they were unable to return home during the war due to Kentucky's political stance. ... MORE

Partnering for success
June 16, 2016 — The Kentucky National Guard has partnered with the LMPD for multiple Thunder Over Louisville events. Soldiers of the 223rd began their operations at the opening ceremony and provided security until the last spectators departed safely. ... MORE

Bettering our Communities
June 11, 2016 — Comforts, best practices and a wealth of knowledge were exchanged June 11, at the small regional hospital located in Elma, Washington. The Kentucky National Guard’s CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), assisted the hospital staff with the set-up and use of Summit Pacific’s decontamination kit – the first time the staff ever opened the kit... MORE

Kentucky CERFP assist Oregon in Cascadia Rising
June 8, 2016 — NGB strategically placed these CERFP teams in each of the 10 FEMA regions throughout the U.S., and June 7-9, members of the Oregon and Kentucky National Guard CERFP, along with the Utah Homeland Response Force (HRF) and aviation assets from the Idaho National Guard, exercised their abilities to respond to a simulated 9.0-magnitude earthquake and the aftermath of a tsunami during Cascadia Rising 2016... MORE

Cascadia Rising simulates a 9.0-magnitude earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which tests the Oregon and Kentucky National Guard’s CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) ability to work alongside local, state and federal first responders and public safety officials during a disaster response effort.

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