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Kentucky Air Guard logs many firsts in Sentry Storm
December 31, 2021 — More than 20 members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group participated in a unique training exercise here involving members from across the Department of Defense in July... MORE

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group prepare to hook a sling load to a U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk during a large-scale exercise in Logan, W.Va.., on July 20, 2021. The training took place during a week-long exercise named Sentry Storm 2021 that included multiple units including Air and Army National Guard, U.S. Air Force, Air Force Reserve, U.S. Navy, and Civil Air Patrol. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Vincent Santos)

Kentucky Air Guard Security Forces strengthen skills in Colorado
December 31, 2021 — Thirty-three Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Security Forces Squadron travelled to Fort Carson, Colorado, May 17 to strengthen their specialized skills during nine days of field exercises. ... MORE

Airman 1st Class Emmanuel Collins, a fireteam member in the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Security Forces Squadron, takes up a defensive posture during a field training exercise at Fort Carson, Colo., May 19, 2021. More than 30 Airmen from the unit travelled here to strengthen their specialized skills during nine days of field exercises at several different ranges. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Phil Speck)

Kentucky Air Guardsmen featured in national ad campaign
December 31, 2021 — Three Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard are being highlighted in a new national ad campaign funded by the National Guard Bureau... MORE

A member of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron is filmed by members of GSD&M, a marketing and advertising company, at FRP LaGrange Quarry, in La Grange, Ky., on April 14, 2021. The production shoot is part of a national ad campaign funded by the National Guard Bureau to advertise the Air National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua Horton)

Key Leaders visit troops in western Kentucky
December 29, 2021 — Several leaders from Kentucky National Guard took time to visit the Soldiers who are continuing work in western Kentucky after the holidays Dec. 28. The Soldiers of the 1123rd Sapper Company and the 223rd Military Police Company continue to conduct health and welfare checks at homes that are just getting electricity as well as manning traffic control points in downtown Mayfield, Ky., while contractors conduct clean up... MORE

Kentucky Army National Guard's Sgt. Ryan Aud updates Brig. Gen. Brian Wertzler on traffic control points in Mayfield, Ky. on December 28th, 2021. Aud is a squad leader with the 1123rd Sapper Company and has been conducting traffic control points and health and welfare checks in support of tornado relief (U.S. Army photo by Andy Dickson).

Kentucky Air Guard supports tornado recovery effort in Mayfield
December 23, 2021 — Seventeen Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard have completed a 10-day mission to Mayfield, Kentucky, to provide traffic control and security patrols as residents struggle to recover from a Category 5 tornado that carved a 220-mile-long path of destruction across five states Dec. 10 and 11, leveling much of this small town and leaving 76 people dead in Kentucky... MORE

Airman 1st Class Jayden Guthrie of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Security Forces Squadron directs traffic in Mayfield, Ky., Dec. 18, 2021. Guthrie and 16 other security forces Airmen mobilized from Louisville, Ky., to augment the Mayfield Police Department following a Category 5 tornado that leveled much of the town. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Clayton Wear)

Santa’s helpers
December 17, 2021 — Four Kentucky Soldiers jumped into action after they heard tornadoes hit the western part of Kentucky Dec. 10... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Gina Vaile-Nelson, Sgt. Jessica Jenkins, Staff Sgt. Billie Jacobs, Staff Sgt. Rachel Pete raised over $2,500 for Kentucky’s First Lady, Britainy Beshear's Western Kentucky Toy Drive. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st class Benjamin Crane)

"We Just Went" - Kentucky Guardsman jumps into action to help neighbors
December 14, 2021 — One of those guardsmen activated, Spc. Zach Neisz, a resident of Dawson Springs living only about 8 miles north of where the tornadoes touched down... MORE

Neisz who lives in Dawson Springs spent the first 27 hours after the storm aiding local law enforcement, helping extract people from their home.

Kentucky Aviator recognized for four decades of service
December 14, 2021 — Chief Mattox currently serves as the as the only qualified UH-60 Maintenance Examiner, a Maintenance Test Pilot, Instructor Pilot, and Instrument Examiner on both models of Blackhawk aircraft presently in Kentucky Aviation... MORE

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Dave Mattox celebrates 40 years of service to his country

Leaders visit Soldiers activated for help in the wake of deadly tornadoes
December 14, 2021 — Kentucky’s State Command Sergeant Major, Command Sgt. Maj. Jesse Withers and State Chaplain (Col.) Jay Padgett the visited Soldiers at various locations impacted by recent tornados in Graves County, Ky., Dec. 14... MORE

During the two-hour visit, leadership traveled to the Mayfield Consumer Products facility, better known as the candle factory site.

Guard Assists After Record Tornado in Mayfield, Ky.
December 13, 2021 — Over 300 Kentucky Air and Army National Guardsmen have been activated in support of tornado relief in various locations to include Mayfield and Dawson Springs, Ky. on December 11th, 2021. Members of the 123rd Airlift Wing’s Search and Rescue Team, the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), and the 438th Military Police Company have mobilized to the region for search and rescue missions, road clearing and law enforcement support. ... MORE

Kentucky state flag rescued from the ruble of the courthouse in Mayfield, Ky.

Kentucky Guardsmen participate in leader’s course
December 9, 2021 — The two-day, course-integrated, Four Lenses training, resiliency training, and team- building event is designed to make leaders look inward to find out more about themselves, and use that information to be better leaders... MORE

The two-day course integrated Four Lenses training, resiliency training and team building events with the goal of making the leaders look inward to find out more about themselves and how they can use that information to be a better leader.

Kentucky Soldiers awarded for their work during pandemic
December 6, 2021 — Representatives with Sayre Christian Village senior living community presented six service members from the 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade the LeadingAge Kentucky Distinguished Service Award and the Guardian Angel Award during a ceremony at the Army Aviation Support Facility hanger on Boone National Guard Center Dec. 2... MORE

Sayre Christian Village resident Paul Frederick and Command Sgt. Maj. Paul Rezac, 63rd TAB, smile as Kentucky National Guard Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Hal Lamberton presents Fredrick and Soldiers with a military coin for appreciation following a ceremony at the Army Aviation Support Facility hanger on Boone National Guard Center Dec. 2. The Soldiers are awarded the honors because of the assistance they provided during the pandemic. (US Army National Guard Photo by Mrs. Jesse Elbouab)

Kentucky’s 123rd Airlift Wing named top mobility flying unit in Air National Guard
December 5, 2021 — The Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing has been named the top mobility flying unit in Air National Guard for 2021, officials announced in Louisville, Kentucky, Dec. 5... MORE

Col. Bruce Bancroft, commander of the 123rd Airlift Wing, speaks to hundreds of Air Guardsmen during a ceremony celebrating the wing’s fifth Curtis N. “Rusty” Metcalf Trophy at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Dec. 5, 2021. Bestowed annually by the National Guard Association of the United States, the trophy recognizes the airlift or air refueling unit that demonstrates the highest standards of mission accomplishment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua Horton)

Kentucky infantry company deploys to Horn of Africa with Virginia National Guard
November 28, 2021 — Kentucky National Guard senior leaders and honored guests joined family and friends at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, Nov. 27, 2021, to honor approximately 150 Soldiers of Somerset-based Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry Regiment as they left Kentucky and entered federal active duty... MORE

Departure ceremony held for Kentucky Infantry company deploying to Horn of Africa with Virginia National Guard

The Eighth Kentucky and the Battle Above the Clouds
November 24, 2021 — Every war has its iconic images or photographs, capturing for posterity, depicting a moment defining a battle or conflict. During the Second World War, one such moment was captured on February 23, 1945, with the Stars and Stripes being raised over Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima, by five Marines. Just over eighty years before this event, six Union Soldiers from Kentucky, were captured in a photograph accomplishing a similar mission atop Lookout Mountain, located near Chattanooga, Tennessee, during what would become known as the “Battle Above the Clouds.” ... MORE

B/W image of planting of the flag on Lookout Mountain.

Kentucky National Guard documented in Kentucky visual history series
November 23, 2021 — Soldiers and Airmen of the Kentucky National Guard will be featured in a photo series documenting Kentuckians, to include Soldiers training at Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Ky., in November 2021. James Southard, a fine arts photographer with the Kentucky Documentary Photographic Project (KDPP), wanted to include the Kentucky National Guard in the visual history series after conducting his own research on his father’s military career. ... MORE

James R. Southard, a photographer for the Kentucky Documentary Photography Project, stands for a portrait at the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Ky. on November 12th, 2021. Southard is documenting members of the Kentucky National Guard to be a part of the visual history of Kentuckians (U.S. Army photo by Andrew Dickson).

More than art
November 22, 2021 — Chaplain (Capt.) Gregory Christopher Granderson is the state support chaplain full-time and drills with the 206th Engineer Battalion, 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade. ... MORE

For Chaplain (Capt.) Gregory Granderson, his passion for comics became his pathway to influence. I sat down with him to learn how he uses his graphic illustrated comics to help him communicate with his troops.

Warrior Mind
November 19, 2021 — Kentucky's Best Warrior Competition is a series of events held over four days to test a Soldier's fitness, technical knowledge, and combat skills. The winners are awarded the opportunity to compete in Spring 2022 at the regional level... MORE

Urban warfare presents difficult situations that test a Soldier on their ability to quickly and tactically subdue or eliminate threats in indoor and outdoor environments

Kentucky Guardsmen talk with cub scouts
November 18, 2021 — Two Kentucky Army National Guard Soldiers belonging to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 138th Field Artillery Brigade, along with four Cadets from the University of Kentucky’s Reserve Officer Training Corps’ ‘Kentucky Rangers’ spent time demonstrating military equipment. At the event Soldiers showcased the iconic military Humvee and taught the Scouts how to fold and care for the American flag. ... MORE

Soldiers from the 138th met with the Scouts at a military appreciation night in Lexington, Ky on November 18, 2021

Kentucky JAG officers promote to colonel on same day
November 17, 2021 — “To my awareness, there’s never been an occasion in the Kentucky Army National Guard that we have promoted two JAG officers on the same day to full Colonel,” remarked Maj. Gen. Haldane Lamberton, The Adjutant General... MORE

The event took place with family, friends and colleagues in attendance.

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