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Nov. 6, 2017

Kansas National Guard engineers going to Puerto Rico

Approximately 60 soldiers of the Kansas National Guard?s 242nd Engineer Company, augmented by soldiers from other engineer units, will depart Tuesday, Nov. 7, on a humanitarian mission to Puerto Rico to assist local authorities with debris removal an...

Nov. 6, 2017

Task Force Spartan hosts legal seminar for deployed attorneys

Maj. Gen. Victor Braden, commanding general, 35th Infantry Division, Kansas Army National Guard, leads a discussion during the day-long legal seminar Oct. 27. Hosted by 35th Inf. Div. Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, the event included attorneys d...

Nov. 3, 2017

35th Infantry Division Soldiers conduct after action review with Kuwaiti Land Forces

Members of the Kuwaiti Land Forces and 35th Infantry Division Soldiers participated in an after action review Oct. 19, 2017. The AAR was conducted in order to share information between the forces after completing the Desert Observer exercise at Camp ...

Nov. 1, 2017

Staff Sgt. Ferguson Presented Commander's Coin For Exemplary Duty

Staff Sgt.?Benjamin Ferguson?is presented with a Commander?s Coin from Lt. Col.?Willy Pegues, commander of the Kansas National Guard Training Center,?Salina, Kansas, for his exemplary duty while serving as a Range Maintenance noncommisioned officer a...

Nov. 1, 2017

Chief's "Salute to Service"

ids="680,679,678,674,675,676,677"] Soldiers and Airmen of the Kansas National Guard were on hand to answer questions regarding static displays of military equipment outside Arrowhead Stadium at the "Salute to Service" event prior to the KC Chiefs...

Oct. 30, 2017

Command Chief Master Sgt. Maurice Williams Sworn In

Command Chief Master Sgt. Maurice L. Williams was sworn in as the new senior enlisted leader for the Kansas National Guard during a brief ceremony at Joint Forces Headquarters in Topeka Oct. 30. [gallery ids="630,628,627"]......

Oct. 27, 2017

1SG (R) Ralph Edwin "Ed" French

1SG (R) Ralph Edwin "Ed" French, Jr., age 76, a resident of rural Redfield, Kansas, passed away unexpectedly, Friday, October 27, 2017, at the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room in Ft. Scott, Kansas. He was born August 11, 1941, in Ft. Scott, the son of R...

Oct. 26, 2017

CW4 (R) Marvin Thompson

Marvin DeVere Thompson, 84, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, October 26, 2017 at a Topeka hospital. He was born February 13, 1933 in Delia, Kansas, the son of Curtis and Eleanor (Simecka) Thompson. In 1951 after graduation from Delia High Schoo...

Oct. 25, 2017

Mission first, people always: Puerto Rican engineers depart theater early to support families following Hurricane Maria

Camp Buehring, Kuwait ? 215th Engineer Company Commander Capt. Luis Camacho Santiago and First Sgt. Jose Reyes case their company colors at a transfer of authority ceremony held at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Oct. 16, 2017. Soldiers of the 215th En. Co. ...

Oct. 25, 2017

Exercise Angel Strike: Kuwaiti Land Forces and U.S. Field Artillery Build Interoperability

CAMP BEUHRING, Kuwait ? Officers of the Fires and Effects Coordination Cell for the 75th Field Artillery Brigade and commanding officers of KLF observe as Soldiers from Kansas Army National Guard?s 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery conduct Engagem...