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Oct. 4, 2017

New system will integrate Army pay, personnel and talent management

Beginning in August of next year, Kansas Army National Guardsmen will have a new tool to help them with their personnel records. The Integrated Personnel and Pay System ? Army, set to go online in August 2018, will integrate personnel, pay and tal...

Oct. 4, 2017

190th Airmen support relief efforts to Puerto Rico

The mission pilot and ground crews take a final walk around the plane to make sure everything is set for takeoff.......

Sept. 30, 2017

Jack C. Rathbun

Jack C. Rathbun, 92, passed away, Saturday, September 30, 2017 at his home in Ellsworth. He was born March 7, 1925 in Ellsworth County to M.M. "Lank" and Lulu (Stull) Rathbun. Jack was a lifetime resident of Ellsworth County where he was a farmer ...

Sept. 27, 2017

Adjutant general announces new state command senior enlisted leader

Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli, the adjutant general, prepares to swear in State Command Chief Master Sgt. Maurice Williams during a brief ceremony Oct. 30 at Joint Forces Headquarters in Topeka.......

Sept. 17, 2017

William Ray Trueblood

William Ray Trueblood, 77, passed away Sunday, September 17, 2017 at the Osage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born October 13, 1939 in Barclay, Kansas the son of Claude L. and Ellen Marconett Trueblood. Bill attended Osage City High Sch...

Sept. 15, 2017

Col (R) Donald McEachern

Donald W. McEachern, Ret. Col. USAF, 90, Valley Falls, formerly of Hermann, MO, died Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, at a Topeka hospital. He was born April 9, 1927, at Perth, the son of William and Hazel C. Wilson. He graduated from Wichita State Univers...

Sept. 14, 2017

MAJ (R) Jimmy Max Plummer

MAJ (R) Jimmy Max Plummer, 72, of Hutchinson, died September 14, 2017, in Hutchinson. Jim was born in Hays, January 27, 1945, to Ben Ellis Plummer Jr. and Ellen Elizabeth (Wilson) Plummer during the last months of World War II while Ben was deployed ...

Sept. 14, 2017

Kansas National Guard entering into educational partnership with Salina Area Technical College

All students seeking credit for prior learning must be enrolled at Salina Area Technical College and have declared an objective that is either an Associate of Applied Science or Technical Certificate.......

Sept. 14, 2017

Kansas National Guard hosts annual fitness, marksmanship competitions

To be of service to their state and nation, members of the Kansas National Guard are required to keep themselves physically fit. They also have to demonstrate a proficiency with military handguns and rifles. Soldiers and Airmen of the Kansas Natio...

Sept. 14, 2017

Command of 235th Regiment changes hands Sept. 16 in Salina

Lt. Col. Thomas Powers will receive command of the 235th Regiment from Col. Carla Hale in a change of command ceremony Saturday, Sept. 16, at the 235th Regiment parade field, 1901 Sutherland Road, Salina. The ceremony will begin at 1:30 p.m. Hale has...