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May 31, 2017

Recruits learn basic Soldier skills at RSP program

Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Blascyk, Recruiting and Retention Battalion, instructs Soldiers from Company A, Area 3 Recruit Sustainment Program on proper tactical movement techniques during drill weekend May 21 in Topeka. Soldiers of RSP gain valuable knowledg...

May 31, 2017

Kansas Guardsmen wins Warrior of the Cycle competition

Kansas Army National Guardsman Private 1st Class Magdaline McCall competes against other soldiers during a Warrior of the Cycle competition at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. McCall bested the competition to claim the title. (Photo provided)......

May 30, 2017

Emergency Management 101: The Adjutant General

Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli, Kansas adjutant general and director of the Kansas Division of Emergency Management, discusses grassfire suppression operations in Clark County with a member of the Ashland Fire Department March 10. (Photo by Sgt. Zach Sheely...

May 30, 2017

Family and friends give aviation Soldiers a warm send off

Capt. Andrew Webster, commander of Company G, 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation, accepts a Kansas flag from Gov. Sam Brownback. The flag, which had flown over the Kansas statehouse, will go with the unit on its deployment to the Middle East in support of...

May 30, 2017

ATEAM hosts VIP visits

Sgt. Maj. Mark Haselhorst, a surface maintenance mechanic supervisor, and Master Sgt. Alberto Allamby, surface maintenance mechanic inspector supervisor, explain a problem to Master Sgt. Eric Jaeger, National Guard Bureau Maintenance Branch Noncommis...

May 26, 2017

Holton community turns out to say goodbye to their Soldiers

  By Steve Larson Public Affairs Office The high school gymnasium in Holton, Kansas, was packed the morning of April 14 as the community came together to bid farewell to Soldiers of Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery as t...

May 26, 2017

35th Division deploys for Operation Spartan Shield

Soliders of the 35th Infantry Division stand at ease during their deployment ceremony April 29 at Lansing High School, Lansing, Kansas. The Soldiers will deploy to Southwest Asia and the Levant in support of Operation Spartan Shield (Photo by Sgt. 1s...

May 25, 2017

KDEM, National Guard recount the "Battle of the Blaze"

Grassfires swept across vast swaths of countryside in a number of Kansas counties in March, leaving behind more than 650,000 acres of scorched farm and rangeland. The fires, the largest recorded fire event in Kansas history, caused one fatality, dest...

May 23, 2017

Kansas National Guard supports Memorial Day events across Kansas

5/23/2017 Contact: Public Affairs Office- Catherine Horner Email: catherine.f.horner.nfg@mail.mil (785) 646-1192 www.kansastag.gov In observance of Memorial Day, the Kansas National Guard will be supporting numerous events across the state. Al...

May 23, 2017

2-137 Equips Tactical Vehicles with Duke System

Sgt. Luis Hurtado, an electronic warfare specialist with 2d Battalion, 137th Infantry Regiment, Kansas National Guard, drills an antenna for a Duke electronic warfare system onto a Stryker armored vehicle May 23, 2017 at the National Training Center ...