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Aug. 7, 2017

Kansas National Guard supports military appreciation event

Medal of Honor recipient retired Col. Don Ballard, a former Kansas National Guardsman, prepares to toss the coin before the start of the game between Sporting KC?and Atlanta United FC during the ?Sporting Salutes? military appreciation event Aug. 6. ...

July 28, 2017

Kansas adjutant general visits multinational training team, MES firefighters

Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli, the adjutant general of Kansas, was among the dignitaries to visit the Shirak Province of Armenia recently. Tafanelli, who commands the Kansas National Guard, met with the joint, multinational team of medical and hazmat ex...

July 27, 2017

Applications being accepted for $500 scholarships

Applications will be accepted until Sept. 30 for one of four $500 education scholarships to be awarded by the 635th Armor Regiment and 137th Infantry Regiment Scholarship fund. The purpose of the fund is to provide scholarship grants to assist direct...

July 21, 2017

Kansas Guardsmen train with Armenian soldiers

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Thompson, 226th Engineer company, operates a Humvee rollover simulator during a training session with Kansas Guardsmen and soldiers from the Armenian Peacekeeping Brigade. The Armenian soldiers were in Kansas as part of a training...

July 14, 2017

35th Infantry Division assumes authority for Task Force Spartan

Maj. Gen. Victor J. Braden, commanding general, 35th Infantry Division, and Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Newton, senior enlisted advisor, uncase the division?s colors during the Task Force Spartan transfer of authority ceremony at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, ...

June 17, 2017

Gillock takes command of 997th Brigade Support Battalion

Lt. Col. Molly Gillock (left) accepts the command flag of the 997th Brigade Support Battalion from Col. Thomas Burke, commander of the 130th Field Artillery Brigade, during a change of command ceremony June 16 in Manhattan. (Photo by Steve Larson, Pu...

June 15, 2017

Local Kansas Guardsmen visit National Training Center

A select few Kansas National Guard Soldiers from the Recruit Sustainment Battalion were invited to visit the U.S. Army?s National Training Center in the desert of California June 3. The Soldiers invited to attend were: Spc. Hector R. Perez Cortes,...

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

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...