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Aug. 12, 2022

190th Air Refueling Wing hosts Kansas Department of Transportation MAGIC Camp.

​June 9 was a magical day at the 190th Air Refueling Wing in Topeka. The Kansas Department of Transportation held a week-long MAGIC Camp (Mentoring A Girl In Construction) for high school girls wanting to explore nontraditional career fields and the 190th was one of their stops.

Aug. 5, 2022

Soldier brings home gold and silver in World Kettlebell Competition

There’s one thing the members of Kansas Army National Guard’s Company B, Recruiting and Retention Battalion can be sure of about Master Sgt. Kimberly Fox: She can pull her own weight, professionally and physically.

July 29, 2022

35th Infantry Division hosts SHARP Academy Foundation course

The 35th Infantry Division hosted the National Guard Bureau Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Program Academy Foundation at the Fort Leavenworth armory June 6 - 17. Attendees at the 80-hour course were a mixture of National Guard Soldiers from Kansas and other states, including Missouri, New York, Rhode Island and Tennessee.

July 22, 2022

Warrant officer candidates celebrate end of Phase I

On July 10, warrant officer candidates from the 1st Battalion, 235th Regiment Warrant Officer Candidate School, Class 22-001, completed Phase 1 in Salina, Kansas, marking the occasion with a graduation ceremony.

July 15, 2022

1st Battalion, 635th Armor Regiment conducts unit mobilization drill at annual training

While attending annual training at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, the 1st Battalion, 635th Armor Regiment conducted a unit mobilization drill. During the drill, the entire battalion moved all their vehicles to a designated area in preparation to deploy, replicating a real-world event.

July 8, 2022

Flight crew training gives Soldiers a new perspective

During their annual training June 12, flight crews with Company G, 1st Battalion, 111th General Support Aviation Battalion, conducted sling load operations with a hook team on the ground. Although this isn’t uncommon, it isn’t something that Company G Soldiers typically support from the ground and provided flight crews the opportunity to see things from a different perspective.

June 24, 2022

“Training Tomorrow’s Leaders” a multi-echelon effort

The mission of the 1st Battalion, 235th Regiment Officer and Warrant Officer Candidate School is to provide trained and adaptive junior officers and warrant officers who are ready for leadership roles.

June 17, 2022

Field exercise promotes cooperation between military branches

The defense of our nation is often a cooperative effort among its military branches. To fight together, however, requires training together.

June 10, 2022

Live-fire exercises build skill on the battlefield and unit cohesion

The only way to become good at any task is to practice, practice, practice. This is especially important when it comes to military training, where skill in combat missions can be a matter of survival and victory on the battlefield. The mortar platoons of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 635th Armor Regiment spent several days in early May conducting live-fire gunnery at Fort Riley.

June 3, 2022

Simultaneous Membership Program opens career path for new second lieutenants

Recently, thousands of young men and women across Kansas hurled their college mortar boards into the air, signaling the end of one phase of life and the beginning of another. Three of these graduates received something in addition to their academic degree: a commission as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officer Training Corps and a position in the Kansas Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 635th Armor Regiment.