Kentucky Guard

By 2nd Lt. Sean Embry, Kentucky National Guard Victim Advocate Coordinator FRANKFORT, Ky. — Staff Sgt. Gary Brumley was presented with the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention Innovation Award by Maj. Gen. Stephen Hogan Nov. 9, for his efforts in training Recruit Sustainment Program Soldiers on ways to identify the warning signs of an unhealthy and potentially dangerous relationship by utilizing the One Love Foundation’s Escalation Workshop. Realizing that young recruits fall into the 18-24 age demographic that susceptible to a higher risk for dating violence, Brumley became a training facilitator and has brought the film to Soldiers across the […]

By Staff Sgt. Scott Raymond, Kentucky National Guard Public Affairs RICHMOND, Ky. — Kentucky National Guard leadership joined friends and family to say farewell to the 149th Military Engagement Team at a departure ceremony in Richmond, Ky., Nov. 12. The team is scheduled to deploy to the Middle East later this month. “Today we honor some of the best Soldiers the Kentucky National Guard has to offer and we’re proud of what they do and the unique skill set they bring to this mission,” said Brig. Gen. Benjamin Adams III, Kentucky’s Director of the Joint Staff. The 149th Military Engagement Team […]

Staff Report VICENZA, Italy – Soldiers from the Kentucky National Guard’s 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade traveled to both Germany and Italy to participate in Exercise Judicious Response with U.S. Army Africa (USARAF) Oct. 9-22, 2016. The 63rd TAB’s role was to provide aviation support to USARAF while they were validating their capability to rapidly respond to crises and contingencies in support of the Geographic Combatant Commander’s operational requirements. “This was a short notice mission we were asked to participate in,” said Lt. Col. Mark Brozak, 63rd TAB Operations Officer. “We were able to pull together some of our very best […]

Staff Report Soldiers from the 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade continue the fire fighting efforts in Eastern Kentucky to help the citizens of the Commonwealth through this Veterans Day. Veterans Day celebrates the patriotism, service and sacrifice of living veterans, who are part of the military’s patriotic legacy of dedication to the defense of the nation. Nov. 11, 1918, is generally considered the end of World War I, aka the “Great War” or “the war to end all wars.” In 1938, Congress declared Armistice Day a holiday, and in 1954 the name was changed to Veterans Day to honor all U.S. […]

By Brig. Gen. (ret) Norman E. Arflack, Commissioner Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs The 50th Commemoration of the Vietnam War offers a broader scope for appreciating the service and sacrifice of all Kentuckians who served. It’s a persistent myth that National Guard members never served on foreign soil in support of their active duty counterparts. In fact, there have been multiple Kentucky National Guard units that served not only honorably, but heroically in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. On April 19, 1968, the 2d Battalion, 138th Field Artillery with units in Louisville, Bardstown, Elizabethtown and Carrollton, Kentucky […]