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First Lt. Lindsey Davis, platoon leader and pilot with

First Lt. Lindsey Davis, platoon leader and pilot with

First Lt. Lindsey Davis, platoon leader and pilot with the Company G, 2nd Battalion, 135th General Aviation Support Battalion, and an Overland Park, Kan., native, takes in the moment as he embraces his wife, Br... More

The Norling family, Rachel, Aaron, Shelly and Master

The Norling family, Rachel, Aaron, Shelly and Master

The Norling family, Rachel, Aaron, Shelly and Master Sgt. Jeff Norling reflect on all the help they have been receiving due to the tornado that hit their home town, Reading, Kan., and thank Cars 4 Heroes for do... More

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and U.S. Congresswoman Lynn

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and U.S. Congresswoman Lynn

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and U.S. Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins hosted a live telephone town hall conference, June 15, 2011, in response to the possible flooding of the Missouri River in Northeast Kansas. Various... More

Col. Howard Wheeler, commander of the Agribusiness

Col. Howard Wheeler, commander of the Agribusiness

Col. Howard Wheeler, commander of the Agribusiness Development Team 3, leads his troops into hanger 680 for their welcome home ceremony at Forbes Field, Topeka, Kan., Oct. 23.

Maj. Gen. (KS) Lee Tafanelli, adjutant general, speaks

Maj. Gen. (KS) Lee Tafanelli, adjutant general, speaks

Maj. Gen. (KS) Lee Tafanelli, adjutant general, speaks to Kansas National Guard retirees about the latest events of the Kansas Guard during the annual retiree briefing at Nickell Armory, Nov. 6, 2011.

Kansas National Guardsmen inducted into the Hall of Fame

Kansas National Guardsmen inducted into the Hall of Fame

Retired Chief Warrant Officer 4 Steven D. Evans expresses his passion for his musical military career by conducting the 35th Division Band during his induction into the Museum of the Kansas National Guard’s Hal... More

Janelle Hood, president of the Kansas National Guard

Janelle Hood, president of the Kansas National Guard

Janelle Hood, president of the Kansas National Guard Foundation, accepts a $10,000 check for the foundation from a BSNF representative after taking a 90-minute train ride on the "Holiday Express," as thanks to ... More

Newly appointed Kansas National Guard state chaplain,

Newly appointed Kansas National Guard state chaplain,

Newly appointed Kansas National Guard state chaplain, Chaplain (Lt. Col.) David Jenkins (left) presents Chaplain (Col.) Don Davidson, former state chaplain, with a statue of a chaplain conducting field service ... More

Retired Master Sgt. Mike Simmons with the Topeka American

Retired Master Sgt. Mike Simmons with the Topeka American

Retired Master Sgt. Mike Simmons with the Topeka American Legion Post 421 riders welcomes home Spc. Ronald George, a human resources specialist with Battery C, 1st Battalion, 161st Field Artillery, as the rest ... More

Kansas Army and Air National Guardsmen assigned to

Kansas Army and Air National Guardsmen assigned to

Kansas Army and Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 73rd Civil Support Team (Weapons of Mass Destruction) take pictures, and use chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) equipment to detect poss... More

Capt. Lance Royer, deputy with Shawnee County Sheriff’s

Capt. Lance Royer, deputy with Shawnee County Sheriff’s

Capt. Lance Royer, deputy with Shawnee County Sheriff’s Department, gives Armenian delegates a tour of the Shawnee County’s 911 center, Sept. 12, to explain how the system is used. Armenia recently adopted a U.... More

Bruce Tulgan, a keynote speaker on leadership and management

Bruce Tulgan, a keynote speaker on leadership and management

Bruce Tulgan, a keynote speaker on leadership and management specializing in young people in the workplace, talks to leaders of the Kansas Adjutant General’s Department during a leadership training seminar, Sep... More

Gen. Frank J. Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau,

Gen. Frank J. Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau,

Gen. Frank J. Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, and the highest ranking National Guard officer in the U.S. military, met with Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli, the adjutant general, and senior leadership of the... More

Members of the 181st Engineer Detachment Firefighting

Members of the 181st Engineer Detachment Firefighting

Members of the 181st Engineer Detachment Firefighting Team and the 632nd Vertical Engineer Company, Nebraska Army National Guard, work together in an exercise to extract victims from an elevator shaft during Vi... More

A Lakota helicopter from D Company, 1st Battalion,

A Lakota helicopter from D Company, 1st Battalion,

A Lakota helicopter from D Company, 1st Battalion, 376th Aviation Regiment, Nebraska Army National Guard, out of Grand Island, Neb., approaches for landing at Crisis City, Salina, Kan., during Vigilant Guard 20... More

Pvt. Dewayne Endecott, 1013th Quartermaster Reserve

Pvt. Dewayne Endecott, 1013th Quartermaster Reserve

Pvt. Dewayne Endecott, 1013th Quartermaster Reserve Company, Nebraska National Guard, North Platte, Neb., finds a convenient storage location inside one of the Laundry Advance Systems while packing up to return... More

Members of the 623rd Vertical Engineer Company, Nebraska

Members of the 623rd Vertical Engineer Company, Nebraska

Members of the 623rd Vertical Engineer Company, Nebraska National Guard, Wahoo, Neb., prepare for confined space training at Vigilant Guard 2014 hosted by the Kansas National Guard, at Crisis City, Salina, Kans... More

Maj. Gen. Michael D. Navrkal, commander of the 35th

Maj. Gen. Michael D. Navrkal, commander of the 35th

Maj. Gen. Michael D. Navrkal, commander of the 35th Infantry Division, Kansas Army National Guard, stands with Capt. Greg Beran, company commander of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Security and ... More

Capt. Jennifer Staton, a space operations officer,

Capt. Jennifer Staton, a space operations officer,

Capt. Jennifer Staton, a space operations officer, Sgt. Cassandra Quinones and Pfc. Miranda Yost, geospatial engineers, use mapping software during the multi-state large-scale, natural disaster emergency respon... More

Capt. Kendrea Shingleton briefs Soldiers of the 35th

Capt. Kendrea Shingleton briefs Soldiers of the 35th

Capt. Kendrea Shingleton briefs Soldiers of the 35th Military Police Company at Crisis City at the Great Plains Regional Training Center. The Soldiers received briefings on safety, rules of engagement, and rang... More

Members of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter

Members of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter

Members of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 604 color guard post the colors during the opening ceremony for the Vietnam Traveling Wall, an 80 percent scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial wall in Washing... More

James Brown is sworn into his new role as the City

James Brown is sworn into his new role as the City

James Brown is sworn into his new role as the City of Topeka's Chief of Police as his friends, family and colleagues gathered for a ceremony at the Law Enforcement Center in Topeka, Kansas, Oct. 1, 2014. Brown ... More

Kansas National Guardsmen support Kansas Gov. Sam

Kansas National Guardsmen support Kansas Gov. Sam

Kansas National Guardsmen support Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's inauguration Jan. 12, 2015, at the State Capitol building in Topeka, Kan. Members of the 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery supply the bang with a... More

Kansas National Guardsmen support Kansas Gov. Sam

Kansas National Guardsmen support Kansas Gov. Sam

Kansas National Guardsmen support Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's inauguration Jan. 12, 2014, at the state capitol building in Topeka, Kan. Members of the 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery supply the bang with a... More

President Barack Obama bids farewell to Kansas as Air

President Barack Obama bids farewell to Kansas as Air

President Barack Obama bids farewell to Kansas as Air Force One departs Forbes Field Air National Guard Base in Topeka, Kan., Jan. 22, 2015. The president spoke at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, marking ... More

Col. Jay Selanders, middle, assistant adjutant general-Air,

Col. Jay Selanders, middle, assistant adjutant general-Air,

Col. Jay Selanders, middle, assistant adjutant general-Air, Kansas National Guard, is promoted to the rank of brigadier general during a ceremony May 3, 2015, at Nickell Armory, Topeka, Kan. Selanders joined th... More

Perceived 'stigma' of PTSD deters many from seeking help

Perceived 'stigma' of PTSD deters many from seeking help

Master Sgt. Lyle Babcock, management analyst for the human resources office, Kansas National Guard, is an Army veteran of more than 30 years. Upon returning from more than a year deployed to Afghanistan from 20... More

Master Sgt. Lyle Babcock, management analyst, Kansas

Master Sgt. Lyle Babcock, management analyst, Kansas

Master Sgt. Lyle Babcock, management analyst, Kansas National Guard, lives and works through his post-traumatic stress disorder. Babcock and Gunther, his service dog, are inseparable.(National Guard photo illus... More

Chaplains balance military duty with service to God

Chaplains balance military duty with service to God

Chaplain (Maj.) John Potter is the deputy command chaplain, Joint Forces Headquarters, Topeka, Kansas." (Photo by Steve Larson, Kansas Adjutant General's Public Affairs Office/Released)

Gov. Sam Brownback signs a proclamation Thursday, June

Gov. Sam Brownback signs a proclamation Thursday, June

Gov. Sam Brownback signs a proclamation Thursday, June 18, 2015, at the Capitol in Topeka, Kan., proclaiming June “Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month” in Kansas. Hundreds of thousands of service members who ... More

Col. Roger D. Murdock turned over command of the Kansas

Col. Roger D. Murdock turned over command of the Kansas

Col. Roger D. Murdock turned over command of the Kansas National Guard’s 69th Troop Command to Col. Thomas Burke during a change of command ceremony Oct. 4. The ceremony took place at Nickell Armory in Topeka. ... More

The 997th Brigade Support Battalion deployed Stranded

The 997th Brigade Support Battalion deployed Stranded

The 997th Brigade Support Battalion deployed Stranded Motorists Assistance Response Teams to patrol roads in northwest Kansas, searching for stranded motorists. Four vehicles and 10 personnel were activated due... More

The 190th Air Refueling Wing evacuates four KC-135R

The 190th Air Refueling Wing evacuates four KC-135R

The 190th Air Refueling Wing evacuates four KC-135R Stratotankers from Forbes Field, Topeka, Kan., April 26, 2016 in anticipation of severe weather in the surrounding area through April 27. Projected weather in... More

On May 21, 2016, Aron Ochsner of Wichita, Kansas, will

On May 21, 2016, Aron Ochsner of Wichita, Kansas, will

On May 21, 2016, Aron Ochsner of Wichita, Kansas, will graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Ochsner was a Soldier in the Kansas Nati... More

Emergency crews with the 190th Air Refueling Wing,

Emergency crews with the 190th Air Refueling Wing,

Emergency crews with the 190th Air Refueling Wing, Kansas Air National Guard, were standing by, ready to provide assistance at Billard Airport in Topeka as a small airplane had to make an emergency landing ther... More

In a show of support for the Soldiers and Airmen of

In a show of support for the Soldiers and Airmen of

In a show of support for the Soldiers and Airmen of the Kansas National Guard and their families, the Topeka Arab Shrine donates approximately 2,500 tickets to the 2017 Shrine Circus to the Kansas National Guar... More

The Kansas National Guard dropped 482 Bambi buckets

The Kansas National Guard dropped 482 Bambi buckets

The Kansas National Guard dropped 482 Bambi buckets of water from Black Hawk helicopters, which equals approximately 289,200 gallons of water on a series of wildland fires across the state of Kansas in March 20... More

Col. John Rueger joined the ranks of Kansas Army National

Col. John Rueger joined the ranks of Kansas Army National

Col. John Rueger joined the ranks of Kansas Army National Guard general officers during a promotion ceremony April 21, 2017, at the Museum of the Kansas National Guard in Topeka. Rueger, who serves as the deput... More

Family and friends gathered to honor the Soldiers of

Family and friends gathered to honor the Soldiers of

Family and friends gathered to honor the Soldiers of Company G, 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation, Kansas Army National Guard, during a deployment ceremony April 21, 2017, at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Tope... More

Sgt. 1st Class Randall Matlock demonstrates the

Sgt. 1st Class Randall Matlock demonstrates the

Sgt. 1st Class Randall Matlock demonstrates the Sprint-Drag-Carry event of the Army Combat Fitness Test. (Army provided photo)

Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli (left), the adjutant general

Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli (left), the adjutant general

Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli (left), the adjutant general of the Kansas National Guard and retired Col. Michael Erwin (right), congratulate retired Command Sgt. Maj. Joe Romans (center) on his installment into the K... More

TOPEKA, Kansas –  Kansas Army National Guard Soldiers

TOPEKA, Kansas – Kansas Army National Guard Soldiers

TOPEKA, Kansas – Kansas Army National Guard Soldiers Pfc.Tomaas Washington, 170th Maintenance Company, and Sgt. Nicholas Bowen, 161th Field Artillery Regiment, work together to package and stage personal prote... More

Staff Sgt. Andrew Isbell, a motor transport operator

Staff Sgt. Andrew Isbell, a motor transport operator

Staff Sgt. Andrew Isbell, a motor transport operator with the 778th Transportation Company, and resident of Wichita, Kan., took advantage of getting OpLove: Reunited photographs of him and his family, wife Ashl... More

Lt. Col. Thomas Burke, battalion commander of the 1st

Lt. Col. Thomas Burke, battalion commander of the 1st

Lt. Col. Thomas Burke, battalion commander of the 1st Battalion, 161st Field Artillery, gives praise to his soldiers and their family members during their departure ceremony at the Salina Bicentennial Center, March 2.

Master Sgt. Jeff Norling, a member of the Kansas Nation

Master Sgt. Jeff Norling, a member of the Kansas Nation

Master Sgt. Jeff Norling, a member of the Kansas Nation Guard’s 190th Air Refueling Wing and Kansas Highway Patrol, starts his 2004 Suzuki Forenza for the first time. The car was donated to Norling and his fami... More

Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli, the adjutant general and director

Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli, the adjutant general and director

Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli, the adjutant general and director of the Kansas Division of Emergency Management, and Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback conduct a teleconference town hall meeting with the help of U.S. Congress... More

A young boy runs through the formation of the Kansas

A young boy runs through the formation of the Kansas

A young boy runs through the formation of the Kansas Agribusiness Development Team 3 during their home coming ceremony from a year long deployment in the Laghman province of Afghanistan, at Forbes Filed, Topeka... More

Brig. Gen. Erick Peck, assistant adjutant general –

Brig. Gen. Erick Peck, assistant adjutant general –

Brig. Gen. Erick Peck, assistant adjutant general – Army and commander of the Kansas Army National Guard- speaks to Kansas National Guard retirees about the previous year of the Army component during the annual... More

Capt. Jeff Howell, a member of the 635th Regional Support

Capt. Jeff Howell, a member of the 635th Regional Support

Capt. Jeff Howell, a member of the 635th Regional Support Group, and his family celebrate the holiday season together by spending time on the BNSF "Holiday Express" train ride in Topeka, Kan., Dec. 9, 2011. The... More

Chaplain (Lt. Col.) David Jenkins, state chaplain for

Chaplain (Lt. Col.) David Jenkins, state chaplain for

Chaplain (Lt. Col.) David Jenkins, state chaplain for the Kansas National Guard, address the guard, family and friends for the first time after having completed the transfer of authority ceremony appointing him... More

Staff Sgt. Dennis DeWitt, a member of the 35th Military

Staff Sgt. Dennis DeWitt, a member of the 35th Military

Staff Sgt. Dennis DeWitt, a member of the 35th Military Police Company, reaches out for his son, Eli, who ran straight to him, being the first on the gym floor to greet the Soldiers after they were dismissed by... More

Head shot of Master Sgt. Pamela Lewis, recruiting office

Head shot of Master Sgt. Pamela Lewis, recruiting office

Head shot of Master Sgt. Pamela Lewis, recruiting office supervisor for the 190th Air Refueling Wing, Kansas National Guard.

Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment

Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment

Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment and Company G, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion, return home in Topeka, Kan., from supporting Colorado with Bambi buckets at the High Park f... More

Making his way down the steps, Sgt. Claude Williams,

Making his way down the steps, Sgt. Claude Williams,

Making his way down the steps, Sgt. Claude Williams, a chemical specialist and survey team member assigned to the Kansas National Guard's 73rd Civil Support Team (Weapons of Mass Destruction), uses chemical, bi... More

Bruce Tulgan, a keynote speaker on leadership and management

Bruce Tulgan, a keynote speaker on leadership and management

Bruce Tulgan, a keynote speaker on leadership and management specializing in young people in the workplace, talks to leaders of the Kansas Adjutant General’s Department during a leadership training seminar Sept... More

Gen. Frank J. Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau,

Gen. Frank J. Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau,

Gen. Frank J. Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, and the highest ranking National Guard officer in the U.S. military, speaks to soldiers and airmen of the Kansas National Guard about staying in the figh... More

Sgt. Dave Hampton, plumber with the 632nd Vertical

Sgt. Dave Hampton, plumber with the 632nd Vertical

Sgt. Dave Hampton, plumber with the 632nd Vertical Engineer Company, Nebraska Army National Guard, is being extracted from an elevator shaft during Vigilant Guard 2014, a joint exercise hosted by Kansas at Cris... More

Pfc. Miranda Yost, a geospatial engineer with the Army

Pfc. Miranda Yost, a geospatial engineer with the Army

Pfc. Miranda Yost, a geospatial engineer with the Army Space Support Team 30, 117th Space Support Battalion, Colorado National Guard, uses mapping software, during the multi-state large-scale, natural disaster ... More

Crew members from the D Company, 1st Battalion, 376th

Crew members from the D Company, 1st Battalion, 376th

Crew members from the D Company, 1st Battalion, 376th Aviation Regiment Nebraska Army National Guard, out of Grand Island, Neb., disembark from a Lakota helicopter at Crisis City, Salina, Kan., as part of a lar... More

Maj. Gen. Michael D. Navrkal, commander of the 35th

Maj. Gen. Michael D. Navrkal, commander of the 35th

Maj. Gen. Michael D. Navrkal, commander of the 35th Infantry Division, Kansas Army National Guard, stands with Capt. Greg Beran, company commander of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Security and ... More

Spc. Raymond Bringewatt and Pvt. Dwayne Endecott, 1013th

Spc. Raymond Bringewatt and Pvt. Dwayne Endecott, 1013th

Spc. Raymond Bringewatt and Pvt. Dwayne Endecott, 1013th Quartermaster Reserve Company, Nebraska National Guard, North Platte, Neb., load up the Laundry Advance System in preparation to return home from Vigilan... More

Members of the 623rd Vertical Engineer Company, Nebraska

Members of the 623rd Vertical Engineer Company, Nebraska

Members of the 623rd Vertical Engineer Company, Nebraska National Guard, Wahoo, Neb., prepare a tripod and rigging for a below grade mock rescue at Vigilant Guard 2014 hosted by Kansas National Guard, at Crisis... More

Kansas Air National Guardsmen conduct in-processing

Kansas Air National Guardsmen conduct in-processing

Kansas Air National Guardsmen conduct in-processing for fellow service members at Crisis City at the Great Plains Regional Training Center. Service members are in Salina, Kan., to participate in Vigilant Guard,... More

Members of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter

Members of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter

Members of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 604 color guard post the colors during the opening ceremony for the Vietnam Traveling Wall, an 80 percent scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial wall in Washing... More

James Brown is sworn into his new role as the City

James Brown is sworn into his new role as the City

James Brown is sworn into his new role as the City of Topeka's Chief of Police as his friends, family and colleagues gathered for a ceremony at the Law Enforcement Center in Topeka, Kansas, Oct. 1, 2014. Brown ... More

Kansas National Guardsmen support Kansas Gov. Sam

Kansas National Guardsmen support Kansas Gov. Sam

Kansas National Guardsmen support Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's inauguration Jan. 12, 2014, at the state capitol building in Topeka, Kan. Members of the 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery supply the bang with a... More

Kansas National Guardsmen support Kansas Gov. Sam

Kansas National Guardsmen support Kansas Gov. Sam

Kansas National Guardsmen support Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's inauguration Jan. 12, 2015, at the State Capitol building in Topeka, Kan. Members of the 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery supply the bang with a... More

President Barack Obama bids farewell to Kansas as Air

President Barack Obama bids farewell to Kansas as Air

President Barack Obama bids farewell to Kansas as Air Force One departs Forbes Field Air National Guard Base in Topeka, Kan., Jan. 22, 2015. The president spoke at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, marking ... More

Col. Jay Selanders, assistant adjutant general-Air,

Col. Jay Selanders, assistant adjutant general-Air,

Col. Jay Selanders, assistant adjutant general-Air, Kansas National Guard, is promoted to the rank of brigadier general during a ceremony May 3, 2015, at Nickell Armory, Topeka, Kan. Selanders joined the Kansas... More

Master Sgt. Lyle Babcock, management analyst, Kansas

Master Sgt. Lyle Babcock, management analyst, Kansas

Master Sgt. Lyle Babcock, management analyst, Kansas National Guard, lives and works through his post-traumatic stress disorder. Babcock and Gunther, his service dog, are inseparable. (National Guard photo by S... More

Gov. Sam Brownback signs a proclamation Thursday, June

Gov. Sam Brownback signs a proclamation Thursday, June

Gov. Sam Brownback signs a proclamation Thursday, June 18, 2015, at the Capitol in Topeka, Kan., proclaiming June “Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month” in Kansas. Hundreds of thousands of service members who ... More

On May 21, 2016, Aron Ochsner of Wichita, Kansas, will

On May 21, 2016, Aron Ochsner of Wichita, Kansas, will

On May 21, 2016, Aron Ochsner of Wichita, Kansas, will graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Ochsner was a Soldier in the Kansas Nati... More

Col. Roger D. Murdock turned over command of the Kansas

Col. Roger D. Murdock turned over command of the Kansas

Col. Roger D. Murdock turned over command of the Kansas National Guard’s 69th Troop Command to Col. Thomas Burke during a change of command ceremony Oct. 4. The ceremony took place at Nickell Armory in Topeka. ... More

The 997th Brigade Support Battalion deployed Stranded

The 997th Brigade Support Battalion deployed Stranded

The 997th Brigade Support Battalion deployed Stranded Motorists Assistance Response Teams to patrol roads in northwest Kansas, searching for stranded motorists. Four vehicles and 10 personnel were activated due... More

The 190th Air Refueling Wing evacuates four KC-135R

The 190th Air Refueling Wing evacuates four KC-135R

The 190th Air Refueling Wing evacuates four KC-135R Stratotankers from Forbes Field, Topeka, Kan., April 26, 2016 in anticipation of severe weather in the surrounding area through April 27. Projected weather in... More

Emergency crews with the 190th Air Refueling Wing,

Emergency crews with the 190th Air Refueling Wing,

Emergency crews with the 190th Air Refueling Wing, Kansas Air National Guard, were standing by, ready to provide assistance at Billard Airport in Topeka as a small airplane had to make an emergency landing ther... More

In a show of support for the Soldiers and Airmen of

In a show of support for the Soldiers and Airmen of

In a show of support for the Soldiers and Airmen of the Kansas National Guard and their families, the Topeka Arab Shrine donates approximately 2,500 tickets to the 2017 Shrine Circus to the Kansas National Guar... More

The Kansas National Guard dropped 482 Bambi buckets

The Kansas National Guard dropped 482 Bambi buckets

The Kansas National Guard dropped 482 Bambi buckets of water from Black Hawk helicopters, which equals approximately 289,200 gallons of water on a series of wildland fires across the state of Kansas in March 20... More

Col. John Rueger joined the ranks of Kansas Army National

Col. John Rueger joined the ranks of Kansas Army National

Col. John Rueger joined the ranks of Kansas Army National Guard general officers during a promotion ceremony April 21, 2017, at the Museum of the Kansas National Guard in Topeka. Rueger, who serves as the deput... More

Family and friends gathered to honor the Soldiers of

Family and friends gathered to honor the Soldiers of

Family and friends gathered to honor the Soldiers of Company G, 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation, Kansas Army National Guard, during a deployment ceremony April 21, 2017, at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Tope... More

Seth Cummings signs the 155 round prior to personally

Seth Cummings signs the 155 round prior to personally

Seth Cummings signs the 155 round prior to personally firing it from a Paladin M10946 155 millimeter Artillery System at the Multi-Purpose Range Complex at Fort Riley, Kansas, March, 24, 2018. (U.S. Army photo ... More

Sgt. 1st Class Randall Matlock demonstrates a modified

Sgt. 1st Class Randall Matlock demonstrates a modified

Sgt. 1st Class Randall Matlock demonstrates a modified chest push exercise using an Army backpack. (Army provided photo)

Command Sgt. Maj. Joe Romans gives his remarks on being

Command Sgt. Maj. Joe Romans gives his remarks on being

Command Sgt. Maj. Joe Romans gives his remarks on being inducted into the Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame during a ceremony held at the Nickell Armory in Topeka, Kansas, Nov. 3, 2019, at Nickell Armory.

Brig. Gen. Deborah Rose, director of Joint Forces

Brig. Gen. Deborah Rose, director of Joint Forces

Brig. Gen. Deborah Rose, director of Joint Forces Headquarters, Kansas National Guard, hands Master Sgt. Jeff Norling, a member of the 190th Air Refueling Wing and Kansas Highway Patrol, an Air Force key chain ... More

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and U.S. Congresswoman Lynn

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and U.S. Congresswoman Lynn

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and U.S. Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins hosted a live telephone town hall conference, June 15, in response to the possible flooding of the Missouri River in Northeast Kansas. Various state... More

Brig. Gen. Keith Lang, chief of staff of the Kansas

Brig. Gen. Keith Lang, chief of staff of the Kansas

Brig. Gen. Keith Lang, chief of staff of the Kansas Air National Guard, speaks to Kansas National Guard retirees about the previous year of the Air component during the annual retiree briefing at Nickell Armory... More

2nd Lt. Chad Blow and Capt. Amy Blow of the Kansas

2nd Lt. Chad Blow and Capt. Amy Blow of the Kansas

2nd Lt. Chad Blow and Capt. Amy Blow of the Kansas Air National Guard, and their three daughters, enjoy a 90-minute train ride on the BNSF “Holiday Express” at the Amtrak Depot, Topeka, Kan., Dec. 9, 2011. The ... More

Command Sgt. Maj. Scott Haworth, state command sergeant

Command Sgt. Maj. Scott Haworth, state command sergeant

Command Sgt. Maj. Scott Haworth, state command sergeant major, congratulates Chaplain (Lt. Col.) David Jenkins on his new assignment as the state chaplain for the Kansas National Guard and welcomes him to the c... More

Pfc. LeTicia Thompson, a military police officer with

Pfc. LeTicia Thompson, a military police officer with

Pfc. LeTicia Thompson, a military police officer with the 35th Military Police Company, and native of Topeka, Kan., hugs her 2-year-old son, Julius, at the second redeployment ceremony held at the Forbes Field ... More

Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment

Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment

Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment and Company G, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion, return home in Topeka, Kan., from supporting Colorado with Bambi buckets at the High Park f... More

Sgt. Claude Williams, a chemical specialist and survey

Sgt. Claude Williams, a chemical specialist and survey

Sgt. Claude Williams, a chemical specialist and survey team member assigned to the Kansas National Guard's 73rd Civil Support Team (Weapons of Mass Destruction), takes a picture of a door panel displaying a roo... More

Gen. Frank J. Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau,

Gen. Frank J. Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau,

Gen. Frank J. Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, and the highest ranking National Guard officer in the U.S. military, speaks to soldiers and airmen of the Kansas National Guard about staying in the figh... More

Spc. James Barron, firefighter with the 181st Engineer

Spc. James Barron, firefighter with the 181st Engineer

Spc. James Barron, firefighter with the 181st Engineer Detachment Firefighting Team, Nebraska Army National Guard, guides ropes to extract victims from an elevator shaft during Vigilant Guard 2014, a joint exer... More

Spc. Robert Keck, a flight medic with D Company, 1st

Spc. Robert Keck, a flight medic with D Company, 1st

Spc. Robert Keck, a flight medic with D Company, 1st Battalion, 376th Aviation Regiment, Nebraska Army National Guard, out of Grand Island, Neb., assesses patients for a mock air medevac at Vigilant Guard 2014 ... More

Nebraska National Guardsmen of the 1013th Quartermaster

Nebraska National Guardsmen of the 1013th Quartermaster

Nebraska National Guardsmen of the 1013th Quartermaster Reserve Company, North Platte, Neb., take a break from loading up the Laundry Advance System before returning home from Vigilant Guard 2014, Aug. 6, 2014.... More

Members of the 623rd Vertical Engineer Company, Nebraska

Members of the 623rd Vertical Engineer Company, Nebraska

Members of the 623rd Vertical Engineer Company, Nebraska National Guard, Wahoo, Neb., prepare to lower Senior Airman Johnathon Zgainer, medic with the 155th Medical Group, Nebraska National Guard, Lincoln, Nebr... More

Staff Sgt. Richard Shearer, crew chief with Headquarters

Staff Sgt. Richard Shearer, crew chief with Headquarters

Staff Sgt. Richard Shearer, crew chief with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Security and Support Battalion, 376th Aviation Regiment, Nebraska National Guard prepares a UH-72 Lakota helicopter before ... More

Air Force Maj. Penny Jamvold, Capt. Richelle Shannonhouse

Air Force Maj. Penny Jamvold, Capt. Richelle Shannonhouse

Air Force Maj. Penny Jamvold, Capt. Richelle Shannonhouse and Army Maj. Courtney Prewitt stand together at the joint reception staging onward integration area at Crisis City at the Great Plains Regional Trainin... More

Retired Gunnery Sgt. Linda Ortiz and Gunnery Sgt. Max

Retired Gunnery Sgt. Linda Ortiz and Gunnery Sgt. Max

Retired Gunnery Sgt. Linda Ortiz and Gunnery Sgt. Max Coons from Detachment 1, Supply Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 453, U.S. Marine Corps, Topeka, Kan., lay a wreath during the opening ceremony held at t... More

James Brown is sworn into his new role as the City

James Brown is sworn into his new role as the City

James Brown is sworn into his new role as the City of Topeka's Chief of Police as his friends, family and colleagues gathered for a ceremony at the Law Enforcement Center in Topeka, Kansas, Oct. 1, 2014. Brown ... More

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