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The Warrant Officer Way
November 4, 2022 — Patrick Muenks grew up on his mother's family farm in Linn, Missouri, where his family has been for multiple generations. He recalls having a great childhood surrounded by many aunts, uncles, and cousins with his five other siblings. Though he longed for a place off the farm. ... MORE

A Musical Lineage
October 20, 2022 — Sgt. 1st Class Roger Kirchner of the 135th Army Band explains that family is deeply rooted within the Missouri National Guard's Army Band. “There's no other band in the state if you want to play music and become a member of the National Guard," stated Roger. "Everybody stays in the unit for basically their whole career. So, you have those guys as your family as well. You're just as much family when you’re in a van for thousands of miles, for hundreds of missions, with the same five to six people.”... MORE

Missouri is all hands on deck: collaborative training amongst Missouri agencies
October 14, 2022 — Public safety depends on multiple organizations collaborating, and training becomes essential in finding a solution to a problem. The Missouri National Guard recently teamed up with our local state partners to focus on training in times of emergency... MORE

Gold Achieved: Officer Candidate Class 60 Commissioning Ceremony
September 20, 2022 — Officer Candidates from Class 60 gathered inside the Missouri Capitol Rotunda on September 10, 2022, for a graduation ceremony that culminates their commitment to becoming commissioned officers in the U.S. Army. The Officer Candidate School (OCS) trains new and prior enlisted service members to become second lieutenants. The candidates had to rely on their intellect, mental fortitude, and physical fitness to be successful and meet the required expectations to graduate... MORE

Missouri National Guard Warrant is `Puppet Master’ for Cyber Shield, DoD’s Largest Unclassified Cyber Defense Exercise
July 20, 2022 — Herrell served as the senior controller for Cyber Shield 2022, which ran from June 5-17 at the Army National Guard Professional Education Center on Camp Joseph Robinson in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Senior controller requires vast knowledge of cyber threats, superior technical knowledge, creativity and a lot of hard work, Battistelli said... MORE

Funeral Honors
May 27, 2022 — "Sometimes I can pick a service on the other side of the state. I'll go to the service that those Soldiers are on and won't tell them that I'm there; I'll basically hide in the bushes."Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Newcomb of the 1-138th Infantry Regiment says this is one of the things he does to make sure that the Missouri National Guard Funeral Honors... MORE

Solutions through Partnerships
May 11, 2022 — The Army’s new health initiative, Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F), aims to make a genuinely comprehensive holistic health approach by adding key tenets to holistic health, such as mental, sleep, and spiritual readiness. The program encourages soldiers to take better care of their minds and bodies and emphasizes learning how to conduct wellness training properly. But without funding for the program Army-wide, how will National Guard units implement this initiative? That’s what this year’s class at WashU is here to help find out... MORE

Partners in Progress
May 10, 2022 — 35th Military Police Brigade provides Crime Scene Investigation subject matter expert team to Panama for exchange event with members of Panama's law enforcement and protection agencies under the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program... MORE

Air Force leads a new era in air component training through BLUE FLAG exercises
April 26, 2022 — Airmen from the 505th Combat Training Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, executed exercise BLUE FLAG, which tested Pacific Air Forces’ ability to prevail in conflict against a strategic competitor as well as the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command air component’s ability to defend against escalating cyberspace attacks, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Apr. 4-8... MORE

From Private First Class to Brigadier General, a career built on grit and determination
March 9, 2022 — Brigadier General Sharon Martin, Assistant Adjutant General - Army, Missouri Army National Guard (MOARNG), recalls a recent story when she visited a transportation company conducting Operation Patriot Press. She was visiting Soldiers with a general officer from the Army Materiel Command (AMC). Martin became curious when they approached a Soldier inspecting the underbelly of a big truck. "So, I crawled under the truck and asked the troop, ‘Well, what are you looking for?’” said Martin... MORE