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Civil Support Teams Lead the Way
December 15, 2020 — Imagine you’re watching a movie in which police officers chase a suspect into a building. They clear one room after another, ensuring nobody threatens them while they apprehend the fugitive. A small chemical lab is in one room they enter, and it could explode if touched, the effect of which could be devastating... MORE

Sgt. Matt Giddens opens a dresser to discover whether it is contaminated as Staff Sgt. Dustin Foreman observes

Civil Support Teams Compete in Missouri
December 15, 2020 — The Missouri National Guard Civil Support Team (CST), Kansas National Guard CST, Oklahoma National Guard CST and Indiana National Guard CST participated in a competition Oct. 25-29 at the Jefferson City Fire Department Training Site, the Central Missouri Events Center and the Missouri National Guard Armory in Columbia, Mo... MORE

Sgt. Karlee Jones waits for her gas mask to be removed on October 28, 2020 at The Central Missouri Events Center in Columbia, Missouri. Sgt. Jones finished a training exercise involving a biological threat.

Investigation: Deployed
December 4, 2020 — “Most of my time in the National Guard has been amazing and I do not regret a thing,” said Spc. Alexandria Cochran, a Military Police Investigator with the 1139th Military Police Company, about her life in the Guard. She has been in the service four years now and was working in Recruiting and Retention for the National Guard on Active Duty Operations Support (ADOS) orders prior to deployment. While this is her first deployment overseas, she has also reported for state emergency when called up by the Governor... MORE

Spc. Alexandria Cochran Kansas City's 1139th Military Police Company, poses in her duty uniform while assigned as a Military Police Investigator deployed in support of the CENTCOM area of operations.