• Military Family Appreciation Week 2009

    As we count our blessings this month, America's Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen and Coast Guardsmen serve day and night around the globe to defend our Nation. We are all very proud of them, and yet we should never forget that none of them do it alone. The extraordinary families who support them

  • America kicks butts Nov. 19

    The Great American Smoke-out is Nov. 19 and a great time for smokers to kick the habit together. Quitting smoking can also prevent the nation's fourth leading cause of death: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. "My dad smoked his entire life and I think that smoking is what, in fact,

  • Diamond Sharp Award

    Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Davis, 131st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace maintenance technician, received the Diamond Sharp Award for November UTA.Sergeant Davis was nominated by Master Sgt. John Rawie, 131st AMXS 1st Sgt, for outstanding performance, to include: streamlining maintenance practices

  • Missouri National Guard member recruits for Kansas unit

    A member from the 157th Air Operations Group, Director of Personnel Military Recruiting recently returned from working with the Smoky Hill Bombing Range in Salina, Kan. in order to implement a new unit from the ground up.Master Sgt. Bernard Botson, Headquarters Detachment One recruiting and

  • What distinguishes great leaders?

    Exceptional leaders capture passion. They lead for real: from the heart, smart and focused on the future, and with a commitment to being their very best. What matters most is what one makes of the experiences along the path of learning to be a leader. It is often the traumatic and unplanned events

  • Guard members use instinct, military training to aid victim of car accident

    Members from the 131st Force Support Squadron went above and beyond the call of duty Nov. 6 by taking time to help a person in need after witnessing a car accident.Senior Master Sgt. Angela Varvel, 131st FSS Services NCO-in-charge, and Staff Sgt. Danielle Sronce, 131st FSS Services, were returning

  • Guard-sponsored Substance Abuse Prevention course proves eye-opening

    Before teachers can teach, someone has to teach them. That is the premise of a 40-hour drug, alcohol and tobacco abuse prevention course offered by the Missouri National Guard Counterdrug Task Force. About 20 representatives of various state and local agencies recently took the Substance Abuse