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Kansas National Guard adjutant general tells legislature the Guard is modernizing, expanding deployments and family programs
Summary
Major General Michael Bernardi updated lawmakers on deployments, training, construction projects, recruitment and family-support efforts, citing more than 7,000 personnel, federal partnerships and ongoing bids for new aircraft and facilities.
Major General Michael Bernardi, the adjutant general of the Kansas National Guard, told a joint session of the Kansas Legislature that the Guard is expanding operational deployments, modernizing facilities and increasing family and education programs while seeking new federal capabilities for units based in Kansas.
Bernardi said the Kansas National Guard "comprises over 7,000 soldiers, airmen, and civilians," outlined the Guard's domestic and overseas missions in 2024 and cited partnerships with Fort Riley, Fort Leavenworth and McConnell Air Force Base. He described an annual economic impact for the state he estimated at more than $5,200,000,000 and said nearly 1,200 service members were mobilized for federal missions last year.
The address summarized how Kansas Guard units participated in missions ranging from Operation Inherent Resolve in the Middle East to…
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