190th supports MIA recovery mission in Vietnam

There has been little chance for closure for the families of more than 1300 Vietnam veterans who are listed as Missing in Action (MIA). We are often reminded of their plights during somber ceremonies at formal military events or by our local VFW or American Legion chapters that keep their memories

Information Security at Home

When it comes to information security, your biggest vulnerability is not necessarily your computers, it's your users. Every day, employees make glaring errors such as posting their passwords where others can see them, weak passwords, downloading and opening e-mail attachments that contain viruses

Kansas Guardsmen hand out toys to children in Haiti

Engineers draw on Greensburg experience in Haiti

After a hot, dusty day of clearing debris, building tents and doing jobs they've trained for years to perform, civil engineers from the 190th ARW stopped for dinner with other members of the 24th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron. Lt. Col. Mark Green, commander of the civil engineers in

190th Airman honor guard at Gates event

Representing the Air Force in a ceremony honoring Defense Secretary Robert Gates is pretty cool, huh? That's what 190th Force Support Squadron member Airman 1st Class Joshua Epperly thought, too, when he found out he was doing just that as part of the event's honor guard.At the 92nd annual banquet

Kansas Air National Guard Civil Engineers erect all-new camp for Airmen in Haiti

The perfect rows of a tent city are no accident. Ideally, before a single stake is driven into the ground, civil engineers have meticulously determined the placement of each building. In Port-au-Prince, however, the Kansas Air National Guard civil engineers had almost no notice before they were

Kansas Air National Guardsmen building critical infrastructure; Supporting Haiti relief operations

The bright clothing, smiles and conversation could be taking place in any hospital lobby in the world. Patients are being admitted, treated and released. But a flurry of French and the grinding of a helicopter nearby betray the reality - this is Haiti. A brutal sun burns over the tent, while the

190th returns from second deployment

Some unit members got to spend Thanksgiving with their families. Other members, like Major Chris Turner, got to spend it with their "Guard family.""I was gone for Thanksgiving, some people were gone for Christmas," he described. "But it's nice to deploy with your own unit."Turner was one of more

190th trains in Cuba; deploys to Haiti

"It don't GTMO better than this," read a sign at the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, bowling alley. And for the 190th Civil Engineering Squadron, that slogan summarizes for many their experiences there.As part of their annual two-week training requirement, 48 members of CE deployed to Guantanamo

Yellow Ribbon program streamlines reintegration

"Welcome!" announced Maj. Gen. Tod Bunting, as he greeted warriors to the first joint Yellow Ribbon event in Kansas. "And welcome home!"The room was filled with Soldiers, Airmen and their families who were reintegrating after various deployments. Bunting is familiar with the mobilization process- in