The Adjutant General’s Combat Marksmanship Championship Match, or TAG Match, is an annual training opportunity for Kansas National Guardsman to test and improve their marksmanship skills and weapons systems in a battle-focused competition. It was hosted this year at the Kansas Regional Training Center in Salina, Kansas, Sept. 25-27, 2020.
Severe storms. Tornadoes. Floods. Blizzards. Wildfires.
Kansas has faced its share of these over the years. By working through these disasters state agencies have forged and refined the partnerships that have allowed them to face a situation affecting not just a city or a county, but the entire state, the nation and even the world: The COVID-19 pandemic
Kansas National Guardsmen mobilized in response to COVID-19 have been assisting county health departments with community based testing with mobile testing teams since April. Recently, three drive-thru testing sites were conducted by the Riley County Health Department in Manhattan, Randolph and Ogden with the support of the Guardsmen.