At his Team Kentucky Update meeting on Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear spotlighted the Kentucky National Guard who was nationally recognized and talked about GED opportunities and veteran care grants.
The Association of the United States Army awarded the Kentucky National Guard for having the best guard command in 2023. Beshear says he always remarks that Kentucky’s National Guard is the best in the country and now it is being recognized as such.
Beshear says they received this recognition for their responses to natural disasters in the state and to matters overseas and at the country’s southern border.
Kentucky National Guard Major General Haldane Lamberton expressed appreciation for the award they received. Lamberton says this is the first time a national guard entity has received this award from the association.
Concerning military veterans, Beshear highlighted recent veteran programs to receive grants from the state. Around $118,000 was awarded to the Veteran’s Walking Wounded Project, Veterans Rural Outreach Kentucky, the Roll Call Foundation, Morehead State University and the Kentucky Veteran Business Alliance.
Beshear also shared that a grant was awarded to a monument project honoring those who served aboard the USS Hornet CV-12, an aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy during World War II.
Turning toward education, Lieutenant Governor, Jacqueline Coleman shared that since January 2020 around 10,000 Kentuckians have gotten their GED free of charge.
When Beshear and Coleman took office in 2020 for their first term they made obtaining a GED free for first-time test takers. More about Thursday’s update can be found at governor.ky.gov.