National Guard opens $19.5M home in NKY

More than 300 members of the 204th Aviation Support Battalion and the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management have a new home in NKY. The Kentucky National Guard's new $19M readiness center was dedicated in a ribbon cutting ceremony on May 10. Reports the Cincinnati Enquirer:
With 86,000 square feet of space, the center is a state-of-the-art training facility designed to train and support soldiers and airmen, facilitate search and rescue missions in conjunction with KYEM and other agencies, serve as a staging area to receive and/or deploy soldiers and airmen and provide homeland security support in multiple arenas including reinforcing law enforcement during civil disturbances – among other uses.
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