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Posted: Fri 12:54 PM, Oct 21, 2011
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Reporter: Kansas Adjutant General, Posted by Josh Mabry

Deployed Kansas Guard Soldiers Train With Soldiers In Liberia

LIBERIA – An Armed Forces of Liberia soldier performs a wrist lock technique on Capt. Charles Ross, Wichita, 1st Battalion, 161st Field Artillery, Kansas National Guard, during recent self-defensive training at the AFL headquarters in Liberia. Ross is part of a U.S. team partnering with the AFL to exchange best practices. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st Lt. Jesse Seiple)
LIBERIA – An Armed Forces of Liberia soldier performs a wrist lock technique on Capt. Charles Ross, Wichita, 1st Battalion, 161st Field Artillery, Kansas National Guard, during recent self-defensive training at the AFL headquarters in Liberia. Ross is part of a U.S. team partnering with the AFL to exchange best practices. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st Lt. Jesse Seiple)
LIBERIA – From left, Sgt. Richard Westbrook, Salina, 1st Battalion, 161st Field Artillery Battalion, Kansas National Guard, observes a soldier of the Armed Forces of Liberia performing an arm bar and take down technique on Capt. Charles Ross, Wichita, 1-161 FA, during self-defense training recently in Liberia. The U.S. soldiers are partnering with the AFL to exchange best practices. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st Lt. Jesse Seiple)

(LIBERIA)-- The 1st Battalion, 161st Field Artillery, Kansas National Guard, deployed to the Horn of Africa earlier this year. The unit recently trained with soldiers from the Armed Forces of Liberia.

The battalion is comprised of soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 161st Field Artillery and from the 35th Military Police Company. The 1-161st FA is headquartered in Wichita, with subordinate units in Dodge City, Great Bend, Lenexa, Liberal, Hutchinson, Newton, Paola, Pratt and Topeka. The 35th MPs are headquartered in Topeka.

The battalion’s missions range from force protection to professional development mentoring, and sharing experiences. By joining and working together as partners, everyone wins. The partnership is destined to foster a professional standard of conducting daily duties, and to treat all people as equals.

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