8 LINCOLN, Neb. – On a warm and windy weekend, members of the Kansas National Guard Marathon Team were among the 181 National Guard Airmen and Soldiers from 42 states and territories who ran the Lincoln Marathon May 2.
Runners were competing for a chance to earn one of 78 spots on the All-Guard Marathon Team; 50 allocated for top-scoring males, 20 for top-scoring females, three for top-scoring female masters, and three for top-scoring male masters.
The nine-person Kansas National Guard Marathon Team consisted of Spc. Sarah Freeland, 35th Infantry Division Band; Sgt. Nick Ledet, Company A, Recruiting and Retention Battalion; 2nd Lt. Yacub Muzee, 242nd Engineer Battalion; Cadet Jessica Pal, 1077th Ground Ambulance Company; and Spc. Geovanni Popoca, 1st Battalion, 235th Regiment of the Kansas Army National Guard and 1st Lt. Jeffery Austin, 284th Air Support Operations Squadron; Tech Sgt. Jason Dolan, 190th Air Refueling Wing; 2nd Lt. Gage Garcia, 184th Wing, and S
Pekin Area Soldier Retires from Illinois Army National Guard
Illinois Army National Guard Lt. Col. Michael Legler (right), of Pekin, Illinois, receives a Certificate of Retirement from Maj. Gen. Michael Zerbonia, of Chatham, Illinois, Assistant Adjutant General – Army, during his retirement ceremony April 30 at the Illinois Military Academy, Camp Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois.
NEWS | May 5, 2021 By Barbara Wilson, Illinois National Guard Public Affairs Office
More than three decades after initially enlisting in the U.S. Army to give back to the country that has given so much to his family, Lt. Col. Michael Legler, of Pekin, Illinois, retired from the Illinois Army National Guard.