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XD receives first Patriot Medal
Salina,
Kan., (March 26, 2010) - Salina
Airport Authority Executive Director Tim Rogers, A.A.E. was awarded the
first Kansas National Guard Patriot Medal today at the M.J. Kennedy Air
Terminal Building.
Kansas Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Tod M. Bunting
presented Rogers with the medal "for providing immeasurable
support to the Great Plains Joint Training Center and Kansas National
Guard."
"The airport is in a whole other dimension of
support," said Maj. Gen. Bunting during the briefing. "We came up with a new award to
recognize people who have been incredible to us for a long time, and
I'm talking well over a decade not just a few months."
This marks the first time this award has ever been given
by the Kansas National Guard, and the chief of the National Guard
Bureau, Gen. Craig R. McKinley, along with other Guard VIPs and local
officials were there to witness it.
"You go to other cities where they don't have that
kind of support and it's a whole different ballgame," said Gen.
McKinley.
The Salina Airport Authority is actively involved in the
Governor's Military Affairs Council and works to facilitate military
units basing at the airport and training over the nearby weapons range.
The award reads as follows:
For distinguished service in duty of great responsibility
over a period of several years, Mr. Timothy F. Rogers, Executive
Director, Salina Airport Authority, is hereby awarded the Kansas
National Guard Patriot Medal for providing immeasurable support to
Great Plains Joint Training Center and the Kansas National Guard. His persistent and exceptional
efforts have enabled the Kansas National Guard to expand its capabilities
in providing world class joint-use training opportunities for our
warfighters; setting the standard for community partnerships. A visionary, his interaction with
Kansas National Guard leadership has facilitated the Salina Municipal
Airport to function seamlessly as a Forward Operating Location for
Canadian and US military personnel using the Great Plains Joint
Training Center facilities and ranges.
Support initiatives implemented by Mr. Timothy Rogers include
the construction of a weapons storage area, hot arm area and additional
hangar which will positively influence the Kansas National Guard and
its capabilities long beyond his tenure. The distinctive accomplishments of
Mr. Timothy Rogers reflect great credit upon himself as a true champion
of the Kansas National Guard and the State of Kansas.
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