The same ranks and insignia are used and National Guardsmen are eligible to receive all United States military awards.

The regiment was mustered into federal service in June 1916 for duty guarding the Mexican Border against invasion.

In 1918, Kansas Army National Guard Lieutenant Erwin R. Bleckley, who volunteered for aviation duty, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during an aerial sortie during World War I.

[1] Units of the Kansas Army National Guard fought in World War II[1] and the Korean War from 1950 to 1952, when the 130th Field Artillery Group headquarters, the 195th Field Artillery Battalion, and the 174th Military Police Battalion were mobilized.

The brigade served at Fort Carson attached to the 5th Infantry Division[3] until its demobilization in December 1969.

[4] In the mid-1980s, two new Army National Guard divisions were formed, drawing on existing independent brigades.

[1] The 635th Armor Regiment was constituted in the Air National Guard on March 25, 1953, as the 891st Engineer Aviation Battalion.

[6] About 350 soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 635th Armor, departed on the first leg of a deployment to Kosovo on October 27, 2004, as part of NATO's peacekeeping operation in the former Yugoslavia.

In the spring of 2004, the 2nd Battalion, 137th Infantry received their Bradley Fighting Vehicles and began training to assume an active role in Afghanistan or Iraq.

The Battalion also supported DOD and State Department missions building capacities among partner nations across east Africa.

The Kansas Army National Guard is commanded by Brigadier General Anthony V. Mohatt.

Its chief of staff is Colonel Matt Oleen, and its command sergeant major is Howard Whitley.