He served at the Pentagon as the Air National Guard commander and was directly involved in planning the use of Air National Guard forces during the Persian Gulf War.

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As governor of Kansas, I am the commander in chief of our National Guard.

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Jeff Archer of the Oklahoma National Guard, the military commander on site.

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