Pfc. Tristian Hines, of Somerset, Ky., and will be joining the 1-149th Infantry, gets his unit patch from Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Williamson, readiness NCO the 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry Brigade during First Formation July 21, 2022. Hines arrived at his unit Ranger and Airborne qualified thanks to the Ranger Training Leadership Initiative (RTLI) program, a program in which only National Guard Soldiers qualify for. He was the first Kentucky Guardsman to successfully complete the process.

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