Retired Illinois Army National Guard Col. Clayton Kuetemeyer of Champaign, Illinois, will be inducted into the University of Illinois Army ROTC Hall of Fame in May.
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SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - Retired Illinois Army National Guard Col. Clayton Kuetemeyer of Champaign, Illinois, will be inducted into the University of Illinois Army ROTC Hall of Fame in May. Kuetemeyer, who now serves as the Deputy Director of Emergency Management for the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, commanded the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team during its mission training Ukrainian military forces from 2020 to 2021. After returning from Ukraine, Kuetemeyer led the National Guard Bureau Joint Staff’s Future Operations Division planning for disaster response, developing policies, ensuring future National Guard readiness within the global force management structure and advising senior National Guard leaders including Gen. Daniel Hokanson, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau. He has deployed to Ukraine Afghanistan and Kuwait and has also served in Poland and Bulgaria.


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