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Memorial Day round up

...Orchestra. The parade of flags will be displayed at 1:55 p.m. The program will begin at 2 p.m.Guest speaker will be Lt. Col. Chad Sackett, deputy post commander, Camp Ripley. Parade marshal is Robert Mace, member of the Waite Park American...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-05-22/memorial-day-round
News
This was Brainerd - March 8

...and Hibbing. They say they plan to retain all employees.40 years ago (1973)(Photo) Former Aitkin area resident, Lt. Col. David Everson, heads for a Scott AFB hospital in St. Louis surrounded by his wife Karlene, three children and mother...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/was-brainerd/2013-03-07/was-brainerd-march-8
This Was Brainerd
Twins Caravan visits the Army Aviation

...stories, ask questions and meet face-to-face said Lt. Col. Kevin Olson, public affairs officer for the Minnesota...with coach Joe Vavra were greeted by facility Commander Lt. Col. Gary Jorgensen as they arrived at the Army Aviation Support...

http://brainerddispatch.com/lifestyle/2013-02-05/twins-caravan-visits-army-aviat
Lifestyle
This was Brainerd - March 3

...Everson, who lives east of Deerwood, is hoping to write "finish" to the scrapbook she's kept on her son, Air Force Lt. Col. David Everson. He is to be released Sunday after spending the last six years as a POW in North Vietnam.60 years ago...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/was-brainerd/2013-03-01/was-brainerd-march-3
This Was Brainerd
Charles R. Brackett

...Brackett; daughter, Roxanne Cibuzar and husband, Paul (Lt Col US Marine Corps Ret), of Nisswa, Minn.; two sons...Patricia, of Gainesville, Ga., and John Channing Brackett (Lt Col US Army Ret) and wife, Lucy, of Lansing, Kan.; five...

http://brainerddispatch.com/obituary/2013-02-19/charles-r-brackett
Charles R. Brackett

...Brackett; daughter, Roxanne Cibuzar and husband, Paul (Lt Col US Marine Corps Ret), of Nisswa, Minn.; two sons...Patricia, of Gainesville, Ga., and John Channing Brackett (Lt Col US Army Ret) and wife, Lucy, of Lansing, Kan.; five...

http://brainerddispatch.com/obituary/2013-02-20/charles-r-brackett
Church news - July 20

Lt. Col. (Ret.) Steve Gillette will be the special speaker at 11 a.m. Sunday at The Church on the Wise Road. Gillette was a fighter pilot in the Air Force who served in Southeast Asia where he flew F-4 Phantoms into Laos and Cambodia.

http://brainerddispatch.com/lifestyle/religion/2012-07-19/church-news-july-20
Religion
CAP cadets earn Mitchell Award

...General Billy Mitchell Award on Oct. 3. Major Susan Blessman, director of Cadet Programs for the Minnesota Wing, and Lt. Col. Don Sorenson, commander of Group 2 of the Minnesota Wing, presented the awards to Cadet 2nd Lt. Jessica Holmes of...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-10-25/cap-cadets-earn-mitchell-award
News
Nisswa man named to Ripley's Court of Honor

Lt. Col. (retired) Jay Beebe of Nisswa was named to the Court of Honor at Camp Ripley last fall. Beebe's military service began when...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-06-27/nisswa-man-named-ripleys-court-honor
News
Brainerd-based 1-194 Armor changes command

...commanding the Brainerd-based 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 194th Armor (1-194 CAB), Lt. Col. Brian J. Melton passed the battalion colors to Lt. Col. Ethan A. Yale on Saturday, Aug. 18 at the St. Cloud River's Edge Convention Center...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-08-23/brainerd-based-1-194-armor-changes-c
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