The Minnesota National Guard celebrated the opening of a new facility for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, May 17 at Camp Ripley Training Center.
...the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division.Tears and hugs followed as one family held up its sign for Sgt. 1st Class Mike Foust. "Welcome home Mike, husband, father and hero." Scrawled underneath those letters someone had written...
...accelerated Officer Candidate School program but will take his commission at a later date. The ceremony finished with Sgt. 1st Class Brian Limanen, senior noncommissioned officer of the battalion giving the new lieutenants their first salute.The...
...to transient areas as well. Units are free to leave Camp Virginia after they clear their area with the pads NCOIC Sgt. 1st Class Allan Jorgenson. Once he has given the green light, the keys are returned to billeting, and the unit is free to...
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait ? Lights, sidewalk repair, moving barriers, and maintaining the grounds of Zone 6 is only part of what the Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team's small maintenance section is in charge of. In addition to being the Zone 6 "maintainers", the team of ten also do their primary military specialty of vehicle maintenance. They had no idea what was ahead upon arrival to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait in July 2011.
...and here are tons of Minnesota "Red Bulls" lined up to run a 5k and then jump into a tank of ice water," said Sgt. 1st Class Erin Reski and native of White Bear Lake, Minn., "It's nice to be able to continue traditions when we are so far...
...realize is vital not only for those fighting but family and friends of fighters, survivors and those we have lost. Sgt. 1st Class Tara Dooley grew up in Forrest Lake, Minn. She resides in St. Paul, Minn., with her husband. Her parents still...
CAMP VIRGINIA, Kuwait - Sgt. 1st Class Jennifer Mccann, senior human resources non-commissioned officer for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 134th Brigade Support...
...the quick reaction force tactics and techniques they learned and then have a certifier verify the training," Army Sgt. 1st Class Aaron G. Rousselange said in an news release.The course combines classroom instruction and hands-on exercises...
...Infantry Division. "It is an honor to be here now and provide the support needed to facilitate the drawdown," said Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Gamble, the 1st Platoon sergeant currently on his second tour in the Middle East. "Historically speaking...
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