Posted on September 11th, 2021 by Sebastian Nemec
September 11, 2021 (ST. PAUL, Minnesota) — September 11, 2001, began like any other Tuesday for the Minnesota National Guardsmen and women on duty that day. It wasn’t until later that morning that the gravity of that day sank in and our citizen Soldiers and Airmen went to work securing their state and nation. In
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Posted on September 10th, 2021 by Ben
CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait – While more than 400 members of Minnesota National Guard’s 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 194th Armor Regiment, known as Task Force 1-194, deployed to Afghanistan in support of evacuation efforts, the Cottage Grove, Minnesota-based Charlie Company, 134th Brigade Support Battalion began preparations to medically screen up to 5,000 Afghans at the unit’s
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Posted on September 2nd, 2021 by Sebastian Nemec
August 20, 2021 (CAMP RIPLEY, Minnesota) — Earlier this spring, the 175th Regional Training Institute at Camp Ripley began its annual Warrant Officer Candidate School (WOCS). There are 11 candidates enrolled this year who are preparing for their final two weeks of training at Camp Atterbury, Indiana this fall. Each year the class reports in
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Posted on August 30th, 2021 by Sebastian Nemec
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Aug. 29, 2021 Falcon Heights, Minn. – The Minnesota State Fair’s tenth Military Appreciation Day will take place Tuesday, August 31, and provide an educational opportunity for all fairgoers to learn about Minnesota’s military community. This year’s theme is honoring the service of the past, present, and future. “The Minnesota State Fair
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Posted on August 25th, 2021 by Ben
Aviators with the Minnesota National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 147th Assault Helicopter Battalion assist local authorities in suppressing the Greenwood Wildfire in northern Minnesota August 25, 2021. Watch at: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/811397/minnesota-aviators-assist-wildfire-suppression-northern-minnesota
Posted on August 24th, 2021 by Sebastian Nemec
August 18, 2021 (ST. CROIX, Virgin Islands) — The saying “train like you fight” is something the Airmen from the 133rd Contingency Response Flight (CRF) live by. Within 36 hours of notification of a simulated hurricane, they were on the ground in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, conducting airbase operations in support of a larger
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Posted on August 20th, 2021 by Sebastian Nemec
August 20, 2021 (ST. PAUL, Minnesota) — U.S. Army Lt. Col. Scott Hawks has assumed command of the 55th Civil Support Team from U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ryan Cochran on Aug. 20, 2021, at the 133rd Airlift Wing in St. Paul, Minnesota. The 55th CST has a unique domestic mission supporting emergency preparedness operations involving
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Posted on August 18th, 2021 by Sebastian Nemec
August 18, 2021 (WILLMAR, Minnesota) – The Department of Defense recently named Minnesota’s Marcus Construction a recipient of the 2021 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. On Wednesday August 18, 2021, the company celebrated that prestigious recognition at an event in Willmar. The Employer Support Freedom Award is the highest U.S. government honor employers
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Posted on August 17th, 2021 by Blair Heusdens
August 17, 2021 (CAMP RIPLEY, Minnesota) — Soldiers of the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division completed their final dress rehearsal at Camp Ripley, August 1-6, prior to taking the stage for a Warfighter Exercise at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, in September. At each Command Post Exercise (CPX), Soldiers have spent hours refining their practices of setting
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