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MAILLY-LE-CAMP, France — Nearly 60 Minnesota National Guard Soldiers of the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division, including members of the division’s 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, performed battlefield command operations out of Camp de Mailly, here throughout the last two weeks of April in support of a NATO exercise. Red Bulls participated in the fourth
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The Camp Ripley Training Center will celebrate 91 years of service to state and federal military personnel as well as its state partners. Since it swung open its gates in 1931, the fifth largest and third busiest National Guard training site continues to evolve as the Unites States military modernizes. In 2022-2023 Minnesota National Guard
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Parenthood is hard. Being a parent in the military adds a new layer of challenges. April is the Month of the Military Child, created by former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger in 1986. The month recognizes the contributions and sacrifices of the children as they support their military parents. According to Molly Holm, 133rd Airlift Wing’s
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April is Month of the Military Child, a time to honor and recognize the sacrifices made by military families and their children. In the communities surrounding Duluth, the Minnesota National Guard, 148th Fighter Wing and local organizations are working together to support military children and their families. The saying goes that, ‘it takes a village,’
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Building relationships with organizations outside of your own can be challenging, but it is an important step in reaching a common goal. For four days, nine Production Assistance Team (PAT) members started building the foundation of a new relationship with three organizations at the 133rd Airlift Wing. The nine members are subject matter experts in
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The 2nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment partnered with the Canadian Army Reserve from the Lake Superior Scottish Regiment, known as the LSSR and Sailors from His Majesty’s Canadian Ship – Griffin, known as the HMCS Griffin during exercise Sure Shot over March 2023. Exercise Sure Shot, has been an opportunity for the Minnesota
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On a cool, crisp, snow-covered day, Minnesota National Guard competitors welcomed Croatian and Canadian Armed Forces members to find this year’s best noncommissioned officer and Soldier during the 2023 Best Warrior Competition hosted at Camp Ripley. According to the National Defense University, to counter strategic competition with Russia it takes strategic alliances and cooperation with
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Nearly 150 people, representing 47 companies and organizations across Minnesota, attended the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon spring conference April 13 at Allianz Life headquarters in Minneapolis to share best practices in supporting military veterans, service members, and their families. “Beyond the Yellow Ribbon companies play a vital role in enabling our servicemembers and their families
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SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Around 80 members of the Minnesota National Guard’s Task Force Victory, made up of Soldiers of the Brooklyn Park-based 347th Regional Support Group and their families, gathered at Bethel University in Saint Paul to attend a reintegration event hosted by the Yellow Ribbon Program April 1, 2023. The recently returned troops
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On April 30, 2008, the 148th Fighter Wing became the first unit in the Air Force to receive recognition as an Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Worksite. Recently, the Wing received notification it has been officially recertified as an OSHA VPP Star Worksite effective February 15, 2023. The recertification
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Media Advisories
June 27, 2019 (ST. CLOUD, Minn.) – More than 50 soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard’s Company C, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion will be officially welcomed home during a ceremony, June 29, 2019, at 3:00 p.m. at the St. Cloud Rivers Edge Convention Center. The soldiers returned to Minnesota in early May after a
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June 17, 2019 (CAMP RIPLEY, Minnesota) — The Minnesota National Guard is hosting a media availability with Minnesota National Guard Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Jon Jensen, the Minnesota National Guard’s sexual assault response coordinator and staff judge advocate at the Education Center at Camp Ripley, 15000 Hwy 115, Little Falls, MN 56345, Friday June 21,
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June 1, 2019 (DULUTH, Minnesota) — Residents in northern Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan may hear increased flying activity on Saturday from early morning until the late evening hours; all jets are expected to land by midnight. Increased flying activities will resume early Sunday morning through midafternoon. Residents near the 148th Fighter
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May 31, 2019 (ST. CLOUD, Minn.) – Approximately 160 soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard’s 851st Vertical Engineer Company will be officially welcomed home during a ceremony, June 1, 2019, at 3:00 p.m. at the St. Cloud Rivers Edge Convention Center. The soldiers returned to St. Cloud, March 12, after a nine-month deployment to Kuwait
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May 16, 2019 (ARDEN HILLS, Minn.) — Six soldiers from the Minnesota Army National Guard’s, 147th Human Resources Company, 347th Regional Support Group, will depart on May 18, 2019, for a deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. “I’m proud of all the time and work our soldiers have put in to ensuring
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