CAMP SHELBY, Miss. (Nov. 4, 2015) -- Fifty Soldiers, from the Fort Eustis, Virginia-based 689th Rapid Port Opening Element, or RPOE, wrapped up their latest weeklong Turbo Distribution 16-1 exercise Friday, in what participants said was arguably their most challenging and realistic exercise to date. Turbo Distribution exercises are designed to integrate Army and Air Force … [Read more...]
National Guard 379th Birthday
November 4, 2015 - December 13th is recognized as the birthday of the National Guard. On this date in 1636, the first militia regiments in North America were organized in Massachusetts. Based upon an order of the Massachusetts Bay Colony's General Court, the colony's militia was organized into three permanent regiments to better defend the colony. Today, the descendants of … [Read more...]
Louisiana National Guard Captain Honored with Soldier’s Medal for Heroic Rescue
November 2, 2015 - BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana National Guard Capt. Andrew Gremillion received the Soldier's Medal, the military's highest award for non-combat heroism, during an Oct. 30 ceremony at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Baton Rouge. In February 2014, Gremillion realized that a woman was in extreme danger and immediately reacted to rescue and save a person … [Read more...]
New Mexico National Guard Airlifts Dinosaur Fossils
FARMINGTON, N.M. (Nov. 2, 2015) -- Aviators, infantrymen and transportation Soldiers, assigned to the New Mexico Army National Guard, assisted the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, or NMMNHS, with extracting fossils of two Pentaceratops dinosaur skulls from the badlands of New Mexico. An adult Pentaceratops skull and juvenile fossil remains were airlifted via … [Read more...]
First Army Completing ‘Bold Shift’ Transformation
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Oct. 30, 2015) -- First Army is three years ahead of Department of the Army's schedule for transforming to a focus on pre-mobilization training for the reserve components. "Operation Bold Shift" is about two-thirds complete now, said First Army Commander Lt. Gen. Michael S. Tucker. The reorganization will be finished by next summer, well ahead of … [Read more...]