JULY 10, 2023 – The wind danced through the trees as pewter-colored clouds hinted at heavy rain. Soldiers went about their duties at a rocket launcher site on a hillside clearing in an otherwise thickly forested area. Aside from the trees, all was quiet. But as the wind gusted again, Soldiers with the 19th Special Forces Group suddenly appeared from the woods in a coordinated … [Read more...]
2023 National Guard Best Warrior Competition Kicks Off
JULY 10, 2023 - The 2023 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition, hosted by the Alaska Army National Guard, began on July 8, 2023, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The competition, scheduled from July 8 to July 13, 2023, features 14 competitors who are Army National Guard Soldiers representing the seven regions across the nation: Region ISpc. Zakary … [Read more...]
Hokanson Sees Growing Vietnam Partnership
JULY 7, 2023 — In 2014, Army Maj. Gen. Daniel Hokanson came here as adjutant general of the Oregon National Guard to further his state’s nascent partnership with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Recently, Hokanson returned as the National Guard’s top general to celebrate more than a decade of exchanges between Oregon Guardsmen and the People’s Army of Vietnam under the … [Read more...]
Military Intelligence Completed 1st Army Validation
278th Military Intellingence Annual Training, MITS Tier II, Range 69, Ft. Campbell, Ky, 14 June 2023 JUNE 30, 2023 - Tennessee’s Military Intelligence Company proved it could effectively gather mission-critical information from the battlefield during a validation event at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Observer Coach Trainers (OCTs) headquartered at 1st Army out of Fort … [Read more...]
Kid’s Artwork Selected for Nose Art on F-15
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgts. Michael and Ashyln HartmanKaelynn Hartmann, 173rd Maintenance Group, pose for a photo with their daughters next to eleven-year-old Kaeylnn Hartman'sartwork on the nose of an F-15C at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls Falls, Oregon, June 23, 2023. Kaelynn submitted her artwork to a Nose Art contest hosted by the Military and Family Readiness office in … [Read more...]