The last of 35 Soldiers from a Wisconsin Army National Guard aviation detachment returned safely to U.S. soil early this week after an 11-month mobilization to the Middle East.
Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers represent state at Regional Best Warrior Competition May 21, 2021
Army National Guard Soldiers from seven states after competing in the Region IV Best Warrior Competition at Camp Atterbury, Ind., May 13-16. Sgt. Jacob Ellington of the Minnesota National Guard earned the title of NCO of the Year, and Spc. Henry Brucken of the Indiana National Guard was named the Soldier of the Year. Submitted photo
CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. Two Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers represented Wisconsin at the Region IV Best Warrior Competition held at Camp Atterbury, Ind., May 13-16.
Sgt. Savannah Lipinski, a drill sergeant with the Recruiting and Retention Battalion from Madison, Wisconsin, and Spc. Timothy Hicks, a combat engineer with Company B, 173rd Brigade Engineer Battalion from La Crosse, Wisconsin, competed as Wisconsin’s Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) and Soldier of the Year respectively, falling short of a win at the regional competition.
Fort Indiantown Gap hosts Region II Best Warrior Competition Photo By Staff Sgt. Zane Craig | Col. Laura McHugh, deputy adjutant general-Army, Pennsylvania National Guard, presents Sgt. James McGill of the Maryland Army National Guard with an Army Commendation Medal at the conclusion of the Region II Best Warrior Competition May 14, 2021, at Fort Indiantown Gap. Eleven enlisted National Guard Soldiers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington D.C. and Delaware competed in the 2021 regional Best Warrior Competition at Fort Indiantown Gap May 11-14. Pfc. Alexander Gravely, a combat medic with 1st Battalion, 201st Field Artillery Regiment, 77th Brigade Troop Command, West Virginia Army National Guard, won the best Soldier portion of the competition. McGill, a radiology specialist with the 224th Medical Company Area Support, Maryland Army National Guard, won the best noncommissioned officer portion of the Best Warrior Competition. (U.S. Ar
18 CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo Kosovo Force military police celebrated National Police Appreciation Week May 10-14. Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers with the 29th Military Police Company, assigned to KFOR’s Regional Command-East, hosted international MP forces from Italy, Poland, Austria and Switzerland at Camp Bondsteel in an unprecedented week of cooperative training.
National Police Appreciation Week was founded by former U.S. President John F. Kennedy in 1962 to celebrate the work of police officers across the country and pay special tribute to those who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
“[National Police Appreciation Week] is observed in the U.S. every year during this time period, and I wanted to include our NATO partners in this observation as well,” said Iowa Army National Guard Capt. Nate Hoeger, RC-E provost marshal. “I thought it would be a good opportunity to train with our police officer partners to strengthen the NATO police communi
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