Alabama National Guard changed approach to managing disasters days before April 2011 tornadoes
By Michael Tomberlin
April 25, 2021
Sgt. Fadra Brown, 31st Chemical Brigade, Northport, assists the Wooley family sorting through the remnants of their home in the Crescent Ridge area in Tuscaloosa. Their home was one of many throughout Alabama that was destroyed by the tornado that swept through April 27, 2011. (Spc. Katherine Dowd / 167th Theater Sustainment Command)
The Alabama National Guard had its largest mobilization for a domestic response when the April 2011 storms and tornadoes devastated the state.
The public saw and experienced that, as soldiers and airmen were visible bringing relief throughout the state.
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Sgt. Savannah Lipinski, a Solider with Recruiting and Retention Battalion, and Sgt. Jacob Lewis, a Soldier with the 54th Civil Support Team, pose for a photo with Command Sgt. Maj. Curtis Patrouille, the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s senior enlisted leader, and Brig. Gen. Joane Mathews, the Wisconsin National Guard’s deputy adjutant general for Army, following the state Best Warrior Competition awards ceremony. Lipinski was named the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, and Lewis is this year’s runner up. Wisconsin Army National Guard photo
Submitted to OnFocus – FORT MCCOY, Wis. A select group of 20 Soldiers in the Wisconsin Army National Guard competed in the 2021 State Best Warrior Competition April 16-18 at Fort McCoy.
19 FORT BENNING, Ga. The top rangers from across the Army gathered at Fort Benning, Georgia, to compete in the 37th annual Best Ranger Competition, from April 16-18, 2021.
The Best Ranger Competition consists of a series of physically grueling events such as swimming, ruck marching, and running long distances, along with various obstacle courses that best showcase the competence, physical and mental endurance, and competitive spirit, of the Army Ranger.
Thousands of miles away from the warmth of Hawaii, stands six rangers huddled around the starting line in the brisk Georgia air. The competing Light Fighters exchanged palm trees for pine, but their focus remained constant: to win. Surrounding them are 96 other rangers representing the best the Army has to offer. The morning is quiet and the intensity of what lies ahead rests juxtaposed to the stillness of the morning. It truly is the calm before the storm an appropriate setting for the Tropic Lightning competito
Emptiness, Anger, Relief: Afghanistan Veterans Wrestle with Coming End of Forever War
U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Dustin Hanson, a section leader with Charlie Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, observes a moment of silence in respect of Lance Cpl. Ramon T. Kaipat, an infantryman who served with Charlie Co., 1st LAR, and 22-year-old native of Tacoma, Wash., during a memorial service in Afghanistan, April 16, 2012. (Alfred V. Lopez/U.S. Marine Corps)
20 Apr 2021
When the news broke that the United States planned to pull its remaining troops from Afghanistan, Marine veteran Peter Lucier s thoughts drifted to his old platoon mate, Lance Cpl. Ramon Kaipat.
National Guard members to deploy in peacekeeping mission
April 14, 2021
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) Two dozen New Hampshire Army National Guard members are deploying to southern Europe later this spring in support of Operation Joint Guardian Kosovo, a long-running NATO peacekeeping mission.
A deployment ceremony for Alpha Company, 1/169th Aviation Regiment will be held Saturday in Concord.
The company will conduct aviation operations in support of stabilization forces for nearly a year.
The regiment is based with the Connecticut Army National Guard.
The last New Hampshire Army National Guard unit to deploy to Kosovo in support of Operation Joint Guardian was the 114th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment in 2002-2003.