Category Archives: Army Guard
Soldier helps catch the bad guys
By PAO_Admin | March 16th, 2020
By Spc. Kristina Kranz, Wyoming Military Department Public Affairs You…
...Read MoreSocial Media and Soldiers
By PAO_Admin | March 12th, 2020
Watch as the Wyoming Air National Guard, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, and local community members worked together to move a jet from the past. The T-33 “Shooting Star” jet was moved to its new home at the Wyoming National Guard Museum in Cheyenne.
...Read MoreMeet Your ESGR Rep: Terry Wilkerson
By wyoadmin | March 02th, 2020
Meet your Wyoming Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Representatives! They are a volunteer-led and volunteer-centric committee composed of approximately 27 volunteers and 3 full-time staff. In this feature, we meet Trudy Woodcock.
...Read MoreStrength in Modernization
By wyoadmin | March 02th, 2020
Meet your Wyoming Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Representatives! They are a volunteer-led and volunteer-centric committee composed of approximately 27 volunteers and 3 full-time staff. In this feature, we meet Trudy Woodcock.
...Read MoreJoint operations center conducts blackout exercise
By wyoadmin | February 06th, 2020
“It’s very coincidental,” Rodgers says, “because we had this planned…
...Read MoreNew Soldiers are inducted into their units
By wyoadmin | September 11th, 2019
Brazil spoke of the recent achievements of the RSP Soldiers…
...Read MoreLocal medical community teams up for rare opportunity
By wyoadmin | August 23th, 2019
I realized that the Wyoming Department of Health had all…
...Read MoreTask Force Thunder rolling along
By wyoadmin | August 23th, 2019
More than 100 soldiers from the Wyoming Army National Guard’s…
...Read More‘Cowboy Thunder’ sendoff for 115th Field Artillery
By wyoadmin | July 30th, 2019
While describing the unit’s combat mission to “destroy, defeat, or…
...Read MoreACFT instructors certify
By wyoadmin | July 26th, 2019
Twenty-four soldiers from around the Cowboy State met with Master…
...Read MoreRefuelers Pass Muster
By wyoadmin | July 02th, 2019
Headquarters Service Company Readiness NCO Sgt. 1st Class Kandy Gorsuch of the 960th Brigade Support Battalion inspected the fueling line organized by Petroleum Supply Specialist Pvt. Annabelle Mowery during annual training at Camp Guernsey on Sunday, June 16. While the team of nervous soldiers waited, Gorsuch eventually gave a thumbs up.
...Read MoreWyoming Guard trains first aerial gunners
By wyoadmin | June 26th, 2019
“I evaluated one of our flight Instructors, and then they…
...Read MoreWyoming infantry set for deployment to Kosovo
By wyoadmin | May 31th, 2019
He then presented the Wyoming flag to Capt. Eli T.…
...Read MoreGetting carded at firefighting course
By wyoadmin | May 30th, 2019
The 40-hour courses, taught four or five times throughout the…
...Read MoreFirefighters, air crew prep for season with bucket drops
By wyoadmin | May 23th, 2019
CAMP GUERNSEY JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Wyo.—Fire season may appear far…
...Read MoreWyoming soldiers vye for Best Warrior title
By wyoadmin | April 16th, 2019
Nine Wyoming Army National Guard soldiers gave it their all…
...Read MoreMurdered WWII vet honored in Cody 27 years after remains found in Wyoming
By wyoadmin | April 03th, 2019
Former Hot Springs County Sheriff John Lumley responded and contacted…
...Read MoreLingle-Ft. Laramie H.S. students taste combat fitness
By wyoadmin | March 20th, 2019
Senior Ty Mueller was one of the students who volunteered…
...Read MoreCombat medics maintain skills, share techniques
By wyoadmin | March 19th, 2019
“It’s nice to have a small class so we can…
...Read MoreWyo. Guard leaders drive drunk with highway patrol
By wyoadmin | March 15th, 2019
Wyoming Army National Guard leaders drove drunk Sunday during drill.…
...Read MoreInfantry practices proposed Army marksmanship standards
By wyoadmin | March 13th, 2019
According to an Army Times article from Jan. 17, 2018,…
...Read MoreGosselin receives Legion of Merit
By wyoadmin | March 08th, 2019
On March 6 retired 1st Sgt. Butch Gosselin, of Jackson,…
...Read MoreWyoGuard’s Counterdrug Program partners in war on drugs
By wyoadmin | February 22th, 2019
The National Guard has always been about cooperation and support;…
...Read MoreCouple joins Wyo. Guard together on Valentine’s Day
By wyoadmin | February 14th, 2019
When Reid Golike and Paulitta Wilson were married in December,…
...Read MoreRecruiters get the basics in prep for PEC
By wyoadmin | January 30th, 2019
“I just failed the PEC class earlier this month,” said…
...Read MoreArtillery battalion moves toward 2019 depolyment
By wyoadmin | September 13th, 2018
The unit then set about the business of pre-mobilization training…
...Read MoreMed Det increases Guard’s value to state
By wyoadmin | September 04th, 2018
He started the wheels rolling on the idea, and like…
...Read MoreAn employer that walks the walk
By wyoadmin | August 28th, 2018
My Boss is a Patriot Award winner, Jody Shields, a vice president with Align in Cheyenne, Wyoming, talks about what it means for her team to support their employee, Wyoming National Guard soldier Officer Candidate Joseph Samudio. She shares what the secret to success is when employing a guardsmen and why every employer should want a Wyoming guardsmen on their staff.
...Read MoreNational Guard shooters battle it out at MAC Region VI
By wyoadmin | August 21th, 2018
Wyoming’s A team took first in the Covering Fire competition,…
...Read MoreFort Sill Half Section thrills Cheyenne audiences
By wyoadmin | July 23th, 2018
As the nation and Wyoming commemorate the 100th anniversary of…
...Read MoreEnvironmental broom follows big exercises at Guernsey
By wyoadmin | June 28th, 2018
The 142nd Field Artillery Brigade from Arkansas and four support…
...Read MoreCamp Guernsey cooks meet hungry demand
By wyoadmin | June 27th, 2018
As the Army does indeed run on its stomach, and…
...Read MoreWyoming’s best soldier runner-up at Best Warrior regional
By wyoadmin | June 07th, 2018
A 1980s TV commercial of soldiers doing more before 9…
...Read MoreArkansas Army Guard working on the railroad at Guernsey
By wyoadmin | June 01th, 2018
“When Operation Desert Storm happened, everyone had to move their…
...Read More120 years ago the Wyo. Guard goes to war for the first time
By wyoadmin | May 23th, 2018
Wyoming’s most significant contribution to the war came from that…
...Read MorePodcast interview with Command Sgt. Maj. Harold Pafford
By wyoadmin | May 15th, 2018
Listen to Command Sgt. Maj. Pafford discuss the big changes coming to the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) as well as changes to professional military education for soldiers. You don’t want to miss this informative podcast.
...Read MorePafford gets taste of Army’s new fitness test
By wyoadmin | May 15th, 2018
“Leading from the front I wanted to be one of…
...Read MoreCamp Guernsey turns 80 this year (Part one)
By wyoadmin | May 09th, 2018
Esmay reported in April 1938, that an appropriations bill, sponsored…
...Read MoreWhen disaster strikes
By wyoadmin | April 10th, 2018
When disaster strikes a small town, the National Guard is critical in its service to local first responders augmenting civilian life flight capabilities and providing immediate life saving care. Recently the Wyoming and Colorado National Guard participated in “Alpine Guard” a mass casualty exercise simulating the response to a major tornado in the small town of Fort Morgan, Colorado.
...Read MoreMaas caps Army career while visiting Wyo. troops in Alaska
By wyoadmin | April 05th, 2018
After undergoing multiple eye surgeries in early 2017 that prevented…
...Read MoreA recipe for a full life
By wyoadmin | March 27th, 2018
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Lauren Gurney pursues her two passions, piloting UH-60 helicopters for the Wyoming National Guard and running her own business baking and making chocolates in Jackson, Wyoming.
...Read MoreRecipe for a full life
By wyoadmin | March 21th, 2018
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Lauren Gurney pursues her two passions, piloting UH-60 helicopters for the Wyoming National Guard and running her own business baking and making chocolates in Jackson, Wyoming.
...Read MoreWyoming infantry gets dose of winter warfare training
By wyoadmin | March 07th, 2018
Joint training exercise Arctic Eagle consisted of National Guard service…
...Read MorePodcast Interview with Maj. Amy Henry, Recruiting and Retention Battalion
By wyoadmin | February 28th, 2018
Recruiting and retention is a top priority for the Wyoming National Guard. Did you know that the Army Guard is giving big bonuses to reenlist? Get to know recruiting and retention battalion acting commander and executive officer, Maj. Amy Henry share why she thinks the Wyoming Army National Guard is a unique opportunity that you can’t find in the civilian sector.
...Read MoreCowboy STEM
By wyoadmin | February 21th, 2018
Learn how the Wyoming National Guard is partnering with high schools throughout the state in STEM education. A new program piloted by the Wyoming Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion bridges the gap between science, technology, engineering, and math and the military.
...Read MoreWCCA, WCA partner to improve Guernsey training area
By wyoadmin | January 03th, 2018
The four participating graduates returned to Camp Guernsey for three…
...Read MoreArmy NG Master Sgt. Phillips doesn’t let past define him
By wyoadmin | November 08th, 2017
“We were all over the place there. We had like…
...Read MoreHistory retrospective: Charlie Med is born and immediately deployed a decade ago
By wyoadmin | October 05th, 2017
The 1022nd Medical Company became “Charlie Med” or C Company, 5th Battalion, 159th General Support Aviation Brigade on Sept. 15, 2007, and almost simultaneously received notice it would deploy to Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom.
...Read MoreBattalion shakes off the dust and fires up the launchers
By wyoadmin | September 12th, 2017
For some artillerymen from Alpha and Bravo Batteries, 2nd Battalion, 300th Field Artillery, it’s been a couple of years since they did their job – fire rockets from High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems launchers.
It took a few hours to work out the kinks and get to the business at hand, a live-fire exercise used to evaluate and certify skills with the Army’s new evaluation system.
...Read MoreHistory retrospective: Wyoming’s most combat decorated unit since Korea returned home a decade ago this month
By wyoadmin | September 07th, 2017
September marks a decade since the return of the 1041st Engineer Company Assault Float Bridge of the Wyoming Army National Guard, which deployed to Combat Operations Base Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The unit returned the most decorated unit in the state since the 300th Armored Field Artillery fought in the Battle of Soyang in May 1951 during the Korean War.
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