The Illinois Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion held the 2024 Educators Summit on May 17 at the North Riverside Armory in Chicago, Illinois. The goal of the event is to bring educators together with the Illinois
Army National Guard to inform them of the programs and opportunities the ILARNG can provide their students in schools throughout the state.
Col. Shawn Strahle of Chatham has been selected as the Commander of the Illinois Air National Guard’s 183rd Wing based in Springfield. Strahle, who has served as the wing’s deputy commander since September 2023, will assume command of the wing on June 3 from Col. Robert Gellner of Sherman. Gellner has served as the wing’s commander since July 2021. He has accepted a position as the vice commander of the 603rd Air and Space Operations...
