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Photo by Justin Connaher | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Public Affairs | 03.14.2022
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Sodan Ka, a security forces Airman assigned to the 673d Security Forces Squadron, poses for a portrait at the sports fire range on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 9, 2022, between firing iterations during unit training. As part of the largest career field in the U.S. Air Force, security forces Airmen are charged with defending air bases around the......
Hometown: Eagan, MN
Story by Sgt. Mahsima Alkamooneh | Minnesota National Guard | 03.07.2022
The percent of women in the Minnesota National Guard has increased in the last 10 years. In 2011, only 16 percent of the force were women. Over the years, that percent has grown to nearly 21. Not only are women more prominent in the Guard, but they are also filling key leadership roles.
“I have never seen before in my career as many women in leadership positions from sergeant all the way......
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
Story by Sgt. Mahsima Alkamooneh | Minnesota National Guard | 02.28.2022
Women have been serving in various roles in the military for decades. Some even went as far as to impersonate men during the civil war.
Still today, female leaders are paving the trail for others to follow. Women’s History Month, an annual observance, commemorates women and their contributions.
“It’s a moment to reflect and honor those who have paved the way for future......
Hometown: Houlton, WI
Photo by Sgt. Mahsima Alkamooneh | Minnesota National Guard | 02.28.2022
Submitted photo.
Hometown: Houlton, WI
Photo by Lance Cpl. Jacqueline Arre | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.27.2022
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. James Taylor, center, a native of Golden Valley, Minnesota, and a combat engineer with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, 2d Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, participates in cold weather training prior to Exercise Cold Response 2022 ( Ex CR22) in Setermoen, Norway, Feb. 25, 2022. Exercise Cold Response '22 is a biennial Norwegian national readiness and defense......
Hometown: Golden Valley, MN
Video by Spc. William China and Sgt. Bertha Smith | U.S. Army Central | 02.24.2022
PFC Roychelle Keyes (Minneapolis, MN) gives a Mother’s Day shout out from USARCENT Forward Headquarters, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Bertha Smith and Spc. William China, U.S. Army Central Public Affairs.)...
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class JaJuan Broadnax | U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit | 02.17.2022
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Patrick Sunderman, a Farmington, Minn. native, competes in the USA Shooting Rifle Selection Match at the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center on January 6, 2022. Sunderman is a member of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit International Rifle Team. He will compete on the National Rifle Team at the upcoming World Cups this spring....
Hometown: Farmington, MN
Story by Sgt. 1st Class JaJuan Broadnax | U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit | 02.17.2022
Five U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Soldiers will travel to Cairo, Egypt to compete in the International Shooting Sports Federation Rifle World Cup beginning on February 26 through March 8, thanks to their top finishes in selection matches over the past few months....
Hometown: Farmington, MN
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Benjamin Lewis | Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron 15 | 02.15.2022
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 15, 2022) Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 2nd Class Andrew Youngstrom, from Hastings, Minnesota, takes a fuel sample aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) during a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3). Dewey is assigned to Destroyer Squadron......
Hometown: Hastings, MN
Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy | 2nd Marine Division | 02.15.2022
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brain Ndege, an Anoka, Minnesota, native and a transmissions system operator with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division (MARDIV), operates a radio during a mountain exercise at Fola Mine, West Virginia, Feb. 9, 2022. This exercise is the third phase of a specialized training evolution to determine the efficacy of 2d MARDIV’s......
Hometown: Anoka, MN
