Photo by Sgt. Aaron Berogan | First Army | 02.05.2020
Specialist Ethan Welch, a Rifleman with Delta Company, 2nd Platoon, 2nd Bn., 162nd Infantry Regt., 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon National Guard, uses the Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight (ACOG) to watch for anything suspicious during a training exercise at Fort Bliss, Texas. Welch will help patrol the Administration Boundary Line during the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team’s......
Photo by Sgt. Aaron Berogan | First Army | 02.05.2020
Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon National Guard, await the landing of helicopter. The Solders are at Fort Bliss, Texas training with First Army for their deployment to Kosovo as part of the Kosovo Force mission (KFOR). KFOR was established by NATO in June of 1999, following the end of the 78-day air campaign. The 78-day air......
Photo by Sgt. Aaron Berogan | First Army | 02.05.2020
Specialist Tanner York, Riflemen, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2-162nd Infantry Battalion, Delta Company, 2nd Platoon, Oregon National Guard, makes a radio call in to his command team about an approaching vehicle to the entry control point during an exercise at Fort Bliss, Texas. The 2-162nd IB was split into two teams during the training at Fort Bliss, which mirrors how they will be......
Photo by Sgt. Aaron Berogan | First Army | 02.04.2020
A First Army Observer Coach/Trainer watches as Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon National Guard, makes plans for their next movement during their patrol at Fort Bliss, Texas. The patrols that were created by First Army OC/T’s were designed to mirror real life situations that the 2nd Bn., 162nd Inf Regt. will come across during......
Photo by Sgt. Aaron Berogan | First Army | 02.04.2020
Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon National Guard, walk roads at Fort Bliss, Texas, during a patrol training exercise. The Kosovo Force mission exists with NATO in order to maintain and safe and secure environment with freedom of movement for all. The exercises mirrored some of the conditions the 2-162nd may face while in Kosovo......
Photo by Sgt. Aaron Berogan | First Army | 02.04.2020
A Soldier of the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon National Guard, walks a perimeter road of the training range at Fort Bliss, Texas. The training at Fort Bliss was preparing all the battalions under the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, a National Guard Brigade from Oregon, for their deployment to Kosovo as part of the Kosovo Force mission......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class April Davis | Oregon National Guard Public Affairs Office | 01.27.2019
Canadian Army Reserve Soldiers with the Royal Westminster Regiment, 39th Canadian Brigade Group, march with snowshoes alongside Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, during the Westie Avalanche Exercise, January 27, 2019, at E.C. Manning Park, British Columbia, Canada. Nearly 40 Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class April Davis | Oregon National Guard Public Affairs Office | 01.27.2019
Canadian Army Reserve Lt. Tanvir Singh Suri leads a group of Soldiers with the Royal Westminster Regiment, 39th Canadian Brigade Group, as they march with snowshoes alongside Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, during the Westie Avalanche Exercise, January 27, 2019, at E.C. Manning Park, British Columbia, Canada.......
