Story by Sgt. Kalina Hyche | 118th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Tennessee Army National Guard | 07.24.2024
The Tennessee Army National Guard's 890th Sapper Company held their annual Sapper Stakes competition on July 24 at the Volunteer Training Site - Milan testing their combat engineering skills in a series of timed tasks and scenarios. The competition, modified to be platoon-based this year, saw the 2nd platoon emerge victorious, completing the course in two hours and eight minutes. The event is......
Story by 2nd Lt. Natasha Price | Task Force Spartan | 07.08.2020
Story and photos by U. S. Army 1st Lt. Austin Chapman, 194th Engineer Brigade On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a pandemic and public health emergency as the virus rapidly spread around the globe. Three weeks later the Deputy Chief of Staff and Operations Officer for United States Forces Afghanistan declared COVID-19 as a serious threat to readiness for......
Story by Spc. Andrew McNeil | 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 05.15.2018
KONOTOP, Poland — The air became filled with the aroma of earth as a U.S. Army engineer, assigned to the Tennessee National Guard, used a D6 bulldozer to cut through the ground to begin excavation at a range near the Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area in Poland, May 15....
Story by Master Sgt. Robin Brown | Tennessee National Guard Joint Public Affairs Office | 12.01.2017
In a small and quiet ceremony, a small park in the middle of downtown Jackson, Tenn., was dedicated in honor of former Tennessee National Guard Maj. Gen. Robert Frankland on December 1. “The site used to be home to the Frankland building, but it was destroyed by a tornado in 2003,” said Donna Frankland, granddaughter-in-law to the general. The family owned property became General......
Story by 1st Lt. Matthew Gilbert | 194th Engineer Brigade, Tennessee Army National Guard | 09.13.2016
NOVO SELO, BULGARIA– In September of 2016, units from the Tennessee and Alabama Army National Guard finished their rotation at Resolute Castle, a military infrastructure improvement effort in the Eastern European countries of Estonia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. The Tennessee and Alabama Army National Guard were joined by the Tennessee Air National Guard, Ohio Army National Guard,......
Story by Staff Sgt. Micah VanDyke | 24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 09.12.2016
NOVO SELO TRAINING AREA, Bulgaria – For many years to come, Eastern European countries will have vastly improved training ranges at military bases throughout the region. This stems from the ongoing U.S. military construction effort, Resolute Castle. This year the 194th Engineer Brigade, Tennessee National Guard and members of the Alabama National Guard led combined effort construction......
Courtesy Story | 194th Engineer Brigade, Tennessee Army National Guard | 08.30.2016
MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU, Romania – U.S. Army soldiers with the 10th Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, from Fort Stewart, Georgia, have completed a construction project as part of Resolute Castle, with the 194th Engineer Brigade, Tennessee Army National Guard at Mihail Kogalniceanu (MK) air base, Romania....
Story by Master Sgt. Kendra Owenby | 134th Air Refueling Wing | 08.24.2016
KABILE VILLAGE, TUNDZHA MUNICIPALITY, Bulgaria