Story by Maj. Margaret St. Pierre | 35th Infantry Division | 10.30.2023
YEREVAN, Armenia - Members of the 35th Infantry Division staff met with the Armenian National Defense Research University, members of the ministry of defense general staff, and students of the Vazgen Sargsyan Military Academy September 1-16 as part of the Kansas Army National Guard State Partnership Program. The purpose of the visit was to facilitate discussions and training on mission command......
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 09.05.2023
On 3 September 1943, 1st Lt. Radford Hyde, the S-2 of the 35th Infantry’s 1st Battalion, led a patrol into the jungles of the Vella Lavella in the South Pacific. Hyde’s patrol successfully confirmed the location of a Japanese force blocking his battalion’s advance along the coast and gave his commander a more accurate assessment of the enemy’s capabilities....
Story by Master Sgt. Matthew Keeler | Task Force Spartan | 11.20.2022
The 35th Infantry Division cased their colors and transferred command of the Task Force Spartan mission to the 28th Infantry Division during a transfer of authority ceremony at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait on Nov. 20, 2022. “Maj. Gen. [William B.] Blaylock II and Command Sgt. Maj. [Steven] Stuenkel, your team performed magnificently during a difficult nine-month deployment,” Lt. Gen. Patrick D.......
Story by Capt. Robert Hughes | 35th Infantry Division | 03.25.2022
In 2020 Capt. April Bruner became the second female light infantry company commander in the Missouri Army National Guard. Now Bruner inspires U.S. soldiers and Afghan women while serving in Qatar with the 35th Infantry Division....
Courtesy Story | Joint Force Headquarters - Nebraska National Guard | 03.24.2022
On the morning of September 16, 1944, Spurrier and his unit, Co. G, 134th Infantry, were on the offense to take a well-fortified hill south of Lay Saint-Christopher in France. By climbing onto a tank destroyer, Spurrier used the attached 50-cal machine gun to suppress enemy fire and make them retreat to a dugout. Spurrier then jumped out of the tank destroyer, moved to the dug-out, threw......
Story by Sgt. Lisa Crawford | Joint Force Headquarters - Nebraska National Guard | 07.21.2019
On July 14, 2019, 33 Nebraska National Guard Soldiers traveled with Maj. Gen. Daryl Bohac, Nebraska adjutant general, from the cornrows of Nebraska back across the Atlantic Ocean to England before making their way into Normandy, France, for the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Saint Lo....
Story by Sgt. Gin-Sophie De Bellotte | 82nd Airborne Division | 02.15.2019
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The need to stay current and ready is crucial to the Army’s success. For America’s 82nd Airborne Division, maintaining one of their motto’s “Fight Tonight, Win Tomorrow’s Fight,” is not just a philosophy, but also the way of the division. Maintaining the role as the Army’s Joint Forcible Entry component of the Global Response Force to deploy within 18 hours......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Ben Houtkooper and Spc. Samantha Petersen | Task Force Spartan | 02.04.2019
Aviators with the Minnesota, Texas and Utah National Guards, led by the Kansas National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation Regiment, practice landing and taking off during deck landing qualification training aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) in the Arabian Gulf on Feb. 4, 2019....
