Story by Cpl. Danielle Rayon | Oklahoma National Guard | 06.12.2024
OKLAHOMA CITY – The 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard, held a change of command ceremony at Camp Gruber Training Center near Braggs, Oklahoma, June 11, 2024, marking the end of Col. Andrew Ballenger's tenure and welcoming Col. Khalid Hussein as the new commander. “I've had the honor and privilege of serving in combat with these two great officers multiple......
Story by Maj. Scott Ingalsbe | Joint Force Headquarters - Nebraska National Guard | 09.29.2023
Nebraska Army National Guard soldiers jumped from an Alaska Air National Guard C-17 during a training event in Nebraska, Sept. 29, 2023....
Story by Sgt. Anthony Jones | Oklahoma National Guard | 04.15.2023
More than 800 Oklahoma Army National Guard members kicked off their year-long deployment to the Horn of Africa by bidding farewell to their families in a ceremony to remember at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, April 15....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Mireille Merilice | Oklahoma National Guard | 04.05.2023
FORT RILEY, Kan. – A South African native currently serving in the Oklahoma Army National Guard is preparing to deploy overseas while also studying for his naturalization test. Pfc. Dewald Ekron, an infantryman assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 179 Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, is currently preparing to deploy to East Africa and concurrently studying for......
Story by Spc. Danielle Rayon | 145th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.14.2022
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Members of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, friends and family gathered to bid farewell to outgoing commander Col. Colby Wyatt, of Cherokee, Oklahoma, and welcome incoming commander Col. Andrew Ballenger, of Sulphur, Oklahoma, during a change of command ceremony at Camp Gruber Training Center, Sunday....
Story by Sgt. Anthony Jones | 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 07.29.2020
Soldiers of the Oklahoma National Guard’s 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) began their annual training earlier this week at armories and readiness centers across the state....
Story by Spc. Lisa Crawford | Joint Force Headquarters - Nebraska National Guard | 11.05.2019
To officially signify the beginning of a new chapter in Nebraska Army National Guard history, the newly activated 2nd Battalion, 134th Infantry Regiment held a ceremony to unfurl company guidons, Nov. 2, 2019, at the Husker Drop Zone near Yutan, Nebraska, followed by a airborne training exercise, where Soldiers parachuted from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter....
Story by Spc. Jessica Todd | 145th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 10.08.2019
Camp Gruber, Okla. – Coalgate, Oklahoma, native, Sgt. Jared Griffin, with Charlie Company, 1-279 Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard, won the Oklahoma Army National Guard’s 2019 Best Warrior Competition held at Camp Gruber Training Center, Oklahoma, Oct. 6, 2019....
