Story by Spc. Breanne Donnell | 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.17.2018
The South Dakota Army National Guard’s 155th Engineer Company and 842nd Engineer Company teamed up with the Sanford Underground Research Facility to improve roads and buildings at the site during the Golden Coyote training exercise, June 15....
Story by Spc. Kayla Cooper | 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.14.2018
Members of the South Dakota National Guard’s 842nd Engineer Company are participating in the Golden Coyote training exercise by building a road at Wind Cave National Park, June 10-20. The 842nd will be working on 266 Road, a single lane dirt road located off of Red Valley Road. Their mission is to expand the road into two lanes and reinforce it with gravel to allow two-wheel drive vehicles......
Story by Staff Sgt. Rachel M Korzeniewski | 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 11.09.2017
Students from Sturgis, Spearfish and Newell middle schools participated in “A Day in the Life of a Soldier” event hosted by the South Dakota Army National Guard on Fort Meade, Nov. 7-8....
Story by Sgt. Rachel M Korzeniewski | 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.16.2017
Danish Army engineers and South Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers of the 842nd Engineer Company spent their annual training working with the National Forest Service to restore 4.5 miles of JB Pass Road in Custer Gallatin National Forest, June 15....
Courtesy Story | South Dakota National Guard Public Affairs | 05.11.2017
Engineers with the South Dakota Army National Guard claimed several top awards from the Society of American Military Engineers recognizing outstanding military and engineering service by both individuals and small units of the armed forces at an annual awards banquet at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, April 28....
Story by Pfc. Alexis Stevens | 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 10.04.2016
Soldiers with the 842nd Engineer Company, South Dakota Army National Guard, of Belle Fourche, Spearfish and Sturgis, continue work on a road project at Orman Dam near Belle Fourche, Oct. 1-2....
Story by Staff Sgt. Grady Jones | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division | 07.17.2016
Interoperability and unit cohesion is an important part of the overall successfulness of the Army’s mission. In the spirit of increasing cohesiveness, National Guardsmen from the 842nd Engineer Company, 153rd Engineer Battalion, 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Dakota National Guard, partnered with 588th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Theanne Tangen | South Dakota National Guard Public Affairs | 05.27.2015
You might not expect a local female hair stylist or preschool teacher is operating or fixing bulldozers, scrapers and dump trucks outside of their job, but for women serving in the South Dakota Army National Guard’s 842nd Engineer Company it’s common....