Story by Capt. Robert Taylor | Joint Force Headquarters - Idaho National Guard | 06.21.2017
Soldiers of the 116th Brigade Engineer Battalion, headquartered in Twin Falls, returned home today after spending the past three weeks at Fort Hood, Texas, conducting annual training. The training involved more than 80 Soldiers from the Magic Valley and involved Soldiers from at least six states and four of the Army National Guard's five armored brigade combat teams....
Story by Capt. Robert Taylor | Idaho Army National Guard | 06.01.2017
Soldiers from the Idaho Army National Guard are currently training in four countries and will deploy to train in eight others between now and the end of summer. None of these countries include Afghanistan or Iraq. Citizen-Soldiers rely on their civilian and military skill sets to train and work with soldiers in other countries....
Story by Capt. Robert Taylor | Idaho Army National Guard | 05.19.2017
At a ceremony on Gowen Field May 19, the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team dedicated a memorial to the Soldiers lost in its two deployments to Iraq. The deployments, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III in 2004-2005 and Operation New Dawn in 2010-2011, were the largest deployments in the Idaho Army National Guard's history....
Story by Maj. Robert Taylor | Idaho Army National Guard | 05.05.2017
Command Sgt. Maj. Steve Woodall first joined the Idaho Army National Guard in 1976 for something different to do. He left the guard in 1983 over a $40 dispute in pay before deciding to reenlist a year later. On Saturday, he retires from the Idaho National Guard after serving as the state senior enlisted leader to the adjutant general since 2015....
Story by Capt. Robert Taylor | Idaho Army National Guard | 03.29.2017
Capt. Brandon Nipper oversees two companies. One is the small insulation business he runs with his wife. The other is an Idaho Army National Guard aviation company....
