Courtesy Story | 102d Public Affairs Detachment | 10.02.2020
MERIDIAN, Miss. - Soldiers with the 287th Mobility Augmentation Company, MSARNG, conducted urban search and rescue training from Sept. 26-27 at the Public Safety Training Facility in Meridian, Miss in order to stay prepared for any contingency they may face. The Mississippi Army National Guard remains “always ready, always there,” by implementing training exercises to keep Soldiers......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Clinton Wood | 412th Theater Engineer Command | 09.27.2018
FORT KNOX, Ky., -- A loud blast followed by flames shooting underneath a trailer towed by a M113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) sent dirt and rocks flying in all directions on a range here in February, 2018. Soaring into the air was a solid-fuel rocket launched from an inert M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge or MICLIC on the trailer. An armed MCLIC carries a several hundred-foot long cord of......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Michel Sauret | 416th Theater Engineer Command | 01.18.2015
The Sapper Advanced Tactical Medical Course is 18 days long and goes far beyond the standard Army medics training. It combines five different medical certifications into one curriculum. It’s the only advanced medical course of its kind (outside of the Special Operations Command) across the entire Department of Defense....
Story by Amabilia Payen | Mobilization and Deployment, DPTMS Fort Bliss | 05.24.2014
Two Mobility Augmentation Companies, the 216th Engineer Company, California National Guard, and the 849th Eng. Company., Minnesota National Guard, redeployed to U.S. soil, May 24, at the Silas L. Copeland Departure/Arrival Air Control Group after completing one of the most dangerous missions in Afghanistan; route clearance....
Story by Staff Sgt. Debralee Lutgen | 412th Theater Engineer Command | 05.08.2014
The 979th Engineer Company, was recently re-designated from route clearance missions to a MAC. This transition hasn’t been without challenges, but these combat engineers are taking advantage of their new training tasks and are excited about the change....
Story by Sgt. Frank O'Brien | 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 11.20.2011
A transfer of authority took place between the outgoing 59th Mobility Augmentation Company, 8th Engineering Battalion and the incoming North Carolina Army National Guard 883rd Sapper Company, 8th Engineering Battalion at Forward Operating Base Lagman Nov 20....
