Story by Sgt. Gregory Glosser | 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 11.13.2020
Task Force Illini Company-level advisors from the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Illinois Army National Guard, observed live-fire training instructed by their Ukrainian counterparts at Combat Training Center-Yavoriv (CTC-Y), Ukraine, Nov. 13....
Story by Sgt. Gregory Glosser | 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 10.30.2020
LVIV, Ukraine – Members of Task Force Illini’s Chaplain Corps traveled to Kyiv, Ukraine, to meet with the Deputy Head of the Department of Military Chaplaincy regarding the future of Ukrainian Army Military Chaplains Oct. 21....
Story by Cpl. Shaylin Quaid | 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 10.23.2020
On Oct. 1, the implementation stage of the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) began as the Army replaces the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) to assess Soldier fitness. Task Force Illini Soldiers are preparing for the new standards while deployed....
Story by Sgt. Gregory Glosser | 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 10.16.2020
Task Force Illini’s Mobile Training Team (MTT) with personnel from Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine traveled to the 58th Separate Motorifle Brigade’s headquarters in the Sumy region of Ukraine to conduct preliminary training on Oct. 16....
Story by Cpl. Shaylin Quaid | 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 10.14.2020
Task Force Illini Soldiers and other multinational partners supporting the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine (JMTG-U) stood alongside Ukrainians at a series of events in Lviv, Ukraine Oct. 11-14 to observe Defender’s Day, a day of remembrance and prayer for fallen Armed Forces of Ukraine Soldiers....
Courtesy Story | 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 10.08.2020
LVIV, Ukraine – Task Force Illini gave a class on Tactical Operation Center (TOC) operations to Ukrainian instructors at Combat Training Center-Yavoriv on Oct. 8....
Story by Cpl. Shaylin Quaid | 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 10.07.2020
The Soldiers of Task Force Illini, 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Illinois Army National Guard, may be overseas, but they still have an opportunity to get involved with the elections back home by casting an absentee ballot online or through the mail....
Story by Sgt. Gregory Glosser | 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 10.06.2020
LVIV, Ukraine – Task Force Illini gave a seminar on Wargaming to Ukrainian Armed Forces training instructors at Combat Training Center-Yavoriv (CTC-Y) Oct. 6....
