Story by Capt. Michael Lovas | 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 34th Red Bull Infantry Division | 03.25.2012
Spc. Yaroslav Sergei Dmytrochenko joined the Minnesota Army National Guard as a Ukrainian citizen, proudly serving as an American soldier. While deployed to Kuwait he was able to officially earn his U.S. Citizenship and participate in a Naturalization Ceremony held at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait on March 24, 2012. He left Minnesota as a Ukrainian and will return home as an American....
Story by Cpl. Zachary Mangas | 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 34th Red Bull Infantry Division | 12.17.2011
It has been a long 8 ½ years for American forces, the United States and the country of Iraq with all sides seeing bloodshed. Nearly 4,500 troops lost their lives fighting and more than 100,000 Iraqis have died during the war. While historians and politicians may argue down the line whether or not the U.S. should have invaded, one thing will remain certain – a dictator of tyranny has been......
