Story by Sgt. Joshua Syberg | Indiana National Guard Headquarters | 08.31.2020
On August 4, 2020, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced that the Indianapolis 500, the annual 500-mile, open-wheel race held in May in Speedway, Indiana, despite being delayed to late August, would proceed without fans in attendance for the first time in the races one hundred and four runnings. However, as part of traditional prerace ceremonies the Indiana National Guard's ceremonial......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Powell | 76th Operational Response Command | 01.24.2019
HOMESTEAD MIAMI SPEEDWAY, Florida - To prepare for, and remain ready to respond to what could be called "America's Worst Day," a group of nearly 300 Army Reserve Soldiers recently joined forces with approximately 100 personnel from the Miami-Dade Fire Department, Army North, U.S. Army Reserve Command and a host of civilian agencies here Jan. 24 to conduct Defense Support of Civil Authorities......
Story by Master Sgt. Jeff Lowry | Indiana National Guard Headquarters | 05.06.2014
Jim Nabors singing “Back Home Again in Indiana.” The victorious driver drinking milk in the winner's circle. The command of “Gentlemen start your engines.” Woven into those traditions at the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” and others at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway are traditions that military service members bring to the track....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Matt Scotten | Indiana National Guard Headquarters | 09.06.2013
Indiana Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger presented Coal City Ind. native Spc.Joseph Rybolt and Spc. Andrew Yeley of Speedway, Ind. with the Purple Heart Medal for injuries suffered as a result of an IED blast while deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2008. The presentation was made in a formal ceremony at the Indiana World War Memorial Friday, Sept 6, 2013....
Story by Sgt. William Henry | Indiana National Guard Headquarters | 05.23.2013
Soldiers of the Indiana National Guard’s 38th Sustainment Brigade, headquartered in Kokomo, Ind., have received the unique opportunity to be represented during the Indianapolis 500, known as “the greatest spectacle in racing.”...
