Video by Sgt. Haden Tolbert | Oklahoma National Guard | 06.11.2024
The 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard, held a change of command ceremony at Camp Gruber Training Center near Braggs, Oklahoma, June 11, 2024, marking the end of Col. Andrew Ballenger's tenure and welcoming Col. Khalid Hussein as the new commander. Ballenger, a native of Pryor, Oklahoma, has led the 45th IBCT since August 2022. Under his command, the brigade has......
Video by Staff Sgt. John Stoner | Oklahoma National Guard | 03.26.2023
B-Roll of mortar qualification featuring Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard during pre-mobilization training 2023, at Fort Riley, Kansas....
Video by Staff Sgt. John Stoner | Oklahoma National Guard | 03.26.2023
Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard fire 120mm mortars during pre-mobilization training at Fort Riley, Kansas....
Video by Staff Sgt. John Stoner | Oklahoma National Guard | 03.25.2023
B-Roll featuring Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard taking part in a live-fire squad attack exercise during pre-mobilization training 2023....
Video by Staff Sgt. John Stoner | Oklahoma National Guard | 03.25.2023
Spc. Ethan Proffitt, an Oklahoma Army National Guard Soldier with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard, outlines his role as a combat medic at Fort Riley, Kansas, March 25, 2023. 45th IBCT Soldiers conducted pre-mobilization training in preparation for their upcoming deployment as Task Force Tomahawk supporting......
Video by Staff Sgt. John Stoner | Oklahoma National Guard | 03.25.2023
Soldiers of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard conducts a live-fire training exercise during pre-mobilization training at Fort Riley, Kansas, March 25, 2023. 45th IBCT Soldiers conducted pre-mobilization training in preparation for their upcoming deployment as Task Force Tomahawk supporting operations across......
Video by Staff Sgt. Jordan Martin | Oklahoma National Guard | 08.20.2020
In March 2020, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt activated members of the Oklahoma National Guard to support the whole of Oklahoma government response to the growing Coronavirus pandemic. In the weeks and months that followed, members of the Oklahoma Army and Air National Guardsmen volunteered for one of the longest sustained domestic operations by the Oklahoma National Guard in Oklahoma’s history....
Video by Staff Sgt. Mireille Merilice | Oklahoma National Guard | 05.30.2019
Oklahoma Army National Guard Spc. Steven Benike, a Tulsa, Oklahoma native assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment out of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, gives insight on his team’s mission in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, May 30, 2019. (Oklahoma Army National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Mireille Merilice-Roberts) CG Information: Spc. Steven Benike :04-:10...