115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
Hometown: Salem, OR, US
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Featured Video
On-the-Spot Interviews of Soldiers during the 3-116th HBCT 2014 Annual Training (SOT)
Random ‘on-the-spot’ interviews of Soldiers from the Oregon Army National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 116th Heavy Brigade Combat Team. The soldiers talk about their reasons for joining the National Guard, their mission, and life in the field during the 2014 annual training.
Video by Sgt. Aaron Ricca | 115MPAD | 08.21.2014
Recent Photos
(1687 votes; 3.10)
Oregon public affairs Soldiers hit the mark in weapons...Spc. Matthew Burnett instructs a marksmanship class, demonstrating proper firing position to fellow Soldiers of the 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Oct. 18 in...
Photo by Maj. Wayne Clyne | 115MPAD | 10.18.2014
Oregon Mechanize Infantry squares off against OPFORPlatoon Leader of 2nd Platoon, A Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Lt. Calvin Hallady comments during after action review of training...
Photo by Maj. Wayne Clyne | 115MPAD | 08.23.2014
Oregon’s 3-116 CAV tank gunneryTank Commander Sgt. Waldon Williams of D Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, fires the main gun of his Abrams M1A2 System Enhanced Package (SEP)...
Photo by Maj. Wayne Clyne | 115MPAD | 08.22.2014
Oregon tankers at nightAn Abrams M1A2 System Enhanced Package (SEP) Tank of C Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, fires a 120mm armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding...
Photo by Maj. Wayne Clyne | 115MPAD | 08.21.2014
Oregon motarmen and observers have explosive time in IdahoMortarmen with Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Oregon Army National Guard, prep 120mm mortar ammunition prior to...
Photo by Maj. Wayne Clyne | 115MPAD | 08.21.2014
Touring a tank; Abrams M1A2 on displaySgt. Gerson Ferrera, main gunner for the commander's tank of 3rd Battalion, 116th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, demonstrates the controls for the weapon system on an...
Photo by 1st Sgt. Kevin Hartman | 115MPAD | 08.23.2014
Recent Video
(555 votes; 3.75)
On-the-Spot Interviews of Soldiers during the 3-116th...Random ‘on-the-spot’ interviews of Soldiers from the Oregon Army National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 116th Heavy Brigade Combat Team. The soldiers talk about their...
Video by Sgt. Aaron Ricca | 115MPAD | 08.21.2014
Waterfront Field Artillery Demonstration InterviewsSpectators talk about their experience after watching the Oregon Army National Guard's A. Battery, 2nd Battalion, 218th Field Artillery fire the traditional annual...
Video by Sgt. Aaron Ricca | 115MPAD | 08.28.2014
Waterfront Field Artillery Demonstration InterviewsOregon Army National Guard Soldier from A. Battery, 2nd Battalion, 218th Field Artillery talks about this experience with the unit’s participation in the annual...
Video by Sgt. Aaron Ricca | 115MPAD | 08.28.2014
Waterfront Field Artillery Demonstration InterviewsOregon Army National Guard Soldier from A. Battery, 2nd Battalion, 218th Field Artillery talks about this experience with the unit’s participation in the annual...
Video by Sgt. Aaron Ricca | 115MPAD | 08.28.2014
Waterfront Field Artillery Demonstration Attracts Music...Footage of the Oregon Army National Guard's A. Battery, 2nd Battalion, 218th Field Artillery traditional annual volley in conjunction with the Oregon Symphony...
Video by Sgt. Aaron Ricca | 115MPAD | 08.28.2014
Waterfront Field Artillery Demonstration Attracts...The Oregon Army National Guard’s A. Battery, 2nd Battalion, 218th Field Artillery fires its 105 Millimeter Howitzer guns in conjunction with the Oregon Symphonies...
Video by Sgt. Aaron Ricca | 115MPAD | 08.28.2014
Recent News Stories
(91 votes; 3.67)
Big guns in Idaho: Oregon Army tank unit hones combat skillsOregon Army National Guard Soldiers with the 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment sleep, eat and train on their tanks in the high desert of Idaho.
Story by 1st Sgt. Kevin Hartman | 115MPAD | 09.04.2014
Turning wrenches and adjusting stereotypesOne year after the Pentagon's decision to integrate women into combat units and roles an Oregon woman becomes the state's first and only female tank mechanic.
Story by 1st Sgt. Kevin Hartman | 115MPAD | 08.23.2014
Oregon National Guard rededicates Milton-Freewater...The Oregon Army National Guard held a rededication and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the recently upgraded Milton-Freewater Readiness Center in Milton-Freewater, Ore.,...
Story by Sgt. 1st Class April Davis | 115MPAD | 04.05.2014
Oregon National Guard soldiers and airmen compete in...Oregon National Guard soldiers and airmen gathered at Camp Rilea in Warrenton, Ore., for The Adjutant General marksmanship competition, known as “TAG Match,” June...
Story by Spc. Erin Quirke | 115MPAD | 06.02.2013
Oregon National Guard infantry unit ‘trains like they...This is how soldiers with the Oregon Army National Guard’s Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, spent their...
Story by Spc. Erin Quirke | 115MPAD | 03.09.2013
British army officer pays tribute in an EOD bomb suitThere is something innately courageous in any person who elects to take on the duty of an explosive ordnance disposal specialist in the U.S. Army. It is safe to say,...
Story by Staff Sgt. Dave Overson | 115MPAD | 03.06.2013
Recent Audio
(3 votes; 3.33)
Touch of An Angel
Personality Feature on Maj. Kathleen Yancosek, Flight Commander of 455th Medical Command, on why she serves. Description: Major Kathleen Yancosek is the Flight...
Audio by Sgt. Ann Alvarez | 115MPAD | 03.06.2013
Personality Feature on Maj. Kathleen Yancosek, Flight Commander of 455th Medical Command, on why she serves. Description: Major Kathleen Yancosek is the Flight...
Audio by Sgt. Ann Alvarez | 115MPAD | 03.06.2013
SPC Luis Medina
SPC Luis Medina, Miami, Fla. talks to WSVN-TV reporter about his work as a vehicle operator in Afghanistan while providing convoy security and while he joined the...
Audio by Staff Sgt. Anna Rutherford | 115MPAD | 10.12.2012
SPC Luis Medina, Miami, Fla. talks to WSVN-TV reporter about his work as a vehicle operator in Afghanistan while providing convoy security and while he joined the...
Audio by Staff Sgt. Anna Rutherford | 115MPAD | 10.12.2012
Spc. Michelle Williams
Spc. Michelle Williams, Aburndale, Fla., talks to a Ledger reporter about her background, her hometown, her family and getting married by proxy while deployed. Audio...
Audio by Staff Sgt. Dave Overson | 115MPAD | 09.12.2012
Spc. Michelle Williams, Aburndale, Fla., talks to a Ledger reporter about her background, her hometown, her family and getting married by proxy while deployed. Audio...
Audio by Staff Sgt. Dave Overson | 115MPAD | 09.12.2012
Maj. Jack Gillentine
Maj. Jack Gillentine, from Portland, Ore., talks to a Bend Radio reporter about what his unit's duties will be during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.
Courtesy Audio | 115MPAD | 10.11.2011
Maj. Jack Gillentine, from Portland, Ore., talks to a Bend Radio reporter about what his unit's duties will be during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.
Courtesy Audio | 115MPAD | 10.11.2011
1st Sgt. Stemple
1st Sgt. Stemple, from Walla Walla, Wash., talks to a Bend Radio reporter about what his unit's duties will be during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.
Courtesy Audio | 115MPAD | 10.11.2011
1st Sgt. Stemple, from Walla Walla, Wash., talks to a Bend Radio reporter about what his unit's duties will be during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.
Courtesy Audio | 115MPAD | 10.11.2011
Staff Sgt. Torres, Mr. Balstad
Talks to a San Gabriel Valley Tribune reporter in Covina, CA, about his job as a Gunnery Sgt., communicating with his family, teaching children English and working...
Courtesy Audio | 115MPAD | 01.15.2010
Talks to a San Gabriel Valley Tribune reporter in Covina, CA, about his job as a Gunnery Sgt., communicating with his family, teaching children English and working...
Courtesy Audio | 115MPAD | 01.15.2010
Podcasts
Features stories about the men and women from Task Force Iron deployed in Northern Iraq. Produced by US Army - 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.
