Private 1st Class Katelyn Thomason graduated from Basic Combat Training 24 April, 2020, at Fort Sill, Okla. She started BCT before the country began placing restrictions for crowd gatherings. Thomason's family made plans before the pandemic to attend the graduation, even buying plane tickets, hotel rooms, and a rental car. Luckily, Fort Sill live streamed the graduation for families to watch. Despite not attending in-person, Thomason's family still made signs and decorated as they watched from their homes in Arkansas and Florida.
Col. Johathan M. Stubbs took command of the state's largest military unit on Dec. 7, 2019, in a ceremony at Camp Joseph T. Robinson in North Little Rock, Ark.
Arkansas National Guardsmen extract two lock and dam operators of the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from their operations site at the James W. Trimble lock and dam 13, near Highway 59 on the Arkansas River, near Barling, Arkansas on May 26.
