Video Package for Cyber Shield 2022 at Camp Robinson in North Little Rock, Arkansas June 12, 2022. Cyber Shield 2022 is the Department of Defense's largest unclassified inter-agency and joint national level training cyber defense exercise which includes representation from 20 states plus Guam.
Sgt. Maj. David Merritt of East Peoria retired from the Illinois National Guard on Friday, July 22, with more than 30 years of Army service, but he’s not done serving.
His next assignment, as a retiree, will be to teach Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) cadets within Pekin Community High School District #303. “Now he will pass on 30 years of Army knowledge to our youth,” said Illinois Army National Guard Chief of Staff Col....
The Maroa, Illinois, post office will bear the name of a fallen Illinois National Guardsman who was killed in action while serving in Iraq in 2004.
Illinois Army National Guard Spc. Jeremy Ridlen, of Maroa, Illinois, was among approximately 170 Soldiers who deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in December 2003 with the 1544th Transportation Company, based in Paris.
He was just 23 years old when he died from small arms fire May 23,...
The Maroa, Illinois, post office will bear the name of a fallen Illinois National Guardsman who was killed in action while serving in Iraq in 2004.
Illinois Army National Guard Spc. Jeremy Ridlen, of Maroa, Illinois, was among approximately 170 Soldiers who deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in December 2003 with the 1544th Transportation Company, based in Paris.
He was just 23 years old when he died from small arms fire May 23,...
As some 800 National Guard cyber and computer security specialists along with law enforcement, legal, government and corporate partners from across the country hone their skills, June 5-17, as part of Cyber Shield 2022, the Kentucky Army National Guard’s 149th Signal Company of Richmond, Ky., keeps them all connected.
Cyber Shield, the Department of Defense’s largest unclassified cyber defense exercise is being conducted at the Army...
