On May 17th a dedication ceremony was held at the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, Illinois. The celebration was for the opening and reveal of the Lyman L. Hubbard Senior, Springfield’s Tuskegee Airmen Memorial. Hubbard was the only Tuskegee Airman from the Capital City.
Soldiers assigned to the Illinois Army National Guard’s Troop B, 2nd Squadron, 106th Cavalry Regiment placed third in the 2017 Gainey Cup Best Scout Squad Competition.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –For the second year in a row, Soldiers from the Illinois Army National Guard Small Arms team have captured the All Army Small Arms Championship. The competition, hosted at Fort Benning, Georgia, by the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, saw more than 200 competitors from throughout the Army compete in a variety of pistol and rifle challenges.
After weeks of training, the Army’s newest cooks graduated from the Culinary Specialist reclassification course at Camp Lincoln, in Springfield, Illinois, March 27.
