Task Force Bayonet Soldiers visit Chabelley... 12.14.2020 | Photo by Staff Sgt. Sirrina E. Martinez A young boy from Chabelley Village near Chabelley Air Field, Djibouti, Dec. 14, 2020. Soldiers with Task Force Bayonet frequently visit the...
Task Force Bayonet Soldiers participate in a... 11.19.2020 | Photo by Sgt. Sirrina E. Martinez French Forces in Djibouti wait for take off on a SA 330 Puma French Helicopter to deliver a patient during a medical evacuation exercise with Task...
Task Force Bayonet Awards 10.17.2020 | Photo by Sgt. Sirrina E. Martinez U.S. Army Spc. Raul Jaimes, with 2nd Squadron, 106th Cavalry Regiment out of Illinois, receives the Army Achievement Medal from Lt. Col. Chip...
Change of command ceremony Delta Company 2nd... 10.13.2020 | Photo by Sgt. Sirrina E. Martinez Chaplain, Capt. Hickory Smith, reads the invocation during the Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment change of command ceremony at...
Change of command ceremony Headquarters and... 10.13.2020 | Photo by Sgt. Sirrina E. Martinez Lt. Col. Chip Rankin hands the company guidon to Capt. Scott Longhofer, the incoming commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd...
African-Born American Soldier reminisces journey to... 09.18.2020 | Photo by Staff Sgt. Sirrina E. Martinez Spc. Augustine Neto whlie deployed to the Horn of Africa, Sept. 18, 2020. (Minnesota National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Sirrina Martinez)
Task Force Bayonet Soldier Celebrates Hispanic... 09.18.2020 | Photo by Sgt. Sirrina E. Martinez Staff Sgt. Francisco Lopez, an 11B infantryman with Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment, currently stationed at Camp Lemonnier,...
Bravo Compmany, 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry... 09.11.2020 | Photo by Sgt. Sirrina E. Martinez U.S. Army Soldiers with Bravo Compmany, 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment and Task Force Bayonet, currently deployed throughout the Horn of...
Convoys Depart Twin Cities During Operation Safety Net 04.23.2021 | Video by Sgt. Austyn Flippin Convoys Depart Twin Cities During Operation Safety Net.
Task Force Bayonet end of tour video 04.11.2021 | Video by Staff Sgt. Sirrina E. Martinez Soldiers from Task Force Bayonet, including members of the Minnesota National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment, deployed to the Horn...
Staff Sgt. Shawn Parks, a Soldier with Charlie... 12.21.2020 | Video by Sgt. Sirrina E. Martinez Staff Sgt. Shawn Parks, a Soldier with Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment wishes a Merry Christmas to his family, Horn of...
Lt. Col. Chip Rankin and Command Sgt. Maj. Ben... 12.21.2020 | Video by Sgt. Sirrina E. Martinez Lt. Col. Chip Rankin and Command Sgt. Maj. Ben Schieber send Holiday greetings to Task Force Bayonet Soldiers and families, Camp Lemonnier,...
Soldiers with Task Force Bayonet send holiday... 12.15.2020 | Video by Sgt. Sirrina E. Martinez Soldiers with Task Force Bayonet send holiday wishes to family and friends, Horn of Africa, Dec. 15, 2020.
Soldiers with Task Force Bayonet send holiday... 12.15.2020 | Video by Sgt. Sirrina E. Martinez Soldiers with Task Force Bayonet send holiday wishes to family and friends, Horn of Africa, Dec. 15, 2020.
Soldiers with Task Force Bayonet send holiday... 12.15.2020 | Video by Sgt. Sirrina E. Martinez Soldiers with Task Force Bayonet send holiday wishes to family and friends, Horn of Africa, Dec. 15, 2020.
Lt. Col. Chip Rankin Task Force Bayonet Commander... 10.24.2020 | Video by Sgt. Sirrina E. Martinez Lt. Col. Chip Rankin, Task Force Bayonet Commander, gives his Veterans Day Speech, Djibouti, Africa, Oct. 21, 2020.
African-Born American Soldier reminisces journey to... 02.13.2021 | Story by Staff Sgt. Sirrina E. Martinez Spc. Augustine Neto, an infantryman with the Minnesota National Guard that deploye to the Horn of Africa, reflects on his journey to the United...
Deployment to Africa Helps First-Generation... 02.05.2021 | Story by Staff Sgt. Sirrina E. Martinez Abdirahman Abdalla was around seven years old when he went to his mother’s first-cousin’s wedding in Rochester, Minnesota. It was a sunny July day, and around 30-40 close family and friends gathered in his cousin’s home to celebrate the union.
Kenyan-born Red Bull Soldier reflects on deployment... 02.02.2021 | Story by Sgt. Sirrina E. Martinez Spc. Abraham Kiplagat, a infantryman with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment, immigrated to the United States at the age of...
Task Force Bayonet Soldiers conduct medical... 11.19.2020 | Story by Sgt. Sirrina E. Martinez Medics with Task Force Bayonet conduct a medical evacuation exercise with French Forces in Djibouti.
Living the dream: One Guardsmans reflection on life... 10.14.2020 | Courtesy Story Staff Sgt. Francisco Lopez, a Soldier with Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment and Task Force Bayonet, reflects on his journey...
An Emerging Frontier: Task Force Bayonet Soldiers... 09.17.2020 | Story by Sgt. Sirrina E. Martinez Soldiers with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment conduct Unmanned Aircraft Systems training at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.
34th Red Bull Infantry Division Welcomes New... 11.03.2019 | Story by Sgt. Bill Boecker Minnesota’s 34th Red Bull Infantry Division welcomes a new command team during a combined Change of Command and Responsibility Ceremony held on...
Minnesota Red Bull Soldiers complete Middle East... 07.15.2019 | Story by Sgt. Bill Boecker More than 650 Citizen-Soldiers of the Minnesota National Guard’s 34th Red Bull Infantry Division have departed the Middle East as they return...
Army Sgt. Joe Roos 05.31.2010 | Courtesy Audio Army Sgt. Joe Roos, of Minneapolis, Minn., talks to a C-SPAN reporter in Washington, D.C., about what motivated him to create and produced his...
Sgt. Joseph Roos and Spc. John Angelo 05.20.2010 | Courtesy Audio Sgt. Joseph Roos and Spc. John Angelo talk to a Bouhammer.com reporter in Amherst, N.Y., about being members of the 34th Red Bull Infantry...
Col. Chuck Parins 12.18.2009 | Audio by Staff Sgt. Ben Houtkooper Sends a holiday greeting to friends and family in the Brainerd, Minn. area.
Chief Warrant Officer Kevin Jensen 12.18.2009 | Audio by Staff Sgt. Ben Houtkooper Sends a holiday greeting to friends and family in the Brainerd, Minn. area.
Lt. Col. Jerry Steinke 12.18.2009 | Audio by Staff Sgt. Ben Houtkooper Send holiday greetings to friends and family of the Brainerd lakes area.
Lt. Col. Kelly Nelson 12.18.2009 | Audio by Staff Sgt. Ben Houtkooper Sends holiday greetings to friends and family in the Brainerd lakes area.
Master Sgt. Bryan Raguse 12.18.2009 | Audio by Staff Sgt. Ben Houtkooper Sends holiday greetings to family and friends in Brainerd, Minn.
Master Sgt. Bryan Raguse 12.18.2009 | Audio by Staff Sgt. Ben Houtkooper Sends a greeting to WJJY in Brainerd, MInn.
Red Bull Report - 09.21.2010 Quartermaster makes dirty water drinkable; Attention on deck! Hail to the chiefs!; Basra archery range offers MWR opportunity; New Post Exchange...
Red Bull Report - 09.15.2010 Silver and Black marches on COB Basra; IA Commandos graduate at Camp Dhi Qar
Red Bull Report - 08.28.2010 17th Fires Brigade assumes command in Basra, 563rd MP Co. wraps up Train the Trainer session, ISF benefit from medics training, Principles of Ramadan.
Red Bull Report - 06.09.2010 Romanian forces end mission in Iraq and MNF-I senior enlisted advisor visits 41st Fires Brigade troops.
Red Bull Report - 06.08.2010 Highway 1 reopened to Iraqi motorists and The three (plus) knife system.
Red Bull Report - 06.05.2010 IP, MPs work to build forensic lab in Basra and Soldiers from HHC, 2nd Bn., 8th Inf. Regt., awarded CIB, CAB.
Red Bull Report - 06.04.2010 Army deploys scientists to study Iraqi culture, MP Mechanic chosen as Basra Idol and Chaplains reinforce more than faith.
Red Bull Report - 06.03.2010 Working for the future health of Basra’s children, Iraqi accountants receive training on modern techniques and Operation Liberator searches for...
The Combat Service Identification Badge for the... 11.01.2018 | Graphics by Sgt. 1st Class Ben Houtkooper The Combat Service Identification Badge for the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division.
