by Mark Wasserbauer | Sep 20, 2017 | Deployment, National Guard
This is a little late but a great story nonetheless ….. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 11, 2017 ST. PAUL, Minn.- This past weekend the Minnesota Air National Guard sent 41 Airmen to support response efforts for Hurricane Irma. Six Soldiers from the Minnesota...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Oct 28, 2016 | Deployment, Medical, National Guard
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the Pentagon needs to study the long-term health effects of exposure to the chemicals inhaled from burn pits at its overseas military bases. GAO made three recommendations in its assessment of DoD’s March 2016...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Sep 2, 2016 | Deployment, National Guard, Uncategorized
(By: Kevin Lilley, September 1, 2016 – Army Times) An Oklahoma Army National Guard unit takes center stage in “Citizen Soldier,” a documentary that tracks members of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team during and after their 2011 deployment to...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Jan 19, 2016 | Deployment, Legislative
Senior Airman Frances Gavalis tosses unserviceable uniform items into a burn pit at Balad Air Base, Iraq, on March 10, 2008. Julianne Showalter/Air Force Dec 23, 2015 | by Bryant Jordan Burn pit exposure as a cause of illnesses among veterans of wars in Iraq and...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Oct 15, 2015 | Deployment, National Guard
By Dan Burdett on Oct 8, 2015 at 11:32 p.m. WILLMAR — A crowd in the hundreds gathered Thursday in the gymnasium at Willmar Senior High School to say farewell to the 159 members of the Minnesota National Guard 682nd Engineering Battalion who are preparing for a...
