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Photo by LTC Hank
McIntire
SPC Brandon Adams
competes in the 15K Military Patrol
race at Ethan Allen
Firing Range in Jericho, Vt., March 6. |
Utah Guard Biathletes Compete at CNGB Championships
By LTC Hank McIntire
JERICHO, Vt. — Bringing
together a team of seasoned athletes and
new-to-the-sport competitors was the order of the week
for the Utah National Guard at the CNGB Biathlon
Champion-ships held here March 2-7. Six athletes with
.22-caliber rifles, alter-nating cross-country skiing
and firing at a series of 100-yard targets, three races
and temperatures ranging from single digits to nearly 50
degrees, all combined to give these Utah Guardsmen one
thing at the Vermont National Guard’s Ethan Allen Firing
Range: Experience.
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Photo courtesy of
www.triwest.com
Redeploying is not
easy, and there is help available for those coping with post-combat struggles. |
Dealing with Post-Combat Issues: Mental Health Resources
for Utah Guard Members and Families
By Shari Lopatin
TriWest
Healthcare Alliance
DRAPER, Utah
—Whether
gone for two months or two years, returning from combat
is grueling. Utah
National Guard members need
time to recover from the stress of a highly charged war
zone. Most will adapt well after some time; however, if
problems interfere with daily activities, it’s
time to seek help from a healthcare professional.
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Photo courtesy of 1st Lt. Jared
Jensen
Utah Guardsman 1st Lt.
William Biesinger with a young student at the Pol-e-charki School Nov. 17. |
Security Forces Team Supports Afghan High School
By
Lt. Col. Paul Fanning
CJTF-Phoenix
VII
POL-E-CHARKI, Kabul
Province, Afghanistan
— Soldiers
from the New York National Guard delivered supplies to
an Afghan school that family and friends had sent
them. The school is located in a Kabul Province village
east of the Afghani capital. Donations were shipped to
Soldiers based at Camp Blackhorse, co-located with
the Afghan National Army’s (ANA) Pol-e-charki
garrison.
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Photo by Lt. Col.
Hank McIntire
Soldiers from Australia, New Zealand, Canada,
the U.K. and the U.S. participated in CS 2008. |
Cooperative Spirit 2008:
Utah Guard Soldiers and NCOs
Shine in International Exercise
in
Germany
By
Lt. Col. Hank McIntire
HOHENFELS, Germany —
Making international headlines from Sept. 11 to October
10 were nearly 1,800 active-duty Soldiers from the
United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New
Zealand, training together in Germany as part of
Cooperative Spirit 2008, an
ABCA-sponsored exercise that tested the
interoperability of the major English-speaking
militaries of the world.
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Photo by Pfc. Evan Loyd, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
1st Armored Division
Staff Sgt. Kelly Collett,
left, of Salt Lake City, of the Utah Guard's 128th
Mobile Public Affairs Detachment,
gives shout-out instructions to Soldiers of
Battery C, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery
Regiment, Task Force 2-6, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
1st Armored Division, MND-B, in Baghdad Dec. 12. |
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Photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera
Sgt. Whitney Houston,
128th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment,
sits in a Stryker
Armored Vehicle decorated with a hint of patriotism.
He and his unit are deployed in support of Operation
Iraqi Freedom
and are assigned to the 4th Infantry
Division. Photo first appeared
in the November 2008
edition of Soldiers magazine. |
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Photo by Lt. Col. Hank McIntire
The Utah
National Guard participated in Real Salt Lake's
inaugural game Oct. 9 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy.
A member of the 23rd Army Band sang the National
Anthem, the Honor Guard presented the Colors, Airmen
and Soldiers unfurled a giant flag on the field and
an AH-64 Apache helicopter of the 211th Aviation
flew over the stadium.
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Photo by Lt. Col. Hank McIntire
Members of Charlie
Battery, 1-145th Field Artillery, support a
flag-retirement ceremony sponsored by American
Legion's Spanish Fork Post 68. Assisted by local Boy
and Girl Scouts, Soldiers retired hundreds of
American flags during the patriotic program July 19.
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