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    •  Hello! I’m Stephanie Brown, an undergraduate honors student majoring in psychology at Seattle Pacific University. As part of my honors research project, I am surveying military personnel (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard) to look at unit cohesion after the repeal of “Don't Ask, Don't Tell.” If you are a member of the U.S. Armed Forces - Active, National Guard, or Reserve - you can message me and I will send you the survey, or you can take the survey online by clicking on this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DADTunitcohesion. The survey does NOT ask for your name. At the end of the survey (if you wish) you can provide your email address to be entered into a raffle drawing for a $25, $50, or $75 Visa gift card. Your email will be kept separate from your survey answers and will be destroyed after the raffle takes place.
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    • Doug Bethea
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  2. Amidst the rubble of the World Trade Center and S.C. granite memorializing those who have paid the ultimate price since the terrorist attacks on 9-11, Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, Jr., The Adjutant General of S.C. delivered a stirring ke...
    ynote address during “An Evening of Remembrance” held last evening at the S.C. Midlands First Responders Remembrance Memorial outside of the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center promising: “we will never forget their sacrifice.” (National Guard photo by Maj. Scott Bell) (RELEASED)
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    Amidst the rubble of the World Trade Center and S.C. granite memorializing those who have paid the ultimate price since the terrorist attacks on 9-11, Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, Jr., The Adjutant General of S.C. delivered a stirring ke...
    ynote address during “An Evening of Remembrance” held last evening at the S.C. Midlands First Responders Remembrance Memorial outside of the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center promising “we will never forget their sacrifice.” (National Guard photo by Maj. Scott Bell) (RELEASED)
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    Photo: Amidst the rubble of the World Trade Center and S.C. granite memorializing those who have paid the ultimate price since the terrorist attacks on 9-11, Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, Jr., The Adjutant General of S.C. delivered a stirring keynote address during “An Evening of Remembrance” held last evening at the S.C. Midlands First Responders Remembrance Memorial outside of the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center promising “we will never forget their sacrifice.” (National Guard photo by Maj. Scott Bell) (RELEASED)
    Photo: Tyler Ryan of WACH Fox Columbia, the MC for “An Evening of Remembrance” last evening introduces Brig. Gen. Bryan T. Roberts, the Commanding General of Fort Jackson to welcome the families of those who have lost loved ones since the terrorist attacks on 9-11, at the S.C. Midlands First Responders Remembrance Memorial outside of the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. (National Guard photo by Maj. Scott Bell) (RELEASED)
    Photo: Brig. Gen. Bryan T. Roberts (right), the Commanding General of Fort Jackson welcomes the families of those who have lost loved ones since the terrorist attacks on 9-11 to “An Evening of Remembrance” held in their honor last evening at the S.C. Midlands First Responders Remembrance Memorial outside of the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. (National Guard photo by Maj. Scott Bell) (RELEASED)
    Photo: Abigail Tam leads the Pledge of Allegiance during “An Evening of Remembrance” for the families of those who have lost loved ones since the terrorist attacks on 9-11, at last evening’s 9-11 event held at the S.C. Midlands First Responders Remembrance Memorial outside of the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. (National Guard photo by Maj. Scott Bell) (RELEASED)
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  4. An Evening of Remembrance - Sept. 11, 2012 — in Columbia, SC.
    Photo: Amidst the rubble of the World Trade Center and S.C. granite memorializing those who have paid the ultimate price since the terrorist attacks on 9-11, Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, Jr., The Adjutant General of S.C. delivered a stirring keynote address during “An Evening of Remembrance” held last evening at the S.C. Midlands First Responders Remembrance Memorial outside of the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center promising “we will never forget their sacrifice.” (National Guard photo by Maj. Scott Bell) (RELEASED)
    Photo: In concluding “An Evening of Remembrance,” Tyler Ryan of WACH Fox Columbia, the MC, thanks all of the families of those who have lost loved ones since the terrorist attacks on 9-11, for their sacrifices during last evenings event held in their honor at the S.C. Midlands First Responders Remembrance Memorial outside of the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. (National Guard photo by Maj. Scott Bell) (RELEASED)
    Photo: Families of all five of the S.C. Heroes who paid the ultimate price in 2012, protecting our state and nation participated in a Wreath Laying Ceremony during “An Evening of Remembrance” held last evening at the S.C. Midlands First Responders Remembrance Memorial outside of the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. (National Guard photo by Maj. Scott Bell)
    Photo: Honor Guard Commander Command Sgt. Maj. (Ret.) Marty Wells conducts a Wreath Laying ceremony for all five of the S.C. Heroes who have paid the ultimate price in 2012, protecting our state and nation. The ceremony took place during “An Evening of Remembrance” held last evening at the S.C. Midlands First Responders Remembrance Memorial outside of the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. (National Guard photo by Maj. Scott Bell) (RELEASED)
  5. All across S.C today, tens of thousands of students are learning about the importance of “Volunteerism” this Patriot Day. To view the latest addition to our S.C. National Guard’s “Patriotism – An American Tradition” (PAAT) effort this Patri...
    ot Day, you can view the "Remembering 9-11" video at: http://www.scguard.army.mil/uploads/9-11_Memorial.avi, or visit SC ETV’s Oneplacesc.org portal.

    If you are a veteran and would like to volunteer to become a PAAT speaker at a school in your area, please visit our PAAT website at: http://www.scguard.army.mil/patriotism.php

    If your school would like to request a veteran to speak at your 9-11, Veterans Day or Memorial Day event, please register your request on our S.C. National Guard’s PAAT website at: http://www.scguard.army.mil/patriotism.php
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    Photo: All across S.C today, tens of thousands of students are learning about the importance of “Volunteerism” this Patriot Day. To view the latest addition to our S.C. National Guard’s “Patriotism – An American Tradition” (PAAT) effort this Patriot Day, you can view the "Remembering 9-11" video at: http://www.scguard.army.mil/uploads/9-11_Memorial.avi, or visit SC ETV’s Oneplacesc.org portal. 

If you are a veteran and would like to volunteer to become a PAAT speaker at a school in your area, please visit our PAAT website at: http://www.scguard.army.mil/patriotism.php

If your school would like to request a veteran to speak at your 9-11, Veterans Day or Memorial Day event, please register your request on our S.C. National Guard’s PAAT website at: http://www.scguard.army.mil/patriotism.php
  6. All across S.C today, tens of thousands of students are learning about the importance of “Volunteerism” this Patriot Day. To view the latest addition to our S.C. National Guard’s “Patriotism – An American Tradition” (PAAT) effort this Patri...
    ot Day, you can view the "Remembering 9-11" video at: http://www.scguard.army.mil/uploads/9-11_Memorial.avi, or visit SC ETV’s Oneplacesc.org portal.

    If you are a veteran and would like to volunteer to become a PAAT speaker at a school in your area, please visit our PAAT website at: http://www.scguard.army.mil/patriotism.php

    If your school would like to request a veteran to speak at your 9-11, Veterans Day or Memorial Day event, please register your request on our S.C. National Guard’s PAAT website at: http://www.scguard.army.mil/patriotism.php
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    Photo: All across S.C today, tens of thousands of students are learning about the importance of “Volunteerism” this Patriot Day. To view the latest addition to our S.C. National Guard’s “Patriotism – An American Tradition” (PAAT) effort this Patriot Day, you can view the "Remembering 9-11" video at: http://www.scguard.army.mil/uploads/9-11_Memorial.avi, or visit SC ETV’s Oneplacesc.org portal. 

If you are a veteran and would like to volunteer to become a PAAT speaker at a school in your area, please visit our PAAT website at: http://www.scguard.army.mil/patriotism.php

If your school would like to request a veteran to speak at your 9-11, Veterans Day or Memorial Day event, please register your request on our S.C. National Guard’s PAAT website at: http://www.scguard.army.mil/patriotism.php
  7. 9-11 changed the life of all Americans. We lost so many great people eleven years ago and since then our service members continue to answer the call of duty for this great nation.

    Today, we are united under in a quest for peace and freedom at home and across the world.

    We will always remember.
  8. A tough mission but these 1st of the 178th FA guys made it look easy when our 3rd of 178th FA "Palmetto Thunder" were serving as "State Troopers" between Navistar and Camp St. Michael's ...
    On this day in 2005, Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 178th Field Artillery transfer authority for their convoy security forces mission in Iraq to the 2nd Battalion, 172nd Infantry. During their one year mission in support of the 7th Transportati...
    on Group, the 1st of the 178th conducted 4,750 missions accruing five million miles providing convoy security for 10 different active duty divisions/brigade combat teams and 13 coalition countries. They also escorted up to 720 tractor-trailers daily on sustainment convoys between Convoy Support Center (CSC) Navistar, Kuwait and CSC Cedar II, Iraq, allowing critical supplies to be delivered from the Kuwaiti theater of operations throughout the Iraqi combat zone.
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    Photo: On this day in 2005, Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 178th Field Artillery transfer authority for their convoy security forces mission in Iraq to the 2nd Battalion, 172nd Infantry. During their one year mission in support of the 7th Transportation Group, the 1st of the 178th conducted 4,750 missions accruing five million miles providing convoy security for 10 different active duty divisions/brigade combat teams and 13 coalition countries. They also escorted up to 720 tractor-trailers daily on sustainment convoys between Convoy Support Center (CSC) Navistar, Kuwait and CSC Cedar II, Iraq, allowing critical supplies to be delivered from the Kuwaiti theater of operations throughout the Iraqi combat zone.
  9. On this day in 2005, Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 178th Field Artillery transfer authority for their convoy security forces mission in Iraq to the 2nd Battalion, 172nd Infantry. During their one year mission in support of the 7th Transportati...
    on Group, the 1st of the 178th conducted 4,750 missions accruing five million miles providing convoy security for 10 different active duty divisions/brigade combat teams and 13 coalition countries. They also escorted up to 720 tractor-trailers daily on sustainment convoys between Convoy Support Center (CSC) Navistar, Kuwait and CSC Cedar II, Iraq, allowing critical supplies to be delivered from the Kuwaiti theater of operations throughout the Iraqi combat zone.
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    Photo: On this day in 2005, Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 178th Field Artillery transfer authority for their convoy security forces mission in Iraq to the 2nd Battalion, 172nd Infantry. During their one year mission in support of the 7th Transportation Group, the 1st of the 178th conducted 4,750 missions accruing five million miles providing convoy security for 10 different active duty divisions/brigade combat teams and 13 coalition countries. They also escorted up to 720 tractor-trailers daily on sustainment convoys between Convoy Support Center (CSC) Navistar, Kuwait and CSC Cedar II, Iraq, allowing critical supplies to be delivered from the Kuwaiti theater of operations throughout the Iraqi combat zone.
  10. Story and Photos by Sgt. Brad Mincey
    108th Public Affairs Detachment

    Anderson, S.C. – The 263rd Army Air Missile Defense Command (AAMDC) has been assigned with protecting the skies over the U.S. from aerial attack since 9/11. For the last ...
    five years, Maj. Gen. Herbert Newton has been the commander of this much-needed unit since September 2007. But a new commander, who promises a continued focus on training, service and leadership, has now taken on this task.

    For more stories, go to our website;

    http://www.scguard.army.mil/press-detail.php?article=102
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    Photo: Story and Photos by Sgt. Brad Mincey
108th Public Affairs Detachment

Anderson, S.C. – The 263rd Army Air Missile Defense Command (AAMDC) has been assigned with protecting the skies over the U.S. from aerial attack since 9/11. For the last five years, Maj. Gen. Herbert Newton has been the commander of this much-needed unit since September 2007. But a new commander, who promises a continued focus on training, service and leadership, has now taken on this task.

For more stories, go to our website;

http://www.scguard.army.mil/press-detail.php?article=102
  11. Maj. James Fiddler takes the battalion colors from Col. Wallace Bonds, commander of the 59th Troop Command, signifying the transfer of command of the 1-151st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion from Lt. Col. Jakie R. Davis during a change of ceremony held at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Eastover, S.C. Sept. 8, 2012.

    For more stories, go to our website;

    http://www.scguard.army.mil/press-detail.php?article=103
    Photo: Maj. James Fiddler takes the battalion colors from Col. Wallace Bonds, commander of the 59th Troop Command, signifying the transfer of command of the 1-151st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion from Lt. Col. Jakie R. Davis during a change of ceremony held at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Eastover, S.C. Sept. 8, 2012. 

For more stories, go to our website;

http://www.scguard.army.mil/press-detail.php?article=103
  12. During Military Appreciation Day at The Citadel yesterday, Sgt 1st Class Ronald Brown (left), a S.C. National Guard recruiter talks with Preston Bell of Pinopolis and Russ Hill (right), of Fayetteville, N.C. about joining the S.C. National ...
    Guard their junior year of high school. Topping off a Military Appreciation Day where children could have their pictures taken next to Soldiers, Marines, Seaman, Airmen and their equipment, the unranked Citadel Bulldog football team surprised the third-ranked Georgia Southern Eagles in a 23-21 victory marking the school's biggest win against a team in the Sports Network Division I-AA/FCS poll. Congratulations to The Citadel-The Military College of S.C. which the S.C. National Guard helped found in 1842.
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    Photo: During Military Appreciation Day at The Citadel yesterday, Sgt 1st Class Ronald Brown (left), a S.C. National Guard recruiter talks with Preston Bell of Pinopolis and Russ Hill (right), of Fayetteville, N.C. about joining the S.C. National Guard their junior year of high school. Topping off a Military Appreciation Day where children could have their pictures taken next to Soldiers, Marines, Seaman, Airmen and their equipment, the unranked Citadel Bulldog football team surprised the third-ranked Georgia Southern Eagles in a 23-21 victory marking the school's biggest win against a team in the Sports Network Division I-AA/FCS poll. Congratulations to The Citadel-The Military College of S.C. which the S.C. National Guard helped found in 1842.
  13. Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, Jr., The Adjutant General of S.C. (left) recognizes Sgt. 1st Class John W. Peavy of Columbia on the occasion of his retirement today after 21-years of active duty service in the S.C. National Guard (SCNG). Ch...
    aracterized by Livingston as a caring, selfless Soldier who will be truly missed, the general awarded Peavy the U.S. Army's Meritorious Service Medal during the retirement ceremony. Throughout his distinguished career, Peavy has worked with over 5,000 children of S.C. National Guardsmen as "First Sergeant" at the Guard's annual, week-long Youth Camp. Col. (Ret.) Debra McNamee, the state's Family Programs Director, created a top camper award this year and named it in honor of Peavy's selfless, dedicated service to the children of our state's Guardsmen. A long-known supporter of Guard Families, Peavy's final assignment in the National Guard was serving as the SCNG Family Programs Personnel Services NCOIC/Operations NCOIC for the J1.1 Directorate. Peavy is married to the former Brenda Bradham and together they have three daughters, Deborah, Jessica and Victoria.
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    Photo: Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, Jr., The Adjutant General of S.C. (left) recognizes Sgt. 1st Class John W. Peavy of Columbia on the occasion of his retirement today after 21-years of active duty service in the S.C. National Guard (SCNG). Characterized by Livingston as a caring, selfless Soldier who will be truly missed, the general awarded Peavy the U.S. Army's Meritorious Service Medal during the retirement ceremony. Throughout his distinguished career, Peavy has worked with over 5,000 children of S.C. National Guardsmen as "First Sergeant" at the Guard's annual, week-long Youth Camp. Col. (Ret.) Debra McNamee, the state's Family Programs Director, created a top camper award this year and named it in honor of Peavy's selfless, dedicated service to the children of our state's Guardsmen. A long-known supporter of Guard Families, Peavy's final assignment in the National Guard was serving as the SCNG Family Programs Personnel Services NCOIC/Operations NCOIC for the J1.1 Directorate. Peavy is married to the former Brenda Bradham and together they have three daughters, Deborah, Jessica and Victoria.
  14. "We are committed to working with our multinational partners and maintaining a safe and secure environment and freedom of movement for all Kosovo citizens, irrespective of their ethnic origin," said Command Sgt. Major Doug Gilliam, the unit's senior enlisted advisor.
  15. Another article about our Soldiers in Kosovo... The SC National Guard continues to do great things all across the world!
  16. "We train as warfighters, but in this instance, we really are not in the business of warfighting."

    Read the article to see what kind of mission the 218th MEB has in store for them on their deployment to Kosovo.
  17. 125th MRBC (3 photos)
    South Carolina Army National Guard engineers practice their bridge building skills

    By: Staff Sgt. Tracci Dorgan, JFHQ Public Affairs

    PLUMB BRANCH, S.C.-- Engineers with the South Carolina Army National Guard’s 125th Multi Roll Bridge Comp...
    any (MRBC) received valuable training on their new bridging equipment during annual training exercises held at the Clarks Hill Training Center in Plum Branch, S.C. June 11 - 15, and Aug. 20-24, 2012.
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    Photo: 125th MRBC trains at Clarks Hill Training Center

Members of the 125th Multi Roll Bridge Company, South Carolina Army National Guard, get trained on new equipment during their annual training held at Clarks Hill Training Center in Plum Branch, S.C., June 11-15, 2012. Raft bays are hauled to the lake on trucks and lowered into the water. Then a small boat is used to push the raft bay into place.
    Photo: 120614-Z-HU793-039

Members of the 125th Multi Roll Bridge Company, South Carolina Army National Guard, get trained on new equipment during their annual training held at Clarks Hill Training Center in Plum Branch, S.C., June 11-15, 2012. The small boat guides the single raft bay into place and the crew members connect it to the other bays that are already connected.
    Photo: 125th MRBC trains at Clarks Hill Training Center

Members of the 125th Multi Roll Bridge Company, South Carolina Army National Guard, get trained on new equipment during their annual training held at Clarks Hill Training Center in Plum Branch, S.C., June 11-15, 2012. Civilian instructors teach bridge crew members how to manuever the raft to shore so vehicles and equipment can be loaded.
  18. South Carolina Army National Guard engineers practice their bridge building skills

    By: Staff Sgt. Tracci Dorgan, JFHQ Public Affairs

    PLUMB BRANCH, S.C.-- Engineers with the South Carolina Army National Guard’s 125th Multi Roll Bridge Comp...
    any (MRBC) received valuable training on their new bridging equipment during annual training exercises held at the Clarks Hill Training Center in Plum Branch, S.C. June 11 - 15, and Aug. 20-24, 2012.

    For the rest of the story, go to our website at;

    http://www.scguard.army.mil/press-detail.php?article=100
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    Photo: South Carolina Army National Guard engineers practice their bridge building skills

By: Staff Sgt. Tracci Dorgan, JFHQ Public Affairs

PLUMB BRANCH, S.C.-- Engineers with the South Carolina Army National Guard’s 125th Multi Roll Bridge Company (MRBC) received valuable training on their new bridging equipment during annual training exercises held at the Clarks Hill Training Center in Plum Branch, S.C. June 11 - 15, and Aug. 20-24, 2012. 

For the rest of the story, go to our website at;

http://www.scguard.army.mil/press-detail.php?article=100
  19. We welcomed home some Swamp Foxes last week but lets not forget about the others still overseas.
    Tech. Sgt. Justin McKeown, Staff Sgt. Daniel Tatum, Staff Sgt. Scott Westmoreland, Tech. Sgt. Derek Hunter, and Master Sgt. Matthew Williams, fire fighters from the 169th Civil Engineering Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., pose for a photo in front of a fire truck while deployed to Bahrain, 2012.
    Photo: Tech. Sgt. Justin McKeown, Staff Sgt. Daniel Tatum, Staff Sgt. Scott Westmoreland, Tech. Sgt. Derek Hunter, and Master Sgt. Matthew Williams, fire fighters from the 169th Civil Engineering Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., pose for a photo in front of a fire truck while deployed to Bahrain, 2012.
    Photo: Master Sgt. James Compton, Tech. Sgt. Corwyn Goodman, Senior Airman Dakota Havel, Tech. Sgt. Orlando Harris, Tech. Sgt. Clintwan Cooper, Senior Airman Justin White , Staff Sgt. Charles Warfle, Airman 1st Class Jesse Summerlin
    Photo: Maj. Bryan Wright reads the citation for the Purple Heart Medal during a ceremony at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.  Since he arrived in March, Wright said he has presided at 15 such ceremonies for CJSOTF personnel.
  20. Recognize anyone in this photo?
    Check out this photo of South Carolina's Bravest getting ready for the football season
    Photo: Check out this photo of South Carolina's Bravest getting ready for the football season

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