33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Hometown: Urbana, IL, US
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Illinois National Guard Senior Leaders Conference Message
Command Message of the Illinois National Guard's Senior Leaders Conference. The 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat is currently deployed to Afghanistan. Produced by Spc. Nathan Hastings.
Video by Spc. Nathan Hastings | 33IBCT | 07.23.2009
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Sgt. Ryan T. Crissey of Auburn, forward observer of Headquarters Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 130 Infantry Regiment scans the impact area July 17 with a pair...
Photo by Jesse Houk | 33IBCT | 07.17.2012
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Spc. Andrew T. Hohimer of Peoria, crew chief, Company B, 2nd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment, Illinois National Guard sits on the ledge of a Chinook July 12 while...
Photo by Jesse Houk | 33IBCT | 07.12.2012
![Gen. Dempsey presents Silver Star to Illinois Guardsman](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121118074726im_/http://d1.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/photos/1205/584452/100x65_q75.jpg)
Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, awards Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Ahern from Glen Ellyn, with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces...
Courtesy Photo | 33IBCT | 05.19.2012
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U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James Sims, 139th MPAD, Illinois National Guard/ Col. Paul Hastings, commander of the 33rd Brigade Combat Team, leads members of the 33rd IBCT...
Photo by Sgt. James Sims | 33IBCT | 05.29.2010
![Soldier's load supplies for Afghan forward operating bases](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121118074726im_/http://d3.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/photos/0906/179705/100x67_q75.jpg)
Soldiers of Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix VIII at Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanistan, move away from a Chinook helicopter after latching a load of ammunition to...
Photo by Spc. Luke Austin | 33IBCT | 06.15.2009
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U.S. service members at Camp Blackhorse in Kabul, Afghanistan, pay final respects to their fallen comrades, Maj. Kevin M. Jenrette, 37, of Lula, Ga., Sgt. 1st Class...
Photo by Sgt. James Sims | 33IBCT | 06.08.2009
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Command Message of the Illinois National Guard's Senior Leaders Conference. The 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat is currently deployed to Afghanistan. Produced by Spc....
Video by Spc. Nathan Hastings | 33IBCT | 07.23.2009
![Town Hall Meeting with Illinois Gov. Quinn, Part 1](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121118074726im_/http://d3.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/frames/video/0907/64491/100x67_q75.jpg)
B-roll of the Governor of Illinois, Gov. Pat Quinn and the Governors from Minnesota, Texas, Nevada and Missouri visiting service members stationed in Iraq and...
Courtesy Video | 33IBCT | 07.20.2009
![Town Hall Meeting with Illinois Gov. Quinn, Part 2](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121118074726im_/http://d1.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/frames/video/0907/64492/100x67_q75.jpg)
B-roll of the Governor of Illinois, Gov. Pat Quinn and the Governors from Minnesota, Texas, Nevada and Missouri visiting service members stationed in Iraq and...
Courtesy Video | 33IBCT | 07.20.2009
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Talks to a WTVM-TV about how training the Afghan national army has been going, being on his first deployment to Afghanistan and his family's military history
Courtesy Video | 33IBCT | 07.13.2009
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Talks to a WTVM-TV reporter about his experiences with the Army and at the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Courtesy Video | 33IBCT | 07.06.2009
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Talks to WTVM-TV reporters in Columbus, Ga., about her duties at Camp Phoenix, when and why she joined the military, where she has been deployed and her plans for...
Courtesy Video | 33IBCT | 06.29.2009
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![Change of Command at Camp Phoenix](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121118074726im_/http://d3.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/photos/0905/173932/67x100_q75.jpg)
Col. Percy (Sonny) G. Hurtado II assumed command of Afghan Regional Security Integration Command-Kabul from Col. Christopher J. Morgan in a change of command ceremony...
Story by Sgt. James Sims | 33IBCT | 05.31.2009
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Before Soldiers of the Afghan national army 203rd Corps begin training here, they must first go through a process troops in the U.S. are very familiar with.
Story by Spc. Luke Austin | 33IBCT | 05.24.2009
![Afghan Soldiers Train to Fight With M-16 Rifles](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121118074726im_/http://d2.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/photos/0905/173822/100x67_q75.jpg)
Afghan national army soldiers implemented the same techniques to produce the familiar sound of gunfire last week at the rifle range.
Story by Spc. Luke Austin | 33IBCT | 05.20.2009
![203rd Corps kicks off Literacy Program](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121118074726im_/http://d3.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/photos/0905/169585/72x100_q75.jpg)
An illiterate person is like a blind person, explained Mohammad Ashraf, a Master Teacher for the 203rd Corps Literacy Program.
Story by Spc. Luke Austin | 33IBCT | 05.04.2009
![Afghan army graduates 100th Class](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121118074726im_/http://d1.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/photos/0903/154044/100x67_q75.jpg)
The Afghan national army graduated more than 1,200 soldiers from the ANA Basic Warrior Training Course at Kabul Military Training Center Feb. 19, marking this...
Story by Spc. Luke Austin | 33IBCT | 03.01.2009
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Afghan national police officers and non-commissioned officers gained new knowledge and skills at Police District Six headquarters here during a week of job-oriented...
Story by Spc. Luke Austin | 33IBCT | 02.08.2009
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Lt. Col. Guy, Sgt. Stroh
Talk to a reporter from the Cuba Patriot Newspaper in Blackcreek, NY, about receiving a large gift of cheese from a 15 year old back home, the holidays while...
Courtesy Audio | 33IBCT | 01.02.2009
Talk to a reporter from the Cuba Patriot Newspaper in Blackcreek, NY, about receiving a large gift of cheese from a 15 year old back home, the holidays while...
Courtesy Audio | 33IBCT | 01.02.2009
Col. Morgan
Talks to a WVNN reporter in Huntsville, Ala., about his duties as the commander of the Afghan Regional Security Integration Command – Kabul, their goals, how they...
Courtesy Audio | 33IBCT | 01.02.2009
Talks to a WVNN reporter in Huntsville, Ala., about his duties as the commander of the Afghan Regional Security Integration Command – Kabul, their goals, how they...
Courtesy Audio | 33IBCT | 01.02.2009
Brig. Gen Huber
Talks to a WBT-FM reporter in Charlotte, N.C. about his duties while deployed, training Afghan soldiers, the morale among US Soldiers and the progress of his mission.
Audio by Sgt. 1st Class Bryan Rotherham | 33IBCT | 12.23.2008
Talks to a WBT-FM reporter in Charlotte, N.C. about his duties while deployed, training Afghan soldiers, the morale among US Soldiers and the progress of his mission.
Audio by Sgt. 1st Class Bryan Rotherham | 33IBCT | 12.23.2008