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Lt. Col. Jason Osberg, of Champaign, Illinois, incoming commander of the Illinois Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 106th Aviation Regiment, based in Peoria, Illinois, receives the battalion colors from Brig. Gen. Michael Zerbonia of Chatham, Illinois, the Assistant Adjutant General – Army, Illinois National Guard, during the 106th’s battalion change of command ceremony at Army Aviation Support Facility #3 in Peoria, Illinois, July 9. The passing of the colors symbolizes the outgoing commander’s relinquishment of command and the incoming commander’s acceptance of the new responsibility. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st. Class Bryan Spreitzer, Illinois National Guard Public Affairs)
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Lt. Col. Christopher McIntyre, of Cantrall, Illinois, outgoing commander of the Illinois Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 106th Aviation Regiment, based in Peoria, Illinois, passes the battalion colors to Brig. Gen. Michael Zerbonia of Chatham, Illinois, the Assistant Adjutant General – Army, Illinois National Guard, during the 106th’s battalion change of command ceremony at Army Aviation Support Facility #3 in Peoria, Illinois, July 9. The passing of the colors symbolizes the outgoing commander’s relinquishment of command and the incoming commander’s acceptance of the new responsibility. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st. Class Bryan Spreitzer, Illinois National Guard Public Affairs)
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Lt. Col. Jason Osberg of Champaign, Illinois, incoming commander of Illinois’ 1st Battalion, 106th Aviation Regiment, based in Peoria, Illinois, addresses the Soldiers and families in attendance during the 106th’s change of command ceremony at Army Aviation Support Facility #3 in Peoria, Illinois, July 9. Osberg took command from Lt. Col. Christopher McIntyre, of Cantrall, Illinois, who will be retiring after a 32-year career as an Army aviator. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st. Class Bryan Spreitzer, Illinois National Guard Public Affairs)
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Sgt. Paul Born, of Washington, Illinois with the Illinois National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High Explosive (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) repels down to rescue a casualty during the teams External Evaluation June 22-24 at the Marseilles Training Center in Marseilles, Illinois. They were tested on their ability to effectively respond to CBRNE emergency incidents. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert R. Adams, Illinois National Guard Public Affairs)
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Team chief of the concrete breach and break team, Sgt. Eric Malmstead, of Orion, Illinois, hands a board to a team member during the Illinois National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High Explosive (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) External Evaluation June 22-24 at the Marseilles Training Center in Marseilles, Illinois. The CERFP was tested on its ability to effectively respond to CBRNE emergency incidents. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert R. Adams, Illinois National Guard Public Affairs)
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Members of the Illinois National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High Explosive (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) use large pry bars to lift a concrete slab a mock casualty is trapped under during the teams External Evaluation June 22-24 at the Marseilles Training Center in Marseilles, Illinois. They were tested on their ability to effectively respond to CBRNE emergency incidents. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert R. Adams, Illinois National Guard Public Affairs)
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Pfc. Matthew Merrifield of Pana, Illinois, a Soldier with E Company, 634th Brigade Support Battalion based in Decatur, Illinois, graduated from the 92G Food Service Specialist Military Occupational Specialty Transition course June 9 at the Illinois Military Academy on Camp Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois. During the four-week, two-phase course, Soldiers are trained on food safety, cooking techniques, field and garrison feeding equipment, and field and garrison feeding operations, including how to operate a dining facility. (U.S. Arm photo by Sgt. 1st Class Bryan Spreitzer, Illinois National Guard Public Affairs)
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Sgt. 1st Class Alberto Colon of Mundelein, Illinois, a Soldier with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 108th Sustainment Brigade based in Chicago, graduated from the 92G Food Service Specialist Military Occupational Specialty Transition course June 9 at the Illinois Military Academy on Camp Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois. Colon was recognized as the phase one honor graduate and was presented a coin and certificate. (U.S. Arm photo by Sgt. 1st Class Bryan Spreitzer, Illinois National Guard Public Affairs)
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Maj. Gen. Richard Hayes, Jr. (right), The Adjutant General, Illinois National Guard accepts the Illinois Army National Guard’s award for being the “most improved” National Guard organization from Maj. Gen. Richard Gallant, Special Assistant to the Director of the Army National Guard during the 2016 Army Communities of Excellence award ceremony held at the National Guard Bureau May 23. Pictured to the left is Lt. Col. Michael Legler, Strategic Plans and Policy Officer, who was in charge of the 2016 ACOE team from Illinois.
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