FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — A Wisconsin National Guard Soldier came to the rescue of another service member after responding to a vehicle rollover at Fort Campbell earlier this fall.
BLOOMER, Wis. — Maj. Jared Siverling, currently an operations officer with the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 64th Troop Command, was enjoying a small gathering at a local restaurant four months ago to celebrate returning from a deployment to the Middle East as part of the 26-member 157th Military Engagement Team, building partner capacity with ally nations in the Middle East. He was surprised when his friend Justin Clark, who lives an hour away, showed up.
OAK CREEK, Wis. — It began in 1880 as the Wisconsin National Guard’s Light Horse Squadron, and later became the First Wisconsin Cavalry. Much of its rich history was spent as a field artillery unit, including stints as anti-aircraft artillery and Wisconsin’s Nike missile base defense. It served in the Mexican Border Crisis, two world wars and was federalized for the Berlin Crisis in 1961. In 2008 it reorganized as the 257th Brigade Support Battalion (BSB), part of the 157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade.
MILWAUKEE — A new commander took charge of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade during an Aug. 2 ceremony.
OSHKOSH, Wis. — A joint force of Soldiers and Airmen from the Wisconsin Army and Air National Guard played a key role in securing military assets on display at the world’s largest air show.
Watching her husband and other Soldiers in the 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team work through their deployment experiences in 2004, Jennifer Kuhnert realized that faith and spirituality can play a valuable role in that transition. That was when she first recognized the call to be a chaplain.
OAK CREEK, Wis. — The 257th Brigade Support Battalion will inactivate and case its colors this August as part of an Army-wide force structure change to the composition of maneuver enhancement brigades.
Nearly 30 Soldiers from the 157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade’s Military Engagement Team arrived home at airports across Wisconsin Jan. 30 after a nine-month deployment to the Middle East.
Nearly 30 Soldiers from the 157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade’s Military Engagement Team returned safely to U.S. soil Jan. 20 after a nine-month deployment to the Middle East.
From happy homecomings to tearful goodbyes, honors, accolades and major training exercises, and from responses to extreme weather, new leaders, and honoring the past, 2018 marked a year to remember in the long and storied lineage of the Wisconsin National Guard.
