Utah sends two Soldiers and an Airman to the Region VII Best Warrior Competition

May 25, 2023 | By Staff Sgt. Jordan Hack

Utah National Guard Public Affairs Office

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Utah Air Guardsmen awarded the Utah Cross
April 22, 2019 — Tech. Sgt. Sean Price, a boom operator assigned to the 151st Air Refueling Wing, was awarded the Utah Cross by Utah Governor Gary Herbert and the Adjutant General, Major General Jefferson Burton, April 22, 2019 at Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base.Price was awarded the medal for his heroism and quick thinking when he helped save the life of... MORE

Soldiers Take to Utah Highways
April 18, 2019 — Soldiers from Forward Support Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Alpha), conducted convoy operations, March 9-10, 2019, in perpetration for their upcoming training exercise in Canada... MORE

Forward Support Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Alpha), conduct convoy operations on Utah highways, March 9-10.

Utah Guard’s “Big Red” Artillery Battalion Returns from Middle East Deployment
April 18, 2019 — The crowd at the Roland R. Wright Air Base erupted in cheers as the police escorted plane taxied up to the large north hangar doors with approximately 100 Soldiers from Echo Battery, 1st Battalion, 145th Field Artillery, “Big Red” returned from a 10-month Middle East deployment April 9... MORE

Approximately 100 Soldiers from Echo Battery, 1st Battalion, 145th Field Artillery, “Big Red” return from a 10-month Middle East deployment April 9.

Annual Scouting for Food Drive Brings Communities Together
April 16, 2019 — Hundreds of Utah National Guardsmen, Boy Scouts and community leaders participated in the annual Scouting for Food, March 16.Truckloads of food were collected by local Scouts of Boy Scouts of America (Scouts BSA), who were assisted by civilian and military volunteers. The Soldiers and Airmen of the Utah National Guard then hauled the food to... MORE

Boy Scouts and volunteers unload food at the Community Action Services and Food Bank in Orem, March 16, 2019 during Scouting for Food.

Utah’s HRF Trains for the Worst
March 23, 2019 — On a normal weekend, the sight of men and women donning full chemical suits and driving rescue vehicles may seem alarming. To the soldiers in the Utah National Guard Homeland Response Force it’s any given Saturday. With around 580 soldiers in its ranks, the HRF is designed to respond to landscape altering events such as chemical, biological,... MORE

Members of the Utah National Guard provide assistance following a nuclear fallout scenario exercise at Camp Williams in Bluffdale to showcase the Homeland Response Force’s capabilities on Saturday, March 23, 2019. The training involved drills on on responding to a 10-kiloton nuclear blast and included rescue, extraction, decontamination and medical attention.

Green Berets mentor U.S., Albanian and Lithuanian forces during Allied Spirit VIII
March 2, 2019 — U.S. Army 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) served as Observer-Coach-Trainers during multinational exercise Allied Spirit VIII at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany, January 15 to February 5, 2019.Allied Spirit is a multinational exercise involving approximately 4,100 participants from 10 nations at 7th Army Training... MORE

Allied Spirit VIII was a multinational exercise which integrated special operation forces and conventional forces from ten nations, improving combined interoperability and interdependence.

Utah Homeland Response Force trains in Missouri seismic zone
May 25, 2018 — COLUMBIA, Mo. - Members of the Utah National Guard Homeland Response Force (HRF) participated in regional disaster training in Missouri, May 14-18, as part of the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) exercise hosted by the Missouri National Guard.The UTNG HRF is a specialized unit, part of the 97th Troop Command, trained to respond within six hours after... MORE

Members of the Utah National Guard Homeland Response Force (HRF) participated in regional disaster training in Missouri, May 14-18, 2018, as part of the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) exercise hosted by the Missouri National Guard. The UTNG 116th Engineer Company trained with members of Missouri Task Force One during search and extraction missions, shoring of unstable structures and breaching of structures to reach hypothetical patients.

Utah Guard Artillery Soldiers Train in Kuwait
March 6, 2018 — Utah National Guard artillery soldiers deployed to Kuwait left their cannon behind during Operation Diamond Strike, a training exercise that tested their combat skills in an urban environment... MORE

151st ARW conducts change of command
November 6, 2017 — The Utah Air National Guard’s 151st Air Refueling Wing conducted a change of command ceremony on Nov. 4, in the north hangar at Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base. Maj. Gen. Jefferson Burton, the Adjutant General of the Utah National Guard, passed the 151st ARW guidon from Col. Kristin Streukens, the former unit commander, to Col. Ryan Ogan,... MORE

Fort Douglas-based Army Reserve unit hosted a Utah Army Ball
June 16, 2016 — The 76th Operational Response Command (ORC), Commander, Maj. Gen. Ricky L. Waddell, hosted a Utah Army Ball in celebration of the United States Army’s 241st birthday with nearly 300 people in attendance, Saturday, June 11, at the Living Planet Aquarium, Salt Lake City, Utah... MORE

The Army’s birthday was observed with a cake-cutting ceremony by the youngest Soldier present (Pfc. Giovani Hernandez - 3rd person) and by the oldest (Master Sgt. Steven Peters - 2nd person), assisted by 76th ORC Commander, Maj. Gen. Ricky L. Waddell (1st person) and Command Sgt. Maj. Michael J. Robinson (4th person), during the 76th ORC's Utah Army Ball, June 11, at the Living Planet Aquarium, Salt Lake City.

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