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Archive: June, 2019

Utah linguists enhance Exercise Steppe Eagle 19
June 27, 2019 — Utah Army National Guard Linguists' dual-language skills made them valuable assets at Steppe Eagle 19, an annual, multinational exercise meant to enhance coalition interoperability and operational readiness, promote regional security, and improve military cooperation in the Central and South Asia region... MORE

Spc. Gregory Thomson (far left), Utah Army National Guard, interprets for a media role player during cordon and search training with the Kazakhstani Ground Forces at Exercise Steppe Eagle 19 at Chilikemer Training Area near Almaty, Kazakhstan, June 25, 2019. Kazakhstan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan all sent participants for the exercise, while India, Turkey, and Uzbekistan sent observers. Steppe Eagle 19 is an annual U.S. Army Central-led exercise that promotes regional stability and interoperability in the Central and South Asia region.

Utah Guard Revisits Coal Hollow Fire Area to Survey Burn Scars
June 20, 2019 — On June 19, 2019, a beautiful morning with blue sky and sunshine, the Utah National Guard flew a UH-60 Black Hawk, with key observers on board, to view the burn scar left from the Coal Hollow Fire in 2018 on Loafer Mountain, located at the south end of Utah County.Major General Jeff Burton, the adjutant general for the UTNG; Allan Matheson,... MORE

Major General Jeff Burton, the adjutant general; Allan Matheson, executive director of the Department of Environmental Quality; Joshua Emfield, deputy director for Congressman Curtis; Larry Ellertson, advisor to Congressman Curtis; Don Summit, engineer with Construction Facilities Management Office and other members of the Utah National Guard flew on a UH-60 Black Hawk to view the burn scar left from the Coal Hollow Fire on Loafer Mountain located at the south end of Utah County, June 19, 2019.

Breaking the Language Barrier
June 20, 2019 — 300th Military Intelligence Brigade Hosts Unique Joint ConferenceCOL Joseph Green wasn’t bragging when he said his brigade’s Annual Language Conference is the center of gravity for language excellence in the military. Subordinate to the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, the Utah Army National Guard’s 300th Military Intelligence Brigade... MORE

Utah Army National Guard Soldiers SGT Amber Guel (front), of the 141st Military Intelligence Battalion and SFC Brian Andelin of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 300th Military Intelligence Brigade, participate in the Operational Skills Test during the 2019 Polyglot Games at the brigade’s 30th Annual Language Conference, March 2019.

Panther Strike 2019
June 18, 2019 — Several hundred Soldiers from around the country and around the world arrived at Camp Williams, Utah to participate in the annual military intelligence exercise Panther Strike, June 2, 2019.Panther Strike is a combined exercise sponsored by the 300th Military Intelligence Brigade, Utah Army National Guard, designed to train and evaluate each of the... MORE

Changes in GI Bill transfer benefits coming July 12
June 18, 2019 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Provisions allowing Guard members to transfer some or all of their Post- 9/11 GI Bill benefits to their spouse or children are set to change in less than 30 days, limiting the timeframe Soldiers and Airmen can transfer those benefits.“You have to have a minimum of six years [in service] in order to be eligible to transfer benefits,... MORE

National Guard members will soon see changes to the program that allows them to transfer their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to their spouse or children that will limit the time frame they can initiate that transfer. Set to go in effect July 12, Guard members will need to have served six years before they can transfer benefits and they must transfer the benefits by the time they hit 16 years of service. Additionally, Guard members extend their enlistment contract by at least four years to transfer benefits.

Utah Air National Guard participates in African Lion 2019
June 17, 2019 — Approximately 80 members of the Utah National Guard participated in the humanitarian civic assistance portion of exercise African Lion 2019, March 25-April 3, 2019 in Tata, Morocco.African Lion is a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored, U.S. African Command-scheduled, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led, joint and combined... MORE

Utah Soldier speaks the language
June 16, 2019 — Learning a different language is no easy undertaking; sustaining it is even harder. One way to retain this perishable skill is to continuously use it with native speakers.For U.S. Army Cpl. Jasmine McCarthy, a signals intelligence analyst and an Arabic linguist with the Utah National Guard, using her multilingual skill repertoire came as a critical... MORE

Pushing Yourself to the Limit
June 12, 2019 — You probably never realize how much you need your thumb until you can’t use it. Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Simper of the Utah Army National Guard now faces that notion every day. In November 2018, while on his third deployment – this time to Camp Arifjan Kuwait – he sustained an injury while helping with a flood. “Our group was assisting in filling and... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Simper on his way to the top of the rock with adaptive resources, March 2019 Fort Carson, Colorado. (Photo credit: Fort Carson WTU)

Utah Military Ball 2019
June 9, 2019 — This year’s Military Ball was held at The Grand America Hotel, June 8, 2019, commemorating the 75th anniversary of D-Day and the U.S. Army's 244th birthday.On June 6, 1944, naval vessels traveled from English ports to assault the beaches on Normandy, France, where the German army had taken control. Three thousand landing craft, 2,500 ships, and 822... MORE

All Branches of Utah's military gathered for an evening at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of D-Day June 8, 2019.

Joseph Green: Fully Committed
June 4, 2019 — Friday, December 15, 1989: Panama names Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega the “maximum leader of the struggle for national liberation,” and declares the country “to be in a state of war.” A thousand miles away, in the Dominican Republic, a terrorist group sent a threat to the United States Embassy, stating “if the U.S. invades Panama, we will kill an... MORE

Col. Joseph Green Command Photo, Commander of the 300th Military Intelligence Brigade, Oct. 10, 2018.

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Archive: June, 2019

West Valley City selected as recipient of The Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award
June 19, 2019 — Department of Defense recognizes 15 exceptional employers nationwide for Top Honor... MORE

West Valley City Police Sgt. and member of the 419th Fighter Wing, Air Force Reserve, Robert Brinton, stands beside WVC Mayor Ron Bigelow. West Valley City recently received the Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, the highest award presented by the Secretary of Defense to a U.S. business. Only fifteen employers per year receive this coveted honor.

Utah National Guard’s New Website Launches Today
June 13, 2019 — The Utah National Guard has launched a new-and-improved public website, available at ut.ng.mil (also accessible at www.ut.ng.mil), June 13, 2019. This... MORE