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CHAPTER 1   1978-1988

 

BASIC TRAINING AND 13B CANNON CREWMEMBER TRAINING - FT SILL, OK

 

            TOP SECRET:  BOOT CAMP LOGBOOK

 

BATTERY B(-) 1/147TH FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE – SALEM, SD

 

ROTC – VERMILLION, SD / FORT LEWIS, WA

 

HHD, 4TH BRIGADE, 91ST DIVISION – FORT BAKER, CA

            CRABBING ON THE MASON DOCKS

            ROCK HEADS OF BAKER BEACH

 

456TH REPLACEMENT DETACHMENT, FT DERUSSY, HI

            KNOW WHAT I MEAN BERN?

            OPERATION FORTRESS GALE - ADAK, AK

            NO BIKES ON KOLEKOLE PASS

            8-8-88 PHANTOM FLIGHT

 

CHAPTER 2   1988-1993

 

HHC, 23RD ENGINEER BATTALION

            A MONTH AT FT LEONARD WOOD, MO

            HESSEN-HOMBURG KASERNE

            SERGEANT COOKE

            COLD WAR ALERTS

            LOCK DOWN

            RELIEF FOR CAUSE

            HANAU, GERMANY

            EUROPEAN R & R

            GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, GERMANY

            BERCHTESGADEN, GERMANY

            HITLER’S EAGLE’S NEST

            INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA

            BARRACKS LIFE

 

                        TOP SECRET:  NORD’S HANAU LOGBOOK

 

                                    TOP SECRET:  WEIRD THINGS IN HANAU

 

                  STOP LOSS AND MY PCS

 

HHC, 299TH ENGINEER BATTALION - FT SILL, OK

            214TH ARTILLERY BRIGADE – AUGMENTATION UNIT - FT SILL, OK

            FT SILL – 12 YEARS LATER

 

DEPLOYMENT TO DESERT STORM - SAUDI ARABIA AND IRAQ

            BOOTS ON GROUND

            F-N-Gs (FOUR NEW GUYS)

            WHAT’S A THRONEBERRY

            BATTLE RHYTHM

            TWO BEST FRIENDS DURING WAR

            FEAR FACTOR – THE GROUND WAR BEGINS

            WILD ENCOUNTERS

            HISTORICAL SUMMARY OF THE 299TH ENGR BN IN DESERT SHIELD/STORM

            KHAMISIYAH, IRAQ

            RETURN TO CIVILIZATION

            CEMENT CITY SCARE

 

BACK ON AMERICAN SOIL – RETURN TO FORT SILL

            POST WAR APOCOLYPSE NOW

 

MNARNG – INSTALLATION SUPPORT UNIT, CAMP RIPLEY, MN

 

CHAPTER 3   1993-1999

 

US ARMY BASIC TRAINING/ 11B /11M BFV INFANTRY SCHOOL – FT BENNING, GA

 

HHC, 1ST BN, 6TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, ROSE BARRACKS, VILECK, GERMANY

            SINGLE SOLDIER INITIATIVE

 

DEPLOYMENT TO MACEDONIA - UNPROFOR (U.N. PROTECTION FORCE)   

            COMPANY B BORDER TOUR

            BLACKHAWK DOWN, UP AND ALL AROUND

 

RETURN TO VILSECK, GERMANY

            OPERATION ANVIL – WURZBURG, GERMANY

            PARIS, FRANCE

            VENICE, ITALY

            FIELD TRAINING

            CHINOOK #4

            A MUDDY MESS

            LTC CARTER F. HAM, BATTALION COMMANDER

            SPECIAL DUTY – APO AE 09112

            TERMINAL LEAVE

                        FIRST SWIM IN THE ATLANTIC

                        THE ISLAND OF ROATAN

                        RETURN TO PHOENIX

 

HHB, 153RD FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE, PHOENIX, AZ

            CALIFORNIA OR BUST

 

481ST TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (HEAVY BOAT), STOCKTON/VALLEJO, CA

            ITALIAN STONE PINE

            MONTHLY COMMUTE

            AMPHIBIOUS SURPRISE

            SUISAN GHOST FLEET

            481ST SUMMER PICNIC

            HAZMAT HEROES

            BENT PROP IN PANAMA    

            MARE ISLAND – VALLEJO, CA

            HEAD FOR THE HILLS

 

CHAPTER 4   1999-2005

 

842ND ENGINEER COMPANY(-), SPEARFISH, SD

            JUNE 1999 – ANNUAL TRAINING AT CUSTER STATE PARK AND PIERRE AIRPORT

            CUSTER STATE PARK RECLAMATION PROJECT – LATE JUNE TO EARLY JULY 1999

            FALL 1999 SEMESTER - BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY

            BLACK HILLS SIGHT-SEEING AND RECREATION

            RAPID CITY POST OFFICE – JANUARY TO APRIL 2000

            KNEE SURGERY, REMODELLING AND LOVE TIME     

            FOOD SERVICE SPECIALIST COURSE AND MESS SECTION

            GOLD DUST CASINO – DEADWOOD, SD

            SPEARFISH MICROBURST

            STATE ACTIVE DUTY – JASPER FIRE CAMP, CUSTER, SD

            PROMOTION – BETTER LATE THAN NEVER     

            TRANSITION FROM SPOON TO CHAIRBOURNE RANGER

               

JOINT FORCE HEADQUARTERS – SOUTH DAKOTA

            SECURITY CONFERENCE – BALTIMORE, MD

            AFTER THE CONFERENCE – TIME TO GET TO WORK

            MASS MOBILIZATIONS

 

CHAPTER 5   2005-2014

 

HHD, 881ST TROOP COMMAND – PIERRE, SD

            STANDING UP THE 881ST TROOP COMMAND

            2005 GOLDEN COYOTE ANNUAL TRAINING – CAMP RAPID, SD

            12 JUNE TO 9 JULY 2005 – 42A ANCOC II & III – CAMP PARKS, CA

                        CAMP PARKS WILDLIFE

                        MOST EMBARRASING MOMENT OF MY LIFE

            JUNE 2006 – GOLDEN COYOTE ANNUAL TRAINING – RAPID CITY, SD

            16 JULY TO 12 AUGUST 2006 – 92A MOS COURSE – FT HARRISON, MT

                        R & R IN MONTANA AND WYOMING

                        YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

                        OLD WORKS GOLF COURSE – ANACONDA, MT

                        GLACIER NATIONAL PARK

            2007 – MAJOR TRANSFORMATION OF THE SDARNG

 

HHC, 152ND CSSB

            STANDING UP THE 152ND CSSB

            TRIP TO PERU

                        CUSCO

                        MACHU PICCHU

                        BUS RIDE FROM CUSCO TO PUNO

                        PUNO

                        LAKE TITICACA

                        TAQUILE ISLAND

                        SILLUSTANI

                        HUANCAYO

                        NASCA LINES

                        LIMA

            7-18 APRIL 2008 – PEC COURSE AT CAMP ROBINSON, AR

            JUNE 2008 – GOLDEN COYOTE ANNUAL TRAINING – CUSTER STATE PARK FOB

            JUNE 2009 – GOLDEN COYOTE ANNUAL TRAINING – CUSTER STATE PARK FOB

            NEW YORK CITY

            BOWLING FOR PAIN

            2010 GOLDEN CARGO ANNUAL TRAINING – BLUE GRASS ARMY DEPOT, KY

            QUACK DOCTOR

            2011 ANNUAL TRAINING – CANCELLED DUE TO MISSOURI RIVER FLOOD!

            ROAD TRIP TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

                        YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

                        COEUR D’ ALENE, IDAHO

                        SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

                        HELENA, MONTANA

            2012 GOLDEN COYOTE ANNUAL TRAINING – FOB COYOTE, CAMP RAPID, SD

            A ROUGH TRIP TO EUROPE – DELAYED FLIGHTS AND LOST LUGGAGE

                        CANTERBURY, ENGLAND

                        PARIS, FRANCE

                        TRAIN RIDE FROM PARIS TO ROME

                        ROME, ITALY

                        TURIN, ITALY

                        TRIP FROM TURIN TO VENICE

                        VENICE, ITALY

                        DELTA CLAIM FOR LOST/DAMAGED LUGGAGE

            152ND MOBILIZATION ORDERS

            MARCH 2013  ANNUAL TRAINING (WARFIGHTER) – CAMP DOGE, IA

            APRIL 2013 – WEAPONS QUALIFICATION – CAMP GUERNSEY, WY

            APRIL TO 4 JULY 2013 – PRE-DEPLOYMENT PERIOD

            5 JULY TO DECEMBER 2013 – 152ND DEPLOYMENT TO AFGHANISTAN

            SPRING TO 10 JUNE 2013 – SAYING GOODBYE TO UNCLE SAM

 

CHAPTER 6   MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE INFO

 

SDARNG HONOR GUARD

            HIGH PROFILE HONOR GUARD EVENTS

            OTHER COLOR GUARD EVENTS

 

SDARNG STATE ACTIVE DUTY

            AUG 2000 – JASPER FIRE, CUSTER, SD

            EARLY JUL 2002 – GRIZZLY GULCH FIRE, DEADWOOD, SD

            LATE JUL 2002 – LITTLE ELK CREEK FIRE, PIEDMONT, SD

            AUG 2002 – BATTLE CREEK FIRE, KEYSTONE, SD

            DEC 2005 – OPERATION DOOR-TO-DOOR, REDFIELD, SD

            MAY TO AUG 2011 – MISSOURI RIVER FLOOD, PIERRE, SD

 

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY

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