updated Tue. February 13, 2024
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The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
April 13, 2018
The decision to send Montana soldiers and airmen anywhere — to the front lines, to a forest fire, or to protect our nation's borders — is one of the most difficult decisions I make as governor and as commander in chief of the Montana National Guard. I do not take it lightly and it is never a decision I makeÃâà...
Great Falls Tribune
April 12, 2018
By coincidence, a bomb squad unit from the Montana Army National Guard was on the high school campus at the time of the incident, presenting an anti-bullying demonstration. Guardsman were redirected to provide support services after the shooter threat became apparent. “The bomb squad wasn't hereÃâà...
Glasgow Courier
April 11, 2018
During that same time, he enlisted in the Montana Army National Guard and served in maintenance for eight years. At age 35, he left the farm and went in to agri-business working for elevators in Hinsdale and Saco before running the Agronomy Center for Farmers Elevator in 1995. Mogan then managedÃâà...
KBZK Bozeman News
April 11, 2018
GREAT FALLS - When a group of soldiers from the Montana National Guard get ready for deployment - most go through a series of training scenarios before they head overseas. Master Sergeant Adam Bell helps teach these men and women an important skill that can save their lives. “We are teaching theÃâà...
KTVQ Billings News
March 30, 2018
Those who served in the war were presented at the ceremony with a commemorative pin and personally thanked for their service by Brigadier General Jeffery Ireland of the Montana National Guard. Director of the Montana Military Museum and Vietnam veteran Raymond Read says that it's even moreÃâà...
Lone Peak Lookout
March 22, 2018
Francis Wendt is a 36-year-old unmarried Air Force veteran and member of the Montana Army National Guard. He's into community theater and states for the record, “I'm not an outdoorsman.” That's not something you hear often from Montana politicians, who—if their television commercials and photo opsÃâà...
KTVQ Billings News
March 14, 2018
HELENA – If you think you've had a rough day on the job, think about hanging upside down in a five-point harness in an overturned vehicle -- and you need to get out. That's just one of the challenges facing a team of Montana Army National Guard troops preparing for overseas deployment. “You train likeÃâà...
KXLF Butte News
March 14, 2018
HELENA – If you think you've had a rough day on the job, think about hanging upside down in a five-point harness in an overturned vehicle -- and you need to get out. That's just one of the challenges facing a team of Montana National Guard troops preparing for overseas deployment. “You train like youÃâà...
KTVH
March 14, 2018
HELENA – If you think you've had a rough day on the job, think about hanging upside down in a five-point harness in an over-turned vehicle. And you need to get out. That's just one of the challenges facing a team of Montana National Guard troops preparing for over-seas deployment. “You train like youÃâà...
Flathead Beacon
March 9, 2018
Flathead County hospitals and first responders participated in a statewide emergency training exercise last week that prepared them for a major hospital evacuation if disaster were to ever strike the state. The Montana Disaster and Emergency Services and the Montana National Guard organized theÃâà...
Helena Independent Record
March 7, 2018
The Montana National Guard and out-of-state officials are currently investigating the M1 Abrams tank accident. ... This was the first time a Montana National Guard tank was involved in an accident during a training exercise since 1989, when one guardsman was killed and another was injured as two tanksÃâà...
The Missoulian
March 7, 2018
The Montana National Guard and out-of-state officials are currently investigating the M1 Abrams tank accident. ... This was the first time a Montana National Guard tank was involved in an accident during a training exercise since 1989, when one guardsman was killed and another was injured as two tanksÃâà...
KBZK Bozeman News
March 7, 2018
As you can image lots of issues would result from something like that,” Captain Ryan Finnegan, Montana National Guard Public Affairs said. “In this scenario half of our resources are gone. We have to improvise, we have to adapt, and we have to figure out how to make things happen without the capabilitiesÃâà...
Great Falls Tribune
March 7, 2018
TOWNSEND — A tank rollover at the Montana Army National Guard Limestone Hills Training Area is under investigation. ... Members of the 1-163rd Combined Arms Battalion of the Montana National Guard prepare for night firing on the newest generation of the Abrams tank at a training facility near Boise,Ãâà...
KRTV Great Falls News
March 6, 2018
"That water reached Great Falls and now the city is cut into two. It is completely impossible to reach from one side of Great Falls to the other. As you can imagine, lots of issues would result from something like that,” Captain Ryan Finnegan, Montana National Guard Public Affairs, said. “In this scenario, half ofÃâà...
KRTV Great Falls News
March 6, 2018
Along with local assets and Montana National Guard, personnel from Malmstrom Air Force Base will also participate in the exercise. Vigilant Guard deputy director Lt. Col. Daniel McGee said that one of the things Great Falls residents will see is a mock chemical spill that takes place at or near the CalumetÃâà...
KRTV Great Falls News
March 2, 2018
Along with local assets and Montana National Guard, personnel from Malmstrom Air Force Base will also participate in the exercise. Vigilant Guard deputy director Lt. Col. Daniel McGee said that one of the things Great Falls residents will see is a mock chemical spill that takes place at or near the CalumetÃâà...
KRTV Great Falls News
March 2, 2018
Two days after Governor Steve Bullock declared a state of emergency for parts of the state due to severe winter weather, he got a tour of Browning. Bullock flew to the Blackfeet Reservation with the Montana Army National Guard on Thursday. He met with Blackfeet leaders to discuss what help they need,Ãâà...
KRTV Great Falls News
March 1, 2018
Along with local assets and Montana National Guard, personnel from Malmstrom Air Force Base will also participate in the exercise. “There will be some exercise emergency messaging going out to the community. Today we are deciding how that is going to look and what platforms we are going to use,”Ãâà...
KTVH
February 28, 2018
It authorizes Bullock to mobilize additional state resources, including the Montana National Guard, to protect life, health and property. It will also allow local governments to be reimbursed for the costs they're already facing. In a second executive order Tuesday, Bullock also temporarily loosened restrictionsÃâà...
KRTV Great Falls News
February 27, 2018
The Montana Army National Guard says that the Montana State Emergency Coordination Center (SECC) began bracing for this winter storm event last week. The SECC was activated last Wednesday and has been in close coordination with the Incident Commander at the Blackfeet Tribe. They are inÃâà...
KRTV Great Falls News
February 26, 2018
There will be a joint information center, shelters, and evacuations to other cities in the state. Along with local assets and Montana National Guard, personnel from Malmstrom Air Force Base will also participate in the exercise. “There will be some exercise emergency messaging going out to the community.
KPAX-TV
February 23, 2018
Along with local assets and Montana National Guard, personnel from Malmstrom Air Force Base will also participate in the exercise. “There will be some exercise emergency messaging going out to the community. Today we are deciding how that is going to look and what platforms we are going to use,” Forkel said. VigilantÃâà...
KRTV Great Falls News
February 8, 2018
There will be a joint information center, shelters, and evacations to other cities in the state. Along with local assets and Montana National Guard, personnel from Malmstrom Air Force Base will also participate in the exercise. “There will be some exercise emergency messaging going out to the community.
Great Falls Tribune
February 5, 2018
"Defendre via vitae" ("to defend the way of life") is above the Vigilantes' code 3-7-77 (also used by the Montana Highway Patrol and Montana National Guard). The dolphins are symbols of the submarine force and reflect the state's motto "Oro y Plata" (Gold and Silver). A scene from Glacier National Park isÃâà...
KRTV Great Falls News
January 22, 2018
Already, two Montana Army National Guard units had their weekend training curtailed, and approximately 40 service members scheduled to attend out of state schools had their travel cancelled. Some of the 61 others who were already attending out of state schools have returned home. Employees can visitÃâà...
KRTV Great Falls News
August 23, 2017
The Montana National Guard arrived at the Meyers Fire in southwest Montana on Wednesday, which has burned more than16,000 acres and is only at five percent containment. The soldiers will be deployed for 15 days aiding the more than 400 personnel already fighting the fire. Sergeant Paul BenhartÃâà...
NBC Montana
August 19, 2017
He says he's happy with how all organizations are coming together to help fight the fire, like the Montana National Guard. "This is a great example of how we're seeing the federal, state and local governments come together with one purpose to ensure that we keep this community safe and stop this fire," Daines said.
Billings Gazette
April 23, 2017
Christopher Lende, chief of public affairs for Montana National Guard, in an email. Lende said “sling load operations” are a training task Army aviation units are required to demonstrate. The recovery was a joint effort with the United States Air Force. After the helicopter set the Humvee back on the ground itÃâà...
Montana Standard
December 31, 1999
Business owner Kiande Lynn poses for a picture hanging out of the drive-though window at Lynn's Pralines Louisiana's Finest, 1615 Montana Drive, in Anaconda. In December, Lynn began operating out of the Montana Drive location, where she serves hot and cold drinks and pralines, which she says are aÃâà...
KTVH
December 31, 1999
Along with local assets and Montana National Guard, personnel from Malmstrom Air Force Base will also participate in the exercise. Vigilant Guard deputy director Lt. Col. Daniel McGee said that one of the things Great Falls residents will see is a mock chemical spill that takes place at or near the CalumetÃâà...
KBZK Bozeman News
December 31, 1999
There will be a joint information center, shelters, and evacuations to other cities in the state. Along with local assets and Montana National Guard, personnel from Malmstrom Air Force Base will also participate in the exercise. “There will be some exercise emergency messaging going out to the community.
KRTV Great Falls News
December 31, 1999
Along with local assets and Montana National Guard, personnel from Malmstrom Air Force Base will also participate in the exercise. “There will be some exercise emergency messaging going out to the community. Today we are deciding how that is going to look and what platforms we are going to use,”Ãâà...
