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East Oregonian
March 15, 2018
Rees most recently served as the Strategic Plans Officer (G-5) for the Oregon Army National Guard (Land Component Command), assisting with planning operations and training for more than 6,000 soldiers. Prior to his most recent assignment, he commanded the Recruiting and Retention Command forÃâà...
Statesman Journal
March 9, 2018
He has been in the Oregon National Guard for 26 years, nearly 20 with this unit, and has been on four deployments overseas. He said the most recent include operations in Syria, Iraq and Kuwait. Originally, Jason hoped he would be home by Feb. 9, his birthday. But the return window is always sketchy,Ãâà...
KVAL
March 5, 2018
Oregon Army National Guard Maj. Brady Phillips (center), company commander with Company G, 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment, leads his unit formation in saluting for the National Anthem during a demobilization ceremony, March 4, in Salem, Oregon. Approximately 70 Soldiers in the unit returned from deploymentÃâà...
KPTV.com
March 4, 2018
Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with Company G, 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment, stand in formation during a demobilization ceremony honoring their return from overseas deployment, March 4, in Salem, Oregon. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class April DavisÃâà...
KTVZ
March 3, 2018
The Oregon House today unanimously approved legislation extending tuition benefits to Oregon National Guard members. ... The Military Department also presented statistics which show Oregon's Army National Guard Strength Ranking has slipped from a high of #15 in the nation to #50 in 2018.
KTVZ
February 19, 2018
SALEM, Ore. - The Oregon Senate voted unanimously Monday to pass Senate Bill 1557, helping men and women serving in Oregon's National Guard who are attending college. The bill amends current law to allow college students who are called up to serve the state for 30 days or less to retake classesÃâà...
Herald and News
February 15, 2018
Local officials are backing a statewide measure that would provide tuition assistance to Oregon National Guard members attending public community colleges and universities. House Bill 4035, sponsored by Rep. Mike McLane (R-Powell Butte) and Gene Whisnant (R-Sunriver), was introduced at the startÃâà...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
February 14, 2018
KOIN-TV reported that video taken from a helicopter showed other climbers performing CPR on the man before he was airlifted by an Oregon Army National Guard helicopter to a hospital. He was later declared dead. Authorities have not released his identity. Mount Hood, a peak notorious for loose ice andÃâà...
The Japan Times
February 13, 2018
GOVERNMENT CAMP, OREGON – An Oregon Army National Guard helicopter airlifted a critically injured climber off the state's tallest peak as tumbling rocks imperiled a separate group of stranded climbers. Authorities said the injured climber fell up to 1,000 feet (304 meters) on a sunny, relatively warmÃâà...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
February 8, 2018
The men play themselves in their early 20s, when Sadler was attending California State University in Sacramento, Skarlatos was in the Oregon National Guard and Stone was serving in the Air Force. The movie depicts them as a close-knit unit, an impression confirmed by their interview by phone from LosÃâà...
KTVZ
February 6, 2018
BEND, Ore. - Oregon's legislative session opened Monday, and already, a bill out of Central Oregon is being considered. It would provide tuition assistance to members of the Oregon National Guard. If passed, Oregon would be the last state in the country to offer tuition assistance to members of the state'sÃâà...
Seattle Times
February 5, 2018
The Oregon Military Department has spent $2 million on infrastructure upgrades since the U.S. Army signed over 7,500 acres of the former depot for an Oregon National Guard Training Center known as Camp Umatilla in November (the local Columbia Development Authority is still waiting for the Army toÃâà...
Bend Bulletin
February 3, 2018
State Rep. Mike McLane, R-Powell Butte, has introduced a pair of bills worth serious consideration in the February session. One would make members of the Oregon National Guard eligible for tuition assistance to go to college. A second would allow homeschooled or charter-school students to participateÃâà...
East Oregonian
February 2, 2018
The Oregon Military Department has spent $2 million on infrastructure upgrades since the U.S. Army signed over 7,500 acres of the former depot for an Oregon National Guard Training Center known as Camp Umatilla in November (the local Columbia Development Authority is still waiting for the Army toÃâà...
The Hill
February 1, 2018
A soldier has died in an accidental shooting at the Oregon National Guard's main training facility Wednesday night, The Associated Press reported Thursday. Officials did not release the name of the soldier, who died after being taken to the emergency room at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria.
East Oregonian
December 31, 1999
Friends and family watch as four Oregon Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopters with the 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, fly in formation over the runway at the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport in Pendleton. The army will conduct a training in Eastern Oregon, including at the airport, MarchÃâà...
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