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Nevada Sweeps Regional Best Warrior Competition Soldiers Top Region VII Field in Calif Quarterly Magazine of the Nevada National Guard - Summer 2017 NEVADA SWEEPS REGIONAL BEST WArrIOR COMPETITION SOLDIERS TOP REGION VII FIELD IN CALIF. PAGE 10 MEET SAM, THE NEVADA GUARD’S 1ST OPENLY TRANSGENDER SOLDIER PAGE 12 GUARD’S LEMMON VALLEY FLOOD RESPONSE PROVES HISTORIC PAGE 8 HIGH ROLLERS READY TO RESPOND DURING FIRE SEASON PAGE 5 2 / BATTLE BORN / Summer 2017 Summer 2017 Gov. Brian Sandoval Brig. Gen. Bill Burks Commander in Chief The Adjutant General Nevada National Guard Nevada National Guard Features: Governor Brian Sandoval Magical return: Signal Soldier surprises son at birthday party.............................................5 The Adjutant General Brig. Gen. Bill Burks Soldiers, Airmen respond to historic flooding in northern Nevada….... ..............................8 Best Warrior Competition: Nevada Soldiers sweep regionals…........................................10 State Public Affairs Officer Aviation electrician is Nevada Guard’s first openly transgender Soldier...................……12 Lt. Col. Mickey Kirschenbaum Nevada Air Guard Headquarters Air Wing’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System ready for 2nd season.................…..15 Battle Born Staff Renown Health receives prestigious ESGR Freedom Award..........................................16 Back to back: Consecutive female colonels for multifunctional brigade............................17 Sgt. 1st Class Erick Studenicka Joint Force Headquarters Public Affairs 221st Cavalry scout team advances to Gainey Cup………………..................................18 Sgt. Walter H. Lowell Joint Force Headquarters Public Affairs Nevada Army Guard receives 1st late model CH-47 Chinook……......…............................22 New Abrams tanks invade southern Nevada……….........................…............................23 Nevada National Guard Historian Veterans team to form tight-knot group in prison..……………...........................................24 Tech. Sgt. Emerson Marcus 152nd Airlift Wing Lucrative National Guard perk: Free financial counseling………..……............................25 Army aviators prepare for challenging fire season……….............................................26 Contributors Guard’s top general headlines Leadership Summit……........................…...........................27 Capt. Valerie Hollenback Joint Force Headquarters Public Affairs Departments: Norman Sligar Nevada Guard Finance Counselor Deployment Roundup: All Nevada Army Guard units home for summer..............................4 Senior Master Sgt. Paula Macomber 152nd Airlift Wing Drop Zone............................................................................................................................6 Sgt. Zandra Duran Joint Force Headquarters Public Affairs Historian’s Notebook .........................................................................................................20 Cpl. Alex Logan Awards, Promotions, Retirements .....................................................................................28 106th Public Affairs Detachment Pfc. Jonnie Riley Calendar ............................................................................................................................31 106th Public Affairs Detachment Airman Baylee Hunt ON THE COVER: Spc. Grant Reimers of the 1859th Light Medium Transportation Company tra- 152nd Airlift Wing verses the vertical rope climb on the obstacle course during the Region 7 Best Warrior Competition at Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif., in May. Photo by Staff Sgt. Eddie Siguenza, Calf. National Guard Public Affairs. United States Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. In accordance with Department of Defense Instruction 5120.4, Please send comments, articles and photos to: Battle Born is an authorized, unofficial publication of the Nevada National Guard. Content is not necessarily the official view or endorsed by the U.S. Battle Born Magazine Government , the Department of Defense, the Nevada National Guard or the State Public Affairs Office state of Nevada. Battle Born is published quarterly for all current Nevada Guard Nevada National Guard military members, Nevada Guard retirees, government leaders and 2460 Fairview Drive Department of Defense civilian employees. Battle Born is distributed free of Carson City, NV 89701 charge via mail and is also available online at www.nevadaguard.com. Comments and Contributions Or e-mail to ng.nv.nvarng.mbx.state-public-affairs@mail. mil Letters to the editor must be signed and include the writer’s full name and mailing address. Letters should be brief and are subject to editing. Other print and photographic submissions of interest to our diverse readership is Publication of material is determined by available space and encouraged and welcome. reader interest. The staff reserves the right to edit all material. Summer 2017 / BATTLE BORN / 3 Deployment RounDup Photo courtesy of the 485th Military Police Company Soldiers assigned to the 485th Military Police Company pose for a photo at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait during their deployment. Home means Nevada: All Army Guard units home following 485th’s return By Sgt. 1st Class Erick Studenicka from the Central Command Area of The 485th completed over 3,500 Joint Force Headquarters Public Affairs Responsibility to the customs territory customs missions entailing about $26 of the United States in accordance with billion of equipment and valuables CARSON CITY – With the 485th Customs Border Protection, U.S. Dept. during its nine-month tour. The unit’s Military Police Company’s return from of Agriculture and the Department of missions supported all branches of the Kuwait in July, nearly every Soldier Defense agencies. U.S. military and its allies in far-flung in the Nevada Army Guard is home to locations including Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, enjoy the Silver State’s summer. The Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and current homebound status of the Nevada Jordan. Army is a sharp contrast to autumn 2015, The Soldiers also supported Military when more than 460 Nevada Soldiers Working Dog teams throughout were deployed abroad. CENTCOM by coordinating the The 485th Military Police Company, teams’ movements within the theater headquartered in Reno, was the last of of operations. They also assisted in four Army Guard units tasked to compete missions in Oman and on behalf of Saudi international missions since 2015. The Arabia. 485th performed customs operations During their nine months abroad, from October 2016 until June in Kuwait 485th Soldiers won their brigade’s Best and other Middle East countries. The Photo by Tech. Sgt. Emerson Marcus Warrior Competition, four Soldiers unit assisted in the redeployment of Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Vogt hugs his 6-year-old son of the Week awards and four Non- Gavin during the unit’s deployment return from U.S. military personnel and equipment commissioned Officer of the Month Kuwait at Atlantic Aviation in Reno, July 6, 2017. awards. 4 / BATTLE BORN / Summer 2017 Abra... ...Ca... ...Dabra! Photo sequence by Sgt. Walter Lowell; Below photo by Sgt. 1st Class Erick Studenicka TOP: Magician Justin Impossible pulls off an amazing trick by conjuring up the appearance of Bravo Company 1st Sgt. Ben Krainbrink. BELOW: Zach Krainbrink, 11, rushes the stage to join Ben Krainbrink and brother Drake Krainbrink, 10, after his father’s shocking appearance. Signal 1st Sgt. makes magical return By Sgt. 1st Class Erick Studenicka After some quick hugs and smiles, ber, with Bravo Company’s return date Joint Force Headquarters Public Affairs Drake was once again entranced by Im- fairly firm, the couple decided a memo- possible’s magic show and was on stage rable party at Impossible’s was indeed RENO – Magician Justin Impossible wielding a huge magical wand. possible. completed a trick even Harry Houdini “Of course this was my best birth- “You are never 100 percent certain it would envy when he successfully con- day party,” said pragmatic Drake follow- will work out; I actually arrived in Reno jured Nevada Army Guard 1st Sgt. Ben ing the show. “We had a magic show, the with days to spare,” Krainbrink said. Krainbrink to appear The Soldiers in Bravo at his son Drake’s 10th Company spent about birthday party here one week at Fort Hood, Saturday. The appear- Texas, in mid-February ance perfectly coin- after returning to the cided with the end of United States at the Krainbrink’s nearly conclusion of their de- one-year deployment ployment. to Kuwait with Bravo Krainbrink said he Company, 422nd Ex- spent the days before peditionary Signal the party sequestered Battalion. at a Reno hotel and he Impossible was even had to hide from about 10 minutes into relatives he spotted his show at Impos- while shopping at a lo- sible’s Magic Shop cal store. and Theatre when he Krainbrink was disappeared behind a blue curtain. Seconds news crews came to my party, and my Dad even able to surprise his mother, Rox- later, to the disbelief of several dozen party- came back. anne Luce of Grass Valley, Calif., with goers, Krainbrink appeared from behind the “It was fun. I missed him a lot.” his surprise reappearance in northern Ne- magical curtain. His return during the show Krainbrink, 38, of Reno, said he and vada. marked the first time his boys, Drake, 10, his wife, Christina, first thought about Bravo Company and the 422nd Expe- and Zach, 11, had seen their dad since a brief the potential for a magical reunion one ditionary Signal Battalion’s Horn of Africa meeting in Texas 10 months ago before Bra- year ago when Impossible’s was the host contingent hosted their official
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