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YouTube videos of classic opera, sang her heart out and won frst prize. She followed that title up by becoming Miss Kansas just months later. While readying to compete for the crown of Miss America, she decided to do something never before attempted in Atlantic City. She walked the runway CITIZEN-SOLDIERS OF without concealing her tattoos. She THIS GENERATION knew it would ruin her chances at a win, but wanted to present herself ARE MAKING A NAME exactly as she was, no cover-up needed. FOR THEMSELVES AS “I didn’t win, but I was able to VIEW ➊ ➌ PROMINENT ATHLETES talk about the importance of female empowerment,” says Vail, who is now FINDER AND PERFORMERS. studying to be a dentist like her father. PhotographsPhotographs by Guard MembersMembers SGT. THERESA VAIL, KANSAS “And I continue to get messages from »» By Peter Gianopoulis all over the world saying thank you— ics detail. “I didn’t MISS KANSAS 2013 which is the ultimate reward.” Since its inception more than Theresa Vail has no time want to be that three centuries ago, The National especially the misogynisticfor stereotypes, notion that woman who was Guard has offered its members a women can’t be both tough and femi stuck on the side of the road, unable SGT. JARRETT SEIGLE, unique opportunity to serve their to fx a fat tire,” she says. PENNSYLVANIA nine at the same time, excelling in country while pursuing their indi male-dominant pursuits one moment - She also boxed, took up skydiving, vidual passions. Some have gone TELEVISION ACTOR & MODEL - and then showcasing an inherent raced motorcycles and became pro on to gain political prominence fcient with an M-16, all while study 1/108th Field Artillery, Carlisle, Pa. elegance the next. - and business glory, but countless ing chemistry and Chinese at Kansas In order to prove the point, Vail - Before he joined the National others have leveraged their expe State University. But there were joined the Kansas National Guard at Guard, Jarrett Seigle was riences to become famous artists dark moments as well—including an - 17, requesting to be put on a mechan your typical small-town Clark and athletes. Following in the incident of sexual harassment that Kent—the quiet, conscien footsteps of Ed McMahon (Cali - Courtesy rekindled memories of being bullied tious kid who shied away from fornia National Guard) and Pete photo by - - Miss Kansas as a young girl. cameras and buckled at the Rose (Ohio National Guard), organization very thought of public speak here is a list of current soldiers As a result, she decided to get two tattoos—one of the ing. Then in 2008, he saw a who are making their mark, either - Serenity Prayer on her right commercial for the Guard— on the feld or on the stage. ribs and the dental corps who he describes as “real-life insignia on her left shoul superheroes” performing der—to remind her of where- extraordinary feats of valor— she had come from and and decided it was time Sgt. Seigle works full-time where she was going. for a change. at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., with the CERF-P unit Impressed by Vail’s commit He emerged from boot camp as an administrative NCO, ment to breaking stereotypes, - determined to turn his weak and has been rated as a Vail’s superior recommended nesses—especially his shyness— firing expert in both the - M16 and 240B. Once his U.S. Army PHOTOS BY SENIOR AIRMAN JOHN PHARR National Guard she strengthen her message into strengths. An opportunity acting career began to gain photo by Spc. momentum, Seigle was Pharr comes from a long line of service members dating back to the Revolutionary War. His Brandon Jacobs/ by competing in an arena far presented itself last October when he Courtesy photo by Michael Letterlough Jr. Released outside her comfort zone— learned that the Guard was partnering happy to attend recruiting immediate predecessors—a great-grandfather (Army, WWI), grandfather (Navy, WWII), father events during off-duty in a beauty pageant. with (Army, Vietnam) passed on the family’s tradition. Pharr's patriotism and passion for the visual arts Sgt. Theresa Vail, a dental technician in the Kansas Army Man of Steel hours to take photos with led him to serve as a photojournalist. Since joining the Air National Guard in 2010, he has covered a National Guard Medical Detachment, (above) kicks up her Two days before she was to make a commercial. director Zak Snyder A few months later, he learned he potential recruits. was chosen out of 6,000 applicants variety of assignments from long-range over-water search-and-rescue missions with pararescue combat boots during the 2014 Miss America "Show Us Your set to compete for the title of Seigle didn’t have a single model (more than 1,000 miles out over the Pacific Ocean) to the White House press pool. Shoes" Parade, Sept. 14, 2013. Vail won not only the title Miss Leavenworth 2013, she ing or acting credit on his résumé, for a spot in the ad. When he arrived Snyder cast him in a lead role in the - ➋ Miss Kansas, but the swimsuit and talent awards as well. was told she couldn’t use her but he wanted the job. So he few in California, producers singled him commercial, which played in theaters across the country all summer. Seigle’s archery talents in the skills out to New York, posed for a profes out, asking him what he would do ➊ U.S. Air Force pararescuemen assigned to the 131st competition. So Vail did the sional photo shoot and then sent out if he had Superman’s powers. Once unique screen presence—a blend of Rescue Squadron, Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif., - nervous in situations like these, he George Clooney stoicism and Denzel conduct search-and-rescue training in the Pacific 12 | next best thing. She studied a packet—which contained dozens of Ocean near Northern California, Aug. 15, 2013. The NEW PATRIOT Washington swagger—caught the atten | WINTER 2014 photos instead of the suggested two— was now poised and confdent, say unit routinely conducts search-and-rescue training ing he’d grab all the world’s leaders, tion of the producers of operations to prepare for real-world scenarios. to the producers. - - : lock them in a room and make them Silver, a gritty crime dramaBrotherhood that runs of on AREA 2 WMCN, a local TV station in the greater ➋ & ➍ California Air National Guardsmen assigned to ➍ | OHIO | address the key issues of the day. the 129th Rescue Wing arrive home to Moffett Federal WEST VIRGINIA | DELAWARE | MARYLANDNORTH | CAROLINA Philadelphia area. The show's produc Airfield on June 11, 2013, after a four-month deployment WASHINGTON DC | VIRGINIA | ers cast him in a key role for the show’s to Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa. During their

KENTUCKY | PENNSYLVANIA - deployments, aircrew members, maintainers and support personnel from the 129th provided combat search-and- rescue support to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of MODERN MINUTEMAN Africa and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

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SOLDIER SAVES | 13 techniques above Moffett Federal Airfield, June 2, 2013. Regional News Regional Pararescuemen are highly skilled at many advanced DROWNING CHILD tactics that allow them to rescue distressed people

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PATRIOT By Sgt. 1st Class Robert Jordan is the Tech. Sgt. Kelly N. Hraban, MNGEA Director, Master Sgt. Emily Wigg, Tech. Sgt. Rachel Micken, and Staff Sgt. Corrine Sager are joined by Rick Sailstad and Thunder, an Alaskan Husky mix available for adoption.WE CARE “Always Ready, Ready Team,” Spc. Kirwin J. Darney III motto of the North Carolina National (left), Nisha Reynolds EVAC (center) and her son FOR AMERICA Guard and for Spc. Kirwin J. Darney III, EANGUS.ORGEANGUS.ORG || 77 Maine park rangers reunite a few days after : 6 | NEW PATRIOT | WINTER 2014 it was an accurate description of his Darney rescued the boy. AREA 5 Stories of Support and Army National » Guard Soldiers took Independence Day holiday. (Photo courtesy of NEBRASKA | NORTH DAKOTA | SOUTH| ILLINOIS DAKOTA | | INDIANA MICHIGAN || IOWA MINNESOTA the opportunity to train The day began as one might expect; Reynolds Family) WISCONSIN | NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIER AND AIRMEN EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND on medical evacuation techniques in Baxter Darney visited with friends and relaxed State Park on Nov. 2, at their apartment complex’s pool. But 2013, during Operation Sgt. Joseph Hardig Timberhook. the day would turn on one scream and a very quick decision. “It was the sound only a distressed mother could make,” says Darney. By Joan Gardiner, Communications Director (U.S. Army National Holiday Giving Guard photo by He reacted as a modern minuteman should and ran toward the Spc. Adam J. Simmler, 121st Public Affairs screams. Jumping the pool’s fence, he saw a woman running down the SANTA VISITS ANIMAL ALLIES HUMANE SOCIETY Detachment/Released) side of a small hill toward a partially drained pond. He ran faster when Wing Chapter of the Minnesota - THE WCFA he saw where she ran and why she screamed. Darney glimpsed the Members of the 148th Fighter FOUNDATION WISHES : | MASSACHUSETTS | CONNECTICUT Sgt. Joseph Hardig was deployed AREA 1 MAINE small, motionless body of a child face-down in the water. National Guard Enlisted Association (MNGEA) played San IN EVERY ISSUE: Nisha Reynolds pulled her child out of the muddy water and handed ta for Animal Allies, Duluth’s Humane Society, this winter. Kuwait with the 449th Aviationin TO THANK OUR RHODE ISLAND | NEW YORK | NEW HAMPSHIRE | NEW JERSEY | VERMONT | him to Darney after he jumped in the pond. Fortunately for Reynolds, the Tech. Sgt. Kelly N. Hraban, MNGEA Director, along with Support Battalion when his man who ran to her aid is a Soldier in the North Carolina National Guard. Master Sgt. Emily Wigg, Tech. Sgt. Rachel Micken, and wife, Traci, needed him home. 2013 DONORS All the training came back: airway, breathing, circulation; open Staff Sgt. Corrine Sager from Chapter 48 (148 FW Branch)- Her cancer had returned. As the jaw, clear the tongue and give a breath—the foundations of delivered boxes of much-needed products to Animal Allies if that weren’t frightening $1–$250 DONORS CPR. After Darney’s first breath, there was still no movement of the shelters. Members also collected over $250 in cash dona enough, the couple’s daughter National and Area IV EANGUS Auxiliary Park Service child’s chest. After more rescue breaths, water and mud began to tions to help provide food, shelter and loving care for local Kali was diagnosed with para that has a survival rate of less than 1 percent. She had contracted the “brain- exit the child’s nose. homeless animals. sitic meningitis—a very rare Arkansas NationalKathryn Guard Arizo Enlisted Assn. eating amoeba” at a local water park. Kali was taken to Arkansas Children’s - MAINE AVIATORS DO DOUBLE DUTY, FLYING SUPPLIES AND TRAINING FOR RESCUES “It was just instinct, I never had to deal with a baby before,” says “We conduct a donation drive for non-profts in the and life-threatening disease Darney. “Once I got the first breath in [past the water and mud], he community during the holiday season andHospital, this year where Animal she remained for the next 55 days. She was admitted in critical Michael C. Arnold (AK) By Spc. Adam Simmler, 121st Public Affairs Detachment started to wheeze. It was nothing short of a miracle." Allies was chosen,” says Tech. Sgt. Hraban.condition “The community to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), where she underwent a Henry Denman—in in the park. The materials will be used to renovate - Regional News therapeutic reduction in body temperature. Kali spent days in a coma, and after memory of Lynette National Guard’s Company C,- old camping sites and lean-tos and build new ones A few more breaths and the child began to cry and open his eyes to has been very supportive of our service members and this is - - Richard A. DeSylvesterKruger Soldiers of the Maine Army near WassataquikSPECI Lake. AL REPORT the sounds of first responders’ sirens. Soon thereafter, rescue person one way for us to say thank you and giveawakening, something she back.” faced weeks of therapy to learn how to walk and talk again. - - 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, who normal Soldiers from Maine’s 3rd Battalion, 142nd Avia nel took the child and mother to a nearby hospital. Earlier this year, Chapter 48 raised $1,100Sgt. Hardig for the was Ani on convalescent leave and was without pay while he sup Gary Dunlap from Executive Director EANGAA (Nancy Waller [AL]) ly specialize in using helicopters for medical evacu tion Regiment» were on hand to provide critical mis Over the rest of the weekend, Darney kept thinking of the child, mal Allies during a pet walkathon toported help offset his wife the costand daughter. With depleted savings, he reached out to family ation, traded their frst-aid stretchers for cargo sling Al Garver wondering if he was okay, but because of confidentiality laws, the for monetary support as well as to Family Assistance in the Arkansas National Bryce & Sara Hendricks— sion support to the pilots and crews of the 126th. - of pet food and veterinarian expenses. kits in order to lend a hand to Baxter State Park hospital would not release information to a non-family member. “We are very grateful for the gifts,”Guard. states His Rick unit Sailstad, pulled together to provide as much help as possible, too. in memory - Spc. Philip Kramer, a helicopter crew chief from - of James Anderson Personal Finance - staff, and in turn, the visitors who enjoy the park. the 142nd, commented that a lot of people don’t The next Monday, Darney found the answer to his question in per executive director of Animal Allies. “OurMaster success Sgt. Jennifer as a Broach, Enlisted Association Arkansas National Guard Bryce & Sara Hendricks— “Without the National Guard’s help, this proj in memory know that the Maine Army National Guard has an son. Reynolds called and asked Darney if she and her son could visit humane society is possible only because(EAANG) we have President, a commu submitted a We Care For America (WCFA) grant applica of Glenda L. Bosse ect would take all winter, inevitably things would aviation component, and that he’s glad to get out so she could thank him for saving her child. nity that cares.” tion on Hardig’s behalf. Within the week, Sgt. Hardig received the $500 WCFA Bryce & Sara Hendricks— get broken and people would get hurt,” said Darney waited outside his apartment as her car approached. Reynolds in memory and do something that will help his community. Mark Wasserbauer, MNGEA stategrant. president, After a referral,says, “We the Hardigs also received assistance to pay their monthly of Merlin Davis Stewart Guay, deputy chief ranger at Baxter State During the day, the crew of one Black Hawk parked her vehicle and opened her rear door, bringing out the playful, are very proud of our state association.bills from Duluth’s Operation Chapter Homefront. “This was a huge relief off of both of our Bryce & Sara Hendricks— Park. “We’re able to provide them some awesome giggling child Darney had last seen crying under an oxygen mask. 48 is our largest state chapter and they are leading the way - in memory took a break from carrying supplies and trained shoulders. The grant helped us not to worry about paying monthly bills and of Joan E. Foster - Legislative Efforts and challenging terrain in which to train, so it’s park rangers on how to load injured park visitors “I want to thank you so much for saving my child,” said Reynolds. in giving back to the community.”where that money would come from,” says Traci. The fnancial assistance made Bryce & Sara Hendricks— mutually benefcial.” into the UH-60 for medical evacuation. This train How“You willWill always be the guy Obamacarein the lime green shorts who, through the in memory it possible for Sgt. Hardig and Traci to focus on Kali and remain by her side. During the Nov. 2 mission dubbed Operation of Arthur Guarriello - ing will ensure that both the National Guard and grace of God, helped bring our little boy back to life.” The Hardigs (pictured above) have been married for nearly 20 years, and Christopher Hurst Timberhook, Soldiers used 100-foot sling lines EANGUS.ORG | 23 - parks authority are prepared in the event of an the family lives in Benton, Ark. They have two daughters, Jessica, 18 years old, Richard R. Kolodkin attached to the bottom of UH-60 Black Hawk heli emergency and will help their efforts to save lives. who attends the University of Arkansas Little Rock, and Kali, 12, who is only the Carrie Kwiatkowski (MD) copters to carry materials such as cedar logs, fre on behalf of Enlisted Affect National Guard Al & Eileen Lachance (NY) third known survivor of primary amebic meningoencephalitis. wood, propane tanks and sand to remote locations Sgt. Hardig is back at work with the 77th Aviation Brigade with the Arkansas Phyllis J. O’Brien National Guard, where he maintains UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters at Camp ONGEA (Tony McGraw) (OH) Members? Robinson. Kali is back in school. Joyce Saitta (CO) | WINTER 2014 The Hardigs say, “We could have never made it through the heartbreaking Luis San Miguel (TX) Guardsmen 22 | NEW PATRIOT MAKE SURE YOU COMPLY days without the support and prayers of our family, friends, National Guard Nancy Sherman family and total strangers. It is amazing how great God is and truly how blessed United Charities, Inc. WITH PROVISIONS OF THE we are. So we say, ‘Thank you.’” Helen “Scotty” Zahn AFFORDABLE CARE ACT $500 DONORS EANGUS has been receiving multiple inquiries EAANG (AR) Higher Education about how the Affordable Care Act—more DONATE TODAY Roger Hagan (MT) commonly known as “Obamacare”— Please visit our website at will impact individual soldiers and $1,500 DONORS America,” then click “Donate.”eangus.org Or you can mail a check payable to EANGUS We Care For America Sheet Metal Worker’s Local Union . Under “About EANGUS,” click on “We Care For airmen. We have conducted research Lt. Cmdr. John Hoyas, right, a dentist Foundation, Inc. to: 3133 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA 22305-2640. THE PENALTIES into the matter and have concluded Tricare health at Naval Branch Health Clinic Mayport, 214 (LA) The penalties are severe for not pur- insurance benefts meet and exceed all minimum and Stephanie McCoy, dental assistant, $5,000 DONORS chasing health insurance, and will be perform a filling replacement on requirements of the act. This includes active duty The Cleveland Foundation phased in over a three-year period. Operations Specialist 3rd Class Blair 28 | NEW PATRIOT members (AGR, MPA, RPA, ADSW or other active Arcardio. NBHC Mayport is one of ■ In 2014, the penalty will be the | WINTER 2014 status which qualifes for full Tricare benefts), Naval Hospital Jacksonville's six greater of 1.0% of taxable income health care facilities located across and traditional members who pay for and utilize or $95 per adult and $47.50 per Florida and Georgia. their Tricare Reserve Select benefts. child (up to $285 per family). (U.S. Navy photo by Jacob Sippel/ However, National Guard members who do not Released) ■ In 2015, the penalty will be the have qualifying healthcare coverage through their greater of 2.0% of taxable income employer or through Tricare Reserve Select will be or $325 per adult and $162.50 per liable for penalties if they have not signed up for qualifying healthcare child (up to $975 per family). coverage by March 31, 2014. (See side bar for list of penalties.) ■ In 2016, the penalty will be at the EANGUS encourages all National Guard members without health care insur- greater of 2.5% of taxable income ance to enroll in Tricare Reserve Select before February 28, 2014, to avoid ACA or $695 per adult and $347.50 per penalties and to have a great health insurance plan in place before the March child (up to $$2,085 per family). 31, 2014, ACA deadline. After 2016, the penalty will be The current monthly cost for Tricare Reserve Select benefts is only $51.68 increased annually by the increase for a single individual and $204.29 for a family of two or more people, yet to the cost-of-living. you receive the same benefts as Tricare Standard. When compared with the Households with incomes above increasing penalties for NOT having health insurance, we believe National 400% of federal poverty line will be Guard individuals and families without exempt from paying tax penalties if health insurance would probably choose to MORE INFO insurance in their area costs more than purchase Tricare Reserve Select. This is a 8% of their taxable income, after tak- military beneft EANGUS advocated for, and ing into account employer contributions To enroll in Tricare Reserve Select, we encourage every soldier and airman who or tax credits. or to find out more information, go to is currently without health care insurance to www.tricare.mil/TRS utilize Tricare Reserve Select. *BONUS DISTRIBUTION of the National Conference Editions to every

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PATRIOTEANGUS Steve Fink, EANGUS Director of Business Development PRIDE 703-519-3846 x27 HIGHER &GLORY EDUCATION Citizen-Soldiers make their mark in sports and entertainment Learn More EEC Stats as of 31 October Sgt. Jarrett » Seigle, Pennsylvania National Guard ADVANCE PARTY 1% 1% A rare photograph of 7% 9% ■Initial contact by Native American Scouts 17% is discovered EEC management 22% ■ The Will Hired in October SPECIAL REPORT ■ What you need to Actively working ■ do to comply with and the Way 44% Underemployed the Affordable ■ Care Act NORTH CAROLINA GUARD Unresponsive ■ PROGRAM ASSISTS IN SERVICE 580 in the database ■Apprenticeship ■ MEMBER EDUCATION AND HIRING 319 working with EEC in database ■ ■71 new clients in October Inactive this month When a November 2012 poll ■ 67 hires including North Carolina’s adjutant general Update your proﬁle initiated by MEMBERSHIP Maj. Gen. Gregory Lusk showed that 11 that are now underemployed UPDATE using this mailing label. Look on page 3. 20 percent of his state’s Guardsmen professional social media presence counted themselves as unemployed on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. or under-employed, steps were taken They have also set up a database EAN-018 to bring that rate down. where job-seekers can list their skills By July 2013, the Education and and felds of expertise. “Veterans Employment Center (EEC) had been have the proven ability to learn new THE KEYS TO established to help the men and skills and concepts,” said Mahoney. women of the North Carolina Nation “They can enter a workforce with SUCCESS al Guard coordinate college and identifable and transferable skills, other accreditation activities with the proven in real-world situations. This Here are some of the - job needs of employers in the state. background can potentially enhance provided by the EEC: key services Maj. Neely Mahoney, state education any organization’s productivity.” ■

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US POSTAGE US EANGUS.ORG Job seekers workshop Enlisted Assn Natl Guard of the US the of Guard Natl Assn Enlisted NON-PROFIT have a pool of potential hires with out frst to the community colleges to ■ - vetted résumés, clearances and Search engine navigation help fnd out what programs they offered, ■ qualifcations. A few of the more MOS/AFSC to civilian job information and then we spoke to employers to ■ than 60 companies that have estab Job search help see what their needs were. What we ■ lished strong ties to the program Education entitlement information have created is a bridge to employ ■ and hired vets and actively drilling Certification resources ment for our service members.” - ■ Soldiers and Airmen include Bank Résumé preparation Through a combination of one- - ■ of America, Kelly Services, Allied Transition resources on-one case management, region ■ Barton Security and the Wake Employment preparation ally-based programs and statewide ■ County Sheriff’s Offce. Interview preparation conferences, the Education and - Employment Center has helped And the EEC programs are work Key program staff of the EEC: hundreds of Guardsmen craft their ing. At the beginning of November, SMOKE 'EM OUT résumés, practice interviewing tech there were 580 members on the Maj. Mark Pickett, director, Education One of the competitors in - the Army National Guard’s niques and meet potential employers. job-seeker database; more than 150 & Employment Center Best Warrior contest in Additional free services include have been hired and there have been Arkansas, July 14, 2014. RARE PHOTOGRAPH - Photo courtesy of U. S. Cavalry Museum Sgt. Joshua Gonzalez, marketing director establishing a service member’s more than 120 engagements with Sgt. 1st Class Austin Walther, NCOIC (Photo by Arkansas OF INDIAN SCOUTS employers, educational institutions, National Guard)

job fairs and workshops. Plus, they’ve DISCOVERED Capt. Sara Day, deputy director earned over 550 likes on Facebook. Maj. Neely Mahoney, education 26 | services officer By William K. Emerson NEW PATRIOT | WINTER FIRST 2014 SERGEANT Distinctive red stitching marks out three chevrons on this rank insignia of the Indian Scouts. Leader of the Pack INSIGNIA (Photo courtesy of U. S. Cavalry Museum) ARMY NATIONAL GUARD BEST WARRIOR COMPETITION The crossed arrows of the United States By Army Staff Sgt. Darron Salzer, National Guard Bureau long history of using Native Scouts lives on in The U.S. Army has a - the insignia of its descendent operations , Fall 2013. Washington, D.C: from Army History Americans as scouts. On July 28, 1866, Con group, U.S. Army Article reprinted Long before the sun rose on July 14 at the National the Army-level competition,” Perna said. “And gress authorized the Army to form a Corps Special Forces. U.S. Army Center of Military History. Guard’s Professional Education Center at Camp that means a lot to these soldiers.”

of Indian Scouts. During the 19th century, (Photo courtesy of Chevrons: Robinson, Arkansas, 14 of the Army National Perna noted that some of the competitors U. S. Cavalry Museum) William K. Emerson is an engineer and retired Army armor officer. the Army often provided scouts with assorted - - He has written various military history books, including (Washington, Guard’s best soldiers came together to compete brought family members to cheer them on. clothing, usually obsolete uniforms; however, Illustrated History and Catalog of U.S. Army Insignia in the frst event of a grueling three-day competi- “I thought that was pretty neat,” he said. “It in June 1890 1st Lt. Edward Casey, command Quartermaster General’s Department probably con - D.C., 1983), Encyclopedia of United States Army Insignia and Uniforms tion known as Best Warrior. shows how important it is to have that type of er of the Indian Scouts at Fort Keogh, Mont., tinued to issue the obsolete insignia for a few more Marksmanship in the U.S. Army: A History This Army Guard-level event determines who support and commitment as a soldier.” 2 (Norman, Okla., 1996), and (Norman, Okla., 2004). wrote to the secretary of war proposing a spe years, perhaps until 1907 when During authorizations 1905–1906 of all the paper image was affxed on black photograph mounting of Medals, Shooting Programs, and Training among the soldiers here is the best noncommis- This year’s ftness test came with a few twists, cial uniform for scouts. Soon War Department cardboard typical for the period of 1890–1910. Much of hat insignia were withdrawn. sioned offcer and junior enlisted soldier to go Perna said. Army began to widely issue new uniforms that had NOTES Circular Number 10, dated Aug. 15, 1890, was the upper and lower mounting board was broken off, on to represent the Army Guard in the Depart- “One of the challenges this year for this event been prescribed in December 1902. The uniform 1. Letter from Lt. E.W. Casey to Secretary of War, 3 Jun 1890. published describing a distinctive uniform for Indian and the ends were damaged, but the central portion of ment of the Army-level competition later this year. is that there are no restarts, so it really challenges changes and the carbines help date the photograph Copy on fle, Institute of Heraldry. Scouts, virtually unchanged from the one proposed the photograph remained intact. Unfortunately there 2. Headquarters of the Army, AGO, General Orders No. 132, 31 “This is an important competition in the Army [the competitors] to make sure they are doing to between 1896 and 1907. by Lieutenant Casey. The uniform included a black felt were no markings on the reverse to provide additional Dec 1902, para. 105; War Department General Orders No. National Guard,” said Sgt. 1st Class Louis Perna, things correctly,” he said, adding that with three The scouts shown are all privates; however, at the fatigue hat with a 3.5-inch brim and a 3.5-inch crown information such as the date taken or the names of the 169, 26 Jun 1907. a West Virginia Army National Guard member miles added to the run event for a fve-mile run, end of the 19th century, of the 75 authorized scouts, decorated with a white hat cord intermixed with a red scouts pictured. and the noncommissioned offcer in charge of “it really tests the competitors’ endurance.” one was a frst sergeant. A white chevron with red strand. The front of the hat carried a silver-colored The scouts are holding Krag carbines, which were the competition’s frst event, the Army Physical After a three-day competition was completed 1 trim for the lone Indian Scout frst sergeant is also ornament of crossed arrows with USS (United States- frst issued in large quantities in 1896. The crossed Fitness Test. on July 16, Arkansas National Guard Spc. Ryan Scouts) in the upper angle. arrows with letters above were replaced by plain block pictured here. EANGUS.ORG | 17 “It allows the day-to-day soldiers a means of Montgomery earned the title of the Army National Few photos exist showing the 1890 uniforms. Dur USS letters in 1903 and 1904, but given the typical achieving recognition and to show their peers Guard’s “Soldier of the Year.” The win marks the ing recent research at the Cavalry Museum, Fort Riley, practices of the time to issue older insignia frst, the what they’ve got, and to then hopefully go on to third year in a row that an Arkansas soldier has Kan., an original photograph of eight mounted Indian represent the Army Guard at the Department of won the competition. Scouts in their distinctive uniforms was discovered. The

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