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Gen. Steven Doohen The Adjutant General Maj. Brendan Murphy State Public Affairs Officer Capt. Anthony Deiss Features Editor/Design & Layout CONTRIBUTORS The Black Hats 1st. Lt. Aaron Gatzke 1st Lt. Michael Frye 10 Mentoring the future leaders of the Army National Guard Sgt. Theanne Tangen Master Sgt. Nancy Ausland Spc. Joe Bungert Master Sgt. Chris Stewart 25 years of golden Coyote 129th MPAD Staff Sgt. Miranda Skiles Staff Sgt. Kristi Niedert 12 A look back at the beginning of a national exercise 1st Sgt. Don Matthews Senior Airman Quinton Young Visual Information Office 114th FW Public Affairs Sioux falls airshow 20 114th Fighter Wing brings air entertainment all together Officer Candidate Paul Capt. Martin Yost Chapman Capt. Joe Hardin 730th area Support Medical Co. Abby Buehler Staff Sgt. Carlos J. Lazo 24 Building relations with communities through service 10 Public Affairs Office Staff Sgt. Stephanie Abdullah Sgt. 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Electronic submissions Thompson Indian Health Service Center. are preferred and digital photos should be at least 300 dpi. (Army photo by Sgt. Theanne Tangen) C/24 1 VOLUME 2 • ISSUE 3 • FALL 2009 GUARD NEWS 114th CeS returns from The construction of the new 132,000-square- foot headquarters building is expected to take deployment two years to complete. By Master Sgt. Nancy Ausland Construction also began on the Barracks SIOUX FALLS – Forty members of and Education building and is the final piece the 114th Fighter Wing Civil Engineer of a three-building construction project to Squadron, South Dakota Air National upgrade living quarters and facilities for Guard, returned home on July 1 just in time the camp’s various training and personnel mobilization needs. to spend the 4th of July holiday with family The 60,000-square-foot, three-story structure and friends. Three members of the team will consist of a large auditorium, classrooms, New Operations building at Joe Foss Field. returned earlier this year and the remaining learning center, battalion and company supply, nine members will return by September. The Things we’re doing now were started by him and battalion headquarters along with private years ago.” 52 members of the unit have been deployed and semi-private sleeping quarters. to Southwest Asia since December 2008. “There’s absolutely no doubt in my mind Design character is similar to buildings 801 that Joe Foss Field has the best facilities of The 114th CES PRIME BEEF (Base and 803 located on the east side of Camp Engineer Emergency Force) team was any Air National Guard unit in this country,” Rapid. The new barracks/classroom building said Col. Russ Walz, 114th Fighter Wing deployed to support combat airpower in will complete the vision of providing quality commander. “That doesn’t happen by accident. Overseas Contingency Operations and facilities for Soldiers’ training. Camp Rapid will It comes from outstanding community support, worked on numerous projects to support be able to house 600 Soldiers at the completion outstanding congressional support, and it critical facilities in the area. Base sustainment of all the construction efforts. comes from great leaders with vision like was the primary mission for the team at The finished buildings will meet Leadership Gen. Killey.” their deployed location. Airmen performed in Energy and Environmental Design standards The dedication was attended by a host of duties including plumbing, carpentry, by incorporating recycled materials, natural distinguished guests, which included several power production, electrical, emergency lighting, energy conservation and other past senior enlisted advisors, commanders, management, engineering and project environmentally friendly features. adjutant generals and state leaders. management, heavy equipment operations, Camp rapid receives “This is very special. We may live in Arizona, and heating and air conditioning. but our hearts are in South Dakota and our “These Airmen did an outstanding job Beautification award closest friends are in South Dakota. It’s great maintaining the airbase infrastructure CAMP RAPID – The South Dakota National to be home, and what a homecoming to have and providing support for all military and Guard was awarded the Rapid City Chamber of this dedication to this fabulous Ops Building.” Department of Defense members flying into Commerce Beautification Award on Tuesday, said Killey. and out of the airfield,” said Lt. Col. Alvin June 23, for the construction and landscaping The Operations Building officially opened L. Punt, 114th CES commander. “It is great of the northwest gate area of Camp Rapid. on May 5, 2007, following 18 months of to get this group back home safely to their The Beautification Award is given to construction, replacing the previous Operations businesses, organizations and community groups families and friends, and we look forward building, which had been built in the that improve the physical beauty or quality of early 1950s. to the return of those Airmen that are life of the city and surrounding community. still deployed.” new Civil engineer Members of the unit remain at the air guard operations building nearing deployed location to ensure transition of building dedicated the next team and will return over the next completion few months with the last remaining member By 1st Lt. Michael Frye JOE FOSS FIELD – The South Dakota Air JOE FOSS FIELD – Change isn’t always from the unit returning in September. National Guard took pause to recognize a a positive sign of progress. But if the ever- Camp rapid breaks former leader with the dedication of the changing atmosphere of Joe Foss Field is any Operations building at Joe Foss Field. Former indication, change for the SDANG means ground on new facilities Commander, Adjutant General, and Director growing and moving forward.