DAKOTA PACK MAgAzine Of The SOuTh Dakota ArMy AnD Air NatiOnAl guArD • YEAr in REVIEW 2009 YEAR IN REVIEW AD YEAR IN REVIEW 2009 AD AD YEAR IN REVIEW 2009 DAKOTA PACK Magazine of the South Dakota Army and Air national guard Maj. Gen. Steven Doohen The Adjutant General Maj. Brendan Murphy State Public Affairs Officer Capt. Anthony Deiss Editor/Design & Layout YEAR IN REVIEW 2009 Spc. Chad Carlson Assistant Editor/Layout SDNG PAST & PRESENT ——————————— 4 Staff Sgt. Theanne Tangen Photographer COMMAND STRuCTuRE ——————————— 5 Contributors 1st Sgt. Don Matthews ECONOMIC IMPACT —————————————— 5 Visual Information Office Lt. Col. Reid Christopherson COMMuNITY LOCATIONS —————————— 5 Master Sgt. Nancy Ausland 114th Fighter Wing Public Affairs LEADERSHIP ————————————————— 6 DEPLOYMENTS ———————————————— 7 STATE ACTIVE DuTY ————————————— 7 8537 Corbin Drive, Anchorage, AK 99507 PROGRAMS ———————————————————8-9 Toll Free: 907.562.9300 • Fax: 886.562.9300 Web: www.AQPpublishing.com Army Units ——————————————————10-23 Bob ulin Darrell George Publisher Advertising Sales Air uNITS —————————————————24-27 Dakota Pack is a commercial enterprise publication, produced in partnership, quarterly, by the South Dakota National Guard and AQP, Publishing Inc. Views and opinions expressed herein are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed by, the Departments of the Army and Air Force or the State of South Dakota. All photos are South Dakota National Guard photos unless otherwise credited. Distribution: Dakota Pack is published for all military service members, their families, civilian employees, veterans and retirees of the South Dakota National Guard. It is distributed through AQP, Publishing Inc. under exclusive written contract with a circulation of 8,500. It is also available at our web site: sdguard.ngb.army.mil. How to reach us: Questions or comments for Dakota Pack should be directed to the South Dakota National Guard Visit uS oN the web at: sdguard.ngb.army.mil or Public Affairs Office: 2823 West Main Street, Rapid City, SD 57702, 605.737.6721, fax: 605.737.6264, [email protected]. on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/southdakotanationalguard army.mil. Submissions: Print and photo submissions of general interest to members of the SDNG, their families, civilian employees, veterans and retirees are invited and encouraged. Please send article and photos with name, phone number, e-mail, complete mailing address and comments to: [email protected], 605.737.6978. Submissions are subject to editing. Electronic submissions are preferred and digital photos should be at least 300 dpi. DAKOTA PACK MAGAZINE 2 AD AD YEAR IN REVIEW 2009 tHE PASt With a proud 147-year heritage of serving as the state’s communities has experienced a unit mobilization in Throughout the years, natural disasters have called militia, the South Dakota National Guard (SDNG) finds support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi forth the Guard’s spirit of teamwork and sacrifice to its origins dating back to 1862 as part of the Dakota Freedom and Operation Noble Eagle. More than, 4,400 battle floods, fires, blizzards and tornado destruction. Territory. Since that time, our National Guard units have Soldiers and Airmen have deployed in support of these From the Rapid City Flood of 1972 to the 1997 Spencer served in nearly every major war or conflict since the operations and continue to deploy time and time again. Tornado to Hurricane Katrina and Rita in 2005, the Civil War. The SDNG has seen combat during the Spanish The National Guard is the only military component SDNG has helped its fellow South Dakotans and American War, World War I and II, Operation Just Cause that holds a dual-mission consisting of both federal and Americans in times of need. and Operation Desert Storm. Our National Guard was state roles. The federal mission is to maintain trained The proud heirs of the militia tradition can be also called up during the Mexican Border Conflict, and equipped units available for prompt mobilization found in the men and women of today’s SDNG. They Korean War, Berlin Crisis and peacekeeping missions in for war or a national emergency. At the state level, the stand ready to leave the comforts of home and family Bosnia and Kosovo. governor reserves the ability, under the Constitution, to help their friends and neighbors, defend their Since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the united to call up members of the National Guard in times of nation’s interests and bring peace and hope to people States, each of South Dakota’s 28 National Guard domestic emergencies. throughout the world. tHE PRESENt Today’s South Dakota National Guard remains strong and natural disasters and to support of the Global War contractors, work to assist the traditional Guardsman with nearly 4,500 Soldiers and Airmen available to on Terrorism. by providing administrative, training and logistical execute its dual-mission on the state and federal level. In 2009, several Army and Air National Guard units support. This support collectively goes into helping units The Guard is now in 28 communities throughout South deployed overseas in support of OEF and OIF missions, meet mobilization and readiness requirements. Dakota and is comprised of 64 separate Army Guard as well as supporting other operations and mission The Army Guard remains strong with nearly 3,400 units and detachments, and 17 Air Guard units. These throughout the country and globe. The Guard also Soldiers available for state and federal missions. The units perform a variety of missions; everything from experienced one of the largest state active duty call ups nerve center for the Army Guard resides at the state command and control, administration, engineering, field in its history, supporting both South Dakota and North headquarters at Camp Rapid in Rapid City; an 84-acre artillery, transportation, logistics, communications, Dakota in spring flooding operations. training site first developed in 1924. Today, the camp can maintenance, aviation, public affairs, military police, The SDNG had an economic impact on South Dakota provide housing for about 1,000 Soldiers. firefighters and medical. with more than $223.3 million dollars in expenditures The Air National Guard is located on the southeast The Guard is no longer a strategic reserve to the and wages last year. The SDNG is also one of the largest corner of Joe Foss Field in Sioux Falls. It has more than active component, but an operational force directly employers in the state with more than 960 full-time 1,100 Airmen assigned to its headquarters and the 114th integrated into active-duty deployments and missions. employees, along with more than 3,400 traditional Fighter Wing. The mission of the Air National Guard is to The new force structure of the SDNG is designed to Guard members who train on a part-time basis while provide combat capability to the war fight, security for meet the needs of the future force; giving the Guard an pursuing a career or civilian education. These full-time the homeland and provide combat ready units in three enhanced capability to respond in times of emergencies employees, along with state employees and civilian roles: federal, state and community. DAKOTA PACK MAGAZINE 4 YEAR IN REVIEW 2009 uNIt Command StRuCture ARmY GuARD R&R CMD JFHQ-SDARNG 196th RTI 1/196TH 2/196TH B CO 109th RSG 196th MEB 152nd CSSB 881st TRP CMD 139th BSB 1/147th FA DET 1, HHB 153RD ENG BN 235TH MP CO CO A, 139TH BTRY A, 147TH 147TH FSC FSC, 153RD 200TH EN CO 1742nd TC 740th TC 129th MPAD CO C, 1/189th DET 1 DET 1 BTRY B, 147TH DET 1 DET 1 DET 1 DET 1 DET 1 DET 2 DET 2, HHC DET 2 DET 2 DET 2 115TH NSC DET 1 155TH EN CO 147th BAND 216th EN DET DET 2, CO D CO B, 139TH BTRY C, 147TH DET 1 842ND EN CO DET 2, CO E 451st EN DET DET 1 DET 2 DET 1 MED CMD 641st AV 1978th CCT DET 3 DET 2 TNG SITE CMD 112th S&S 211TH EN CO 82ND CST DET 48 OSAC DET 1 935th SPT BN AIR GuARD HQ-SDANG 114th FW AIR $76 ARmY 114th MSG 114th MXG 114th OG 114th MG 114th AMS 114th CF 114th CES 175th FS $147.3 114th MS 114th LRS 114th MSF 114th OSF 114th MOF 114th SFS 114th SF ECoNOMIC ImPACt COMMUNItY LOCAtIoNS $223,351,336 MillIoN Sisseton Aberdeen CommunitY ———————————————StAtE & Federal Mobridge Aberdeen ————————————————————$1,505,673 Webster Belle FOurche —————————————————$454,660 Milbank Brookings ———————————————————$4,184,595 Redeld Watertown Chamberlain ——————————————————$1,207,164 Belle Fourche Miller * Custer ——————————————————————$281,601 Spearsh DE Smet —————————————————————$236,424 Sturgis Huron De Smet Flandreau————————————————————$473,802 Pierre Brookings Flandreau Huron ——————————————————————$2,676,691 Rapid City Madison * Lemmon —————————————————————$70,486 Chamberlain Mitchell Madison —————————————————————$1,567,573 Salem Sioux Falls Milbank —————————————————————$1,162,506 Winner Parkston Miller ——————————————————————$293,535 Platte Mitchell —————————————————————$6,256,266 Wagner Mobridge ————————————————————$578,014 Yankton Parkston ————————————————————$534,145 Spearfish ————————————————————$848,093 Vermillion Pierre ——————————————————————$3,152,589 STurgis —————————————————————$5,704,323 FACIlItIES CoNtRIbutIoN Platte ——————————————————————$329,261 Vermillion ———————————————————$1,101,387 FoR oPERAtIoNS, mAINtENANCE AND REPAIR Rapid City ————————————————————$97,944,035 Wagner——————————————————————$370,651 State Facilities ———————————————— $1,238,211 Redfield —————————————————————$734,420 Watertown ———————————————————$2,146,831 Federal Facilities ———————————————$3,974,938 Salem ———————————————————————$853,420 Webster —————————————————————$1,258,333 * NOTE: In 2009, Custer and Lemmon units were SiouX Falls ———————————————————$85,563,186 Winner ——————————————————————$275,248 reconsolidated into other unit locations throughout the Sisseton —————————————————————$305,286 Yankton —————————————————————$1,281,138 state. Some funds still impacted the community. VOL u M E 2 • I S S u E 5 • 2 0 0 9 5 YEAR IN REVIEW 2009 SoutH DAkotA NAtIonal Guard Leadership Gov. Michael Rounds Maj. Gen. Steve Doohen Commander-in-Chief The Adjutant General ARmY AIR Brig.