Category Archives: Hometown Military News

Deploying soldiers of the 233rd Military Police Company based in Springfield, Illinois, stand as family members, colleagues and distinguished visitors applaud them during a deployment ceremony held at...

Sgt. Maj. Sharon Hultquist of Delavan, Illinois, a member of the Joint Force Headquarters, Illinois National Guard, based in Springfield, Illinois, speaks to friends and family after being promoted Ja...

Retired Illinois National Guardsman, Maj. Gen. Scott L. Thoele places combat patches on his soldiers during the 33rd Infantry Combat Team deployment to Afghanistan from 2008 to 2009. Thoele served a t...

Engineering Aide Constructionman Dylan McDaniel, from El Paso, Ill., assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, calculates elevation for a trench being dug for utilities pipes on Naval Station...

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. David D. Gorman of Columbus, Ohio, judge advocate at the 182nd Airlift Wing based in Peoria, Illinois, Illinois Air National Guard, speaks to Air and Army National Guard legal ...

Maj. Gen. Richard J. Hayes Jr., the Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard, pins the Legion of Merit onto lapel of retired Illinois Army National Guard Col. Alexander Lawson during a ceremony...

Lt. Col. Richard Munyer, (left) receives the 108th Special Troops Battalion guidon from Lt. Col. Rodney Boyd, commander of the 108th Sustainment Brigade in Chicago, during a change of command ceremony...

Brig. Gen. Richard J. Hayes, Jr., the 39th Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard, addresses the attendees during the Adjutant’s General Change of Command ceremony at the Chatham-Glenwo...

Hometown Military News for July 10, 2015:Freedom Salute ceremony for Decatur-based unit that deployed to AfricaSPRINGFIELD – Approximately 10 Illinois Army National Guard Soldiers will be recogn...

Graduates of the 129th Regional Training Institute’s Motor Transport Operator (88M) qualification course stand as the National Anthem plays during a graduation ceremony June 26 at the Illinois M...