Category Archives: Hometown Military News

ILANG Senior Master Sgt. Erik Lane (seated) processes aircraft information supporting humanitarian relief to Haiti. Also pictured are Lt. Col Dennis Baker, Maj. Michael Zenk and Lt. Col Jason Klass. (...

Dan Hartman, Director of Manufacturing Research and Development, explains the capabilities of the Zeiss Prismo Coordinate Measuring Machine, which can measure down to .8 micron, to Maj. Gen. Richard J...

Illinois Air National Guard Master Sgt. Donnie Ballowe with the 183rd Fighter Wing in Springfield, Illinois pins the rank of sergeant major on his wife Illinois Army National Guard Master Sgt. Dena Ba...

Sgt. Wesley Todd, of La Porte, Indiana checks the measurements on the device he invented at the machine shop in the Combined Support Maintenance Shop in North Riverside, Illinois. The device Todd inve...

Col. Paul Fanning of Chestnut, Illinois, passes the 129th Regional Training Institute’s colors to Brig. Gen. Michael Zerbonia of Chatham, Illinois, the Assistant Adjutant General – Army of...

Gov. Bruce Rauner attended a deployment ceremony for the 710th Area Support Medical Company at North Riverside Armory on Sunday. (Photo courtesy Bruce Rauner) By Eric Stock NORTH RIVERSIDE – Gov...

Newly commissioned second lieutenants cut a cake together shortly after graduating from the Illinois National Guard’s Officer Candidate School Aug. 28. From left Tom Phetchareune of Urbana, Marc...

John Wieland was commissioned into the Navy Reserve Medical Corps on Aug. 18 at the Illinois Capitol. He is joined by Lt. Jason Robertson (left) and Hospital Medical Corpos Chief Ariel Ampier. (Photo ...

Gov. Bruce Rauner, commander in chief of the Illinois National Guard, receives a range overview from Chief Warrant Officer 2 Brandon Gibbs of Pleasant Plains, Illinois, and Sgt. 1st Class David Perdew...

Lt. Col. Neil Putnam, of Chatham addresses members of the Illinois National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment during a change-of-command ceremony, July 21 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana...