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    March 12, 2014
    Two Wisconsin National Guard units deploying to Afghanistan
    Two units from the Wisconsin Army National Guard will deploy to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom this spring, according to a press release issued Wednesday afternoon, March 12. Sussex-based Battery A of the 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery Regiment and the...
    newsMarch 12, 2014 - 2:35pm
    November 17, 2009
    Deployment for Madison Army Reserve unit at Fort Hood is delayed
    The Madison Army Reserve unit that had seven casualties in the Fort Hood massacre will not go to Afghanistan next month as scheduled. Commander Robert LaFountain says the mission is being put off indefinitely, until replacements can be found for the three members who were killed...
    newsNovember 17, 2009 - 9:00am
    Kind not in favor of U.S. extended military presence in Afghanistan
    Congressman Ron Kind, who's just back from the Middle East, says it would not serve U.S. interests to keep an extended military presence in Afghanistan. And instead of the major troop increase President Obama is considering, the La Crosse Democrat says the U.S. should equip and...
    newsNovember 17, 2009 - 9:00am
    November 13, 2009
    Defense Secretary Gates leads effort to find ways to reduce threat from roadside bombs in Afghanistan
    Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in Oshkosh Thursday that he'll lead a major effort to find new ways to reduce the threat from roadside bombs in Afghanistan. Those ambush weapons account for eight of every 10 U.S. casualties in that country. And the new style of all-terrain...
    newsNovember 13, 2009 - 9:24am
    November 4, 2009
    Fort McCoy near Sparta will start training another 200 soldiers for Afghanistan
    Fort McCoy near Sparta continues to train soldiers to serve in Afghanistan. Another 200 will arrive next week. Members of the Arkansas National Guard's 875th Engineer Battalion will leave their headquarters at Jonesboro on Tuesday. They'll spend two months training at Fort McCoy...
    newsNovember 4, 2009 - 9:00am
    October 30, 2009
    President Obama consoled relatives of a Fox Valley soldier
    President Obama consoled relatives of a Fox Valley soldier whose body was returned to the U.S. Thursday. They were at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, where the bodies of Nikolas Mueller, 26, of Little Chute and 10 others were delivered. The soldiers were killed Monday in two...
    newsOctober 30, 2009 - 9:02am
    Randy and Pam Bergquist met and fell in love while Randy was working for Alexandra Aviation as a flight instructor in the 1980s. Randy Bergquist was a Minnesota native and a former drug interdiction officer for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Contributed photo
    Pilot killed in Afghanistan has ties to Minnesota
    A civilian pilot who died in a plane crash while on a counter-terrorism mission over the mountains of Afghanistan on October 13 has ties to the...
    newsOctober 30, 2009 - 7:17am
    October 28, 2009
    Afghanistan helicopter crash claims life of Army Sgt. Nicholas Mueller
    One of 10 Americans killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan is from the Fox Valley. Army Sgt. Nicholas Mueller, 26, of Little Chute was the crew chief on a Chinook chopper. It crashed Monday after leaving a firefight with suspected drug traffickers from the Taliban. A second...
    newsOctober 28, 2009 - 9:00am
    October 13, 2009
    Two from Northland killed in Afghanistan
    The cost of the global war on terrorism has hit home hard. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Aaron James Taylor, 27, who graduated from Greenway High...
    newsOctober 13, 2009 - 7:38am
    October 7, 2009
    Funeral services Saturday for a soldier from Rhinelander killed in Afghanistan
    Funeral services will be held Saturday at Rhinelander High School for a soldier killed in Afghanistan. Sgt. Ryan Adams, 26, died last Friday when his vehicle was attacked with a rocket-propelled grenade. Seven other members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard were injured in...
    newsOctober 7, 2009 - 9:02am
    October 5, 2009
    Ryan Casper pointing to Afghanistan on the map. The Ellsworth High School teacher spent nine months there as part of a military mission.
    An enlightening experience
    When Ryan Casper first set foot in Afghanistan, he couldn't help notice the way of life. "With their lack of infrastructure, the standard of...
    newsOctober 5, 2009 - 3:48pm
    July 21, 2009
    Jill Stephenson with her son Ben Kopp.
    Rosemount grad injured in Afghanistan dies
    Ben Kopp was born a fighter, but late last week he found a fight he couldn't win. The 2006 Rosemount High School graduate died Saturday, just...
    newsJuly 21, 2009 - 7:14am
    July 7, 2009
    Half-staff flags honor fallen Peshtigo soldier
    Flags at National Guard armories and other state facilities will be at half-staff today, as a fallen soldier from Peshtigo is buried. Flags will be at half-staff today at National Guard armories and other facilities throughout Wisconsin. It's in honor of Army Pvt. Steven Drees,...
    newsJuly 7, 2009 - 9:00am
    July 1, 2009
    Oshkosh Corp. wins multi-billion-dollar contract to build military vehicles needed in Afghanistan
    The Oshkosh Corp., will get up to $12 billion to make thousands of armored vehicles which the Pentagon urgently needs in Afghanistan. Oshkosh out-bid three competitors to build the Army and Marine Corps' MRAP all-terrain vehicles. And the military needed them so badly, the company...
    newsJuly 1, 2009 - 9:00am
    June 30, 2009
    Peshtigo Army private killed in Afghanistan
    The family of a Peshtigo man killed in Afghanistan will return home today. Army Pvt. Steven Drees, 19, died over the weekend, after he was shot in the head last Wednesday when insurgents attacked his unit with a grenade launcher and small arms fire. It happened in the Afghan province...
    newsJune 30, 2009 - 9:00am
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