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Wisconsin Army National Guard representatives at the 2024 Region IV Best Warrior Competition include, left to right: Command Sgt. Maj. Duane Weyer, Wisconsin National Guard Joint Staff senior enlisted leader; Sgt. 1st Class William Green, sponsor for Staff Sgt. Alexander Kilbane, both of the 426th Regional Training Institute; Spc. Tevin Kenton and his sponsor, Sgt. 1st Class Wade Blaylock; and Command Sgt. Maj. Curtis Patrouille, Wisconsin Army National Guard senior enlisted leader. Submitted photo

May 6, 2024

Wisconsin Army Guard sends Soldier to national Best Warrior Competition

Spc. Tevin Kenton of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 105th Cavalry Regiment will represent the state at the national Best Warrior Competition in August.

Maj. Gen. Paul Knapp, Wisconsin’s adjutant general, presents Commodore Philip Polewara, acting defence chief of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, with a framed print March 18 of an interaction between Soldiers of the 32nd Division and a Papua New Guinean sketching a diagram of Japanese military positions from Nov. 15, 1942 during the campaign to drive the Japanese army out of Buna. The 32nd Division was largely composed of Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers when World War II began. The photo underscores how far back Wisconsin’s history goes with Papua New Guinea. Forty Wisconsin National Guard Airmen and Soldiers spent the week of March 17-22 in Papua New Guinea collaborating with and training alongside the Papua New Guinea Defence Force as part of the State Partnership Program. This current exchange includes meetings between leadership along with training in instruction, medical, security forces, and collaboration with senior non-commissioned officers. The Wisconsin National Guard and Papua New Guinea began their partnership in 2020 and have since had several key leader engagements and site visits to strengthen that relationship. Wisconsin National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kati Volkman

April 4, 2024

Wisconsin Guard seizes opportunity to grow relationship with Papua New Guinea

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — Wisconsin National Guard subject matter experts and leadership visit state partner nation Papua New Guinea to build on past exchanges.

Staff Sgt. Alexander Kilbane (center), a unit movement officer planning instructor assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 426th Regional Training Institute, poses with Brig. Gen. Daniel Pulvermacher (left), the assistant adjutant general for readiness and training for Army, and Command Sgt. Maj. Curtis Patrouille, the state senior enlisted leader (right), after receiving the award for Wisconsin Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition 2024 Noncomissioned Officer of the Year. (U.S. National Guard photo by Sgt. Payton Wehr)

March 25, 2024

Winners Crowned at the Wisconsin Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition 2024

Twelve Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers from across the state competed against one another for the title of Soldier of the Year and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year at the state Best Warrior Competition in Fort McCoy, Wis., March 22 - 24, 2024.

Members of Hotel Company, 132nd Brigade Support Battalion, stand together for a group photo following their participation in the 56th Philip A. Connelly culinary competition at their Eau Claire armory on March 17, 2024. This Wisconsin Army National Guard unit was just one of four units that made it to the final level of the competition for fiscal year 24. (U.S. National Guard photo by Sgt. Nina Kowalkowski)

March 19, 2024

Wisconsin Army National Guard participates in 56th Philip A. Connelly Culinary Competition

The "Hellcats" of Hotel Company, 132nd Brigade Support Battalion, led by 1st Lt. Danielle Lavrenz and 1st Sgt. Roger Marco, competed in the final level of the 56th Philip A. Connelly culinary competition from their Eau Claire armory, March 17, 2024.

From 1200 on the 17th through 1200 on the 18th of January, Soldiers with Company A, 2-127, 32nd IBCT, utilized the High Risk Entry Facility and grounds at Camp Douglas to train and perfect their urban operations in preparation for JRTC 2024. (32nd IBCT photo by Staff Sgt. Kati Volkman / released)

Jan. 26, 2024

Wisconsin Guard Soldiers fight elements in urban operations training

Wisconsin Army National Guard infantry company hones urban operation skills ahead of JRTC rotation.

Maj. Eric Van Hout, an administrative officer with the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, and Command Sgt. Maj. Ryan Johnson, battalion command sergeant major, present a Purple Heart medal to Mike Muthig, the grandson of World War I veteran Pvt. George Arts. Arts enlisted in the battalion’s Company I and was severely wounded Aug. 4, 1918, during the battalion’s assault on the town of Fismes.

Dec. 5, 2023

Red Arrow Veteran Awarded Purple Heart Medal Posthumously

APPLETON, Wis. — One hundred and five years after the horrific battle that caused his wounds, a Wisconsin National Guard veteran received his Purple Heart medal at a ceremony Nov. 11 at Outagamie County Courthouse.Pvt. George C. Arts, a member of Company I, 127th Infantry Regiment, was wounded Aug. 4, 1918 during the Second Battle of the Marne. The 32nd Division,