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Wisconsin National Guard Brig. Gen. Joane Mathews receives a ceremonial blanket as a sign of respect and honor after speaking at the 40th Annual Descendants of Red Arrow Veterans Day Pow-Wow Nov. 11, 2017. The Volk Field ceremony honored 28 Native Americans who served in the Wisconsin National Guard’s Company D, 128th Infantry, 32nd Division, during World War I.

March 22, 2022

Groundbreaking Wisconsin National Guard leader retiring

MADISON, Wis. – A 36-year military career filled with firsts will end when Brig. Gen. Joane Mathews — the first female Native American general officer in the Army National Guard — retires from her position as Wisconsin’s deputy adjutant general for Army. “As much as I absolutely love my job, the Soldiers and families I work for and with, we have so

Members of 1st Battalion (Assault), 147th Aviation Regiment, 64th Troop Command, Wisconsin Army National Guard, at the Exeter helicopter bases Sept. 30, 2020, before a mission during the SQF Complex Fire in Tulare County, California. Left to right: Sgt. Jake Baranczyk, crew chief; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Trevor Clock, pilot; Sgt. Bryson Kamps, crew chief; and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Andrew Wickland, pilot in command.

Oct. 2, 2020

Wisconsin Guard 'Badgers' help fight California fires

FRESNO, Calif. – It took almost four days for two flight teams from the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 1st Battalion (Assault), 147th Aviation Regiment, 64th Troop Command, to fly their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters more than 1,700 miles to California to help fight wildfires. Since that early-September trek, they haven't really stopped flying,