Four U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division Soldiers are awarded The Air Medal for Valor during a Nov. 3, 2016, helicopter medical evacuation of U.S. and Afghan wounded Soldiers during a fire fire in Kunduz, Afghanistan. All assigned to the 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, based at Fort Riley, Kansas. … [Read more...] about When Eagles Become Angels
Congratulations to Connie Yen who is now the Archives Coordinator at the Greene County Archives. Connie graduated with a Masters from the MSU history department. … [Read more...] about History Masters Graduate Begins New Job
The Bear Battalion welcomed 8 Alumni back to Springfield for a leader panel Tuesday, March 29. The panel consisted of COL Willoughby & COL Soebbing from the class of '88, COL Lombardo from the class of '93, LTC Thompson from the class of '95, LTC Hutchison from the class of '96, and LTC Snodderly, LTC Sullinger & LTC Ward from the class of '98. The panel answered … [Read more...] about Bear Battalion Alumni Leader Panel
A member of the MSU ROTC faculty and a decorated U.S. Army soldier, Captain Aaron Eidem stopped to help a stranded motorist on Interstate 44 and was struck and killed Thursday, February 18th. Prior to coming to MSU, Eidem had served twenty years on active duty in the U.S. Army. He was deployed three times to Iraq, earning the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Victor Matthews, … [Read more...] about ROTC Professor Loses Life Helping Another