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It was no April Fool’s joke. The sergeant major of the Army and the command sergeant major for the Army National Guard visited troops at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, on April 1, 2012. Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler and Command Sgt. Maj. Richard Burch spoke with, and listened to feedback from, current and future noncommissioned officers from the 29th …

The assistant brigade logistics officer of 29th Combat Aviation Brigade took command of the Headquarters and Headquarters Co. The official change-of-command ceremony took place on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Jan. 16, 2012, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Capt. Michelle Johnson succeeded 1st Lt. Michael Jenkins, a CH-47 Chinook pilot, who will now assume the position of assistant logistics officer. “At …

Task Force Normandy’s commander Col. David Carey and Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Beyard, cased the brigade’s colors on, Dec. 14, 2011, signifying the end of its mission in Iraq. Task Force Normandy provided full-spectrum aviation support throughout the Iraq theater of operations. It simultaneously cleaned and cleared Camp Taji and repostured the force to Kuwait. “We took a mission that …

  On Thanksgiving Day, Members of the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade successfully moved the last Longbow Crew Trainer from Iraq. They used the “yard dog” to carefully load the two 40-foot trailers onto the C-5 Galaxy at Baghdad International Airport, in downtown Baghdad, Iraq. Task Force Normandy soldiers completed this mission while other service members enjoyed the last holiday meal …

When the United States Army modernized, trading horses for helicopters, jeeps and tanks, the ground and air cavalries worked to retain much of the horse cavalry’s distinctive traditions. The 6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment is steeped in history and tradition. It made history once again, by being the last air cavalry to leave Iraq. The 6-17 traces its lineage to F Troop, 17th Cavalry, the last ground cavalry unit to leave Vietnam.

Camp Taji, Iraq – Underneath a hangar near the flight line on a cool Wednesday afternoon, the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade marked another step on its historic deployment. After nearly two years of training leading up to this deployment, Task Force Normandy officially took command of the the aviation mission in Iraq from the 40th CAB. The transfer of authority …

Staff Sgt. Lori Wilson, the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade’s legal noncommissioned officer in charge, has been singing to a church crowd since the age of six. “I would sit on the piano bench with my grandmother as she was playing at church, and I would sing along with her,” said Wilson. “Everyone was really shocked that such a big voice …

Fort Rucker , Ala. – On a rainy Tuesday morning Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 29th Combat Aviation Brigade, poured into the Directorate of Simulation building at Fort Rucker Ala. The aviation training exercise, Operation Flight Horizon, began Sept. 20, 2011, and ended Sept. 27. It aimed to test the nearly 2,000-troop brigade mobilized in support of Operation New …

Sgt. Thaddeus Harrington, 29th Combat Aviation Brigade Public Affairs, was awarded the Army Commendation Medal today April 19, 2011, by Maj. Gen. James A. Adkins, adjutant general of Maryland, for outstanding work while assigned as a full-time public affairs specialist with the state Public Affairs Office. The citation reads: “FOR EXCEPTIONAL MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO THE MARYLAND NATIONAL GUARD AND THE …