Drill Weekend with the Arkansas Army National Guard

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Drill Weekend with the Arkansas Army National Guard is a podcast with a radio show format that covers current topics of interest that effect "M-Day" Soldiers and their families serving in the Arkansas Army National Guard.

Episodes

  1. 03/08/2024

    Drill Weekend With The Arkansas Army National Guard - Ep.4a

    Soldiers and Airmen from the 216th Military Police Company and the 188th Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard Security Force Squadron conducted annual joint force training in the 189th Airlift Wing Arkansas Air National Guard training area at the Little Rock Air Force Base, March 2, 2024. Cadet Jenna D'Orazio brings us her interviews with Soldiers and Airmen during March Drill's Joint Force Civil Disturbance Training.

  2. 11/02/2023

    Drill Weekend With The Arkansas Army National Guard - Ep.3

    In this episode we take a look at the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program and talk with the Yellow Ribbon Program Coordinator, Master Sgt. Andre Chatry. We'll travel to Rogers, Arkansas for the 9/11 Ruck March, and speak with Arkansas Army National Guard Recruiters Sgt. 1st Class Luis Mendez and Sgt. Carlos Alvarez about creating a community event that brings a city together to remember 9/11. We'll speak with Kylea Andrews, the Arkansas Army National Guard Suicide Prevention Program Coordinator, about the new ACE-SI course, and we'll stop by Fort Chaffee Range Control for an end of summer safety brief.

  3. 08/25/2023

    Drill Weekend with the Arkansas Army National Guard - Ep. 2

    In this episode we hang out with Charlie Rock the 106th Army Band rock band during their annual training in June 2023. We discuss learning new instruments, favorite gigs, and what they love about being in the 106th. We meet with Capt. Ben Gonzalez and Sgt. 1st Class Courtney Murray with the 77th Theater Aviation Brigade to learn more about the new Aerial Gunnery Course of Fire at Camp Robinson. And we talk with Staff Sgt. Mike Morales, Pathfinder Instructor with the Army National Guard Pathfinder School at Fort Moore, about the importance of having pathfinder trained Soldiers in every unit across the 54. (Recorded by Arkansas Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Jim Heuston)

  4. 08/11/2023

    Drill Weekend with the Arkansas Army National Guard - Ep.1

    Drill Weekend with the Arkansas Army National Guard - Ep.1 This is the pilot episode recorded in April 2023. In this episode we explore the domains of Holistic, Health and Fitness with the H2F coordinator for the Arkansas National Guard, Staff Sgt. Derek Yorek. We talk with Sgt. MaryLou Medina and Spc. Raul Gutierrez, 142nd Field Artillery Brigade, two of the ten Arkansas Army National Guard interpreters sent to CENTAM Guardian 2023 in Guatemala. We get some advice on competing in the State Best Warrior Competition from the 2023 Arkansas NCO of the Year Sgt. Ethan Patterson, 216th Military Police Company. And finally, we walk down the Hunter Lake on Camp Robinson to look for Copperheads and Cotton Mouths with the president of the Arkansas Herpetological Society, Sgt. Conner Hessington, 77th Theater Aviation Brigade. (Recorded by Arkansas Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Jim Heuston)

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Drill Weekend with the Arkansas Army National Guard is a podcast with a radio show format that covers current topics of interest that effect "M-Day" Soldiers and their families serving in the Arkansas Army National Guard.

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