116th Cbct

Idaho Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Tyler Richins poses for a photo with his father, Dwight Richins, after coaching Sugar-Salem High School to the Idaho 3A state football championship Nov. 17. The father-son t More

Army Sgt. 1st Class Jared Woodhouse, the noncommissioned officer in charge of signals communication for 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, teaches a soldier how to operate the helpdesk for the communications of More

A M1A2 Abrams Tank crew with 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division conducts a live fire exercise at Romanian Land Force Combat Training Center (RLF-CTC) in C More

Soldiers with the Canadian Armed Forces and Soldiers with the Georgia Land Forces participate side-by-side in the opening ceremony for exercise Saber Guardian in Cincu, Romania, July 27, 2016. Saber Guardian is More

Soldiers from the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team load baggage on to the plane in preparation for their flight to Romania in support of Exercise Saber Guardian 16 from Gowen Field Boise, ID July 24th, 2016. S More

Denis Popp, a Romanian observer controller with the Romanian Land Forces Combat Training Center, in Cincu, Romania, describes the nearby training area during Exercise Saber Guardian 2016, July 30. Saber Guardia More

Romanian soldiers with the 191 Romanian Land Forces’ 191st Infantry Battalion, 18th Infantry Brigade fire a mortar round during a combined arms live-fire exercise or (CALFEX) at the Romanian Land Force Combat T More

Brig. Gen. John Goodale, the assistant adjutant general of the Idaho Army National Guard, reenlists Spc. Randy King and Spc. Joshua Bryant with Alpha Troop, 2nd Squadron, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, Sgt. More

Soldiers with Delta Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team conduct a live fire exercise in an M1A2 Abrams Tank during Exercise Saber Guardian 16 at the Romanian Land Force Combat Training Cen More

More than 150 U.S. Army and Army National Guard Soldiers and 300 Royal Thai Army Soldiers participated in Hanuman Guardian 2018’s opening ceremony Aug. 20 at the Royal Thai Army’s Cavalry Center in Thailand’s S More

Idaho Army National Guard and Montana Army National Guard Soldiers from the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team conduct a live-fire exercise with Royal Thai Army Soldiers at the Cavalry Center in Thailand’s Sarab More

Idaho Army National Guard and Montana Army National Soldiers from the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team conduct air assault operations training with Soldiers from the Royal Thai Army Aug. 26, in Thailand’s Lopb More

U.S. Army, National Guard, and Royal Thai Army Soldiers rehearse air assault operations in preparation for future combined training missions during Hanuman Guardian 18, Aug. 22, at the Royal Thai Army’s Cavalry More

U.S. Air Force Staff Joseph Witschy, a weather specialist from Detachment 3, 1st Weather Squadron assigned as a staff weather officer to the U.S. Army’s 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, monitors the weather during More

Idaho Army National Guard Sgt. Mikki Fritz stands in front of a UH-60 Black Hawk prior to a mission with the 116th Calvary Brigade Combat Team's 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion and Soldiers from the Royal Thai More

Maj. Gen. Timothy M. McKeithen, deputy commanding general U.S. Army Pacific, salutes during the closing ceremony of Hanuman Guardian 2018 after 10 days of training between the U.S. Army and the Royal Thai Army More

Senior leaders from the U.S. Army and the Idaho National Guard experience cavalry traditions with their counterparts from the Royal Thai Army Aug. 20 at the Royal Thai Army’s Cavalry. Center Headquarters in Tha More

Sgt. Aaron Rogers, C Company, 1-52 General Support Aviation Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Battalion, explains how to properly load a patient onto a UH-60L Black Hawk’s jungle penetrator to a ranger from the R More

Idaho Army National Guard and Montana Army National Guard Soldiers from the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team conduct a final live-fire exercise rehearsal Aug. 27 during Hanuman Guardian 2018 at the Royal Thai More

Senior leaders from the United States Army, Army National Guard and Royal Thai Army participating in Hanuman Guardian 2018 arrive to the exercise’s sports day on horses at the Royal Thai Army’s Cavalry Center i More

Idaho Army National Guard Capt. A.J. Edwards, 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion plans officer, works to complete mission analysis as part of the military decision-making process with Royal Thai Army Capt. Chawano More

Soldiers and Airmen from the Idaho National Guard show respect for King Taksin the Great prior to the Hanuman Guardian 2018 opening ceremony at the Royal Thai Army’s Cavalry Center in Thailand’s Saraburi provin More

Staff Sgt. Peter K. Pentland with D Company, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, crosses the finish-line winning the “Beat Coach Pete” race with a time of 19 minutes and 46 seconds More

Idaho National Guardsmen depart from Gowen Field, Boise after being activated to support the U.S. Forest Service in their fight against wildfires in the area.

Capt. Josh Clement, Sgt. Clinton Dean, Spc. Matthew Watford and Pfc. John McKinnis, the tank crew of Charlie 66, from the 1-163rd Combined Arms Battalion, out of Butte, Mont., attached to the 116th Cavalry Brig More

A tank crew from C Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (CBCT), Oregon Army National Guard, sets up a camouflage net to combat midday heat after conducting a company live fire exercise, Aug More

Gen. Frank J. Grass (left), chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Chief Master Sgt. Mitchell O. Brush (right), senior enlisted adviser for the National Guard Bureau, receive a tour of battle tactical assembly More

Lt. Col. John Andrews, 40th Infantry Division, electronic warfare (EW) officer, talks with the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (CBCT) EW section during the CBCT’s rotation, Aug. 18, 2015, at the National Trai More

The medical section with 1st Battalion, 183rd Aviation Task Force, triages simulated casualties following a fabricated chemical attack at the National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, Calif., Aug. 19. The tas More

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with C Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, prepare for a force-on-force battle simulation during a rotation at the National Tra More

U.S. Army Spc. Brandon Groom, a combat videographer assigned to Vulture Team, Operations Group, National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, Calif., portrays a news reporter during a field training exercise for More

Sgt. Nicholas Deem, Sgt. Glen Morgan, Chief Warrant Officer-3 Tony Weston and Chief Warrant Officer-2 Will Tobin (left to right) with 1st Battalion, 183rd Aviation Task Force, conduct a pre-flight briefing at t More

Idaho Army National Guard Col. Russell D. Johnson (left), commander of 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (CBCT), briefs Gen. Robert B. Abrams, commanding general of the U.S. Army Forces Command, during training More

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, with help from Arkansas Army National Guard, move engineer equipment to their next tactical assembly area during the first day of More

Squad leaders Staff Sgt. Rodriguez (left) and Staff Sgt. Anthony Dinger (right), 3rd Platoon, A Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (CBCT), emplace a hasty defense after exhausting their s More

Helicopters from the 1st Battalion, 183rd Aviation Task Force, are positioned on the flight line at Forward Operating Base Miami, at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., Aug. 22. The task force, ma More

Spc. Clint Hanson, B Company, 145th Brigade Support Battalion, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (CBCT), guides a vehicle into place for a logistics resupply convoy at the National Training Center (NTC) in Fort More

Oregon Army National Guard Spc. David Schneider with the 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, prepares to drive an M113 armored personnel carrier to the “Iron Triangle” at t More

A crew member of an M109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzer in 1st Battalion, 148th Field Artillery Regiment, plots defensive targets at the National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, Calif., Aug. 23. Today is More

Members of the Fire Direction Center, Staff Sgt. Troy Stewart (front) and Sgt. David Hippe, Mortar Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (CBCT), process a fire mission on enemy targets at th More

The opposition force (OPFOR), 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR), deploy visually modified vehicles on the last day of a mock fight with the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (CBCT), at the Natio More

CINCU, Romania - A column of M1A2 tanks road march through the streets of Cincusora, Romania June 28, after being offloaded from the Voila, Romania railhead earlier that day. The tanks, belonging to the 116th C More

1st Sgt. Sheldon Stace of C Company, 145th Brigade Support Battalion, salutes the battlefield cross memorial Friday after placing a dog tag on the weapon’s handle in honor of one of the 13 Soldiers killed durin More

A Soldier from the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, Idaho Army National Guard, salutes the flag during the playing of the National Anthem, May 19, 2017, at the Gowen Field Memorial Park. Events included the More

116th BEB AT Live Fire: B Company, 116th Brigade Engineer Battalion conducts a live fire demolition exercises at Fort Hood, Texas, June 17. The 116th Brigade Engineer Battalion deployed to Fort Hood, Texas from More

Malasia Army Forces: Soldiers from the 116th Calvary Brigade Combat Team, participated in Keris Strike 2017 in Pahang, Malaysia, from August 7-18. The exercise provided members of the Idaho Army National Guard More

Maj. Samuel McDowell, 1st Sgt. Cole Schwartz and Sgt. 1st Class Luis Velasquez, in U.S. Army camouflage uniforms, interacted and engaged with 12 members of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces during the 10-day mis More

Col. Scott J. Sheridan, incoming commander, passes the brigade guidon to Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Terrio during the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team’s change of command ceremony Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018 at Gowen F More

The 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team’s signal Soldiers conducted signal gunnery Feb. 6-11 on Gowen Field and in the Orchard Combat Training Center. During the two-day field exercise portion, Soldiers practiced More

An M1A2 Abrams main battle tank from the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team's 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion conducts Gunnery Table XII March 20, 2018 at the Orchard Combat Training Center, Boise, Idaho. The tr More

Pfc. Logan Mangum, E Company, 145th Brigade Support Battalion, hammers track shoes on an M88A2 recovery vehicle at the Orchard Combat Training Range June 6, 2018, as part of the vehicle’s preventive maintenance More

Idaho Army National Guard Spc. Bryce Beard waits for the command to pull the lanyard inside his assigned M109A6 Paladin during the 1-148th Field Artillery Regiment's annual training June 15, 2018, at the Orchar More

Engineers with the Idaho Army National Guard's 116th Brigade Engineer Battalion conduct training in fighting positions for crew-served weapon teams, M1 Abrams and M2 Bradley turret and hull defilades on June 17 More

SSG Dustin Schwarz, an infantryman from B Company, 1-163, Montana Army National Guard, prepares a defensive position as part of a company level defense during an eXportable Combat Training Capability rotation a More

The M109A6 Paladin 155 mm Self-Propelled Howitzer (SPH) along with the M992A2 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle (FAASV) provides the primary indirect-fire support to Armored Brigade Combat Teams (ABCT). More

Lt. Col. Aaron Jarnagin, commander of the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team's 1-148th Field Artillery Regiment and principal of Skyline High School checks his email Sept. 20 in his Idaho Falls, Idaho, office.

Idaho Army National Guard Sgt. Brian Padigimus prepares a pizza at Lucy's New York Style Pizzeria in Pocatello, Idaho, Sept. 19, 2018. Padigimus, an infantryman assigned to the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team More

Idaho Army National Guard Pvt. Richard Briscoe, 17, poses for a photo Sept. 20, 2018 at his local armory in Pocatello, Idaho. Briscoe is a senior in high school and has served in the Idaho Army National Guard s More

Idaho Army National Guard Capt. A.J. Edwards poses for a photo while tossing a football Sept. 27, 2018, on Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. Edwards was struck by lightning on Sept. 30, 1998 at a football practice in More

Lt. Col. David Darney administers the oath of enlistment to his daughter, Pvt. Sarah Darney, Dec. 27 at the Boise Military Entrance Processing Station.

Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, conducts table six tank crew qualification Feb. 4, 2019, Orchard Combat Training Center. The Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers are preparation for the 116t More

Sgt. Nichole Huston leads a class during 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team’s field training exercise Feb. 7-10, 2019, at the Orchard Combat Training Center. Charlie Company, 145th Brigade Support Battalion hos More

Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, conduct squad live-fire qualification Feb. 20, 2019, at Orchard Combat Training Center. The Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers are preparing for the 116th More

148th Field Artillery Regiment of the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, conducts company field artillery gunnery Mar. 4, 2019, The Orchard Combat Training Center. This is the final training event before the Id More

Idaho Army National Guard Capt. James Dorman, operations officer, discusses the battalion operation order with 1st Lt. Jeff Dahl, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, April 7, 2019, at Gowen Field. The traini More

Idaho Army National Guard Capt. Micheal Winchester, a JAG officer with 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, helps set up the Tactical operations center May 25, 2019, at the National training Center at Fort Irwin More

1st Lt. Brad Smith poses for a photo May 27, 2019, at Fort Irwin, California. Smith, a former Idaho Army National Guardsman, serves in the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, which provides rotational training units More

Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers from Bravo Company, 1-148th Field Artillery Regiment, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team perform general maintenance and ammo checks aboard the M109A6 Paladin May 28, 2019, at More

Idaho Army National Guard Sgt. Colton Hanning, Bravo Company, 148th Field Artillery Regiment, is a 13B cannon crew member assigned to a M109A6 Paladin during the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team’s National Tra More

Oregon Army National Guard 1st Lt. Alyssa Price, Bravo Company, 3-116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, prepares her M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank before her unit’s National Training Center mission at Fort Irwin Ca More

Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers, 1-148th Field Artillery Regiment of the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, conducts field artillery live-fire calibration May 30, 2019, at the National Training Center. The More

Idaho Army National Guard Sgt. Nathan Bundy reviews his unit’s area of operations on a map with Spc. Cody Swift May 30, 2019, prior to the 2nd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment’s unit movement at the National T More

Tankers from B Company 2-116th Cavalry Regiment moving into the field for the next 15 days of exercise operations at the National Training Center (NTC) in Fort Irwin, Calif., May 31, 2019. 2-116th is one of the More

1st Sgt. Sheldon Stace, C Company, 145th Brigade Support Battalion, and Command Sgt. Maj. Alice Randolph talk outside the 145th BSB's tactical operations center on the brigade support area at the National Train More

Spc. Bailey Wilson, C Company, 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion watches over a convoy moving through the valley below. His stinger missile system allows him to defend them against enemy air and warn them of any More

Sergeants Major Bill Rhoades, 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion operations Sergeants Major, prepares his map for planning movements and tracking both friendly and enemy forces at the unit’s tactical operations ce More

Pvt. Quinton Standish pulls security behind a .50 cal at the 145th Brigade Support Battalion’s brigade support area at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California, June 2, 2019. The 145th BSB, headqu More

Idaho Army National Guard Capt. Richard Main (left), commander, D Company, 116th Brigade Engineer Battalion, discusses the role of the military intelligence company and brigade intelligence support element in t More

Idaho Air National Guard Maj. Johnny Reyes, left, talks with an 190th Fighter Squadron A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot June 4, 2019, at the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team's tactical operations center at the Nation More

Col. Rubin Bermundez the 191 Regional Support Group commander walks with Capt. Jose Morrero company commander, to the 1473rd Quarter Master Company tactical operations center with the unofficial company flag br More

Sgt. Taylor Westfall from A Company, 1-163rd Combined Arms Battalion checks on his crew-served gunner that was taken out of the fight by an observer controller during the taking of “Razish” an urban training en More

Army National Guard Infantrymen from the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team seize a town from the enemy June 7, 2019, at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California. Seizing the key terrain enabled th More

Mechanics from the B Company 145th Brigade Support Battalion reorganize the tools in their M7 Forward Repair System after completing a job. B Company is one of several maintenance companies providing field repa More

Tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles from 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion move into position in the early morning in preparation for their live fire exercise at the National Training Center (NTC) in Fort Irwin, More

G. Thomas Greco, Idaho’s civilian assistant to the Secretary of the Army, talks to 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team Soldiers during his visit to the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California June 12. More

An M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicle that launches a mine clearing line charge (MICLIC), a 330-foot line of C4 explosive to clear a path through enemy defensive obstacles at the National Training Center (NTC) in F More

Snipers from Headquarters Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, conduct long range marksmanship drills, Oct. 28, 2019, at the Orchard Combat Training Center. Idaho army national guard Sol More

A Company, 2nd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, conducts tank crew gunnery, Nov. 8, 2019 at the Orchard Combat Training Center. The 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team Soldiers’ conduct gunnery to ensure remain More

Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, conducts tank crew gunnery, Nov. 11, 2019 at the Orchard Combat Training Center. The 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team Soldiers’ conduct gunnery to ensure r More

Sunrise on the OCTC as soldiers prepare their vehicles for practice. Bradley Fighting Vehicles from Alpha and Bravo Companies of the 116th Brigade Engineer Battalion, part of the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Te More

Soldiers from the 2-116th practice carrying a wounded soldier to the air evacuation area. Soldiers from the Idaho Army National Guard Charlie Company, 2-116 Combined Arms Battalion (CAB) of the 116th Cavalry Br More

Idaho Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Tyler Richins poses for a photo with his father, Lt. Col Dwight Richins, in an undated photo. Dwight Richins retired from the Idaho Army National Guard in 2012 and inspired More

Soldiers from the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team leave the hangar to board their flight to Romania in support of Exercise Saber Guardian 16 from Gowen Field Boise, ID July 24th, 2016. Saber Guardian, a multi More

Brig. Gen. John Goodale, the assistant adjutant general of the Idaho Army National Guard and Command Sgt. Maj. Steven E. Woodall, Command Sergeant Major of the Idaho Army National Guard, visit Soldiers from the More

An IAR 330L Puma helicopter with the Romanian Air Force participates in live fire exercises at Romanian Land Force Combat Training Center (RLF-CTC) in Cincu, Romania during Exercise Saber Guardian 16, August 4. More

Army Chief Warrant Officer Jerred Edgar, an information services technician with 116th Cavalry Combat Team, works on the Internet servers that are responsible for communications for the Saber Guardian exercise More

Soldiers with Delta Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team conduct a live fire exercise in an M1A2 Abrams Tank during Exercise Saber Guardian 16 at the Romanian Land Force Combat Training Cen More

U.S. Army Capt. Shaun A. Futch, an observer controller with the Joint Multi-National Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, works in conjunction with Romanian observer controllers at the Romanian Land Forces C More

Romanian soldiers with the 191 Romanian Land Forces’ 191st Infantry Battalion, 18th Infantry Brigade fire a SPG-9 recoilless rifle during a combined arms live-fire exercise or (CALFEX) at the Romanian Land Forc More

Romanian Army Soldiers participate in the opening ceremony for exercise Saber Guardian in Cincu, Romania, July 27, 2016. Saber Guardian is a multinational military exercise involving approximately 2,800 militar More