41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team

Oregon Army National Guard 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team Col. Noel Hoback visits with non-government organization Autizmi director Sunita Kurti Sept. 24, 2020, in Prishtina/Pristina, Kosovo. Hoback, the dep More

A horseback rider carries the U.S. Army Flag during the grand entry of the Pendleton Round-Up on Military Appreciation/Patriot Day, Sept. 17, in Pendleton, Oregon. Pendleton has had a 'Patriot Day' every year a More

The 173rd Fighter Wing's F-15 Eagle fighter jet painted in honor of the Oregon Air National Guard's 75th Anniversary flies together with seven jets from the Breitling Jet Team during the Oregon International Ai More

Kosovo Force Regional-Command East Lt. Col. Jacob Scott, chaplain for the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon Army National Guard, pays respects to Petty Officer 2nd Class Chad Burkhart on Nov. 11, 2020, More

Gov. Ted Kulongoski, Kim Bush, wife of incoming 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team Commander Col. Eric Bush, and Kelly Hokanson, wife of outgoing Commander Col. Daniel Hokanson, observe the change of command cer More

Members of 141 Brigade Support Battalion salute as Maj. Gen. Raymond F. Rees, The Adjutant General, Col. Brian J. James, outgoing commander for 141 BSB, and Maj. Timothy J. Deckert, incoming 141 BSB commander, More

Maj. Gen. Raymond Rees, the adjutant general, Oregon (left), stands with Oregon Attorney General John Kroger, 41 Infantry Brigade Combat Team commander Col. Eric Bush, and 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment More

Brig. Gen. Perry Lim, commander, 3rd Division, Singapore armed forces, kicked off this year's Tiger Balm, a joint exercise between Singapore and U.S. military forces, by striking a gong during the opening cerem More

U.S. Guard and Reserve soldiers fire the Singapore Assault Rifle -21st Century as part of a cultural exchange during Tiger Balm 11, held in Singapore, July 20. Tiger Balm is an annual bilateral training exercis More

Lt. Col Stephen Schmidt, commander of the 2-218th Field Artillery Battalion, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon Army National Guard, affixes a Meritorious Unit Citation streamer to his battalion's colors More

Col. William Edwards, commander of the 41 Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon Army National Guard, affixes a Meritorious Unit Citation streamer to the brigade's guidon during the unit's award ceremony held at More

Col. William Edwards (right), commander of the 41 Infantry Brigade Combat Team, passes the 1-186 Infantry Battalion unit colors to the gaining battalion commander, Lt. Col. Noel Hoback (left), during the unit More

Col. William Edwards (right), commander of the 41 Infantry Brigade Combat Team, passes the 1-186 Infantry Battalion unit colors to the gaining battalion commander, Lt. Col. Noel Hoback (left), during the unit More

Col. William Edwards (right), commander of the 41 Infantry Brigade Combat Team, passes the 141 Brigade Support Battalion colors to the gaining battalion commander, Lt. Col. Michael Burghardt (left), during the More

Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Hanks affixes a Meritorious Unit Citation streamer to the 141 Brigade Support Battalion guidon as Lt. Col. Timothy Deckert, departing battalion commander, and Col. William Edwards, comm More

The 41 Infantry Brigade Combat Team color guard displays the 41 Special Troops Battalion unit guidon bearing a recently awarded Meritorious Unit Citation streamer during a ceremony at Camp Withycombe in Clackam More

Mrs. Stacey Lake, wife of State Command Sergeant Major Shane Lake (right,) looks on as he gives his children, Emma Lake (left) and Jaxson Lake (right), a closer look at the sword used in the 41 IBCT Change of More

Oregon Army National Guard soldiers from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Corvallis, Ore., May 17, as part of their training to become familiar with tac More

Capt. Eric Zimmerman, commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, confirms vehicle-to-vehicle communication and route safety procedures with his lead truck commander, More

U.S. Army Sgt. Erick Calvo, left, and Pfc. Thomas Day, right, scouts with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry Regiment, Oregon Army National Guard, clear a “shoot house” corridor during a live-f More

U.S. Soldiers with 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry Regiment, Oregon Army National Guard, fire a tube-launched, optically-sighted, wire-guided missile at Orchard Combat Training Center near Boise, Idaho, June 15, 201 More

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 41st Special Troops Battalion, Oregon Army National Guard, make a technical check of the Shadow Unmanned Aerial Vehicle on its pneumatic catapult prior to launch at the Range 3 tar More

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter with the 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, California Army National Guard, flies over the Owyhee river valley while carrying Soldiers assigned to Charlie Troop, 1st Sq More

A U.S. Army HH-60M helicopter simulates evacuating an injured casualty assigned to Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry Regiment, Oregon Army National Guard, while the rest of the unit continues with their p More

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers of 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 2-162 Infantry Battalion, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team evacuate a simulated casualty during convoy operations training at the Orchard Comb More

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers of 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, conduct short-range marksmanship at the Orchard Combat Training Center, near Boise, Idaho, May 31, in prepar More

Oregon Army National Guard Spc. Steven Bahia, of Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, fires a 50-caliber machine gun while Spc. Gianluca Paparo (right) spots targets dur More

An Oregon Army National Guard sniper with Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, scans for targets with an M110 rifle at the sniper qualification range during pre-deployme More

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry Regiment, of the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, conduct preventative maintenance and checks on an MK19 grenade machine gun at Camp Rile More

Soldiers with the 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon Army National Guard, Staff Sgt. William Michels, from Portland, Oregon, left, Spec. Ryan Simmons, from Redmond, Oregon, 2n More

Oregon Army National Guardsmen with Charlie Company, 7-158 Aviation practice dust landings with a HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during Exercise Maple Resolve at Canadian Forces Base Wainright, May 3, in Denwood, More

Oregon Army National Guard 1st Lt. Justin Phelps, 2nd Platoon leader with Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 218th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, sling-loads one of his platoon's two M1 More

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers from Alpha and Bravo Companies, 741st Brigade Engineer Battalion (BEB), 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, stand behind a blast curtain during a training demolition breach on More

Oregon Army National Guard Spc. Cesario Repp, with Charlie Battery, 2nd Battalion, 218th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, prepares the area around his fire team's M777A Howitzer by r More

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team fire mortars, July 14, during annual training at Camp Roberts, Calif. Both 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry Regiment, and 2nd Battalio More

Oregon Army National Guard Spc. Richard A. Ballentine, with 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, low crawls with his M-4 rifle during a individual movement techniques lane More

Senior Airman Brittani Morelli, a weapons director with the 116th Air Control Squadron, Oregon Air National Guard stands with aerobatic pilot, Renny Price, in Hillsboro, Oregon before taking a ride in his Sukho More

Maj. Gen. Michael E. Stencel, Adjutant General, Oregon, speaks during an award ceremony for Lt. Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson on August 6, at Camp Withycombe in Clackamas, Oregon. Lt. Gen. Hokanson was presented with More

Maj. Gen. Michael E. Stencel, Adjutant General, Oregon, along with members of the Oregon National Guard's joint staff and State Partnership Program meet with members of the Consulate General of Vietnam and Viet More

An Oregon Army National Guard Soldier high-crawls through a portion of the obstacle course at Camp Rilea, August 19, during Oregon's Best Warrior Competition in Warrenton, Oregon. Soldiers competed to earn a sp More

Members of the 141 Brigade Support Battalion (141 BSB) and 2nd Battalion, 218th Field Artillery (2-218 FA) conduct a fuel transfer mission at a Logistics Release Point (LRP), May 6, at the Yakima Training Cente More

Oregon Army National Guard Cadet Sascha Tudela, a human resource specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 821st Troop Command Battalion, 82nd Brigade (Troop Command), practices rappelling procedur More

Maj. Gen. Michael E. Stencel, Adjutant General, Oregon, and Brig. Gen. Mark A. Crosby, commander of Joint Domestic Operations, observe Air Assault training held at Camp Rilea in Warrenton, Oregon, June 8, 2017. More

Camp Rilea in Warrenton, Oregon, June 6, 2017, from the view of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Anita VanderMolen, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

Oregon Army National Guard Spc. Thomas King, a medic assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, provides the initial check on a Soldier’s injury during the More

Soldiers and Airmen check wind and weather conditions during the Pathfinder course held at Camp Rilea in Warrenton, Oregon, June 7, 2017. The students learned how to negotiate the weather’s influence on a UH-60 More

Members of the 1186th Military Police Company train to provide Personal Security Detail, June 29, 2017, at the McGregor Training Complex in Chapparal, New Mexico, to prepare for a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan.

Lt. Col. Eric Riley (center), commander of the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, is pinned with his new rank of colonel by his wife, Laurie, and Oregon National Guard Land Component Commander, Brig. Gen. Willi More

Oregon Army National Guard Sgt. Dustin Hagglund, an infantryman with Company A, 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, demonstrates short-range marksman movement techniques d More

Oregon Military Department project managers and facility operations specialists receive training from Sunlight Solar on the newly installed photovoltaic system at the Roseburg Readiness Center, in Roseburg, Ore More

41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team Commander Col. Eric Riley (left) and Executive Officer Lt. Col. Maurice Marshall discuss strategy during Command Post Operations training at Camp Najaf outside Monmouth, Ore., More

Oregon Army National Guard Sgt. Maj. Vinnie Jacques (right), Senior Enlisted Advisor to Joint Domestic Operations Commander, shakes hands with Maj. Lynette Jones while Suzanne DeLaurentiis looks on during the g More

Mr. Raymond F. Rees, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Training, Readiness and Mobilization, presides over a monument dedication to honor the 41st Infantry Division and the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat More

41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team Chaplain Lt. Col. Jacob Scott leads Soldiers in prayer during a break from field training at Camp Rilea in Warrenton, Ore., May 5.

Oregon Army National Guard Spc. Kirstin Gordon stands at parade rest during a virtual demobilization ceremony for Bravo Company, 741 Brigade Engineer Battalion, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team in St. Helens, More

Oregon Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Dustin Peterson, of the 141st Brigade Support Battalion, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, releases water from a fire hydrant in Keizer, Oregon, May 31, 2018, to fill a Lo More

Soldiers wait for their turn to rappel from a 70-foot tower during Air Assault School, held at Camp Rilea, Warrenton, Ore., June 5, 2018. The course is 10 days of mental and physical challenges the Servicemembe More

July 25th, 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Battalion, Mortar Platoon Soldiers train to react to an ambush at Camp Roberts, California as part of the Oregon Army National Guard’s, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Tea More

Land Component Commander Brig. Gen. William J. Prendergast IV addresses leaders in the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team to discuss readiness in the Oregon Army National Guard during a stand-down at Camp Withyc More

Spc. Hartman of B company, 741 Brigade Engineer Battalion, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), Oregon National Guard initiates an explosive door breaching charge at Camp Rilea, Oregon, March 2. The Soldie More

Oregon Army National Guard Pvt. Miles Connolly, a driver with D Company, 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, loads .50-caliber rounds into the ammunition feeder prior to f More

Marines Reserves from Combat Logistics Regiment 45 (CLR-45) Landing Support Co, at Hunter Army Airfield, and CLR-45 detachment 1 Marine Reserve unit at Fort Buchanan in Puerto Rico stand ready to help 2nd Batta More

Sgt. Joshua Bourbonnais of Test Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 122 Field Artillery, Illinois Army National Guard sights in the Hawkeye 105mm Mobile Weapon System while Staff Sgt. Thomas Ragan receives instructions fro More

Mortars from 1st Battalion, 279th Infantry, Oklahoma National Guard light up the area around the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team area of operations with 120mm parachute illumination flares on 24 July, at Camp More

A static display of the experimental Brutus 155mm Self propelled gun at Northern Strike 19 on Camp Grayling, Mich. 25 July. Developed by a collaborative team from AM General and The Mandus Group, Brutus mounts More

Battalion Commander Lt. Col. Paul Dyer and Command Sgt. Maj. Jeff Dintleman present information from their visit to Djibouti, to C company, 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry Battalion, Oregon National Guard in Rose More

A Soldier of the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon National Guard, walks a perimeter road of the training range at Fort Bliss, Texas. The training at Fort Bliss w More

U.S. Army Col. Eric Riley, commander of the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, consults Lt. Col. Kyle Akers, commander of the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon Ar More

Military personnel from Latvia and Kosovo discuss explosive ordnance disposal capabilities with U.S. Army Col. Eric Riley, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team commander Feb. 22, 2020 at the Joint Multinational Re More

Soldiers from 423rd Military Police Company, U.S. Army Reserve, from Shoreham, New York train on room-clearing procedures and active shooter response, Feb. 25, 2020, on Camp Albertshof in Hohenfels, Germany. Tr More

Slovenian army fire-phobia instructors create Molotov cocktails, Feb. 24, 2020, at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany. Military personnel from the U.S. Army and partner nations are p More

Explosive ordnance disposal personnel from Task Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal, U.S. Army 720th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, and the Kosovo Security Force participate in simulated EOD exercises, Feb. More

Soldiers from Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, Oregon Army National Guard conduct crowd and riot-control (CRC) training during exercise Jungleer Enterprise, Feb. 26, 2020, at the Joint Mul More

Signal support systems specialists with the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon Army National Guard, assemble a ground satellite terminal, Feb. 27, 2020, at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hoh More

Spc. Micah Navarette and Sgt. Bradway Byrd of Task Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal, U.S. Army 720th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, assemble a bomb suit, Feb. 29, 2020, at the Joint Multinational Readine More

Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, Oregon Army National Guard conduct crowd and riot-control training during exercise Jungleer Enterprise, March 1, 2020, at the Joint Multinational Readiness More

Soldiers with the Albanian Armed Forces participate in a patrol training exercise, Feb. 2, 2020, at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany. The exercise mimicked the patrols that occur i More

Chaplain (Ltc.) Jacob Scott KFOR 27 Regional Comand East livestreaming Member Religious Services Conducted in Camp Bondsteel Chapel, Kosovo, March 22, 2020. Services are typically done with a live audience ever More

Kosovo Force Regional-Command East Maneuver Battalion Soldier, Spc. Hunter Whittaker, infantryman with 162nd Infantry Company, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon National Guard, b More

The KFOR Regional Command-East Material Management Center Office (MMC) Staff and volunteer mechanics (from left to right) Sgt. Nicholas Vestal, Sgt. Joshua Maplethorpe, Capt. Angela Davis, Chief Warrant Officer More

KFOR Regional Command-East Laison Monitoring Team K18 made up of Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 162 Infantry Regiment, Oregon National Guard, and RC-E Chaplain (Cpt.) Katie Declet, and Religious Support Specialis More

The U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. James C. McConville signs a Strategic Vision Statement alongside Polish military personnel August 4, 2020. The SVS outlines the U.S.' commitment to increase the already strong- More

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team work together to correct an inflatable boat during broaching recovery training on August 16, 20 More

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team paddle an inflatable boat during training on August 16, 2020 at Cullaby Lake, near Warrenton, O More

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team pull on straps attached to their inflatable boat during a broaching recovery drill on August 16 More

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team practice broaching drills using an inflatable boat on August 16, 2020 at Cullaby Lake, near War More

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team receive instruction before conducting inflatable boat training on August 16, 2020 at Cullaby La More

An Oregon Army National Guard Soldier with 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team flips an inflatable boat during broaching recovery training on August 16, 2020 at Cullaby Lak More

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team receive instruction during water training while on an inflatable raft on August 16, 2020 at Cul More

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team work together to correct an inflatable boat during broaching recovery training on August 16, 20 More

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team prepare to flip an inflatable boat during broaching recovery training on August 16, 2020 at Cul More

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team start to flip an inflatable boat during broaching recovery training on August 16, 2020 at Culla More

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment stand ready outside of a doorway during a training exercise on August 26, 2020 at Camp Rilea, near Warrenton, Ore. The Sold More

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment paddle their inflatable boats to the shore of Slusher Lake maneuvering past artillery simulators thrown by oppositional forces on More

Oregon Army National Guard Col. Alan Gronewald, Commander, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team pins an Army Achievement Medal onto Cpl. Guillermo Arceo-Bigoni, Gulf Company, 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment More

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment paddle their inflatable boats to the shore of Slusher Lake maneuvering past artillery simulators on August 26, 2020 at Camp Rilea, More

Soldiers from the NATO-led Kosovo Force mission, who are organic to the Oregon Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, demonstrate infantry-maneuver tactics to troops from the Army of Nort More

Capt. Nadine Wiley Demoura and Sgt. 1st Class Melisa Washington clean up debri surrounding a primary school Sept. 10, 2020, in Bince/Binac, Kosovo. Demoura and Washington, who are members of the NATO-led Kosovo More

Oregon Army National Guard 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team Col. Noel Hoback attends a ribbon cutting ceremony Sept. 18, 2020, at a school in Lebane, Kosovo. Hoback, the deputy commander of the Kosovo Force Re More

Members of the Kosovo Force Regional Command East’s Kilo 21 liaison monitoring team delivers sensory items and personal hygiene products to the non-government organization Handikos Sept. 18, 2020, in Ferizaj/Ur More