Brigade commander gets tasered

Soldiers from the Arizona Army National Guard's 856th Military Police Company watch in amusement as Col. John Hoefert, the 158th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade commander, experiences 50,000 volts from a Taser fired by Staff Sgt. Robert Propst, a less -than-lethal weapons instructor, during a completion of training ceremony Feb. 2 in Allen Readiness Center at Papago Park Military Reservation in Phoenix. Capt. Jerrett Burman, 856th MP company commander and 1st Sgt. Matthew O’Halloran, senior noncommissioned officer for the MP company, helped to keep Hoefert upright as he “rode the lightning.” (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Brian A. Barbour)