Idaho Army National Guard Maj. Russell Des Jardins

Idaho Army National Guard Maj. Russell Des Jardins (left), operations officer with 2nd Squadron, 116th Cavalry Regiment, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (CBCT), briefs Gen. Frank J. Grass (far right), chief of the National Guard Bureau, as Lt. Col. Mitch Smith (center), 2-116th squadron commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Harold Williamson, 2-116th squadron command sergeant major, observe, August 17, at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif. The 116th CBCT is spending 12 days conducting live-fire exercises and force-on-force simulated battles in the Mojave Desert. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class April Davis, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Oregon Army National Guard)