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‘Papa Bear’ Didn’t Hibernate at 73 Easting

Retired Sgt. 1st Class Gerald Shoates. (From ARMY Magazine, Vol. 66, No. 5. Copyright 2016 by the Association of the U.S. Army and reprinted by permission of ARMY Magazine.) I could fill a calendar with dates that are important to me: the day I got married; the birth of my sons; the day I quit

Drill Sergeant of the Year – Best Warrior More than a Competition

I could not be prouder of the Soldiers and NCOs of the 108th Training Command (IET) for the unprecedented performance in the 2020 Drill Sergeant of the Year (DSOY) and Best Warrior Competitions (BWC).  The 2020 108th TC (IET) DSOY, DS Shane Price, won the 1SG Tobias Meister high Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) Award;

A New Year Brings Hope and Change, but Never Forget the Past

As 2020 kicks off, Soldiers, veterans and families across the 98th Training Division (IET) are inevitably looking forward. The new year brings hope and plans and resolutions. However, every great leader knows, the best path to future success is to ensure the past is remembered. To accomplish that mission, Iroquois Warriors gathered their history and

104th Drill Sergeants and Instructors Train with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit

Drill sergeants and instructors with the 104th Training Division spent a week at Fort Benning, Georgia with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit going over the latest techniques in Basic Rifle Marksmanship. Though the 25 U.S. Army Reserve noncommissioned officers were quite familiar with rifle marksmanship, they found it critical to their mission as instructors to