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High Desert Warrior 15 July 5, 2019
Fort Irwin’s 2019 NCO & Soldier of the Year Competition winners
Garrison Public Affairs
FORT IRWIN, Calif. — The winners of Fort Irwin’s Non-commissioned Officer (NCO) and Soldier of the Year competition are Staff Sgt. Saul Diaz and Spc. Steven Weiss. The National Training Center’s version of the competition was June 26-27 and both winners are a part of the Operations Group’s Dragon Team. The annual competition tests soldiers’ physical and mental strength in a two-day competition that includes an Army physical fitness test, packing list layouts, an obstacle course, M9/M4 qualification, gunnery skills test (GST-disassembling a weapon), day and night land navigation, mystery event (NBC), unknown distance ruck march carrying 55 pounds or more, and even a written exam board. The next step will involve four weeks of training, before going to compete at the FORSCOM NCO and Soldier of the Year competition on August 15 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Annette Pritt, TASC
California native is first woman to lead U.S. Army infantry division
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Garrison Public Affairs
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif — Maj. Gen. Laura Yeager has made history as the first woman to lead a U.S. Army division. Yeager took command of the 40th Infantry Division on June 29 at the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos in front of hundreds of soldiers. She will lead about 10,000 soldiers, tak- ing command from Maj. Gen. Mark Malanka, who is retiring. Yeager is a native of Fountain Valley has served in the military since 1986. She’s served in Guam and across the United States, including Hawaii. Yeager is the daughter of a retired major general and wife of a lieutenant colonel. They have four sons.
U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Cossel, 40th Infantry Division Public Affairs
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