Welcoming Home North Dakota National Guard Unit from Deployment

Grand Forks, N.D. – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Companies and Veterans Affairs Committees, joined Main Common Alan Dohrman, Adjutant Common of the North Dakota Nationwide Guard, in a Welcome House Ceremony for the 1^st Battalion 188^th Air Protection Artillery Regiment.

“It was an excellent afternoon welcoming dwelling the 1^st Battalion 188^th Air Protection Artillery Regiment of the North Dakota Nationwide Guard in Grand Forks. These courageous women and men deserve our utmost respect and honor for his or her willingness to serve the USA by way of all forms of missions, emergencies, and pure disasters. These Troopers have been so dedicated to creating a distinction throughout this deployment after they weren’t conserving the skies over the Nationwide Capital Area protected, they have been logging greater than 4,000 hours of volunteer work whereas off obligation. They proudly represented North Dakota and we’re eternally grateful. I had the glory of visiting them in DC and it’s an excellent privilege to welcome them dwelling,” mentioned Senator Cramer.

The Guard members returned from deployment on the Nationwide Capital Area.

In April, Senator Cramer visited Fort Belvoir and met with troopers from this battalion. He additionally acquired a mission transient and mentioned the advancing know-how this regiment works with daily. Throughout the go to, he additionally participated in a promotion ceremony for Employees Sergeant Michael Iverson. On the time, Senator Cramer mentioned “it was an honor to be a part of this big day and thank him for his service to our nice nation.”