Mower County Man Among Select Group to Compete in Minnesota National Guard’s 2025 Best Warrior Event

Mower County man among select group to compete in Minnesota National Guard’s 2025 Best Warrior event

LITTLE FALLS, Minn. — Sgt. Hayden Sass, a combat engineer with Recruiting and Retention Battalion from Adams, Minnesota, was among the 25 service members from the Minnesota National Guard and NATO-allied nations Canada and Croatia, who competed in 18 warrior tasks, all for a chance to be named the Minnesota National Guard’s 2025 Best Warrior. The competition was held in April at Camp Ripley over four days and included 25 service members. This ye…

Tennessee Guardsmen named 2025 USO National Guard Members of the Year - Reserve & National Guard

On the morning of Sept. 27, 2024, Spc. Brandon Moore of the Tennessee National Guard grabbed the go-bag his father had packed for him and headed off for another day of disaster response in the wake of Hurricane Helene. He and Spc. Ethan Ward loaded into an up-armored LMTV, the second truck in a four-truck convoy tasked to help evacuate citizens stranded on the rooftop of Unicoi County Hospital. By the end of the day, the two men had narrowly esc…