Here's how you know
 **Official websites use .mil** .mil
 **Secure .mil websites use HTTPS** lock () https://


Skip to main content (Press Enter).
 Toggle navigation
            
            
            
            
            National Guard
                        Always Ready Always There
                    National Guard
            
            Search National Guard:
                        Search
                    Search
                        Search National Guard:
                            Search
    Home

    News
    
        Guard News

    Overseas Operations

    State Partnership Program

    News Features

    RSS Feeds

    Press Releases

    Transcripts

    Features
    
        Features by Year

    Posture Statement

    State Partnership Program

    Special Features

    About the Guard
    
        How We Began

    Air National Guard

    Army National Guard    
    
        DEERS Soldier Journey

    Leader Development Program

    History and Heritage

    I am the Guard

    NGB Official March

    Leadership
    
        CNGB

    VCNGB

    SEA

    DANG

    DARNG

    Joint Staff    
    
        J-1

    J-2

    J-3

    J-4

    J-5

    J-6

    J-7

    J-8

    Personal Staff    
    
        Inspector General

    General Counsel

    Public Affairs

    Executive Support Services

    Legislative Liaison

    Special Staff    
    
        National Guard Office of Special Victims' Counsel

    Office of the Provost Marshal

    Office of the Joint Surgeon

    Director of Acquisitions

    Small Business Programs

    Chaplain

    Senior Leader Management Office

    Diversity Equity Inclusion

    Comptroller

    Resources    
        National Defense Strategy Implementation Guidance

    Community Engagement

    FOIA

    Fact Sheets

    Helpful Links

    Image Gallery
    
        News Images

    Graphics

    Historical Paintings

    Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

    Legislative Liaison

    Small Business Programs

    Social Media

    State Websites

    Videos    
    
        Featured Videos

    On Every Front

    2019 Videos

    2020 Videos

    2021 Videos

    Suicide Prevention

    Family Programs

    Environmental

    Trial Defense Service

    Holistic Wellness Challenge

    Contact Us  Home
  News
  Article View
 
 Download
 Details
 Share
 NEWS
 Indiana National Guard members earn German jump wings By Staff Sgt. Lorne Neff
                Indiana National Guard
 CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. - More than 120 Indiana National Guard members earned their German jump wings in July. Jumpers came from the Company C, 2nd Squadron, 152nd Cavalry Regiment, Long Range Surveillance, and the 181st Intelligence Wing's 113th Air Support Operation Squadron. They were trained under the watchful eye of two German jumpmasters; Lt. Col. Frank Holelzner and Sgt. Maj. Stephen Engel. "The instructions that we are used to doing in English, they did in German so we had to pay attention to their hand motion more than anything to know exactly what we are supposed to be doing," said Capt. Adam Barlow, the Company C commander. After following the German jumpmaster commands and their normal practice routine, the troops loaded onto a C-130 at Camp Atterbury and jumped from about 1,200 feet on a warm Saturday afternoon. "The Germans were awesome, this was a great experience," said Staff Sgt. Ryan Link, also with the 2-152 LRS. "It was great," said Sgt. Ryan Odonnell, a Soldier with the 2-152 LRS. "This is my first jump out of jump school and I get a second set of wings." Indiana Army National Guard Lt. Col. Bradley Compton, the 2nd Squadron commander, said this is the first exchange with the German army and more than six years since the last foreign jump exchange with the Australian army. "Being able to work with the Germans and be able to do an airborne operation is a brotherhood like no other," said Barlow. "And to be able to do it with a partner country and see how they have the same values, the same histories and traditions in their military the same as ours is great to see manifest in an airborne operation."
 SHARE
 PRINT
 Indiana Guardsmen earn their jump wings
 
 Pennsylvania Army Guardsmen Complete Combat Lifesaver Course
 By Sgt. 1st Class Shane Smith,
  38th Infantry Division Soldiers Conduct Warfighter Exercise
 By Master Sgt. Jeff Lowry,
  Puerto Rico Air National Guard Trains at Red Flag-Alaska
 By 156th Wing
  More
 Pennsylvania Army Guardsmen Complete Combat Lifesaver Course Guard News • 3 hours ago
 38th Infantry Division Soldiers Conduct Warfighter Exercise Guard News • 11 hours ago
 Puerto Rico Air National Guard Trains at Red Flag-Alaska Guard News • 11 hours ago
 Air National Guard Conducts Sentry Savannah Exercise Guard News • yesterday
 Hawaii Air National Guard Hosts Sentry Aloha Joint Exercise Guard News • yesterday
 2024 (196)  2023 (427)  2022 (526)  2021 (697)  2020 (936)  2019 (387)  2018 (323)  2017 (346)  2016 (245)  2015 (356)  2014 (399)  2013 (469)  2012 (556)  2011 (533)  2010 (1071)  2009 (357)  2008 (638)  2007 (295)  2006 (188)
 Home
 Site Map
 Privacy & Security Policy
 Link Disclaimer
 Web Policy
 DOD Information Quality
 DOD Open GovernmentFOIA
 No FEAR Act
 Accessibility/Section 508
 Contact Us
 Army Guard Careers
 Air Guard Careers
 USA.gov
                    
Staying Connected
    XYouTubeFlickrFacebookInstagram
                 
                
                

Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil