Battalion

An article Wednesday in the Tribune erroneously stated seven soldiers from the region were killed while serving in the Mideast. The following is the list of eight soldiers from the region who died while deployed to the Mideast: Sgt. Joshua Schmit, 26, of Willmar, died April 14,...

MONTEVIDEO -- West central Minnesota has sent hundreds of men and women to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and experienced the sorrow of losing seven of its own. One of the heaviest burdens fell on soldiers serving in the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery of the Minnesota National...

MONTEVIDEO -- Welcome home ceremonies are scheduled today for the second wave of returning troops with the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery. Montevideo The 95 soldiers with the headquarters and headquarters battery will be returning to the Montevideo Training and Command Center...

MONTEVIDEO -- Welcome home ceremonies are scheduled on Saturday for the second wave of returning troops with the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery. Montevideo The 95 soldiers with the headquarters and headquarters battery will be returning to the Montevideo Training and Command...

OLIVIA -- Olivia and neighboring, Renville County communities joined to give the first returning troops with the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery a noisy and jubilant hero's welcome on Friday morning. The 111 troops with Battery B based in Olivia and Madison rolled into Olivia...

ST. PAUL -- More than 550 soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery will be returning home today and Saturday, according to the Minnesota National Guard in St. Paul. The units based in Olivia, Madison, and Marshall are expected today, while the headquarters and headquarters...

ST. PAUL -- More than 550 soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery will be returning home on Friday and Saturday, according to the Minnesota National Guard in St. Paul. The units based in Olivia, Madison, and Marshall are expected to return on Friday, while the headquarters...

OLIVIA_ -- The soldiers from Battery B, 1st Battalion- 151st Field Artillery based out of Olivia and Madison are expected to return home to Olivia at approximately 10 a.m. on Friday. They will be coming to Olivia on U.S. Highway 212 and will proceed on Ninth Street to the BOLD School....

MONTEVIDEO -- Area soldiers serving with the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery in Kuwait are approaching the home stretch of their deployment. Commanders with the unit spoke to local reporters during a conference call Thursday, according to Capt.

FORT HOOD, TEXAS -- Their training completed and goodbyes said to families, nearly 560 soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery of the Minnesota National Guard are preparing for deployment to Iraq in the upcoming days. Six weeks of intensive training at Fort Hood, Texas,...

MONTEVIDEO -- More than 550 area soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery will depart Sunday for training in preparation for deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The unit will board flights from Sioux Falls, S.D., en route to Fort Hood, Texas,...