Col. Trenton Gibson, right, was promoted to brigadier general at a Montana National Guard change of command ceremony Sunday at Fort Harrison. At left is the outgoing adjutant general, Maj. Gen. J ...

Col. Trenton Gibson, right, was promoted to brigadier general at a Montana National Guard change of command ceremony Sunday at Fort Harrison. At left is the outgoing adjutant general, Maj. Gen. J ...

Col. Trenton Gibson, right, was promoted to brigadier general at a Montana National Guard change of command ceremony Sunday at Fort Harrison. At left is the outgoing adjutant general, Maj. Gen. J ...

Womack, who had enlisted in the Army in 1942 and received his commission as a second lieutenant in 1945 at Fort Benning, Ga., joined the Montana National Guard in May 1949.

Col. Pete Oljar also helped coordinate the Montana Army National Guard's response to statewide emergencies in the 1980s and ’90s.

The Montana National Guard comprises more than 3,300 guardsmen across the state, with over 1,000 airmen and 2,300 soldiers stationed in 14 communities. Primary hangar locations are in Great Falls ...

Soldiers from the Montana Army National Guard's 260th Combat Engineer Support Company board an aircraft as they mobilize to Fort Bliss, Texas before deploying to Afghanistan in support of ...

Billings, Mont. – The Montana Army National Guard’s 484th Military Police Company is scheduled to leave Montana next week, en-route to its mobilization station at Fort Bliss. The unit is ...

He then wrapped up his active-duty Army career at Fort Huachuca in Arizona. Wilkins returned to Montana in 1998 and initially served part-time in the Guard, returning to flying Blackhawks.

Derby was born Jan. 26, 1965, in Berlin. His father was a chief master sergeant, the highest enlisted rank in the Air Force, according to Maj. Tim Crowe of the Montana Army National Guard.

In Fort Harrison, portraits of previous Adjutant Generals line the walls, and Gibson is the second TAG from the Dillon area. "It's certainly quite an honor," he said. Reflecting on his origins, he ...