Broadcaster Press 5 November 13, 2018 www.broadcasteronline.com Rapid City Guard Unit Honored During Homecoming Ceremony RAPID CITY, S.D. - About 90 Soldiers with the South Dakota Army National Guard's Company C, 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment is were honored during a homecoming ceremony in Rapid City, Nov. 4. Hundreds of family members, friends and community supporters assembled at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center to welcome home the Soldiers who returned to South Dakota in September after serving nearly a year throughout the Middle East. "You know they got your back you can go forward and do your job knowing that everyone is behind you and supporting you and really the entire community," said 1st Sgt. Michael Martin, 1-189th senior noncommissioned officer. "Being back is amazing. You really appreciate the things you have at home when you're gone for a year." While deployed, the unit provided 24/7 combat life-saving aerial medical evacuation support with HH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to U.S. military and coalition forces in Iraq and Syria. State and local government leaders to include Lt. Gov. Matt Michels, Congresswoman Kristi Noem, Rapid City Mayor Steve Allender and Maj. Gen. Tim Reisch, SDNG adjutant general, spoke to the audience and addressed the Soldiers and their family members during the ceremony. "To the members of the 1-189th, it's great to have you back!" said Reisch. "The mission that you performed was critical to this nation's strategic objectives in the Middle East, and by all accounts, you performed all aspects of this mission in an outstanding manner. I couldn't be more proud of you than I am today and to have you home safe and sound." The unit completed over 500 flying missions from six locations and evacuated over 700 patients while providing enroute medical care to higher-level medical facilities. The Soldiers also worked with over 20 coalition nations to develop medical capacity and training while deployed. The unit's commander, Maj. Anthony Timanus, thanked the Soldiers for their efforts and praised the unit's various sections for their contributions to the mission. "We flew over 500 missions and 252 of those were live-combat missions," Timanus said. "Every single location that we had a live mission, I know out of those 252 people that we picked up, there are people that are walking back home in the United States right now. You guys were amazing." Timanus and Martin were thankful to have their Soldiers home safe in time for the holidays. "Your goal as a leader is always to come home with the same number of people that you left with," Timanus said. "I couldn't ask for more than that. It's a great Christmas present." "We missed the last holidays and this just makes it all the more special because we're going to be together on this one," Martin said. Managing Soil: Maximizing Profit Workshop Nov. 29 In Sioux Falls BROOKINGS, S.D. - SDSU Extension in collaboration with the Soil & Water Conservation Society will host Managing Soil: Maximizing Profit 2018 workshop in Sioux Falls, November 29, 2018 at the SDSU Extension Sioux Falls Regional Center (Myklebust Rec. Center, 2001 E. 8th St.) Registration begins at 8:30 and the workshop runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. "Managing soil for profitability is always important, but it becomes even more relevant today with the tough economic times many farmers face," explained Sara Bauder, SDSU Extension Agronomy Field Specialist. "This workshop brings together experts from across the region to share soil best management practices to increase efficiencies and farm profits." 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