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Former Gillette resident returns to challenge Cheney
May 13, 2021
GILLETTE A Campbell County High School graduate and U.S. Army veteran is running for Wyoming’s lone U.S. House of Representatives seat in 2022.
Denton Knapp, a 1983 CCHS grad who served for 30 years in the U.S. Army, has announced that he will challenge Republican Rep. Liz Cheney.
Knapp, who now lives in California but is moving back to Gillette, said he’s wanted to go into public service since high school and that “now is a good time to do it.”
Knapp joins other Republicans in state Sen. Anthony Bouchard, state Rep. Chuck Gray, Bryan Keller, Marissa Selvig and Darin Smith in an.
DEFENDER-Europe 21: Swift Response in Romania Photo By Spc. Jabari Clyburn | BOBOC AIR BASE, Romania Maj. Gen. Joe Jarrard, Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army.. read moreread more Photo By Spc. Jabari Clyburn | BOBOC AIR BASE, Romania Maj. Gen. Joe Jarrard, Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe and Africa, stands with Maj. Gen. Iulian Berdila, Romania Chief of Land Forces, during Swift Response 21 here May 10. The 82nd Airborne Division partnered with three of its NATO allies and partners to complete the last iteration of a near simultaneous joint forcible entry operation. The operation demonstrates NATO’s extensive military capabilities that serve to prevent conflict and preserve peace.
55 Last month, United States Army Europe and Africa conducted the first annual Ready and Resilient 4x4x48 Challenge. Over 70 participants ran, walked, or rucked four miles every four hours for forty-eight hours, with 35 participants completing all twelve legs of the challenge throughout the month of April. Participants conducted the challenge from all over Europe and the United States.
Led by Brig. Gen. Jed J. Schaertl, Deputy Commanding General for Mobilization and Reserve Affairs, the challenge could be completed alone or at one of the socially distant group events.
“The USAREUR-AF 4x4x48 Challenge is intended to stress an individual in a way that goes beyond a singular, short duration event,” Schaertl says. “The 48 miles within 48 hours highlights the many aspects of resiliency and provides an opportunity to learn more about ourselves and what we are capable of.”
Former Birmingham police chief makes history as first Black US Army Reserve lieutenant general
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
Former Birmingham police Chief A.C. Roper makes history as first African American U.S Army Reserve lieutenant general. (U.S. Army Reserve)
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Former Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper will become the first African American to achieve the rank of U.S Army Reserve lieutenant general.
Maj. Gen. Roper’s upcoming promotion, announced last week, will put him as deputy commander of the United States Northern Command, United States Element, North American Aerospace Defense Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado. In his new role, Roper will help lead U.S. Northern Command in anticipating, preparing and responding to threats against North America and within Northern Command’s assigned area of responsibility; and provide oversight of U.S. Northern Command’s Defense Support to Civil Authorities.