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FRIENDSHIP Kenneth A. “Ken” Simmons, 91, of Friendship, died peacefully at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta on March 11, 2021.
Ken was born on April 14, 1929 in Rockland to Mertland and Florence Simmons. He graduated from high school in 1946. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War from 1948 to 1952. He achieved the rank of Corporal and received the Presidential Unit Citation. After the war, Ken attended the Academy of Aeronautics in New York.
Ken owned and operated Simmons Garage in Friendship for many years until he retired. He enjoyed working on cars and airplanes as a volunteer at the Owls Head Transportation Museum. He was a past member of the Stone-Scott-Watson V.F.W. Post #3095 in Friendship.
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Exercise Eagle Sokol is a bilateral training exercise with the Slovenian Armed Forces focused on the rapid deployment and assembly of forces and team cohesion with weapon systems tactics and procedures.
U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the Dog Company,1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, engage the targets during blank-fire exercise as part of Eagle Sokol 21 at Pocek Range in Postonja, Slovenia, March 9 (Picture source: U.S. Army/Paolo Bovo)
Exercises such as this build a foundation of teamwork and readiness between NATO allies. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands‘ areas of responsibility. Forward-based in Italy and Germany, the Brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build interoperability and strengthen the Alliance.
Extraordinary heroism in action recognized 17 years later
SDNG Public AffairsMarch 9, 2021News
Courtesy PhotoSouth Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers with Company C, 153rd Engineer Battalion, pose for a photo in Iraq during the unit’s deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004. Members of Company C were awarded the Valorous Unit Award for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy of the United States during the period of April 10, 2004–April 22, 2004, while serving in Iraq under the 1st Infantry Division.
PARKSTON, S.D. – A South Dakota Army National Guard legacy unit has received the U.S. Army’s Valorous Unit Award (VUA) nearly 17 years after the company’s service in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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