I’ve visited, photographed, and written about the Badlands many times, yet always feel the efforts are inadequate. That’s the effect the Badlands has on me. Others too. The myriad of misarranged rugged buttes, variety of vegetation and wildlife, and stunning scenery...
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Women of Wisdom Symposium
On March 15, from 1530-1730, the Women Inspiring Next Generations Organization hosted a Women of Wisdom (WOW) Symposium where guest speakers such as 5th Bomb Wing Command Chief Master Sgt. Tori Jones, 742nd Missile Squadron Commander Lt. Col. Amanda Filiowich, Maj....
Downtown Minot Excursion: Magic City Discovery Center, April 25
The quarterly Discover Minot Excursion is a fun event put on by the Northern Sentry to help Minot AFB residents explore the city of Minot and get a little taste of why they may not hate it here after-all. The Excursion includes a bus ride from Minot AFB into Minot and...
New resident dietician keeps Minot
Airmen healthy, focused, active
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. --A dietitian’s work centers on food and its role in maintaining people’s health. Julie Yi, health promotion dietician with the 5th Medical Group, is Team Minot’s first resident dietician in over three years. By joining the team, she can...
Six leaders fired from Air Force nuclear base in North Dakota
Six leaders — including two commanders and four of their subordinates — were fired from a key Air Force nuclear base inNorth Dakota without explanation Monday. Col. Gregory Mayer, who ran the 5th Mission Support Group at Minot Air Force Base; Maj. Jonathan Welch, the...
Month of the Military Child (MOMC) Working Group
April is the perfect month to usher in Spring but it is also a great time to “Purple Up” for military connected students! The Month of the Military Child (MOMC) is celebrated in April and is a time to show our support for military connected students across the United...
A Hard Place to Leave
Not all of us have lived in a location that we find undesirable. But if you have, you may have borrowed a quote from a song by Mac Davis that talks about “happiness seeing Lubbock in your rear view mirror.” It may be true that heading south because you can’t go north...
2022 Year In Review
5th Bomb Wing LRGF Wins AFGSC Best Fuel Flight American Petroleum Institute Award Senior Airman Conley, 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels laboratory technician, analyzes fuel samples for impurities on Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, April 27, 2022. Analyzing...
Minot isn’t Minot without the Base
Brekka Kramer, the Minot Area Chamber Economic Development Corporation (EDC) President/CEO, is a person who cares about her community and the base relationship immensely. She shared that the City of Minot and the area realize just how important Minot Air Force Base is...
Bomber Task Force Returns to
Minot Air Force Base
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, ND --After over a month of being overseas, the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron completed a Bomber Task force (BTF) mission based out of RAF Fairford, England and returned to Minot Air Force Base, Sept. 23, 2022. “The BTF was most definitely a...