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Changes & Friendship coming for the SFG

Changes & Friendship coming for the SFG

PCS season is here again. The familiar comings and goings are what makes the military function. In a lifestyle where nothing is constant, the fact that life will change is the one thing that is for sure. This year marks a different sort of change for the 91 Security...

More Than A 3-Day Weekend -Memorial Day Memories

More Than A 3-Day Weekend -Memorial Day Memories

The flower petals fall gracefully to the river below. The Souris river is running faster than usual this spring, but still the vibrant rose petals begin their trip down the river. It’s my first Memorial day in Minot and all I have is a sheet of paper from my news...

Airman of Minot: 1st Lt. Aaron Chen

Airman of Minot: 1st Lt. Aaron Chen

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) month recognizes and honors the heritage of individuals of AAPI descent.1st Lt. Aaron Chen, 742nd Missile Squadron Nuclear and Missiles Operations officer, and his mother immigrated from...

Winnipeg, Canada: It’s ALMOST like the US

Winnipeg, Canada: It’s ALMOST like the US

Oh Canada! It’s another country, another government and a foreign place. But it doesn’t always feel like it. For those of you looking to take that first exciting trip out of the USA this summer and get that nonexistent stamp in your passport- I was sad to find they...

How To Say Goodbye & Good Luck

How To Say Goodbye & Good Luck

It’s the time of the year that is definitely not one of my favorites. You all call it PCS season, while those of us who have gotten to know and work with those who are headed down the road to a different base and community just refer to June and July as “that time of...

A Center of Shopping

A Center of Shopping

The parking lot was full of vehicles. Every available parking space for several blocks in all directions was full too. The crowd was shoulder to shoulder. Parents held tightly to their children. Great excitement in the City of Minot!Huh? The year was 1962. The...

Sadly, two more newspapers are gone…

Sadly, two more newspapers are gone…

It was recently announced that two more North Dakota newspapers have closed for an indefinite amount of time. They are the New Town News and Mountrail County Record in Parshall. That brings the recent number of closures to six in what seems to be a stunning trend....

Conversation with Colonel and Mrs. Baum about the 91 MXG

Conversation with Colonel and Mrs. Baum about the 91 MXG

Colonel Patrick H. Baum91st Maintenance GroupCommander In order to understand the essential functions of each group in the Missile Wing and get an in-depth life and career perspective from Team Minot’s senior leaders, the Northern Sentry is running a series of...

Loggie’s Key Spouse Wins Big

Loggie’s Key Spouse Wins Big

Girl Scout cookie boxes serve as a backdrop for Troop Leader Sarah and Cookie Manager Jourdan Carrell in 2023. Did you know that prior to the late 1980s the military was actually allowed to dictate more about military spouses’ lives? Yep, that’s right. Though not...

Building a new home

Building a new home

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. - After being laid off from his job in late 2020, Senior Airman Jesse Yang, aerospace ground engineer technician for the 5th Maintenance Group, decided to speak with one of his old mentors who ultimately convinced him to join the Air Force....