Team Minot builds strength through connection
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. – Minot Air Force Base hosted a day dedicated to suicide prevention Sept. 27th, 2024. The day combined physical activities with essential training to equip individuals with tools to recognize and address mental health challenges. The day started with a two-mile flightline run, uniting personnel from both the 91st Missile […]
October Squadron of the Month
5th Force Support Squadron The 5th Bomb Wing Command team would like to congratulate the 5th Force Support Squadron on being selected as October Squadron of the Month. The 5th Force Support Squadron successfully organized multiple community events that fostered camaraderie and engagement among base personnel and their families. From the recent Summer Fest which […]
FCC Provider of the Month
What do you enjoy most about being an FCC Provider?What I enjoy most about being an FCC Provider is that I can provide love, support and education to all those children who are the treasure of so many military members who are part of the great Air Force family. I can enjoy every smile of […]
Paying Tribute to Our Military Concert
The Brass Band of Minot’s 2024-2025 season starts on Sunday, Oct 6th with a concert titled “Paying Tribute to Our Military” at 4:00 PM at MSU’s Anne Nicole Nelson Hall. The concert will feature marches (including the popular Norwegian march “Valdres” and a Salvation Army Band march by William Himes entitled “God and Country”), popular […]
Sertoma Seltzer and Beerfest + Wine Tickets on Sale Now
Tickets for Sertoma Seltzer and Beerfest + Wine, an annual event sponsored by the Minot Sertoma Club, are now on sale online. The event will be held Saturday, October 5, at the Flickertail Gardens on the North Dakota State Fairgrounds, and will run from 4-8 p.m. This event includes a taste testing of seltzers, wine […]
Make the Grade, Earn Rewards with the Exchange!
You Made the Grade Program Returns for 2024-25 School Year The Army & Air Force Exchange Service’s You Made the Grade Program is back for its 24th year, rewarding military students who earn good grades with exclusive discounts, prizes and savings. All traditional and non-traditional military students in first through 12th grades, including those who […]
Invasion of the animals…
Just about anywhere in the state of North Dakota, there have been reports in recent years of unusual animal sightingsThese are animals that through recent history, at least, haven’t been seen in the state. But from 2000 on, numerous witnesses have come forward to tell their stories of what they may have seen.
It’s All About Community
Two events that you are going to read about in this week’s Northern Sentry gave me a bit of focus for this week’s article. First, a teacher at Memorial Junior High and now also at Minot North, Mr. Byron Boren, was named CTE (Career and Technology Education) teacher of the year in North Dakota. Mr. […]
PV/BV 24-4 concludes at Minot AFB
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. —Airmen assigned to the 2nd and 5th Bomb Wings participated in Prairie Vigilance/Bayou Vigilance 24-4, a training operation designed to test the wings’ readiness to conduct deterrence and combat operations here, Sept. 4-8. “The purpose of ‘Prairie Vigilance’ is inherent in the name itself: vigilance,” said Col. Jesse Lamarand, 5th […]
91 MW participates in SELM test
Airmen and Sailors from the 625th Strategic Operations Squadron, Offutt AFB, Neb., 576th Flight Test Squadron, Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., the 91st Missile Wing, Minot AFB, N.D., and the Navy’s Strategic Communications Wing 1, Offutt AFB, completed a simulated electronic launch minuteman (SELM) test at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., Sept. 17.Twice a year, […]