During an open house at the Idaho Army National Guard Armory in Post Falls Thursday, veterans Mark Glenn and Owen Mir discuss the Army’s current weaponry with Staff Sgt. Nick Fowler of Coeur d’Alene and Pvt. Ty Ward of Priest River. “Everything’s changed,” said Mir. (Judd Wilson/PRESS)
March 9, 2018
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March 9, 2018 midnight
Neighbors, Idahoans, soldiers
POST FALLS — Today’s Idaho Army National Guard is far from the Hollywood stereotype, said Master Sgt. Sean Rash at an open house Thursday. The top enlisted soldier at the Idaho Army National Guard Armory in Post Falls said he once believed that the National Guard was made up of ill-clad hillbillies. As an active-duty soldier, he mocked the “weekend warriors.” Then he met some — and his tune changed.