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Spc. Wade Beyers of Post Falls takes aim with the engagement skills trainer at the Idaho Army National Guard Armory in Post Falls Thursday. The electronic marksmanship program allows local soldiers from the 145th Brigade Support Battalion to improve their skills on multiple weapons systems without firing real ammunition.
March 9, 2018
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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.