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Staff Sgt. Jeremy Weaver sings the National Anthem

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Maj. Gen. Rodney Boyd joins members in presenting a scholarship to Sania Sneed

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Maj. Gen. Rodney Boyd joins members in presenting a scholarship to Josiah Ruffin

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8th Infantry Regiment scholarship recipients: Zoe Banguel, Seneea Boyd, Daniya McGhee, Wade Hudson, Sania Sneed, Josiah Ruffian

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Lt. Col. (Ret.) Autherine Jones speaks at the 8th Infantry scholarship presentations

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Members keep the “Fighting 8th” legacy alive through scholarships

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Maj. Gen. Rodney Boyd presents his coin to 8th Infantry Association members

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Staff Sgt. Summer Sparacino hugs her 2-year-old daughter, Francesca, as Sparacino returns from deployment. The Illinois Army National Guard's 634th Brigade Support Battalion Forward Logistics Element returned home on Saturday, Aug. 2, after supporting U.S. Special Operations Command Africa for approximately six months.

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Soldiers from the 634th Brigade Support Battalion Forward Logistics Element pose for a photos after they returned from deployment.

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Lt. Col. Nick Krzesinski, Commander of the 634th Brigade Support Battalion, shakes hands with Staff Sgt. Jackson Bland of Springfield, Ill., after Bland returned from deployment.

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Staff Sgt. Jackson Bland of Springfield, Ill., hugs his friends Aidynne and Lindsey Beitel, after Bland returned from deployment.

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The Illinois Army National Guard’s 139th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment deployed in support of Special Operations Command Europe in July 2024 and returned to Illinois in June.

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Brig. Gen. Jorge M. Fonseca is pinned by his wife, Andrea Fonseca, and one of their daughters during his promotion ceremony June 21, 2025, at the Kedzie Armory in Chicago. Fonseca, a native of Chicago’s Little Village, was promoted to brigadier general and appointed Director of the Joint Staff for the Illinois National Guard.
(U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Trenton Fouche, Joint Force Headquarters – Illinois National Guard)

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Brig. Gen. Jorge M. Fonseca, newly appointed Director of the Joint Staff for the Illinois National Guard, enters the auditorium for his promotion ceremony June 21, 2025, at the Kedzie Armory in Chicago. Fonseca, a native of Chicago’s Little Village and a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, was promoted during a ceremony attended by family, friends, and fellow service members.
(U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Trenton Fouche, Joint Force Headquarters – Illinois National Guard)

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Brig. Gen. Jorge M. Fonseca delivers remarks following his promotion to brigadier general during a ceremony held June 21, 2025, at the Kedzie Armory in Chicago. Fonseca, a native of Chicago’s Little Village, was also appointed Director of the Joint Staff for the Illinois National Guard.
(U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Trenton Fouche, Joint Force Headquarters – Illinois National Guard)

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Brig. Gen. Jorge M. Fonseca and his wife, Andrea Fonseca, unfurl his one-star flag during his promotion ceremony June 21, 2025, at the Kedzie Armory in Chicago, as Command Sgt. Maj. Michael R. Kelly, State Command Sergeant Major of the Illinois Army National Guard, looks on. The ceremony marked Fonseca’s promotion to brigadier general and his appointment as Director of the Joint Staff.
(U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Trenton Fouche, Joint Force Headquarters – Illinois National Guard)

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Lincoln’s Challenge Director Maurice Rochelle is set to retire.

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Maj. Gen. Rodney Boyd, the Adjutant General of Illinois and Commander of the Illinois National Guard, awards the Illinois Distinguished Service Medal to Col. (retired) Maurice Rochelle

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Lincoln’s Challenge Director Maurice Rochelle is set to retire

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