National Guard Safety

Since the terrorist attacks on our country, the andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com...  More »

Since the terrorist attacks on our country, the andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/north-dakota-national-guardandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;North Dakota National Guardandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; has mobilized more than two thousand soldiers and more than one thousand airmen. Today, some of those soldiers were in andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/bismarck-ndandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Bismarckandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt;. The Guard State Safety Conference is taking place this weekend at the Comfort Inn. Commanders, senior enlisted leaders and designated soldiers from the andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/armyandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Armyandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; and Air National units from across the state are all taking part in this weekends activities. This year's keynote speaker is a andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/vietnamandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Vietnamandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; War Veteran and also a former Pittsburgh andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/steele-ndandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Steeleandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt;r. Rocky Bleier was drafted by both the United States Army and the Steelers in 1968. When he served in Vietnam he was severely wounded. He spoke this morning to motivate his audience to be the best they can be... andamp;quot;That relationship between andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/footballandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Footballandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; as a national past time sport and my military and hopefully some of the lessons I've learned in that period of time is something they can relate to here.andamp;quot; says Rocky Bleier/Veteran/Movtivational Speaker. Bleier hung around afterward to sign autographs and take pictures with guard members and fans.  « Less