Spc. Chris St. Sauver (right), artillery specialist with D Battery 1-147 Field Artillery, South Dakota National Guard, on deployment in Camp Cedar / Talil in January 2008.
Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery Battalion conduct convoy operations training with the 115th Fires Brigade of the Wyoming National Guard at Ft. Hood, Texas, June 2009.
Iraqi actors interact with convoy operators while soldiers from the Minnesota Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery Battalion participate in an exercise using actors to simulate urban convoy operations while completing pre-deployment training within Fort Hood in central Texas. The Minnesota unit will join with several other states to form the Wyoming Army National Guard's 115th Fires Brigade, which is scheduled to support operations in Kuwait in Iraq for a year-long deployment. Photo by Brandon Quester/Public Affairs Specialist, Wyoming National Guard.
Lt. Col. Scott St. Sauver and other command staff of the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery Battalion conduct MOUT training (military operations on urbanized terrain) at Ft. Sill, Okla., February 2009.
Spc. Matthew Johnson, right, and Pfc. Chad Hindal, left, both from the Minnesota Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery Battalion participate in an exercise using actors to simulate urban convoy operations while completing pre-deployment training within Fort Hood in central Texas. The Minnesota unit will join with several other states to form the Wyoming Army National Guard's 115th Fires Brigade, which is scheduled to support operations in Kuwait in Iraq for a year-long deployment. Photo by Brandon Quester/Public Affairs Specialist, Wyoming National Guard.
1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery Soldiers conduct Traffic Control Point (TCP) operations with some actors during mobilization training Feb. 2009.
Members of the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery Battalion get a range brief near the end of their mobilization training at Ft. Hood Texas June 2.
Soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard's 175th Forward Support Company, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery Battalion, perform mounted gunnery exercises while participating in pre-deployment training within Fort Hood in central Texas. The Minnesota unit will join with several other states to form the 115th Fires Brigade from the Wyoming Army National Guard during a year-long deployment to Kuwait and Iraq. Photo by Brandon Quester/Public Affairs Specialist, Wyoming National Guard.
Maj. Scott St. Sauver of the Rear Area Operations Center at Camp Taji, 1-151 Field Artillery Battalion, entertains Iraqi children during a mission near a market in Taji, August 2005.
Members of the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery pose prior to a Civil Affairs mission outside Taji, Iraq, August 2005. From left: Maj. Mike Wickman, Maj. Scott St. Sauver, Sgt 1st Class Tom Roach, and Sgt. 1st Class Dan Madsen. In the turret is Spc. Luke Straw. MAJ Wickman and SFC Roach led one or two such missions per week.
Spc. Anthony St. Sauver, a medic with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, takes a break from training in Kuwait at the start of the 22-month 1/34 BCT Iraq mobilization in 2005-2007.
Members of the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery Battalion of the Minnesota National Guard zero their rifles during mobilization training at Ft. Sill, Okla., Feb. 25.
1st Sgt. Gregory Pedersen stands ready to be promoted prior to the April 4 deployment ceremony for the Montevideo-based 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery.
Lt. Col. Scott St. Sauver, battalion commander of the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery Battalion, meets with his four children prior to the April 4 deployment ceremony in Montevideo, Minn. From left are: Sgt. Anthony St. Sauver of the 134th Brigade Support Battalion; Pfc. Ashley St. Sauver of 2nd Battalion, 136 Combined Arms Battalion; 1st Lt. Blake St. Sauver with E Battery (Target Acquisition Battery) of the 1-151 FA; and Spc. Chris St. Sauver, who is with the South Dakota National Guard. Anthony deployed with the 1st Brigade Combat Team in 2005-2007, Blake will be deploying with the E TAB of the 1-151 FA, Ashley served on state active duty with the 2-136 CAB during the flood fight in Fargo/Moorhead, and Chris returned from a deployment to Iraq in 2008. Scott's wife, Deb, is a contractor working at Camp Ripley.
The 175th Forward Support Company under the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery Battalion, poses for a photo at Ft. Hood, Texas, June 2009.
Spc. Chris St. Sauver (bottom) of the South Dakota National Guard talks with children while on a mission near Talil, Iraq, in 2008.
Iraqi actors interact with a military convoy while soldiers from the Minnesota Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery Battalion participate in an exercise using actors to simulate urban convoy operations while completing pre-deployment training within Fort Hood in central Texas. The Minnesota unit will join with several other states to form the Wyoming Army National Guard's 115th Fires Brigade, which is scheduled to support operations in Kuwait in Iraq for a year-long deployment. Photo by Brandon Quester/Public Affairs Specialist, Wyoming National Guard.
Thirty Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery Battalion re-enlist at the close of mobilization training at Ft. Hood, Texas, June 2.
Lt. Col. Scott St. Sauver addresses 30 reenlisting Soldiers at a ceremony at Ft. Hood, Texas, June 2.
The St. Sauver family together in Montevideo, Minn., prior to a deployment ceremony April 4, 2009.
