SFC Dane Kringstad directs traffic during the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., in September. Kringstad was the day shift NCOIC for the 257th Military Police Company, a unit which sent about 30 soldiers in support of Joint Task Force - RNC.
Sgt. Timothy Kluxdal (left) and Sgt. Adam Anderson, military police with the 257th Military Police Co., talk with a pedestrian during the 2008 Republican National Convention in St Paul, Minn.
SFC Dane Kringstad directs traffic during the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul; Minn.; in September. Kringstad was the day shift NCOIC for the 257th Military Police Company; a unit which sent about 30 soldiers in support of Joint Task Force - RNC.
The Minnesota National Guard hosted Joint Task Force-Republican National Convention, a task force of all five branches of the armed services created to support civil authorities during the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. The convention ran from Sept. 1 to Sept. 4. About 1,200 Soldiers and Airmen from Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, North Dakota and Alaska helped in the effort.
