Thirty out of 42 South Dakota Army National Guard units received the National Guard Bureau’s Superior Unit Award in recognition of outstanding achievement during training year 2017.
Among the recipients is the 200th Engineer Company of Pierre, Chamberlain and Mobridge. The 200th is one of four units receiving this honor for the fifth year in a row. The Superior Unit Award is presented to units who meet highly-enforced military standards in the areas of personnel, training and readiness. In order to earn the SUA, units must achieve 95 percent in unit strength, monthly drill attendance, annual training attendance and weapons qualification. Units must also achieve 90 percent in physical fitness tests and duty-qualified soldiers. Unit admin and maintenance inspections also factor into award requirements.
This year’s recipients of the Superior Unit Award include:
- Battery A, 1-147th Field Artillery Battalion ***** – Aberdeen
- Company A, 139th Brigade Support Battalion – Brookings
- Headquarters Company, 153rd Engineer Battalion ***** – Huron
- Forward Support Company, 153rd Engineer Battalion ***** – Huron and Parkston
- 211th Engineer Company ****** – Madison and De Smet
- 740th Transportation Company *** – Milbank and Aberdeen
- 147th Army Band ** – Mitchell
- Company B, 139th Brigade Support Battalion ** – Mitchell
- 200th Engineer Company ***** – Pierre, Chamberlain and Mobridge
- Detachment 1, Company B, 1-112th Aviation Battalion ** – Rapid City
- Company C, 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment ** – Rapid City
- Headquarters Detachment, 109th Regional Support Group – Rapid City
- Joint Force Headquarters – Rapid City
- 82nd Civil Support Team **** – Rapid City
- 216th Firefighter Headquarters – Rapid City
- SDARNG Recruiting and Retention Command – Rapid City
- SDARNG Training Center **** – Rapid City
- SDARNG Medical Command **** – Rapid City
- 451st Engineer Detachment (Firefighters) ** – Rapid City
- 155th Engineer Company ***** – Rapid City and Wagner
- 235th Military Police Company ** – Rapid City and Sioux Falls
- 2nd Battalion, 196th Regional Training Institute – Sioux Falls
- 1742nd Transportation Company – Sioux Falls and Flandreau
- 1st Battalion, 196th Regional Training Institute – Sturgis
- 881st Troop Command – Sturgis
- 842nd Engineer Company *** – Spearfish, Belle Fourche and Sturgis
- 730th Area Support Medical Company – Vermillion
- Forward Support Company, 147th Field Artillery Battalion – Watertown
- Headquarters Battery, 147th Field Artillery Battalion *** – Watertown
- Battery B, 1-147th Field Artillery Battalion *** – Yankton
** Denotes second straight year for receiving the award.
*** Denotes third straight year for receiving the award.
**** Denotes fourth straight year for receiving the award.
***** Denotes fifth straight year for receiving the award.
****** Denotes sixth straight year for receiving the award.
