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Better-Equipped National Guard Still Eyes Critical Shortages
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629:Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal
375:succeeded Carpenter as Deputy Director.
176:Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal
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1427:United States Army War College alumni
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932:Association of the United States Army
727:Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
434:United States Army Corps of Engineers
279:. He is also a 1997 graduate of the
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188:Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
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1402:People from Rapid City, South Dakota
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399:United States Secretary of the Army
261:Bachelor of Business Administration
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1417:University of South Dakota alumni
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876:South Dakota Desert Storm Ribbon
269:Master of Business Administration
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1139:Leadership Directories, Inc.,
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662:National Defense Service Medal
281:United States Army War College
259:In 1975 Carpenter completed a
180:National Defense Service Medal
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1241:General Officer Announcements
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291:Carpenter transferred to the
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245:in 1948, and graduated from
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911:South Dakota Unit Citation
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741:Humanitarian Service Medal
301:Defense Language Institute
273:University of South Dakota
196:Armed Forces Reserve Medal
192:Humanitarian Service Medal
16:United States Army general
509:Meritorious Service Medal
437:Distinctive Unit Insignia
247:Sturgis Brown High School
222:(born 1948) is a retired
164:Meritorious Service Medal
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714:with four service stars
237:Early life and education
130:109th Engineer Battalion
60:United States of America
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542:Army Commendation Medal
168:Army Commendation Medal
1213:109th Engineers Blog,
964:Deadwood, South Dakota
813:Vietnam Campaign Medal
582:Army Achievement Medal
405:Awards and decorations
388:William E. Ingram, Jr.
263:degree in Business at
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208:Vietnam Campaign Medal
172:Army Achievement Medal
128:842nd Engineer Company
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976:Sturgis, South Dakota
712:Vietnam Service Medal
362:National Guard Bureau
356:National Guard Bureau
243:Sturgis, South Dakota
184:Vietnam Service Medal
86:Years of service
48:Sturgis, South Dakota
23:Carpenter, Raymond W.
1374:Raymond W. Carpenter
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1179:Raymond W. Carpenter
1156:Spring 2012, page 20
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220:Raymond W. Carpenter
132:109th Engineer Group
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1300:Mitchell Republic,
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119:Army National Guard
1369:External resources
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1215:List of Commanders
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