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‘Join the National Guard’ for family, says Oregon’s newest general
Col. Russell Gibson, assistant adjutant general for the Oregon Army National Guard, was promoted to brigadier general during a ceremony at the 41st Infantry Division Armed Forces Reserve Center in Clackamas, Ore., Oct. 17, 2026. Brig. Gen. Alan Gronewold, the Adjutant General, Oregon, hosted the cer
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Col. Russell Gibson, assistant adjutant general for the Oregon Army National Guard, was promoted to brigadier general during a ceremony at the 41st Infantry Division Armed Forces Reserve Center in Clackamas, Ore., Oct. 17, 2026. Brig. Gen. Alan Gronewold, the Adjutant General, Oregon, hosted the ceremony and charged Gibson to be connected, competent and committed as he takes on responsibility for the whole organization. Gibson, whose service began in 1987 as a Navy Reserve hospital corpsman, thanked family, friends and fellow service members and told the audience, “If you want to be part of a family, join the National Guard.”
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