First female NCO graduate of U.S. Army infantry qualifying course joins 34 others in Wyomi

Graduates from 11 Bravo infantry training at Camp Guernsey hold up their blue cords at the end of the ceremony. The 35 soldiers completed two weeks of intense training at Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center and the Regional Training Institute there with trainers from the infantry school in Arkansas. Among the graduates that will help comprise Wyoming's first infantry unit in more than 100 years, is Sgt. Shelby Atkins, the U.S. Army's first female Infantry non-commissioned officer.

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Wyoming graduates 35 from Infantry training

Graduates from 11 Bravo infantry training at Camp Guernsey hold up their blue cords at the end of the ceremony. The 35 soldiers completed two weeks of intense training at Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center and the Regional Training Institute there with trainers from the infantry school in Arkansas. Among the graduates that will help comprise Wyoming's first infantry unit in more than 100 years, is Sgt. Shelby Atkins, the U.S. Army's first female Infantry non-commissioned officer.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Thirty-five newly trained Infantry Soldiers graduated Thursday, among them the first female non-commissioned officer to graduate a U.S. Army Infantry qualifying course.

Sgt. Shelby Atkins is the first female graduate from an Infantry MOS in the U.S. Army, military officials said. Atkins is assigned to C Co 1st Battalion 297th Infantry as a team leader.

Wyoming's Infantry Soldiers completed the Infantry qualification and transition course at Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center.

The graduates will serve in the Wyoming Army National Guard's first Infantry unit in more than 100 years and will be the first Soldiers to fill qualified jobs there.

The Infantry unit, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry, is assigned to Evanston and Afton, Wyoming, and replaces the 1041st Multi-role Bridge Company, which, as was announced last year, will be deactivated in July.

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First female NCO graduate of U.S. Army infantry qualifying course joins 34 others in Wyoming