Scarborough Promoted to Staff Sergeant

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Darryl G. Scarborough (center), Moorhead, Minn., salutes his company commander, Capt. David McMahon, of West Fargo, N.D., during formation at the Fargo Armed Forces Reserve Center. Scarborough was promoted to the rank of staff sergeant in the North Dakota National Guard.

FARGO, N.D. — Darryl G. Scarborough, Moorhead, Minn., has been promoted to the rank of staff sergeant in Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 141^st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, a Fargo-based unit of the North Dakota Army National Guard.

Scarborough, a native of Denver, was promoted during a ceremony in March at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Fargo. He serves as the civil affairs noncommissioned officer in charge.

He has been a member of the National Guard for eight years.

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Since the 2001 terrorist attacks on America, the North Dakota National Guard has mobilized more than 3,800 Soldiers and more than 1,800 Airmen in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Currently, nearly 300 North Dakota Guardsmen are serving overseas while more than 4,000 remain in the state for emergency response and national defense. For every 10,000 citizens in North Dakota, 65 serve in the North Dakota National Guard, a rate that’s more than four times the national average.

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