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and Navy divers showcasing their equipment at a local YMNCA. Several interactive games and equipment also will be on hand.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard and other state officials will head to Hill City on Aug. 1 to meet with area residents in his Capital For A Day program.
• Daugaard will tour the Black Hills city and have a coffee outreach hour with residents. Meetings with business and community leaders also will be held.
• Daugaard says the Hill City event will give him a chance to get better acquainted with community leaders and become informed about local issues.

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• FORT MEADE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota National Guard soldiers from the 196th Regiment traveled to the Little Bighorn Battlefield near Garryowen, Mont., on July 4 to study the successes and failures of battle known as "Custer's Last Stand."
• The Guard says an analysis of both sides of the historic battle is one of the major events required for students to graduate from the 58-day commissioning program and become 2nd lieutenants.
• In 1876, Lt. Col. Colonel George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the battle.
• Numerous studies in recent years have uncovered a great deal of information about the locations, allowing tactics to be studied.
• Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Wall says studying military history teaches junior military leaders to think in terms of terrain and tactics.
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