{"id":69014,"date":"2023-12-17T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=69014"},"modified":"2023-12-18T18:20:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T18:20:19","slug":"general-commissions-son-where-he-commissioned-decades-earlier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=69014","title":{"rendered":"General Commissions Son Where He Commissioned Decades Earlier"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Brig. Gen. Ryan Robinson administers the oath of commissioning to his son, 2nd Lt. Benjamin Robinson, Dec. 15, 2023, at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise. Robinson commissioned in the same location in May 1996.
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BOISE, Idaho – Brig. Gen. Ryan Robinson returned to the Idaho State Capitol Dec. 15 to administer the commissioning oath to the Idaho Army National Guard\u2019s newest officer: his son, 2nd Lt. Benjamin Robinson.<\/p>\n

Like his father, the lieutenant will begin his career in the Idaho Army National Guard after graduating from Boise State University’s ROTC program and commissioning inside the state capitol. While in college, both Soldiers served as the Bronco Battalion’s cadet commander.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means a lot,\u201d the general said. \u201cIt\u2019s great to see the next generation come up into the Guard family. I\u2019m proud of Ben\u2019s accomplishments, dedication and willingness to serve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Second Lt. Robinson\u2019s dad wasn\u2019t the only familiar face at his commissioning ceremony. After completing the oath, he accepted his first salute from his grandfather, Air Force veteran Thomas Robinson, who also gave Ryan his first salute in 1996 upon his own graduation and commissioning.<\/p>\n

Second Lt. Robinson will serve as a quartermaster officer for the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team\u2019s G Company, 145th Brigade Support Battalion. He has drilled with the unit since November as a member of the Simultaneous Membership Program, which allows National Guard members to drill with a unit while completing ROTC.<\/p>\n

Robinson said his decision to join the Idaho Army National Guard was based on more than just following in his dad\u2019s footsteps.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to serve but also pursue a career in mechanical engineering and stay in Idaho,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Robinson will put his mechanical engineering degree to good use at a Boise-based drone company.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m honored to accept my commission from the Army and to begin my career, both on the Army side and on the civilian side,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Since commissioning himself, Brig. Gen. Robinson has successfully managed dual careers. He serves as the Idaho National Guard\u2019s director of the joint staff and as a corporate finance officer in his civilian job. He deployed twice to Iraq in support of combat operations and has held commands at multiple echelons.<\/p>\n

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Brig. Gen. Ryan Robinson administers the oath of commissioning to his son, 2nd Lt. Benjamin Robinson, Dec. 15, 2023, at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise. Robinson commissioned in the same location in May 1996. (Photo Credit: Master Sgt. Becky Vanshur) VIEW ORIGINAL BOISE, Idaho – Brig. Gen. Ryan Robinson returned to the Idaho State […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69016,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69014"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69017,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69014\/revisions\/69017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}