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Maj. Gen. Shawn Manke heads the 13,000 member Minnesota National Guard. Gen. Manke, assumed command in August, 2020 from Lt. Gen. Jon Jensen, stepping in during one of the most active periods of the MN National Guard. In this first interview on our show, he discussed some of the deployments during his tenure, including deployment of an 800 person contingent to the Presidential Inauguration, pulling special duty following the murder of George Floyd, dispatching troops to nursing homes and medical facilities to assist during the Covid-19 pandemic, and helping fight the floods on the Red River due to 2022 heavy rainfall.
