Military Service
Wisconsin service.Infantry leadership.
Jeremy’s seven years in the Wisconsin Army National Guard connected him to generations of citizen-soldiers and shaped the leadership, responsibility, and discipline he carries into public service.
Wisconsin’s citizen-soldier tradition
From the Iron Brigade to the 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry.
Jeremy served seven years in the Wisconsin Army National Guard as an infantryman with C Company, 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry Regiment. He deployed to Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2004 to 2005 and later served as a team leader and squad leader before exiting the service in 2010.
Wisconsin has a long tradition of citizen-soldiers answering the call to serve. The Army’s official lineage carries Wisconsin infantry organizations from the Civil War into the modern 128th Infantry. Jeremy is proud to be part of that history.
Jeremy earned the CIB during his Iraq deployment, reflecting his service as an infantryman in active ground combat.
Wisconsin infantry across generations
- 1861
The official regimental lineage begins with the 1st and 2d Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. The 2d Wisconsin became part of the Iron Brigade.
- 1864
Veterans and recruits of the 2d Wisconsin formed Companies G and H of the 6th Wisconsin, another Iron Brigade regiment.
- 1917
The 3d Wisconsin Infantry was redesignated as the 128th Infantry and assigned to the 32d Division.
- 2004 to 2005
The 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry deployed to Iraq. Jeremy served with the battalion during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
- Today
The 1st Battalion continues Wisconsin’s citizen-soldier tradition as an element of the 32d Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
History summarized from the U.S. Army Center of Military History and the National Park Service.