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Effective January 1, 1982, the Assistant Secretary of the Army changed the processing stations' names from Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Stations (AFEES) to MEPS. The command's motto is Freedom's Front Door, signifying that a service member's military career starts when they walk through the doors of the MEPS.
The Sioux Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties in South Dakota and one county in Minnesota, anchored by the city of Sioux Falls. The metro area is referred to locally as the Sioux Empire.
The South Dakota National Guard traces its history to the establishment of the Dakota Territory on March 2, 1861. Just prior to the establishment of the territory, in the 1850s, the U.S. Army had established garrisons at Fort Pierre and Fort Randall on the Missouri River.
Sioux Falls (/ ˌ s uː ˈ f ɔː l z / SOO FAWLZ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 118th-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County [10] and also extends into northern Lincoln County.
SD-000: Wing Holding Squadron: N/A: Administrative SD-001: Headquarters Squadron: Rapid City: Administrative SD-007: Lincoln County Composite Squadron: Tea: Operational SD-031: Rushmore Composite Squadron: Ellsworth AFB : Operational SD-038: Pierre Composite Squadron: Pierre: Operational SD-050: Sioux Falls Composite Squadron: Sioux Falls ...
Lincoln County is included in the Sioux Falls, SD, Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is one of the top 10 fastest-growing counties in the United States in terms of rate of population increase, rate of housing unit increase, and many other factors. This is due to the southward growth of Sioux Falls, and the expansion of its suburbs.
Turner County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota.As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,673. [1] Its county seat is Parker. [2] The county was established in 1871, and was named for Dakota Territory official John W. Turner.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. [2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.