Halsey Hall is first Native American to become Chief Warrrant Officer Five in SD Nationall Guard

  • Halsey Hall, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, with his mother, Lorita Hall of Timber Lake, and his daughter Halle of Rapid City, at his promotion ceremony at Crazy Horse Monument at Custer. US Army National Guard photo by Col. Scott Linquist
    Halsey Hall, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, with his mother, Lorita Hall of Timber Lake, and his daughter Halle of Rapid City, at his promotion ceremony at Crazy Horse Monument at Custer. US Army National Guard photo by Col. Scott Linquist

    The South Dakota Army National Guard promoted Halsey Hall of Rapid City to the rank of Chief Warrant Officer Five during a ceremony at Crazy Horse Monument on Saturday, April 29. Chief warrant officer five is the highest rank achievable in the warrant officer corps.

    Hall held his previous promotion at Crazy Horse in July 2015, which was the first military promotion at the monument. He is the first …