The 211th Engineer Company based in Madison has a new first sergeant, Scott Seiner of Brandon.

Seiner replaces First Sergeant Paul Ebsen, a Madison native who has retired out of the unit.

Seiner joined the South Dakota Army National Guard at age 17 with A Company of the 153rd Engineer Battalion in Wagner, his hometown. He deployed with A Company to Iraq in 2004-2005 where the unit conducted route clearance missions.

In 2011, Seiner transferred to the 211th Engineer Company in Madison and became a squad leader in the 1st Platoon. Over the next few years, he was promoted to platoon sergeant within the company.

At the beginning of 2020, Seiner was selected for a position with the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade in Sioux Falls and became a special operations NCO.

During that year he was deployed to Djibouti, Africa, and worked as a crisis planner for Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa. The main mission was to create plans and operations should a U.S. embassy in east Africa need to be secured or evacuated.

After returning home in July 2021, Seiner was selected for the First Sergeant position with the 211th Engineer Company and assumed responsibility in September 2021.

Seiner currently has just over 20 years of service in the South Dakota Army National Guard.

1st Sgt. Seiner and his wife, Tracy, and their two children, Aubree and Nolan, reside in Brandon. He is the son of Jerry and Sandy Seiner of Wagner.