sentences:  In April 2006, DCI gave preliminary approval for the Troopers' return to Division I competition in 2007, and the corps soon after named Fred Morris, who has an extensive background in drum corps management, as Corps Director, with Ottoes becoming Executive Director of the organization.On October 3, 2006, the Troopers were reinstated as a DCI Division I corps.The Troopers returned to competition on June 19, 2007 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.