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Guard enlisted leaders get a lesson in nonlethal weapons
April 28, 2008
Arkansas Command Sgt. Maj. Deborah Collins reacts to her shocking encounter with a Taser X26 during a demonstration of nonlethal weapons for the National Guard Bureau's Senior Enlisted Leaders Conference in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in April. "It was immediate, intense pain," she said.
National Guard Helicopters respond to mid-Hudson wildfires
April 25, 2008
A New York Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk fills a 600-gallon "Bambi Bucket" from Lake Awosting in Minnewaska State Park, Ulster County, N.Y., April 21, prior to making another dump on a 3,100 acre wildfire. Army National Guard aviation assets responded to a State Emergency Management Office request for assistance on Saturday, April 19, when one Black Hawk helicopter flew 37 water dump missions. On Sunday April 20, and Monday April 21, two Black Hawks responded, flying 14 water missions each day. A New York Army National Guard OH-58 recon helicopter equipped with a thermal imaging device was also used to identify fire hot spots for targeted drops.
Israel's biggest-ever war drill offers lessons for the National Guard
April 25, 2008
Members of the Israeli Defense Force's Homefront Command and civilian authorities search the rubble of a collapsed three-story building in Nazareth, Israel, on April 8, 2008, during Turning Point 2, a first-ever national level civil defense exercise. National Guard Bureau officials observed the exercise.
National Guard assists local responders in Port Royal anti-terrorism exercise
April 24, 2008
More than a dozen law enforcement and local-area first responders joined the South Carolina National Guard in a highly realistic maritime anti-terrorism exercise in Port Royal Sound today as part of Vigilant Guard; the largest natural disaster preparedness exercise ever conducted by the South Carolina National Guard.; The exercise scenario consisted of a terrorist organization hijacking a local ferry boat as a platform for deploying a "dirty bomb" in the Port Royal harbor. National Guard helicopters; the Beaufort Police Department and the Beaufort County Sheriff's Department observed the "hijacked" vessel and requested local-area and Guard HAZMAT and Civil Service Team (CST) assistance. Vigilant Guard tested about 100 local-area law enforcement and first responders with responding to a potential maritime terrorist threat. Beaufort County Sherrif's Department SWAT team members approach the 'hijacked' ship.
Minister, Volunteer, Chaplain - State Guard Chaplain Supports Vigilant Guard 08
April 23, 2008
National Guard practices search and rescue with local emergency responders
April 23, 2008
Medical teams airlift victims to local hospitals
April 23, 2008
Victims of the 'rubble pile' hurry to the UH-60 Blackhawk to be evacuated to a local hospital during the Vigilant Guard 2008 exercise in Beaufort, S.C.
State response teams work hand in hand with National Guard
April 23, 2008
Rescue crews from the South Carolina National Guard work together to search for victims in the 'rubble pile' at the Vigilant Guard 2008 exercise in Beaufort, S.C.
National Guard and local units engage in large-scale emergency medicine exercise
April 23, 2008
Capt. Pauline Goss, of the 187th Medical Group, attends to a simulated disaster victim during National Guard exercise Vigilant Guard April 22 in Beaufort, S.C. Vigilant Guard is a three-day National Guard-hosted exercise involving a mock 7.3 scale earthquake, in Beaufort County, which began April 21. The exercise is designed to better prepare the National Guard for natural disasters in a cooperative effort with various national, state and local government agencies.
Soldiers provide assistance to Sun City community
April 23, 2008
Canteen Catering Incorporated
April 23, 2008
Tennessee Army National Guard Mobile Emergency Response Team Advanced Debuts at Vigilant Guard 08
April 23, 2008
Millington Mayor Swaps Coat & Tie For Camouflage
April 23, 2008
Millington Mayor Terry Jones is among more than 200 players from the Tennessee State Guard participating in Operation Vigilant Guard 08. Jones serves as civilian-military affairs officer with the Tennessee State.
Senior Enlisted Leaders Conference: Army, Air Guard enlisted leaders seek common ground
April 22, 2008
New York Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Thomas McCauley, left, from the 109th Airlift Wing, presented Command Sgt. Maj. David Ray Hudson with a jet-assisted takeoff (JATO) bottle during the National Guard Bureau's first Senior Enlisted Leaders Conference in mid-April. Hudson, the Guard Bureau's senior enlisted leader, led the four-day conference for Army and Air Guard enlisted leaders in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The Air Guard uses JATO bottles to give aircraft such as C-130 transports extra thrust during difficult takeoff situations.
Engineers clear away neighborhood flood waters
April 22, 2008
Two Soldiers from Detachment 1 of the 1221st Engineer Battalion (Route Clearance), a South Carolina National Guard unit from Batesburg, clear debris from a creek that during a training scenario has overflowed the banks in a Beaufort County community during the Vigilant Guard 2008 exercise. Vigilant Guard 2008 gave these soldiers an opportunity to accomplish a real-world mission in a training environment that resulted in a direct improvement for the community.
Media invitation to the largest preparedness exercise in South Carolina hosted by the National Guard (Updated)
April 22, 2008
877th Engineer Company practices high extraction techniques
April 22, 2008
Members of the 877th Engineer Company from Augusta, Georgia receive high-angle extraction rescue techniques at the Burton Township Fire Department in Beaufort County, South Carolina. Andy Lancaster, a member of the Response International Group team from Oklahoma City, is the exercise coordinator. This scenario, in support of the Vigilant Guard 2008 exercise, is being conducted from 21-24 April 2008 in Beaufort County, S.C. Army and Air National Guard personnel from South Carolina and various other states are conducting an earthquake response exercise in coordination with local, state, and federal emergency agencies.
Church helps soldiers during the 2008 Vigilant Guard exercise
April 22, 2008
Col. Gordon Johnson, of the S.C. Governor's Counter Drug Task Force, thanks Pasture Terry Wilder, of the Swansea First Baptist Church, Swansea, S.C., for the donation of a portable shower and laundry trailer for use by soldiers and airmen at the forward operating base facility during National Guard exercise Vigilant Guard, April 20, in Beaufort, S.C. Vigilant Guard is a three-day National Guard-hosted exercise in Beaufort County, beginning April 21. The exercise is designed to better prepare the National Guard for natural disasters in a cooperative effort with various national, state and local government agencies.
Partnership active for Vigilant Guard 2008
April 22, 2008
Vigilant Guard 2008 training helps Beaufort Memorial Hospital sharpen skills
April 22, 2008