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Alabama Airman follows family tradition
April 21, 2008
Technical Sgt. Melissa DiQuinzio of the 143rd Medical Group, Rhode Island Air National Guard, and Staff Sgt. Devin Boggan, 187th Medical Group, Alabama Air National Guard, , unpack medical equipment to be used during Vigilant Guard 2008, a disaster response training exercise based in Beaufort County, S.C., April 20, 2008. Vigilant Guard is one of the largest disaster response training exercises in the history of the National Guard, involving more than 3,000 Soldiers and Airmen from more than a dozen states.
Kansas Airman ready to lend a hand
April 21, 2008
Staff Sgt. Doyse Manz, a surgical technician with the 190th Medical Group of the Kansas Air National Guard, unpacks medical equipment to be used during Vigilant Guard 2008, a disaster response training exercise based in Beaufort County, S.C., April 20, 2008. Vigilant Guard is one of the largest disaster response training exercises in the history of the National Guard, involving more than 3,000 Soldiers and Airmen from more than a dozen states.
Staying in touch after disaster strikes
April 21, 2008
Chief Warrant Officer Larry Fuller and Chief Warrant Officer Kenneth Drennon, both members of Joint Forces Headquarters-South Carolina, work to maintain the communications network during Vigilant Guard 2008, April 20, 2008. Vigilant Guard is one of the largest disaster response training exercises in the history of the National Guard, involving more than 3,000 Soldiers and Airmen from more than a dozen states.
Convoy regulations keep traffic moving
April 21, 2008
Beaufort and Charleston, South Carolina: Still making history today
April 21, 2008
Charleston, S.C., in the aftermath of the earthquake that struck on Aug. 31, 1886.
South Carolina Guard's 43rd Civil Support Team assists local fire district during National Guard exercise
April 21, 2008
Two members of the Recon/Survey element of the South Caroliina's 43rd Civil Support Team, conduct an initial sweep of a suspicious area as part of the Vigilant Guard exercise held in the Beaufort, S.C. area Apr. 21. Other participants in the exercise included the Bluffton Township Fire District. The 43rd CST, the only joint Army-Air National Guard unit in the state, is located in West Columbia, S.C., and is made up of 22 full-time National Guard members. "This exercise helps prepare us for future events such as natural disasters, Turner said, and gives us the opportunity to work with the National Guard and they with us."
Greenville Soldier prepares for disaster response
April 21, 2008
Pvt. George Green, a member of the 118th Mechanized Infantry of the South Carolina National Guard, prepares a mobile kitchen tent unit for use during Vigilant Guard SC, a disaster response preparedness exercise that brought together more than 2,000 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen to work with local, state and other federal authorities in Beaufort County, S.C. Green, a resident of Greenville, S.C., joined the National Guard in 2007.
Rubble pile creates realistic search and rescue scenarios
April 21, 2008
Various training sites like this specially constructed "rubble pile" will become a common learning ground for civilian and military rescue and disaster response teams participating in the Vigilant Guard 2008 exercise from 21-24 March 2008 in Beaufort County, South Carolina. Army and Air National Guard personnel from South Carolina and numerous states will be conducting a earthquake response exercise in coordination with local and federal emergency agencies. This training site was designed by Response International Group from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Their main focus is to train military and civilian emergency response teams on victim extraction from building collaspes, natural disaster aftermath, etc.
Louisiana Guard prepares for hurricane season
April 18, 2008
Soldiers help an injured role player during the Disaster Response Exercise. Soldiers were given different missions simultaneously to test the Louisiana National Guard's ability to respond to an emergency.
Kentucky National Guard, Emergency Management prepared to respond to earthquake
April 18, 2008