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Airmen get hands-on casualty care training
March 9, 2020
Master Sgt. Robert Hall, with the 124th Logistics Readiness Squadron assigned to the petroleum, oil and lubricant section, practices packing a wound during Tactical Combat Casualty Care training, March 8, 2020, at Gowen Field, Idaho. The hands-on training gives Airmen the skills and experience to deal with blast injuries, gunshot wounds and other types of trauma.
Florida Guard partners with Guyana to boost medical readiness
March 9, 2020
Sgt. Arielle Tango, a Florida Army Guard medic with the 256th Medical Company Area Support (MCAS), shares the proper technique to transport a casualty with members of Guyana’s defense force and coast guard. Tango was part of a Florida Army Guard team that traveled to Guyana in December as part of Florida’s State Partnership Program to help strengthen military medical readiness with the country.
F-16 student pilots take on Cactus
March 9, 2020
First Lt. Jared Wesemann and 1st Lt. Ian Bonner, two F-16 student pilots assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, during Coronet Cactus, Feb. 24, 2020, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. The annual training event deploys members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to another environment to accomplish mission objectives in an unfamiliar location.
Combat casualty care prepares Airmen to respond
March 6, 2020
PATRIOT South 2020 participants complete two-day Tactical Combat Casualty Care training during PATRIOT South 20 at Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Miss., Mar. 1, 2020. PATRIOT South 20 provides a simulated natural disaster environment for units to test their response and capabilities to conduct domestic operations.
Guard chief stresses strategic use of force, parity with active force
March 5, 2020
Pilots assigned to the 134th Fighter Squadron, 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, return to base in their F-35A Lightning IIs during routine flying operations from the Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, Vt., Feb. 8, 2020.
Kosovo delegates visit Iowa National Guard as part of SPP program
March 5, 2020
Nine mayors and other delegates from Kosovo in front of a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Statotanker at the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 26, 2020. The group came to Iowa to formalize a sister-city agreement between the city of Gjilian and Sioux City as an outgrowth of the National Guard State Partnership Program.
188th Airman saves time, money with GIS
March 5, 2020
Master Sgt. Brandon Louderback, a 188th CES engineer assistant, Arkansas National Guard, demonstrates Geographic Information System (GIS) surveying capabilities during a training exercise, March 4, 2020, at Ebbing Air National Guard base, Fort Smith, Ark.
New Hampshire’s 12th CST trains in frigid Alaskan weather
March 5, 2020
A Small Unit Support Vehicle Drives through the Yukon Training Area on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Feb. 27, 2020, as part of exercise Arctic Eagle 2020.
Sky Devils provide critical link to Soldiers
March 4, 2020
U.S. Army Sgt. Benjamin Yuen, left, and Pfc. Antonio Arriola, with the New Jersey National Guard, inside a ground control station for a RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aerial system on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Feb. 10, 2020. The “Sky Devils” provide surveillance and communication relays for ground forces during combat.
Connecticut Airmen learn mental health first aid, resilience
March 4, 2020
Carissa Peckrul, a Health360, Inc. Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) instructor, teaches an MHFA certification course to members of the Connecticut Air National Guard, Jan. 15, 2020, at Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Conn. MHFA is a public education program that introduces participants to the warning signs of mental health problems and teaches them how to respond to a mental health crisis.