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MAFFS training prepares units for upcoming fire season
May 7, 2009
Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units converged on Tucson, Ariz., in May to take part in Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) certification and training 2009. MAFFS is an important and effective tool used to fight wildfires nationwide and is placed onboard the C-130 Hercules aircraft. Four units across the country continue the MAFFS legacy which began in the early 1970s; the 153rd Airlift Wing of the Wyoming Air National Guard, the 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard, the 146th Airlift Wing of the California Air National Guard, and the 302nd Airlift Wing, and Air Force Reserve unit based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.
Oregon counterdrug team completes inter-agency training
May 7, 2009
Members of the Oregon National Guard's Counterdrug Support Program put their light armored vehicle through its paces at the Rilea Training Site, in Warrenton, Ore., May 5. Soldiers and airmen trained on the LAV with members of the Salem Police during an inter-agency event.
Utah Air Guardsman rides along with AirMed
May 7, 2009
Staff Sgt. Alan Reynolds of the 151st Medical Group of the Utah Air National Guard helps air paramedic Tom Robertson unload equipment from a Bell 430 AirMed helicopter into the Vernal, Utah hospital. Sergeant Reynolds is one of 19 Utah Air Guard medics, who are participating in a special ride-along program with the University of Utah AirMed unit.
Keystone Soldiers, Iraqi police focus on Taji market security
May 7, 2009
Spc. Adam Feldon, center, talks with an Iraqi boy, May 4, as a patrol of Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldiers and Iraqi police officers moves through Taji market, north of Baghdad. The Keystone Guardsmen are from Company C, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
CNGB endorses 'Continuum of Service' program
May 6, 2009
The Continuum of Service video explains this program designed to enable the accession, retention and transition of members of the Total Force components through integrated Air Force personnel management policies.
Better-equipped National Guard still eyes critical shortages
May 6, 2009
Maj. Gen. Raymond W. Carpenter, acting deputy director of the Army National Guard, and Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, director of the Air National Guard, prepare to testify before the House Armed Services Committee Air and Land Forces Subcommittee on May 5, 2009.
Air Guardsmen train next generation of active duty pilots
May 6, 2009
1st Lt. Scott Kotowski (right) reviews aircraft maintenance records with crew chiefs Senior Airman Jacob Rocha (middle) and Senior Airman Chris Wilson prior to flying a training sortie April 23 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. All three Airmen are assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing in San Antonio, and are participating in Exercise Coronet Cactus. Lieutenant Kotowski is a student pilot.
Camp Williams gets four new fire trucks
May 6, 2009
The Utah National Guard accepted delivery of four new fire trucks for Camp Williams on April 29, 2009 at the Draper, Utah headquarters. Each truck will be staffed with two firefighters and an engine boss, trained and selected from among the 60 Utah National Guard Soldiers, who are currently red-card certified to fight wildland fires.
Eight states participate in CST regional exercise
May 6, 2009
Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Van Damme, a decontamination noncommissioned officer for the 14th Civil Support Team of the Connecticut National Guard, checks Sgt. John Barton, a survey team member, for contaminates after Barton returned from surveying the inside of a local school in Groton, Conn., on May 5, 2009.
VA emphasizes education before post-9/11 GI Bill switch
May 5, 2009