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Air Guard EMEDS team breaks new ground in Vigilant Guard
April 21, 2008
Tech. Sgt. David Betts, of the 187th Medical Group, assembles an electrical distribution panel in a field hospital in preparation for the Vigilant Guard 2008 exercise on April 19, in Beaufort, S.C. The hospital will be used by the expeditionary medical support team (EMEDS) which will practice responding to natural disasters during the 3-day National Guard exercise in Beaufort County, S.C.
Soldiers from Denmark observe Vigilant Guard 2008
April 21, 2008
Pvt. Rene Andersen, a soldier in the Denmark Army, packs his gear during Vigilant Guard 2008, a disaster response training exercise based in Beaufort County, S.C. on April 18, 2008. Andersen and a contingent of 40 Danish soldiers are participating in the exercise as observers. Many of the Danes served alongside South Carolina National Guard Soldiers in 2007 in Afghanistan in support of the Global War on Terror.
Media invitation to the largest preparedness exercise in South Carolina hosted by the National Guard
April 21, 2008
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.