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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
Guard Civil Support Team Supports Shelby County Fire Department During Vigilant Guard 08
April 22, 2008
JISCC Team
April 22, 2008
Pfc. Michael Becker, a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) specialist of the 230th Signal Company Tennessee Army National Guard, mans the Joint Incident Site Communications Capabilities (JISCC) main desk. The 230th has set up the JISCC in support of the Vigilant Guard exercise at the Mid-South Support Center, Millington. Becker, a Clarksville, Tenn. resident, keeps a visitors log, and answers the phone while helping servicemembers use the internet, or telephones in the JISCC.