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  • Pa. Guard facilitates emergency communication best practices

    FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - More than 60 emergency management communicators gathered in-person and virtually to discuss disaster communications and best practices Nov. 3-4.The FEMA Region 3-facilitated Fall Regional Emergency Communications Coordination Working Group improves interoperability between

  • Oregon Guard, partner Bangladesh focus on disaster response

    DHAKA, Bangladesh - Sitting where three tectonic plates meet, Bangladesh is one of the most active seismic regions in the world. The 2021 Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange (DREE) Oct. 26-28 focused on the dual disasters of earthquake management during a pandemic.More than 300 representatives

  • ASAB Holds Change of Command with 779th EAS Redesignation

    ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait -- The 779th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron was redesignated as the 61st EAS during a change of command ceremony at the Ali Al Salem Base Theater Tuesday, Nov, 2.U.S. Air Force Col. Jason Barnes, the 407th Air Expeditionary Group commander presided over the ceremony and

  • National Guard COVID-19 survivor recounts fight for his life

    ARLINGTON, Va. - It felt like a cold. Normal enough, it seemed. After all, it was cold season, and it was something to get over quickly and be forgotten about just as quickly, thought Air Force Lt. Col. Paul Jancsy, an air liaison officer with the National Guard Bureau, when he started feeling sick

  • Maryland Air Guard conducts mission generation exercise

    MIDDLE RIVER, Md. – The Maryland Air National Guard demonstrated its operational readiness Nov. 3 as it carried out a 16-aircraft mission generation. The Warfield Air National Guard Base exercise involved every A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 104th Fighter Squadron on base, showcasing

  • Total force Airmen complete combat lifesaver training

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. - We’re not talking about a treasure map here. In a combat environment, the X is a place you do not want to be. It’s not easy to talk about but, caught between live fire while your brother or sister-in-arms is bleeding out, what do you do? When faced with

  • Iowa National Guard to mark long partnership with Kosovo

    CAMP DODGE, Iowa – The Iowa National Guard will hold a series of events celebrating a decade-long partnership through the State Partnership Program with the Republic of Kosovo from Nov. 5-6 at Camp Dodge in Johnston.The events will provide a cultural, regional, and sociopolitical framework for

  • Alaska PJs, Army Guard partner for mass casualty exercise

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Matt Steible, a 212th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, knew that to get to the victim of a roadside bomb trapped under a subcompact sedan, he would have to lift the stricken vehicle.Steible grasped the underside chassis

  • PRANG Profile: Airman 1st Class Kenia Coreano

    CAROLINA, Puerto Rico – Airman 1st Class Kenia Coreano, a Security Forces journeyman with the 156th Security Forces Squadron, brings a wealth of knowledge to her section.Coreano has been in security forces for two years but brings 10 years of experience from her civilian employment in the Puerto