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  • 10th CST attends exercise based on real radioactive incident

    SEATTLE – A real-world emergency was the basis of a recent exercise that tested the Washington National Guard’s 10th Civil Support Team and its ability to detect and respond to a foreign substance.“After the event and the Department of Energy investigation was complete, we wanted to take the lessons

  • The Maintainers Recipe for Success; Team Work

    ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait - With the C-130H Hercules departing Ali Al Salem Air Base last week, the C-130H maintainers deployed from the 908th Airlift Wing and the 166th AW are getting ready to depart ASAB and are reviewing their time here.“What would an air base be without the aircraft?” said

  • 319 LRS, Air Guard units partner for multi-capable Airmen exercise

    GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. - The 319th Logistics Readiness Squadron held a training exercise on Oct. 16 and Oct. 18, 2021, to enhance squadron readiness.  The two-part exercise employed the Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept, which focuses on growing multi-capable Airmen that can accomplish

  • Kentucky Guard helps hospitals stretched thin by pandemic

    BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Since Aug. 31, Kentucky National Guard Soldiers and Airmen have augmented hospital staff across the commonwealth, performing non-clinical tasks during a COVID-19 pandemic surge. Guardsmen arrived at The Medical Center at Bowling Green not knowing what tasks they might be asked

  • 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