OCTOBER 22, 2021 - First responders often face communications challenges that hinder collaboration and real-time situational updates, especially in remote areas while responding to natural disasters such as fires, storms, earthquakes and flooding. To alleviate this problem, the Defense Innovation Unit today announced a year-long prototyping project involving a private … [Read more...]
Guardsmen Fight Fires From the Sky
OCTOBER 21, 2021 - As wildfire threats continue to get worse, the need for people to help fight them grows. In recent years, state governments have asked the National Guard to assist with wildfires when primary responders' resources are stretched thin. As always, the National Guard is more than ready to step up to the plate. So far this year, the National Interagency Fire … [Read more...]
Army National Guard Tackles Modernization Challenges
OCTOBER 20, 2021 – The Army National Guard must continue to focus on modernization to remain competitive with adversaries and responsive to the needs of the communities they serve, said senior Army Guard leaders during a discussion panel at the annual Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington. “The Army National Guard will modernize as resourced by the Army,” … [Read more...]
Guam Guard, Navy Conduct Joint Training at Sea
OCTOBER 13, 2021 - Guam Army National Guard members partnered with the Navy's Bravo Company for a simulated training off the coast of Guam to practice casualty evacuation procedures. An unusual meeting took place a few miles off the coast of Guam Sept. 28, as a U.S. Army UH-72 Lakota Helicopter approached a U.S. Navy Mark VI Patrol Boat. It was the first such meeting … [Read more...]
NY Air Guard Gears Up to Support Antarctic Research
OCTOBER 12, 2021 – The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing is beginning its annual support for National Science Foundation research in Antarctica by sending three LC-130 “skibirds” and 184 Airmen to the southern continent. The 109th Airlift Wing, which flies the largest ski-equipped aircraft in the world, plays a key role in supporting climate science research … [Read more...]