August 14, 2015 - STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - The 109th Airlift Wing’s Vehicle Maintenance Flight normally worries about keeping the wing’s vehicles moving. Now they’ve got a new mission: Master the art of operating chain saws and skid steer vehicles so that the wing’s Airmen, who specialize in flying missions to the Arctic and Antarctic, … [Read more...]
New York National Guard Officer Turns Weight-Lifting Hobby into Competitive Sports
August 13, 2015 - WEBSTER, N.Y. - What started as a hobby to kill time while deployed at Guantanamo Bay in 2011 and 2012 has become a record-breaking event for New York Army National Guard Capt. Jeremy Hillyard. Hillyard, a battle-staff officer in the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team headquarters, based in Syracuse, took five prizes in the Aug. 8-9 Revolution Power Lifting … [Read more...]
Vermont National Guard Soldiers Help Test Flexible Litters
August 13, 2015 - JERICHO, Vt. - Recently the Vermont National Guard collaborated with the U.S. Army Medical Department Board (USAMEDDBD), the MEDEVAC Proponency Directorate and the Army Aeromedical Research Lab to evaluate five new flexible litters. Over a three-day period, approximately 35 Guard members tested and trained on hoisting the litter from both the ground and … [Read more...]
Rugged Terrain Doesn’t Stop California Guard Soldiers from Humbling the Humboldt Fire
August 12, 2015 - EEL RIVER CONSERVATION CAMP, Calif. - Once again the California National Guard extended a helping hand to assist in a battle against wildfires, an ongoing enemy. More than 300 troops with the Cal Guard’s Task Force Alpha began mop-up missions on the Humboldt Lightning Fire on Aug. 6 in Northern California’s Humboldt County. In the first three … [Read more...]
California Guard Bridge Company Crafts Water Crossing to Fight Fires
August 11, 2015 - CACHE CREEK NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - Burning on one side of Northern California’s Cache Creek is the Rocky Fire, the Golden State’s largest wildfire so far this year. On the river’s other side are the brave people who are going to kill it. In between is the California Army National Guard’s 132nd Multirole Bridge Company, which is … [Read more...]