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Staff Sgt. Koharchik enters a confined space in search

Staff Sgt. Koharchik enters a confined space in search

Staff Sgt. Koharchik enters a confined space in search of survivors. Members of the 877th Engineer Company from Augusta, Ga., receive high-angle extraction rescue techniques at the Burton Township Fire Departme... More

Brig. Gen. Les Eisner, the Commander of Troops at Vigilant

Brig. Gen. Les Eisner, the Commander of Troops at Vigilant

Brig. Gen. Les Eisner, the Commander of Troops at Vigilant Guard 2008, is interviewed by members of the National Guard Bureau Public Affairs Rapid Reaction Team to kick-off this major exercise. Guard personnel ... More

Lt. Col. Paul Laymon, South Carolina Air National Guard

Lt. Col. Paul Laymon, South Carolina Air National Guard

Lt. Col. Paul Laymon, South Carolina Air National Guard (left), commander of the 43rd Civil Support Team, questions Fire Chief Barry Turner of the Bluffton Township Fire District concerning an exercise scenario... More

A165th Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft touches

A165th Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft touches

A165th Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft touches down on the runway at Hilton Head Island Municipal Airport, S.C., on April 23. The C-130 is the largest airplane to land at the airport which is now certified... More

Pfc. Anthony Hill, a Soldier of Detachment 1 of the

Pfc. Anthony Hill, a Soldier of Detachment 1 of the

Pfc. Anthony Hill, a Soldier of Detachment 1 of the 1221st Engineer Battalion (Route Clearance), a South Carolina National Guard unit from Batesburg, and Micheal Singleton of the Beaufort County Stormwater Inf... More

CH-47 "Chinook" helicopters from the Georgia National

CH-47 "Chinook" helicopters from the Georgia National

CH-47 "Chinook" helicopters from the Georgia National Guard off-load emergency medical personnel in response to the Vigilant Guard 2008 exercise being conducted from April 21-24 in Beaufort County, S.C. Army an... More

Capt. Pauline Goss, of the 187th Medical Group, attends

Capt. Pauline Goss, of the 187th Medical Group, attends

Capt. Pauline Goss, of the 187th Medical Group, attends to a simulated disaster victim during National Guard exercise Vigilant Guard on April 22 in Beaufort, S.C. Vigilant Guard is a three-day National Guard-h... More

SFC Johnny Elmore, from the HHC unit in Union South

SFC Johnny Elmore, from the HHC unit in Union South

SFC Johnny Elmore, from the HHC unit in Union South Carolina, plots a route to conduct "Door to Door" searches of homes located in Sun City, S.C. in support of Vigilant Guard 2008. The exercise is being conduc... More

Pfc. Sabrina Thomas (center left), Cpt. Samone Chapman

Pfc. Sabrina Thomas (center left), Cpt. Samone Chapman

Pfc. Sabrina Thomas (center left), Cpt. Samone Chapman (center) and Pfc. Mary Sanchez (center right), assigned to Company A, 351st Aviation Support Battalion from Hartsville, S.C., distribute water to Sun City,... More

More than a dozen law enforcement and local-area first

More than a dozen law enforcement and local-area first

More than a dozen law enforcement and local-area first responders joined the South Carolina National Guard in a highly realistic maritime anti-terrorism exercise in Port Royal Sound as part of Vigilant Guard; t... More

Salinas, Puerto Rico, March 25, 2009 -- To test swift response to an unexpected disaster in Puerto Rico, FEMA joined the PR State Emergency Management Agency, the National Guard Bureau, U. S. Department of Defense Northern Command, and other federal, state and local emergency managers in the "Vigilant Guard Exercise".  The Vigilant Guard aims to assess the response capabilities of all the participating agencies and organizations to a simulated 7. 0 earthquake scenario in the southern region of the island.  In this photo Caribbean Area Division Director, Alejandro De La Campa during press conference.  Ashley Andujar/FEMA

Salinas, Puerto Rico, March 25, 2009 -- To test swift response to an u...

The original database describes this as: Title: Press conference in Puerto Rico Production Date: 03/25/2009 Caption: Salinas, Puerto Rico, March 25, 2009 -- To test swift response to an unexpected disaster i... More

Salinas, Puerto Rico, March 25, 2009 -- To test swift response to an unexpected disaster in Puerto Rico, FEMA joined the PR State Emergency Management Agency, the National Guard Bureau, U. S. Department of Defense Northern Command, and other federal, state and local emergency managers in the "Vigilant Guard Exercise".  The Vigilant Guard aims to assess the response capabilities of all the participating agencies and organizations to a simulated 7. 0 earthquake scenario in the southern region of the island.  Ashley Andujar/FEMA

Salinas, Puerto Rico, March 25, 2009 -- To test swift response to an u...

The original database describes this as: Title: Press Conference in Puerto Rico Production Date: 03/25/2009 Caption: Salinas, Puerto Rico, March 25, 2009 -- To test swift response to an unexpected disaster i... More

Colorado Air and Army National Guardsmen receive briefs

Colorado Air and Army National Guardsmen receive briefs

Colorado Air and Army National Guardsmen receive briefs on such things as public affairs, uniform, weather conditions, area of operations, legal issues, the use of force, and safety procedures at the 161st Air ... More

Colorado Guardsmen land at Sky Harbor International

Colorado Guardsmen land at Sky Harbor International

Colorado Guardsmen land at Sky Harbor International Airport here Nov. 2, 2011. Their arrival marks the beginning of Operation Vigilant Guard which is an exercise that combines more than 250 state, federal, trib... More

Soldiers from the Arizona National Guard’s 855th Military

Soldiers from the Arizona National Guard’s 855th Military

Soldiers from the Arizona National Guard’s 855th Military Police Company check role-play inmates in a prison evacuation while an Arizona Department of Corrections officer observes during Vigilant Guard here, No... More

Air Force Tech Sgt. Alan Kokes, a ground radio technician

Air Force Tech Sgt. Alan Kokes, a ground radio technician

Air Force Tech Sgt. Alan Kokes, a ground radio technician with the 302nd Communications Flight from Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., programs frequencies in preparation for Vigilant Guard here, Nov. 2. Vigilant ... More

Op planning - A group of men in military uniforms working on laptops

Op planning - A group of men in military uniforms working on laptops

Members of the 158th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade discuss operations preparations during Vigilant Guard 2011 here Nov. 2. The Arizona National Guard headquarters and its supporting units are preparing for the U... More

Air Force Staff Sgt. Aaron Bisher, a member of the

Air Force Staff Sgt. Aaron Bisher, a member of the

Air Force Staff Sgt. Aaron Bisher, a member of the 162nd Fighter Wing from Tucson, Ariz., observes a “deceased civilian” after a simulated nuclear detonation Nov. 4 during the 2011 Arizona Statewide Vigilant Gu... More

Soldiers from the 850th Military Police Battalion from

Soldiers from the 850th Military Police Battalion from

Soldiers from the 850th Military Police Battalion from the Arizona National Guard receive role-play prisoners from Department of Corrections officers in a mock flood evacuation at the Perryville Prison during V... More

Airmen from the California and Arizona National Guard

Airmen from the California and Arizona National Guard

Airmen from the California and Arizona National Guard combine to form a Fatality Search and Recovery Team, Nov. 4 during the 2011 Arizona Statewide Vigilant Guard Exercise in Phoenix. After getting their assign... More

Airmen from the California and Arizona National Guard

Airmen from the California and Arizona National Guard

Airmen from the California and Arizona National Guard combine to form a Fatality Search and Recovery Team Nov. 4 during the 2011 Arizona Statewide Vigilant Guard Exercise in Phoenix. After getting their assignm... More

Participants of Vigilant Guard practice decontamination

Participants of Vigilant Guard practice decontamination

Participants of Vigilant Guard practice decontamination procedures on mannequins at the Maricopa County Hospital here, Nov. 5. Vigilant Guard is an exercise to train, test and evaluate the preparedness of state... More

A large-scale simulated disaster site, which included

A large-scale simulated disaster site, which included

A large-scale simulated disaster site, which included crushed buildings, overturned vehicles, a four-story tower and confined spaces below the surface, was designed to be as realistic as possible by Oklahoma Ci... More

Sgt. Justin Strong and Staff Sgt. Carlos Esparza, surveyors

Sgt. Justin Strong and Staff Sgt. Carlos Esparza, surveyors

Sgt. Justin Strong and Staff Sgt. Carlos Esparza, surveyors with the 92nd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team from the Nevada National Guard tests a valve at the Hills Brothers chemical plant during ... More

U.S. Air Force Medical Group members, 173rd Fighter

U.S. Air Force Medical Group members, 173rd Fighter

U.S. Air Force Medical Group members, 173rd Fighter Wing, and other volunteers at the Vigilant Guard exercise prepare to transport a patient in Salem, Ore., May 1, 2012. Vigilant Guard is a simulated mass casua... More

U.S. Air Force Medical Group members, 173rd Fighter

U.S. Air Force Medical Group members, 173rd Fighter

U.S. Air Force Medical Group members, 173rd Fighter Wing, stop in a construction zone while traveling to Vigilant Guard from Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls Ore., May 1, 2012. Vigilant Guard is a simulated mass... More

Maj. Gen. Raymond F. Rees, adjutant general, Oregon

Maj. Gen. Raymond F. Rees, adjutant general, Oregon

Maj. Gen. Raymond F. Rees, adjutant general, Oregon (left), and Lt. Gen. Abdul Wadud, principle staff officer for the Armed Forces Division, Bangladesh (right), observe casualty triage operations during Exercis... More

Oregon Army National Guard Lt. Mark Timmons, Liaison

Oregon Army National Guard Lt. Mark Timmons, Liaison

Oregon Army National Guard Lt. Mark Timmons, Liaison Officer for the Vigilant Guard Exercise briefs Dr. Jonathon Jiu and Oregon Air National Guard Col. Bob Gentry on exercise operations at the Eugene Airport, i... More

Soldiers from the 505th Engineer Battalion received

Soldiers from the 505th Engineer Battalion received

Soldiers from the 505th Engineer Battalion received training in the UH-60 Black Hawk, Aug. 28, at Camp Butner, N.C. During the training, the soldiers were given an overview of the equipment, along with safety i... More

Soldiers from the 877th Engineer Company, out of Augusta,

Soldiers from the 877th Engineer Company, out of Augusta,

Soldiers from the 877th Engineer Company, out of Augusta, Ga., decontaminate a role-player acting as a non-ambulatory casualty during a crisis-response scenario, Aug. 30, Fort Bragg, N.C. The exercise was part ... More

Soldiers from the 887th Engineer Battalion, out of

Soldiers from the 887th Engineer Battalion, out of

Soldiers from the 887th Engineer Battalion, out of Augusta, Ga., conduct heavy-lifting exercises by moving large blocks of cement across a course, Aug. 31, in Raleigh, N.C. The course the soldiers worked on is ... More

Vigilant Guard Missouri

Vigilant Guard Missouri

Missouri National Guard Capt. Grenke, left, who is commander of Company B, 311th Brigade Support Battalion, of Fulton, confers with Sgt. John Baker and Staff Sgt. Michael Welch as they set up a 5-ton expandable... More

Vigilant Guard Missouri

Vigilant Guard Missouri

Missouri Army National Guardsmen Spc. Charles Allgier and Spc. Amie Gant with the 735th Search and Extraction Recon Team build a door shore making the entryway of a building structurally sound after being damag... More

A soldier from the 1140th Military Police Company of

A soldier from the 1140th Military Police Company of

A soldier from the 1140th Military Police Company of Mexico acts out hosing off a chemical, biological, radioactive, nuclear 'victim,' who is actually a paid civilian that is participating in the Vigilant Guard... More

In this image released by JTF-71 (MEB) soldiers of

In this image released by JTF-71 (MEB) soldiers of

In this image released by JTF-71 (MEB) soldiers of the Louisiana CERFP train alongside the Texas Guard and Civil partner personnel on this day April 15 at Camp Gruber, Okla.

36th Inf. Div. led Domestic Response Team supports Vigilant Guard

36th Inf. Div. led Domestic Response Team supports Vigilant Guard

Soldiers of the 149th Personnel Company, 36th Sustainment Brigade, 36th Infantry Division, conduct a joint reception, staging, onward movement, and integration operation (JRSOI) during Vigilant Guard Arkansas 2... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Angela Shaw, left, and Senior

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Angela Shaw, left, and Senior

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Angela Shaw, left, and Senior Airman William Crady with the 181st Intelligence Wing, Indiana Air National Guard, fatality search and recovery team (FSRT) radio vital information back t... More

Participants from U.S. Northern Command's exercise

Participants from U.S. Northern Command's exercise

Participants from U.S. Northern Command's exercise Ardent Sentry 13 (AS-13) facilitate the daily Joint Task Force-(JTF) Florida Commander's update brief, at the Joint Operations Center Training Facility, Camp B... More

Civilian first responders prepare equipment to rescue

Civilian first responders prepare equipment to rescue

Civilian first responders prepare equipment to rescue injured civilians during the multi-agency 2013 Vigilant Guard Exercise at the Joint Training Center in Camp Blanding, Fla., May 17, 2013. More than 2,100 fe... More

Civilian and U.S. soldiers and Airmen with the Air

Civilian and U.S. soldiers and Airmen with the Air

Civilian and U.S. soldiers and Airmen with the Air National Guard and the Army National Guard collaborate on how to navigate a rubble pile simulating a collapsed building during Vigilant Guard at Camp Blanding ... More

Service members are briefed about the current status

Service members are briefed about the current status

Service members are briefed about the current status of a mock hurricane during operation Vigilant Guard at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center May 19, 2013. The Vigilant Guard - Fla. exercise is a component of... More

Col. Dos Anjos,  Brazilian General Staff of the Ministry

Col. Dos Anjos, Brazilian General Staff of the Ministry

Col. Dos Anjos, Brazilian General Staff of the Ministry of Defense, poses for a photo with Soldiers stationed at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center in Starke, Fla., May 20, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kenn... More

U.S. soldiers and airmen of the 147th Brigade Support

U.S. soldiers and airmen of the 147th Brigade Support

U.S. soldiers and airmen of the 147th Brigade Support Battalion and 140th Medical Group, Colorado National Guard, set up tents and other associated equipment in order to cunduct their CERFP [Chemical, Biologica... More

The Vigilant Guard exercise is a weeklong exercise

The Vigilant Guard exercise is a weeklong exercise

The Vigilant Guard exercise is a weeklong exercise full of scenarios based on wildfires, tornadoes, air craft accidents, hazmat response, search and rescue, triage, medevac and other emergency-response measures... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Richard Jager, 92nd Civil Support

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Richard Jager, 92nd Civil Support

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Richard Jager, 92nd Civil Support Team, readies his protective gear while supporting Denver Health's Emergency Department during a Vigilant Guard exercise where patients have to be decontam... More

Colorado Task Force 1 Lt. Brian Ertle trains U.S. soldiers

Colorado Task Force 1 Lt. Brian Ertle trains U.S. soldiers

Colorado Task Force 1 Lt. Brian Ertle trains U.S. soldiers and airmen with the Utah National Guard Search and Extraction teams on rope rescue evolutions at the West Metro Fire Training Center in Lakewood, Colo... More

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Ray Searles with the 151st Medical

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Ray Searles with the 151st Medical

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Ray Searles with the 151st Medical Group, Utah Air National Guard, assists setting up a critical care tent that is used for stabilizing mock patients before medical transportation, during... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Frankie Ells, CH-47 Chinook helicopter

U.S. Army Sgt. Frankie Ells, CH-47 Chinook helicopter

U.S. Army Sgt. Frankie Ells, CH-47 Chinook helicopter Crew Chief with the 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation Battalion, Colorado National Guard, checks gauges before a flight to the U.S. Air Force Ac... More

An AreaRae Gamma Responder - a wireless, Transportable

An AreaRae Gamma Responder - a wireless, Transportable

An AreaRae Gamma Responder - a wireless, Transportable Multi-gas and radiation monitor - sits outside the Boettcher West building at Denver University where DU Security discovered notional suspicious lab activi... More

U.S. Soldiers and Airmen with the CERFP (CBRN - Chemical,

U.S. Soldiers and Airmen with the CERFP (CBRN - Chemical,

U.S. Soldiers and Airmen with the CERFP (CBRN - Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear - Enhanced Response Force Package), Colorado National Guard, and the 152nd Air Wing, Nevada National Guard, assist a m... More

U.S. National Guardsmen from the Utah National Guard,

U.S. National Guardsmen from the Utah National Guard,

U.S. National Guardsmen from the Utah National Guard, 85th Civil Support Team prepare to enter the Pepsi Center in Denver in response to a chemical spill resulting from a simulated train derailment July 25, 201... More

U.S. soldiers and Airmen of the 101st Civil Support

U.S. soldiers and Airmen of the 101st Civil Support

U.S. soldiers and Airmen of the 101st Civil Support Team, Idaho National Guard, operate from the parking lot of the Pepsi Center after a simulated tornado derailed a train prompting a hazardous material respons... More

U.S. Soldiers of the 147th Brigade Support Battalion,

U.S. Soldiers of the 147th Brigade Support Battalion,

U.S. Soldiers of the 147th Brigade Support Battalion, Colorado Army National Guard, prepare to exit a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in response to a mock natural disaster as part of exercise Vigilant Guard 2013 at t... More

Lt. Col. Alan Ornoski, J5 strategic plans officer for

Lt. Col. Alan Ornoski, J5 strategic plans officer for

Lt. Col. Alan Ornoski, J5 strategic plans officer for the Pennsylvania National Guard (left) discusses Vigilant Guard with David Harriman an IT contractor and Air Force Maj. Trevor Ibson, Vigilant Guard team ch... More

Decontamination time - A group of people in protective gear standing next to trash cans

Decontamination time - A group of people in protective gear standing n...

Members of the 101st Air Refueling Wing's emergency management team exit a simulated decontamination unit during the Vigilant Guard exercise held at the University of Maine, Orono. Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Over t... More

Service members with the 11th Weapons of Mass Destruction,

Service members with the 11th Weapons of Mass Destruction,

Service members with the 11th Weapons of Mass Destruction, Civil Support Team test for hazardous materials at the scene of a collapsed building at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station in Brunswick, Maine, Tue... More

Vigilant Guard tests state and National Guard

Vigilant Guard tests state and National Guard

Lt. Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, the vice chief of the National Guard Bureau, Maj. Gen Judd H. Lyons, deputy director for the Army National Guard, and Brig. Gen. James D. Campbell, the adjutant general, Maine, recei... More

National Guardsmen and civilian first responders work

National Guardsmen and civilian first responders work

National Guardsmen and civilian first responders work side by side to clear ruble at a simulated collapsed structure on the former Brunswick Naval Air Station Thursday. Paul Penachio, director of Emergency Mana... More

Spc. Crystal Roseman (left) and Sgt. Geoffrey Hansen

Spc. Crystal Roseman (left) and Sgt. Geoffrey Hansen

Spc. Crystal Roseman (left) and Sgt. Geoffrey Hansen with the 207th Brigade Support Company secure cargo of medical supplies before transporting it to the Palmer Fairgrounds during the Alaska Shield Vigilant Gu... More

Alaska National Guardsmen from the 208th Construction

Alaska National Guardsmen from the 208th Construction

Alaska National Guardsmen from the 208th Construction Management Team and the 207th Engineer Support Platoon, conduct training mobile assessment training with Rob Richard, chief executive officer, Futurity Info... More

Scott Raygar, of the Fairbanks Fire Department, attempts

Scott Raygar, of the Fairbanks Fire Department, attempts

Scott Raygar, of the Fairbanks Fire Department, attempts to provide an external entrance to search for notional survivors during Exercise Alaska Shield 2014 in Fairbanks, March 27. This is a statewide exercise ... More

Alaska National Guardsman Sgt. 1st Class Dutchy Inman,

Alaska National Guardsman Sgt. 1st Class Dutchy Inman,

Alaska National Guardsman Sgt. 1st Class Dutchy Inman, 103rd Civil Support Team CBRNE noncommissioned officer-in-charge, assesses a simulated atmospheric hazardous contamination at the Alaska State Public Healt... More

Members of Alpha Troop, 1st Battalion, 297th Cavalry

Members of Alpha Troop, 1st Battalion, 297th Cavalry

Members of Alpha Troop, 1st Battalion, 297th Cavalry (Reconnaissance and Surveillance Squadron) assist the American Red Cross in setting up a temporary shelter in Cordova, Alaska. Alaska Army National Guard mem... More

Vigilant Guard-Alaska 2014, Alaska

Vigilant Guard-Alaska 2014, Alaska

Medical doctors from the Oregon Air National Guard’s CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), 1st Lt. Randall Schumacher, left, and Capt. Christopher Webb, right, treat a simulated victim suffering from h... More

Hawaii National Guard Soldiers at the site of a building

Hawaii National Guard Soldiers at the site of a building

Hawaii National Guard Soldiers at the site of a building collapse during the CERF-P training exercise Alaska Shield and Vigilant Guard-Alaska 2014, in Anchorage, March 28-30, 2014. CERF-P teams act as first res... More

Members of Alpha Troop, 1st Battalion, 297th Cavalry

Members of Alpha Troop, 1st Battalion, 297th Cavalry

Members of Alpha Troop, 1st Battalion, 297th Cavalry (Reconnaissance and Surveillance Squadron) assist the community of Cordova during the Exercises Alaska Shield and Vigilant Guard – Alaska 2014 in setting up ... More

South Carolina National Guardsmen from the 43rd Civil

South Carolina National Guardsmen from the 43rd Civil

South Carolina National Guardsmen from the 43rd Civil Support Team inspect their gear before and after exercises during Vigilant Guard 17 at Fort Gordon, Georgia, March 27. Vigilant Guard 17 is a Joint Regional... More

Pfc. Che-Maurice Blake, a combat engineer with the

Pfc. Che-Maurice Blake, a combat engineer with the

Pfc. Che-Maurice Blake, a combat engineer with the 228th Engineer Company and an Easton, Pa. native, attaches two Bangalore torpedoes during demolitions training at Ft. Indiantown Gap May 7, 2014. Soldiers of t... More

An Airman with the West Virginia National Guard's 130th

An Airman with the West Virginia National Guard's 130th

An Airman with the West Virginia National Guard's 130th Airlift Wing Aerial Port helps guide a truck and trailer onto the back of a C-130 May 9. The vehicle belongs to the WVNG Chemical, Biological, Radiologica... More

Soldiers from the 213th Regional Support Group prepare

Soldiers from the 213th Regional Support Group prepare

Soldiers from the 213th Regional Support Group prepare for a Reception, Staging, Onward-movement and Integration briefing May 9 at Ft. Indiantown Gap, Pa. Soldiers of the 213th Personnel Company gave the brief ... More

Training site engineers installed a new fire hydrant

Training site engineers installed a new fire hydrant

Training site engineers installed a new fire hydrant adjacent to the structure collapse site at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. The hydrant provides water to emergency responders like the decontamination element, shown here.

Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Borcky, a member of the Pennsylvania

Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Borcky, a member of the Pennsylvania

Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Borcky, a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 3rd Civil Support Team, observes a military chemical response team during a training at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., May 13, 2014. The 3r... More

Sgt. Timothy Bell from Elizabeth, Pa., Pfc. Lisa Conklin

Sgt. Timothy Bell from Elizabeth, Pa., Pfc. Lisa Conklin

Sgt. Timothy Bell from Elizabeth, Pa., Pfc. Lisa Conklin from Bedford, Pa., and Spc. William Yankasky from Clearfield, Pa., with the 28th Military Police Company, 103rd Engineer Battalion, 213th Regional Suppor... More

Staff Sgt. James Reynolds of the West Virginia National

Staff Sgt. James Reynolds of the West Virginia National

Staff Sgt. James Reynolds of the West Virginia National Guard's 35th Civil Support Team suits up to enter the site of a chemical explosion during Vigilant Guard 2014 in Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. Members of the W... More

Dual Status Commander Maj. Gen. John Murphy

Dual Status Commander Maj. Gen. John Murphy

Maj. Gen. John Murphy discusses the coordination of active duty Soldiers and Pennsylvania National Guard service members in the joint operations center during the Vigilant Guard exercise. Maj. Gen. Murphy prov... More

Sgt. Ryan Smith, crew chief from 2/104th General Support

Sgt. Ryan Smith, crew chief from 2/104th General Support

Sgt. Ryan Smith, crew chief from 2/104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Combat Aviation Brigade, Pennsylvania National Guard operates a hoist during Vigilant Guard 2014, an emergency preparedness exer... More

Suiting up - A couple of men in white suits standing next to each other

Suiting up - A couple of men in white suits standing next to each othe...

Spc. Errick Lewis (left) assists Spc. Gregoire Riccardi suiting up in order to assist at a mock industrial explosion taking place at Vigilant Guard a disaster preparedness exercise hosted by the Pennsylvania Na... More

Capt. Jake Derivan and Staff Sgt. Thaddeus Krow, both

Capt. Jake Derivan and Staff Sgt. Thaddeus Krow, both

Capt. Jake Derivan and Staff Sgt. Thaddeus Krow, both assigned to the 3rd Civil Support Team, Pennsylvania National Guard, discuss samples taken during Vigilant Guard at the combined arms collective training fa... More

International partners - A group of people sitting around a table in front of a projector screen

International partners - A group of people sitting around a table in f...

Capt. Vilius Běržanskas of the Lithuanian army briefs Maj. Gen. Wesley Craig, adjutant general of Pennsylvania, during the morning update briefing for the Vigilant Guard training exercise. A contingent of Lithu... More

An M997 ground ambulance stands ready for action during

An M997 ground ambulance stands ready for action during

An M997 ground ambulance stands ready for action during Vigilant Guard 2014, a multi-state emergency response exercise hosted by Kansas. The 1077th Ground Ambulance Company out of Olathe, Kansas, had seven ambu... More

U.S. soldiers Staff Sgt. Joseph Duncan, right, assists

U.S. soldiers Staff Sgt. Joseph Duncan, right, assists

U.S. soldiers Staff Sgt. Joseph Duncan, right, assists Spc. Shawn Burns, 73rd Civil Support Team, to remove respiratory equipment in a decontamination area during Vigilant Guard 2014, Crisis City, Salina, Kansa... More

Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., commander of the North

Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., commander of the North

Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command, visits with role player Miranda Gallagher, Inman, Kan. and Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Frisel... More

Members of the 181st Engineer Detachment Firefighting

Members of the 181st Engineer Detachment Firefighting

Members of the 181st Engineer Detachment Firefighting Team and the 632nd Vertical Engineer Company, Nebraska Army National Guard, work together in an exercise to extract victims from an elevator shaft during Vi... More

Sgt. Latoya Spence, chemical, biological, radiological

Sgt. Latoya Spence, chemical, biological, radiological

Sgt. Latoya Spence, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist, 3175th Chemical Company of the Missouri Army National Guard, St. Louis, helps a role player step into a clean set of coveralls afte... More

A Lakota helicopter from D Company, 1st Battalion,

A Lakota helicopter from D Company, 1st Battalion,

A Lakota helicopter from D Company, 1st Battalion, 376th Aviation Regiment, Nebraska Army National Guard, out of Grand Island, Neb., approaches for landing at Crisis City, Salina, Kan., during Vigilant Guard 20... More

The 35th Infantry Division of the Kansas Army National

The 35th Infantry Division of the Kansas Army National

The 35th Infantry Division of the Kansas Army National Guard used a Satellite Transportable Terminal to help with communications for Joint Task Force Santa Fe during Vigilant Guard 2014 hosted by the Kansas Nat... More

The Mobile Emergency Operations Center deploys during

The Mobile Emergency Operations Center deploys during

The Mobile Emergency Operations Center deploys during Vigilant Guard 2014, Crisis City, Salina, Ks., Aug. 6. The MEOC requires special certifications prior to being deployed to natural disasters which were earn... More

Pvt. Dewayne Endecott, 1013th Quartermaster Reserve

Pvt. Dewayne Endecott, 1013th Quartermaster Reserve

Pvt. Dewayne Endecott, 1013th Quartermaster Reserve Company, Nebraska National Guard, North Platte, Neb., finds a convenient storage location inside one of the Laundry Advance Systems while packing up to return... More

Members of the 623rd Vertical Engineer Company, Nebraska

Members of the 623rd Vertical Engineer Company, Nebraska

Members of the 623rd Vertical Engineer Company, Nebraska National Guard, Wahoo, Neb., prepare for confined space training at Vigilant Guard 2014 hosted by the Kansas National Guard, at Crisis City, Salina, Kans... More

Maj. Gen. Michael D. Navrkal, commander of the 35th

Maj. Gen. Michael D. Navrkal, commander of the 35th

Maj. Gen. Michael D. Navrkal, commander of the 35th Infantry Division, Kansas Army National Guard, stands with Capt. Greg Beran, company commander of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Security and ... More

Capt. Jennifer Staton, a space operations officer,

Capt. Jennifer Staton, a space operations officer,

Capt. Jennifer Staton, a space operations officer, Sgt. Cassandra Quinones and Pfc. Miranda Yost, geospatial engineers, use mapping software during the multi-state large-scale, natural disaster emergency respon... More

Capt. Kendrea Shingleton briefs Soldiers of the 35th

Capt. Kendrea Shingleton briefs Soldiers of the 35th

Capt. Kendrea Shingleton briefs Soldiers of the 35th Military Police Company at Crisis City at the Great Plains Regional Training Center. The Soldiers received briefings on safety, rules of engagement, and rang... More

Capt. Jann Griffis, an Army Reserve nurse with the

Capt. Jann Griffis, an Army Reserve nurse with the

Capt. Jann Griffis, an Army Reserve nurse with the 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support), based in Fort Douglas, Utah, uses a balloon and fake blood to mimic abdomen trauma on Utah Army National Guard Spc.... More

Members of the Oregon and Hawaii National Guard's Medical

Members of the Oregon and Hawaii National Guard's Medical

Members of the Oregon and Hawaii National Guard's Medical Support Teams assigned to assist the CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) get a group photo together on the final day of the Vigilant Guard-M... More

U.S Airmen of the South Carolina Air National Guard

U.S Airmen of the South Carolina Air National Guard

U.S Airmen of the South Carolina Air National Guard assigned to the 169th Logistics Readiness Squadron unload cargo from a C-17 Globemaster III March 5, 2015, at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C. Vigilan... More

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 169th Fighter Wing, South

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 169th Fighter Wing, South

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 169th Fighter Wing, South Carolina Air National Guard, out process in preparation for Vigilant Guard at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., March 5, 2015. Members of the South ... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Tony Lever and Senior Airman

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Tony Lever and Senior Airman

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Tony Lever and Senior Airman Jonathan Curenton, vehicle operators with the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Logistics Readiness Squadron, maneuver a forklift to carry a light... More

Vigilant Guard 2015, South Carolina

Vigilant Guard 2015, South Carolina

U.S. Soldiers from the South Carolina Army National Guard’s 108th Public Affairs Detachment depart McCrady Training Center, S.C., en route to Georgetown, S.C., March 6, 2015, to participate in Vigilant Guard. V... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Jody Truesdale from the South Carolina

U.S. Army Sgt. Jody Truesdale from the South Carolina

U.S. Army Sgt. Jody Truesdale from the South Carolina Medical Command at McEntire Joint National Guard Base and Spc. Lucas Reed from the 251st Aerial Medical Command from Darlington, are enroute to the Choppee ... More

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the 391st Engineer

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the 391st Engineer

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the 391st Engineer Battalion, are served dinner by their cooks in the Containerized Kitchen Trailer March 6 during their field training exercise at Fort Jackson, S.C. The cooks s... More

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