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    INNOVATIVE READINESS TRAINING

    Innovative Readiness Training

    Innovative Readiness Training    

    Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) is a Department of Defense (DoD) military training opportunity, exclusive to the United States and its territories, that delivers joint training opportunities to increase deployment readiness. Simultaneously, IRT provides key services (health care, construction, transportation, and cybersecurity) with lasting benefits for our American communities.

    Highlights

    Innovative Readiness Training: National Guard engineers really 'dig' Orting park project

    Innovative Readiness Training: National...
    06.21.24 | SSG Adeline Witherspoon | JFH-WNG
    U.S. Soldiers with 176th Engineer Company, 420th Chemical Battalion, 96th Troop Command, Washington National Guard, cut rebar during the...
    Innovative Readiness Training: National Guard engineers really 'dig' Orting park project

    Innovative Readiness Training: National...
    06.21.24 | SSG Adeline Witherspoon | JFH-WNG
    U.S. Soldiers with 176th Engineer Company, 420th Chemical Battalion, 96th Troop Command, Washington National Guard, construct a restroom facility...
    Innovative Readiness Training: National Guard engineers really 'dig' Orting park project

    Innovative Readiness Training: National...
    06.21.24 | SSG Adeline Witherspoon | JFH-WNG
    U.S. Soldiers with 176th Engineer Company, 420th Chemical Battalion, 96th Troop Command, Washington National Guard, pour concrete for the...
    Innovative Readiness Training: National Guard engineers really 'dig' Orting park project

    Innovative Readiness Training: National...
    06.21.24 | SSG Adeline Witherspoon | JFH-WNG
    A U.S. Soldier with 176th Engineer Company, 420th Chemical Battalion, 96th Troop Command, Washington National Guard, directs a concrete mixer...
    Innovative Readiness Training: National Guard engineers really 'dig' Orting park project

    Innovative Readiness Training: National...
    06.21.24 | SSG Adeline Witherspoon | JFH-WNG
    U.S. Soldiers with 176th Engineer Company, 420th Chemical Battalion, 96th Troop Command, Washington National Guard, pour concrete for the...
    Innovative Readiness Training: National Guard engineers really 'dig' Orting park project

    Innovative Readiness Training: National...
    06.21.24 | SSG Adeline Witherspoon | JFH-WNG
    U.S. Soldiers with 176th Engineer Company, 420th Chemical Battalion, 96th Troop Command, Washington National Guard, lays concrete down on what...
    Innovative Readiness Training: National Guard engineers really 'dig' Orting park project

    Innovative Readiness Training: National...
    06.21.24 | SSG Adeline Witherspoon | JFH-WNG
    U.S. Soldiers with 176th Engineer Company, 420th Chemical Battalion, 96th Troop Command, Washington National Guard, construct a restroom facility...
    Innovative Readiness Training: National Guard engineers really 'dig' Orting park project

    Innovative Readiness Training: National...
    06.21.24 | SSG Adeline Witherspoon | JFH-WNG
    U.S. Soldiers with 176th Engineer Company, 420th Chemical Battalion, 96th Troop Command, Washington National Guard, dig the foundation for a new...
    Innovative Readiness Training: National Guard engineers really 'dig' Orting park project

    Innovative Readiness Training: National...
    06.21.24 | SSG Adeline Witherspoon | JFH-WNG
    U.S. Soldiers with 176th Engineer Company, 420th Chemical Battalion, 96th Troop Command, Washington National Guard, pour concrete for what will be...
    Innovative Readiness Training: National Guard engineers really 'dig' Orting park project

    Innovative Readiness Training: National...
    06.21.24 | SSG Adeline Witherspoon | JFH-WNG
    A U.S. Soldiers with 176th Engineer Company, 420th Chemical Battalion, 96th Troop Command, Washington National Guard, digs the foundation of a new...
    Innovative Readiness Training: National Guard engineers really 'dig' Orting park project

    Innovative Readiness Training: National...
    06.20.24 | SSG Adeline Witherspoon | JFH-WNG
    U.S. Soldiers with 176th Engineer Company, 420th Chemical Battalion, 96th Troop Command, Washington National Guard, construct a restroom facility...
    Innovative Readiness Training: National Guard engineers really 'dig' Orting park project

    Innovative Readiness Training: National...
    06.20.24 | SSG Adeline Witherspoon | JFH-WNG
    U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Tanya McCart, construction supervisor for the 176th Engineer Company, 420th Chemical Battalion, 96th Troop Command,...

    341 Featured Videos

    Operation Arctic Care 2025

    Operation Arctic Care 2025
    04.13.25 | MSgt Rachelle Morris | osdirt
    Thirty miles above the artic circle, 128 joint service members gathered in Kotzebue, Alaska, to take part in Operation Arctic Care, an Innovative...
    U.S. Coast Guard Station Manistee personnel conduct ice rescue training Lake Michigan

    U.S. Coast Guard Station Manistee...
    01.01.25 | Courtesy Video | USCGD9
    U.S. Coast Guard Station Manistee personnel conduct ice rescue training on Lake Michigan Jan. 1, 2025. Coast Guardsmen maintain, train and operate...
    AKNG Delivers 14,000lbs of Frozen Meat to Remote Communities

    AKNG Delivers 14,000lbs of Frozen Meat to...
    12.06.24 | SFC Christy Van Drunen | NGB
    Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers with the 207th Aviation Troop Command and Alaska Air National Guard Airmen with the 176th Wing deliver nearly...
    AKNG helps replenish Alaska Native community’s food stores during IRT Mission (B-Roll)

    AKNG helps replenish Alaska Native...
    11.18.24 | SSG Seth LaCount | AKNG
    Alaska Army National Guardsmen deliver thousands of pounds of frozen meat aboard two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters during an Innovative Readiness...
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    5,976 Featured Images

    Citizen Airmen restore Redwood facilities during Innovative Readiness Training

    Citizen Airmen restore Redwood facilities...
    06.12.25 | SSgt John Rossi | 512AW
    Senior Airman Morgan Dreams, 567th Red Horse Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and...
    Citizen Airmen restore Redwood facilities during Innovative Readiness Training

    Citizen Airmen restore Redwood facilities...
    06.12.25 | SSgt John Rossi | 512AW
    Tech. Sgt. Patricia Guthrie, 512th Civil Engineer Squadron electrical systems craftsman, digs around new pavement to further construction efforts...
    Citizen Airmen restore Redwood facilities during Innovative Readiness Training

    Citizen Airmen restore Redwood facilities...
    06.12.25 | SSgt John Rossi | 512AW
    Citizen Airmen assigned to the 512th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, work alongside some civilian partners to restore a fire pit at...
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    308 Featured Stories

    Reservists overcome adversity, operate field kitchen in Redwoods

    Reservists overcome adversity, operate...
    06.12.25 | SSgt John Rossi | 512AW
    HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Calif. – Air Force reservists from the 512th Memorial Affairs Squadron operated a field kitchen in the Redwood National and...
    Army Reserve provides medical services to Nez Perce Tribe and local community

    Army Reserve provides medical services to...
    06.09.25 | LTC Kristin Porter | 807MDSC
    The Army Reserve’s 328th Field Hospital, out of Salt Lake City, provided essential medical services during Innovative Readiness Training (IRT)...
    168th Wing Partners with IRT to Deliver Modern Connectivity to Remote Areas of Alaska

    168th Wing Partners with IRT to Deliver...
    05.21.25 | SMSgt Julie Avey | 168-WG
    SHISHMAREF, Alaska — In the icy expanse of Northwest Alaska under the biting chill of Arctic winter conditions, a team of communications...
    South Carolina National Guard Engineers get real-world training in IRT

    South Carolina National Guard Engineers...
    05.20.25 | Stephen Hudson | SCNG
    Engineers from the South Carolina Army National Guard engineer units kicked off a two-month Innovative Readiness Training mission at the small...
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    2 Featured Audio

    Operation Healthy Delta PSA
    06.14.23 | SrA Whitney Erhart and MSgt John Hillier | 131BW
    Operation Healthy Delta IRT public service announcement letting community members know about clinic dates, times, and availability.
    Marine Minute

    Marine Minute
    04.18.18 | Cpl Troy Saunders | DMA-M
    I'm Corporal Troy Saunders with your Marine Minute. Retired Marine Col. Wesley Fox was laid to rest with full military honors at Arlington...