Fire fighters from right to left Staff Sgt. Michael Frye, of the 167th Civil Engineer Squadron, West Virginia Air National Guard, Martinsburg, West Virginia, holds a car door while Sgt. Somner Goecks, of the 826th Ordnance Company, Wisconsin Army National Guard, operates a hydraulic tool, often called the jaws of life, and Staff Sgt. Joseph Ruppenthal, also of the 167th, holds hydraulic cables clear, while practicing rescuing personnel from a simulated automobile crash during training at National Guard exercise PATRIOT North 16 at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisc. July 16, 2016. The training is simulating a vehicle crash and rescue of personnel trapped in the vehicle. PATRIOT is an annual exercise held at Volk Field to test the National Guard’s capabilities and develop working relationships with first responders and government agencies. The fire fighters are gathered from various states and benefit from the training by exchanging knowledge and experiences they have encountered while on military duty and also in some of their civilian fire-fighting experiences. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp)
| Date Taken: | 07.16.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 07.16.2016 18:25 |
| Photo ID: | 2725744 |
| VIRIN: | 160716-Z-WA217-1116 |
| Resolution: | 4512x3008 |
| Size: | 5.87 MB |
| Location: | VOLK FIELD, WI, US |
| Web Views: | 23 |
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