U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Joshua Griggs, assigned to the 304th Rescue Squadron, Portland Air National Guard Base (center) along with Oregon Army National Guard Staff Sergeants John Kilroy and Alexander Cheney (right), medics working with the HH-60M helicopter crew, lead a training session with a simulated patient in a hoist carrier during joint training at the Sandy River Airport in Sandy, Oregon, on April 10, 2026. The exercise focused on patient packing training, aircraft-specific mission briefings, and hoist iterations aboard a U.S. Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter and a U.S. Coast Guard Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter. An Oregon Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook from Pendleton was also used for ground familiarization training. (Oregon National Guard photo by John Hughel)
| Date Taken: | 04.10.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 04.18.2026 13:12 |
| Photo ID: | 9624247 |
| VIRIN: | 260410-Z-CH590-1200 |
| Resolution: | 6192x4128 |
| Size: | 8.66 MB |
| Location: | SANDY, OREGON, US |
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