Photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Siguenza | California National Guard Primary | 05.12.2021
Firefighting inmates from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DEPCOR), Fresno Kings Unit, Miramonte Camp, begin their upward line-cutting assessment May 12, 2021, at the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Millerton training site in Friant, California. Inmates have been used to battle wildfires for decades through a CAL FIRE program, but......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Siguenza | California National Guard Primary | 05.12.2021
A California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) fire captain directs his inmate crew to a starting point at the CAL FIRE Millerton training site in Friant, California, May 12, 2021. Inmates from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DEPCOR) and troops from Joint Task Force Rattlesnake, Fresno Unit, California National Guard, were simultaneously......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Siguenza | California National Guard Primary | 05.12.2021
California National Guardsmen, in yellow, with Joint Task Force Rattlesnake - Fresno Unit, listen to a California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) safety brief alongside inmates with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DEPCOR) May 12, 2021 at the CAL FIRE Millerton training site in Friant, California. Cal Guard and DEPCOR teams underwent......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Siguenza | California National Guard Primary | 05.12.2021
California National Guard Joint Task Force Rattlesnake (Fresno), Alpha Team, in yellow, returns from a tough hiking test as California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DEPCOR) inmates head to the line-cutting course May 12, 2021 at the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Millerton training site in Friant, California. The two entities shared the same......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Siguenza | California National Guard Primary | 05.12.2021
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DEPCOR) inmates perform a “Tool Out,” an inspection process prior to a firefighting mission, May 12, 2021 at the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Millerton training site in Friant, California. CAL FIRE has utilized inmates for firefighting purposes for decades, but their numbers continue regressing.......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Siguenza | California National Guard Primary | 05.12.2021
California National Guardsmen (right) with Joint Task Force Rattlesnake, Fresno Unit, walk side-by-side with California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DEPCOR) firefighting inmates (in orange) May 12, 2021, following a California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) safety briefing at the Millerton training site in Friant, California. Cal Guardsmen and inmates......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Siguenza | California National Guard Primary | 05.12.2021
U.S. Army Col. Robin Hoeflein, center, commander of the California Army National Guard’s 115th Regional Support Group, listens to a California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) official as other Cal Guardsmen observe firefighting inmates perform a “Tool Out,” an inspection process prior to performing a fire mission May 12, 2021 at CAL FIRE’s Millerton training site......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Charles Highland | 371st Sustainment Brigade | 01.26.2018
180126-A-RW053-063 CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait –Spc. Cody Scriven and Spc. Scott Ferris guide Sgt. Hannah Bell, all from the 340th Military Police Battalion, from a Black Hawk during prison transport training at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait January 08, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Charles Highland)...