Story by Staff Sgt. Edward Siguenza | California National Guard Primary | 06.18.2020
California and Nevada Air National Guards deployed their Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS) in preparation for the upcoming wild fire season during a training session at Tahoe National Forest....
Story by John Pennell | United States Army Alaska | 12.28.2017
U.S. ARMY ALASKA, FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – A report released Dec. 15 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that the likelihood of a severe fire season in Alaska, similar to 2015 when more than 5.1 million acres burned, has risen significantly – 34 to 60 percent – due to human-caused climate change. According to the Alaska Division of Forestry, the 2015 Alaska fire......
Story by John Pennell | United States Army Alaska | 12.06.2016
U.S. ARMY ALASKA, FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – A report released Dec. 15 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that the likelihood of a severe fire season in Alaska, similar to 2015 when more than 5.1 million acres burned, has risen significantly – 34 to 60 percent – due to human-caused climate change. According to the Alaska Division of Forestry, the 2015 Alaska fire......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Anna Doo | Joint Force Headquarters - New Mexico National Guard | 10.29.2015
Aviators, Infantrymen and Transportation Soldiers of the New Mexico Army National Guard assisted the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS) with extracting fossils of two Pentaceratops dinosaur skulls from the badlands of New Mexico. An adult Pentaceratops skull and juvenile fossil remains were airlifted via multiple Black Hawk sling loads Oct. 29 following a day of......
Story by Staff Sgt. Patricia McMurphy | 28th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.20.2015
According to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), the arrival of hot, dry weather, combined with drought conditions, has prompted the WDFW to restrict fires and other activities effective immediately on agency-managed lands in eastern Washington....
Story by Sgt. Edward Eagerton | Alaska National Guard | 07.29.2014
Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons assisted with the transportation of a pregnant woman in labor from Nulato, Alaska, July 28....
Story by Staff Sgt. Miriam Espinoza | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 03.18.2014
More than 30 musicians from the I Corps Band practiced, trained and came together as a team to sharpen their tactical skills on battle drill six March 18, here....
Story by Chief Petty Officer Daniel J. Calderón | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters | 06.12.2012
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles district’s Nellis Resident Office recently completed a solar power project for the Bureau of Land Management at the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area....