Story by Airman 1st Class Donald Knechtel | 28th Bomb Wing | 12.15.2017
Ellsworth Airmen worked side-by-side with more than 330 firefighters from districts across four surrounding states to combat a wildfire consuming Custer State Park that began Dec. 11....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Theanne Tangen | 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.09.2014
The Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Air Force Lt. Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, visited one of the largest and longest-running National Guard exercises in the country this week, Golden Coyote. Lengyel visited the 30th annual training exercise June 8-9 throughout western South Dakota and at Camp Guernsey, Wyoming....
Story by Spc. Zane Craig | 109th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.14.2013
Soldiers of the 128th Chemical Company, 213th Regional Support Group, trained to spot and react to improvised explosive devices while conducting convoy operations June 10 in the Black Hills of Custer State Park, S.D....
Story by Sgt. Coltin Heller | 109th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.05.2013
Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 213th Regional Support Group, Pennsylvania Army National Guard provided communication assets to U.S. service members and foreign troops operating in the field during Golden Coyote located in the Black Hills, S.D., June 5, 2013....
Story by Sgt. Coltin Heller | 109th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.05.2013
Any training exercise presents challenges to soldiers participating in them. While the word challenge means something different to each soldier, one challenge remains across the board - communication - one, if not, the most vital requirements to all soldiers, regardless of their military occupational specialty....
Story by Spc. Manda Walters | 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.17.2012
Soldiers of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 486th Engineer Company, of Southfield, Mich., completed renovations at the Custer State Park buffalo corral complex, as part of a Golden Coyote infrastructure project, June 17....
Story by Sgt. Julieanne Muckey | 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.12.2012
From the soldier gaining experience, to having the forest cleaned, to Sioux Tribes receiving firewood, many gain from the Golden Coyote timber-haul mission. The annual Golden Coyote training exercise, hosted by the South Dakota National Guard and conducted in cooperation with the National Forest Service and Custer State Park, provides a realistic training environment and valuable services to......
Story by Spc. Amber Hoy | 314th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 06.09.2012
Engineers from the 340th Engineer Company conducted fire management in the Black Hills of South Dakota for their 2-week extended combat training starting on June 9, 2012. “Fires are extremely likely in [the Black Hills] and that is something we are continually cognizant of during the exercise,” said Capt Andy Yount, commander of the 340th Engineer Company....
