Story by Master Sgt. Jaclyn Lyons | New York National Guard | 03.01.2019
(Stratton Air National Guard Base, Scotia NY) - The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing successfully wrapped up its 31st season of supporting American research in Antarctica as Airmen and aircraft returned home from McMurdo Station, Antarctica this week. From October through February, six LC-130s and 551 Airmen provided support to Operation Deep Freeze, the U.S. military’s......
Story by Sgt. Stephanie Ramirez | U.S. Army Reserve Command | 05.07.2017
CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. -- When disaster strikes and chaos sets in, people can forget their cities' emergency evacuation plans and highways get stacked with traffic. People get hurt and communication gets cut off. Vibrant Response 17 is an annual command post exercise here that simulates the detonation of a nuclear bomb in a major city within the United States. This year it was integrated......
Story by Sgt. Stephanie Ramirez | U.S. Army Reserve Command | 04.29.2017
On Sept. 11, 2001, ashes filled what was once known as the capital of the world, and the clamors for help were heard around the globe. That bloodcurdling event brought an entire nation to a screeching halt, and single handedly altered the hands of time for decades to come. However, as evidenced by the many shifts, changes and updates in emergency response policies since 9/11, being......
Story by Sgt. Elizabeth Raney | 343rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 04.28.2017
MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER, Ind. – People covered in fake blood and simulated wounds scream, cry, and whimper as U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center scurry to find and care for each casualty following a mock nuclear disaster as a part of Guardian Response April 28, 2017....
Courtesy Story | 205th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 08.24.2016
Story by Capt. Megan McFarling 205th Press Camp Headquarters MUSCATATUCK, Ind. --Tucked away in the farmlands of southern Indiana is the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center. The Indiana National Guard ran urban training installation hosts a full array of training scenarios and is open to civilian and military personnel. Through the urban destruction sits a small radio station that recently......
Story by Sgt. Rebecca Newton | 206th Broadcast Operations Detachment | 08.19.2016
Staff Sgt. Samuel Bayle is enrolled at the Defense Information School to become a “46R,” or “Broadcast Videographer.” Upon completion, Bayle will have attained skills in video techniques, voice, and editing, radio operation, and broadcast writing skills. He will continue to practice his new skillset at his unit, the 354th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, in Pittsburgh, Pa....
Story by Sgt. Rebecca Newton | 206th Broadcast Operations Detachment | 08.18.2016
Cpl. Matthew Atwood is enrolled at the Defense Information School to become a 46Q, public affairs specialist. Upon completion, Atwood will have attained skills in news writing, military public affairs, photojournalism, feature writing, publication design, and desktop publishing. He will continue to practice his new skillset at his unit, the 207th Public Affairs Detachment, in Denver, Colo....
Story by Master Sgt. Timothy Lawn | 205th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 08.18.2016
A convoy carrying a diplomatic team cautiously turns the corner in the Middle Eastern village of Turmenystan. The diplomats are racing against time to meet with an assembly of village leaders to stop the spread of a growing crisis. The lead security element in a Sport Utility Vehicle passes an abandoned car. Wisps of dust waft through its smashed windshield. Silently emerging from the......
