Courtesy Story | California Counterdrug Task Force | 10.18.2011
Nine puzzled recruits stare at a series of ropes and wonder how they’re going to use a 2 1/2-foot plank to cross them. Their goal is to get themselves and a box of "serum" across the five rope hurdles and over a wall to fictional disaster victims without touching the ground beneath them. They begin to reach over a starting line to bridge the first two ropes with the plank but they can barely......
Story by Capt. Kara Siepmann | California Counterdrug Task Force | 10.15.2010
“Front leaning rest position … MOVE!” shouts a drill instructor. Eighty young men and women drop down on their hands and feet and begin doing pushups on a concrete slab as a drill instructor in a large brimmed hat walks through the rows of cadets. Sweat beads form quickly on their foreheads in the August afternoon sun....
Story by Capt. Kara Siepmann | California Counterdrug Task Force | 08.19.2010
Schools may take a break from formal education during the summer, but for the 10 noncommissioned officers of the California National Guard Counterdrug Task Force prevention team, it’s no time for vacation. In fact, the summer months are when operations are kicked into high gear....
