HONOLULU – A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point MH-65E Dolphin aircrew medevac an ailing fisherman from a fishing vessel 40 nautical miles off Oahu. Monday, January 20, 2025. Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu (JRCC) watchstanders received notification at 4:30 p.m. Saturday from crew members aboard the fishing vessel Capt Davis that a 34-year-old crewman Leer másCoast Guard Barbers Point MH-65 medevac fisherman off Oahu[…]
Story by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir, U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam SANTA RITA, Guam — Guam search and rescue (SAR) community celebrated the first quarterly meeting of 2025, January 8, 2025, at the Port of Guam training room to collaborate on life-saving efforts across the island and surrounding waters. Representatives from Leer másGuam emergency responders hold first quarterly SAR professionals meeting of 2025[…]
Story by Pfc. Makenna Tilton, 11th Airborne Division FORT GREELY, AK (Jan. 18, 2025) — In the frigid early morning on the Alaskan frontier, the Army 25th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and the 1-52nd General Support Aviation Battalion, Arctic Aviation Command, both of the 11th Airborne Division, conducted a medevac (medical Leer másArmy Arctic Angels UH-60 rehearse MEDEVAC operations in Alaska[…]
Story by Pfc. Joshua Fisherman, 19th Public Affairs Detachment «NTC is the ultimate proving ground for our unit,» said U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Wesley King, commander of the 1st Attack Battalion. «It’s where we’ll be tested on our ability to adapt, make decisions under pressure, and execute high-stakes operations, just as we would in combat.» Leer más1st Attack Battalion prepares for National Training Center (NTC)[…]
Kodaiak, Alaska. — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew rescue two fishermen after their vessel capsized near Kodiak, January 15, 2025. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 17th District Command Center received a distress alert from the fishing vessel Tanusha’s emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) at 9:48 a.m. Wednesday. Watchstanders directed the Leer másA Coast Guard MH-60T rescue 2 fishermen near Kodiak[…]
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Zach Sheely, National Guard Bureau Cannel Islands Air National Guard Station, California. – The National Guard is part of a multi-agency firefighting response to the historic wildfires across the Los Angeles Basin and Southern California. Over the weekend, Guard members took to the sky to help extinguish the flames. Air Leer másNational Guard Bureau Chief thanks firefighting Guardsmen[…]
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Venturous (WMEC 625) and a HITRON detachment returned to home following a 40-day anti-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Venturous’ crew deployed in support of Joint Interagency Task Force – South (JIATF-S) and conducted counter-drug missions in the Coast Guard 11th District’s area of Leer másUSCGC Venturous and HITRON crews return after anti-drug patrol[…]
Story by Joseph Coslett, 153rd Airlift Wing CHEYENNE, Wyoming. – Three Wyoming Air National Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with the U.S. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) and associated personnel were activated by U.S. Northern Command to help firefighters due Los Angeles area wildfires. The three C-130 aircraft were activated January 9 Leer másWyoming, Nevada Guard C-130 crews assist California firefighters[…]
National Guard Bureau MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, California. — Hundreds of National Guard members are now involved in multiple air and ground firefighting efforts as wildfires rage across the Los Angeles Basin and Southern California. More than 1,850 Guard members from California, Nevada and Wyoming are activated. Mutliple C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with Modular Leer másNational Guard is involved in California firefighting efforts[…]
Story by Staff Sgt. Jana Somero, 406th Air Expeditionary Wing U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS), alongside medical professionals from the 10th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight (EAEF), and Marines from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 (VMM-266), conducted a rescue exercise (full mission profile personnel recovery training scenario) with an MV-22B Leer másAir Force and Marines perform rescue exercise with MV-22B Osprey[…]
