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The weekend trials began Thursday evening with the issuance of essay topics that each participant would write about. The junior enlisted were asked ‘What qualities they look for in a leader,’ while the NCOs wrote about ‘What they would like the Washington state Department of Veterans affairs to do for soldiers.’
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire
In early March at Yakima Training Center (YTC) there wasn’t any smoke or fire. In fact there probably wasn’t anything dry enough to start a fire if you tried. So why were members of Company B, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation, dumping buckets of water around the training center? Well, it’s like this. Where there’s smoke there’s fire. And once there’s smoke and fire it’s toolate to starttraining to put the fire out.
All Volunteer and Technology,
Changes Military Entrance Processing
It was still dark and most of the city was still asleep as the applicants started lining up at the door. The air was cold and it would be a long wait if the doors didn’t open soon. Friday, February 8th was a relatively quiet day for the Seattle Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS). There was no one who needed to process and fly out to training, but there was someone that drew a lot of attention. Mike Gregoire, husband of Governor Christine Gregoire, dropped by the MEPS for a tour of the facility and to see how much the processing has changed since his last visit.
What is a few years younger than the Mayflower Compact (1620); a lot older than the Declaration of Independence (1776) and U.S. Constitution (1787); predates the U.S. Army, Navy and Marine Corps by 139 years; and is 311 years older than the Air Force?
Answer: The National Guard: December 13, 1636
December Storm 2007 - National Guard Soldiers Deliver Hope
On December 2, 2007, a powerful storm system swept into Washington State leaving entire areas in ruin. In response to the damage caused by the storm, the Governor called on the Washington National Guard to come to the aid of their fellow Washingtonians. Over the course of their State Active Duty service, our citizen soldiers evacuated families, went door-to-door in cut-off areas to check on people, delivered vital supplies, staffed traffic control points and performed many other duties as well. Read their stories here.
Keeping It All Connected - The Joint Operations Center in Action
During an emergency, nothing is more important than getting information from those in crisis to those who can help. The Joint Operations Center (JOC) on Camp Murray is the information and communications hub for the Washington National Guard.
Door-to-Door and Shore-to-Shore with the
Washington National Guard
The National Guard conducts phone alerts regularly to make sure they can contact unit members in case of an emergency, but they usually don’t call the day after drill weekend.
But that’s what happened the night of December 3rd.
National Guardsmen Lend a Hand
In a backroom of a Chehalis warehouse a group of National Guardsmen huddle around an old television set. They laugh amongst themselves as they watch an eerily mesmerizing electronic symphony play on the one channel that comes in on their jimmy-rigged set. Behind them, cots scattered with sleeping bags and gear line the walls of the small room. A single strand of half-functioning Christmas lights hang lazily near the door.
The Officer Candidates of Washington State
go to Hawaii!!
Officer Candidate School conjures many an image. Both physically and mentally demanding, this course can be completed in as few as ten weeks or as many as eighteen months. The candidates are subjected to intense training designed to allow them to make the right decisions under extreme duress. But sometimes OCS candidates get a little treat, like the required Staff Ride to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
My SF Mountain Sustainment Training
I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I agreed to be a test subject for the Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Mountain Sustainment Skills Course during my Annual Training this June. I was in average physical fitness, knew how to tie a few knots, and was not too afraid of heights; but there would be so much more to this Annual Training than clove hitches and ruck marches.
SF Trains for Terrain
Soldiers from Operational Detachment Alpha 9113, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) gathered in Leavenworth, Washington to practice and/or certify on mountain sustainment skills during their annual training conducted the last two weeks of June. They rehearsed mountain survival tactics including vertical assaults, injured personnel rescues, and multiple pitch climbs.
Washington Soldier Fights for Donor Awarenes
Loyalty. Duty. Respect. Selfless Service. Honor. Integrity. Personal Courage - these are the values that soldiers live by in today’s Army. One soldier in particular, SSG Mark Korf, has taken the value of selfless service above and beyond as he continues his mission to bring greater organ and tissue donor awareness to the Puget Sound.
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