Domestic Operations

Ohio Army National Guard engineers units assist in the recovery efforts during the 1990 Shadyside flooding in southern Ohio. The Ohio National Guard has a long history of providing provides a variety of service More

New York Naval Militia Commander Don McKnight cons Naval Militia Patrol Boat 221 up the Hudson River during a mission conducted on Friday, Sept. 14, as part of a joint domestic operations training exercise.

In this image, released by JTF-71 (MEB), members of the 6th CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package conduct simulations and demonstrations during their annual field training, held this year at Camp Bowie in Brown More

Brig. Gen. Patrick Hamilton, Domestic Operations (DOMOPS) Commander, Texas Military Forces (TXMF), discusses the proposed TXMF response in a hurricane rehearsal of concept drill integrating TXMF with other stat More

Bud Kaufman, a rescue swimmer with the Pennsylvania Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (PA HART), arranges his gear in the back of a Pennsylvania Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook prior to a mission in South Caroli More

Members of the Oregon and Hawaii National Guard's Medical Support Teams assigned to assist the CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) get a group photo together on the final day of the Vigilant Guard-M More

Members of the Oregon National Guard's CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP)Search and Extraction Team, assist a simulated distressed casualty away from a rubble pile, while participating in the Vigilan More

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 169th Fighter Wing, South Carolina Air National Guard, out process in preparation for Vigilant Guard at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., March 5, 2015. Members of the South More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Tony Lever and Senior Airman Jonathan Curenton, vehicle operators with the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Logistics Readiness Squadron, maneuver a forklift to carry a light More

U.S Airmen of the South Carolina Air National Guard assigned to the 169th Logistics Readiness Squadron unload cargo from a C-17 Globemaster III March 5, 2015, at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C. Vigilan More

U.S. Soldiers from the South Carolina Army National Guard’s 108th Public Affairs Detachment depart McCrady Training Center, S.C., en route to Georgetown, S.C., March 6, 2015, to participate in Vigilant Guard. V More

U.S. Army Sgt. Jody Truesdale from the South Carolina Medical Command at McEntire Joint National Guard Base and Spc. Lucas Reed from the 251st Aerial Medical Command from Darlington, are enroute to the Choppee More

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 169th Fighter Wing, South Carolina Air National Guard, convoy from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., to Georgetown, S.C., March 6, 2015, in support of Vigilant Guard 2015. Vi More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Kopp, a signal support system specialist assigned to the 29th Infantry Division of the Virginia Army National Guard, assembles a wireless communications satellite during the Vigilan More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, Jr., the adjutant general for South Carolina meets a team of Colombian military officers at the South Carolina National Guard Joint Operations Center, during Vigilant G More

U.S. Air Force Chaplain Lt. Col. Brian Bohlman, assigned to the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, receives a briefing from Scott White, the MED-1 public information officer, at the MED-1 More

First responders from Georgetown emergency services along with U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews assigned to the 2-151st Aviation, S.C. Army National Guard, are gathered around the South Carolina Heli More

U.S. Army Sgt. Brian Lemieux, 228th Theater Tactical Signal Brigade supply sergeant, signs out communication equipment and a Combat Lifesaver bag to Soldiers conducting wellness checks to community members in L More

First responders from Georgetown emergency services along with U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews assigned to the 2-151st Aviation, S.C. Army National Guard, are gathered around the South Carolina Heli More

A U.S. Army Common Bridge Transporter waits to pull out of the Sampit River after offloading a Bridge Erection Boat at the Carroll Ashmore Campbell Marine Complex, March 7, 2015, in Georgetown, S.C., as a part More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kevin Hicklin, a heavy equipment operator assigned to the 172nd Engineer Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, operates a two-and-a-half yard scoop loader to load an M916 tractor t More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, Jr., the adjutant general for South Carolina visits South Carolina National Guard units participating in Vigilant Guard SC-15, Charleston, S.C., March 7, 2015. Vigilant More

Carolinas Med 1 Medical Treatment Trailer is ready to receive patients at the Georgetown County Airfield March 8, 2015, in Georgetown, S.C., as part of the 2015 Vigilant Guard South Carolina exercise. The mobil More

At dawn, flight crews with the 2-151st Aviation, South Carolina Army National Guard, perform preflight inspections on their U.S. Army UH-60 black hawk in preparation for the day’s mission during the Vigilant Gu More

U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua McKinley, assigned to Company A, 1-111th General Aviation Support Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, replaces the tail rotor gear box cover on a UH-60 Black Hawk while performi More

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Chris McKenna, a UH-60 Black Hawk pilot with the South Carolina Army National Guard’s 2-151st Aviation, along with other Soldiers, Airmen and civilian medical response teams pr More

Bernie Linen, an excavator operator from a local Georgetown landscaping business, aides in the Vigilant Guard South Carolina exercise by using his equipment to simulate storm damage March 8, 2015, at the Choppe More

Spc. Todd Herington, a satellite communications systems operator/maintainer with the Virginia Army National Guard’s 29th Infantry Division, prepares to set up network communications for a Joint Incident Site Co More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Ashurst, a Joint Terminal Attack Controller assigned to the 165th Air Support Operations Squadron, Georgia Air National Guard, checks his Humvees onboard communications during More

Soldiers and Airmen of the Georgia National Guard’s Joint Task Force 781 arrive in Georgetown, S.C., March 8, 2015 and prepare to assist first responders at a simulated collapsed building site during Vigilant G More

U.S. Army Gen. Frank J. Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrives at Georgetown Airport in Georgetown, S.C., to observe integrated military and civilian opera More

U.S. Army Soldiers from the Georgia National Guard’s 179th Military Police Company assist a burn victim at a simulated building collapse site in Georgetown, S.C., March 9, 2015, during Vigilant Guard South Caro More

Army General Frank J. Grass, Chief, National Guard Bureau and a group of distinguished visitors walk to the end of the Hobcaw Point Observation and Fishing Pier in Georgetown S.C. to observe search and rescue o More

Spc. Joseph Haggerty (left), a signal support systems specialist with the Virginia Army National Guard’s Fort Belvoir-based 29th Infantry Division, briefs Brig. Gen. Timothy E. Gowen, the 29th ID deputy command More

Tech Sgt. Kevin Vaughn, 169th Communications Flight, South Carolina Air National Guard, and Staff Sgt. Jose Sanchez, 29th Infantry Division, Virginia Army National Guard, synchronize communications systems whil More

Heather Helms, a medical professional with Carolinas Med-1, briefs military and civilian staff in the Medical Treatment Trailer prior to receiving patients at the Georgetown County Airport March 9, 2015, in Geo More

A jet carrying U.S. Army Gen. Frank J. Grass, Chief of the National Guard Bureau and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrives at Georgetown Airport in Georgetown, S.C., to observe integrated military and More

U.S. Army Gen. Frank Grass (left), the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, motions for people to follow him as Dr. David Callaway (right), director of the Carolinas MED More

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned 1-111st Aviation Battalion, South Carolina National Guard, refuel a UH-60 Black Hawk at a forward air refueling point during the Vigilant Guard South Carolina exercise, in Georgetown More

South Carolina National Guard units worked with local emergency management agencies and first responders during a mass casualty exercise (MASCAL) in Anderson, S.C., March 10, 2015, which simulated a hard landin More

A Greenville County first responder sorts through debris looking for casualties. South Carolina National Guard units worked with local emergency management agencies and first responders during a mass casualty e More

U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the South Carolina National Guard stage at the Georgetown County Airport and were used for various training exercises during the 2015 Vigilant Guard South Carolina ex More

Debris scatters the old Woodmont High School building, which was used for a training exercise, March 10, in Greenville, S.C. South Carolina National Guard units worked with local emergency management agencies a More

Staff Sgt. Chad Peebles (left) and Tech Sgt. Eric Peter (right), of the South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Security Forces Squadron, discuss security procedures as military and civilian personnel conduct More

Members of the Oregon National Guard's CBRNE Enhances Response Force Package (CERFP) command cell review a map while preparing to set up their worksite footprint, during Vigilant Guard-Makani Pahili 2015 exerci More

Firefighters assigned to the 181st and 317th Fire Fighting Teams, Norfolk, Neb., Nebraska Army National Guard complete fire training here at Volk Field, Wis., July 16, 2015. These Nebraska Guardsmen are among t More

Firefighters from the 181st and the 317th Engineer Detachment, Nebraska Army National Guard, spray water during an aircraft rescue and firefighting fire burn as they prepare for the annual PATRIOT Exercise at V More

Firefighters from the 181st and the 317th Engineer Detachment, Nebraska Army National Guard, wait for the signal to spray water on to an aircraft as they prepare for the annual PATRIOT Exercise at Volk Field Co More

U.S. Army soldiers from the 181st and the 317th Engineer Detachment Firefighting Team, Nebraska Army National Guard, conduct rope training at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis., July 17, 2015. Th More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jeffery Schmitt, 109th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Minnesota National Guard, reviews information at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis., July 17, 2015. Schmitt is More

Members of the 2015 PATRIOT Exercise watch the Right Start video at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis., July 17, 2015. The members will be taking part in the annual PATRIOT Exercise, which is a d More

U.S. Army Sgt. Troy Tretter, Joint Headquarters-J6, Minnesota National Guard, left, shows U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. William Rose, 210th Engineering Installation Squadron, Minnesota National Guard, how to progra More

Tech. Sgt. Steven Hall, an instructor assigned to the 937th Training Support Squadron, Camp Bullis, Texas and Tech. Sgt. Sam Chaney, medical technician with the 162nd Medical Group, Arizona Air National Guard j More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Katrina Alvarez, 937th Training Support Squadron, briefs Air Force medical personal at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis., about the physical and mental effects that cou More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Aaron Ricky, 137th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Oklahoma Air National Guard, helps set up a field hospital at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis., July 19, 2015. R More

A C-5 Galaxy from Dover Air Force Base, Del., arrives at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis., July 19, 2015. The C-5 Galaxy brought cargo and personnel that are participating in the annual PATRIO More

A C-17 Globemaster III from the 172nd Airlift Wing, Mississippi Air National Guard, takes off from the Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis., July 19, 2015. The C-17 brought cargo and personnel that More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Chad Broome, 190th Medical Group, Kansas Air National Guard, explains the workings of the tent to Armenian Ministry of Defense officers at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Stull, 120th Medical Group, Montana Air National Guard, writes down patient information at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis., July 21, 2015. Stull is taking par More

La Crosse, Wis., News Channel 8 reporter Brittany Schmidt and videographer Chuck Oedsma interview Col. Brandon Isaacs, commander of the 124th Medical Group from the Idaho Air National Guard at Gowen Field, Bois More

Senior Airman Charity Burkhart, services specialist from the 132nd Force Support Squadron, Iowa Air National Guard, is up early preparing breakfast for more than 300 participants here at Volk Field Combat Readi More

Betty Swenson, left, a role-player for the 2015 PATRIOT Exercise, is provided emotional and spiritual support from Mary Minton, Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services-Chicago, here at Volk Field Combat Read More

Morgan Bilgrien, a role-player at the 2015 PATRIOT Exercise with a simulated head injury, at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis., July 21, 2015. Bilgrien is taking part in the annual PATRIOT Exer More

A member of Nebraska's CERFP uses a Joint Chemical Agent Detector, or JCAD, during Patriot Exercise 2015 at Volk Field, Wis., July 22, 2015.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. William Thoms Jr. briefs PATRIOT 2015 visitors about the Transport Isolation System inside a C-17 Globemaster III at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis., July 22, 2015, dur More

David Lenninger, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) and Terrilynn Strode, Registered Nurse (RN), with the Mile Bluff Medical Center in Mauston, Wis., discuss the treatment procedures for one of thei More

Firefighters with the 185th Fighter Wing from Sioux City, Iowa, tunnel through a rubble pile during confined spaces training at the Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center’s Regional Emergency All Climate T More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Constance Mackus, 156th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, North Carolina Air National Guard, carries a litter to a C-130 at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis., July 22, 2015. M More

Members of the Joint Chaplain Corps from the Army, Air Force, and Navy fold up the Tactical Field Religious Support Kit (TFRSK) at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis., July 23, 2015. The TFRSK, wh More

Members of the 109th Airlift Wing clear trees that were blocking Schenectady County Airport Authority's view of the ramp on July 23, 2015. The request came shortly after the 109th AW received new equipment as p More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Emmeline Vansyckel, 162nd Medical Group, Arizona Air National Guard, secures her mask prior to testing the HazMat ID equipment as part of vector surveillance at Volk Field Combat Re More

Ken Chapman, a rescue technician with the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team, tests his gear before being tasked for missions, during a statewide flood response, Oct. 5, 2015. The South Carolina Nati More

U.S. Soldiers from the South Carolina National Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, prepare to conduct rescue and support operations, during a statewide flood response, More

U.S. Army Pfc. Clayton Moore, a Black Hawk repair crew chief with the South Carolina Army National Guard conducts preventative maintenance on the tail rotor of a UH-60 A+ Black Hawk, Oct. 5, 2015, at McEntire J More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Roby Di Giovine, a photojournalist assigned to the 108th Public Affairs Detachment, takes a flight on a C-47 Chinook helicopter during a statewide flood response, Oct. 5, 2015 over Columbia More

Television reporters from Fox Carolina in Greenville and WLTX in Columba record Soldiers from the South Carolina Army National Guard’s 1-151st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion as they prepare to takeoff from McE More

A levee breach at the Columbia Riverfront Canal, Columbia, S.C., during a statewide flood Oct. 5, 2015. The South Carolina National Guard has been activated to support state and county emergency management agen More

U.S. Soldiers from the South Carolina Army National Guard and civilians work together to provide clean drinking water to residents in Columbia, S.C., during a statewide flood response, Oct. 6, 2015. The South C More

U.S. Soldiers with the 742nd Maintenance Company, South Carolina Army National Guard, work alongside local law enforcement, the State Guard and volunteers, to distribute drinking water to residents affected by More

U.S. Army Spc. Ira Duville, a maintainer and crew chief with the South Carolina Army National Guard's 2-238th Aviation Detachment 1, performs pre-flight checks for a sling-loading mission on a Boeing CH-47 Chin More

U.S. Soldiers from the 1222nd Engineer Company Sapper, South Carolina Army National Guard, fill 1-ton sand bags to use for the breached canal at the Riverfront Canal Park in Columbia, S.C., Oct. 6, 2015. The So More

U.S. Soldiers with the 741st Quarter Master Company, South Carolina Army National Guard, set up cots at the A.C. Flora High School shelter, Columbia, S.C., for those displaced by the S.C. floods, Oct. 7, 2015. More

U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the South Carolina and North Carolina National Guard continue rescue and flood response operations from the SCNG's Army Aviation Support Facility at McEntire Joint Na More

A representative from the Federal Emergency Management Agency briefs the media on the flood response going on Oct. 6, 2015. The South Carolina National Guard has activated more than 2,200 Soldiers and Airmen to More

U.S. Soldiers from the 2-238th General Support Aviation Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, deliver sandbags with a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to dam the breached canal at the Riverfront Canal Park in More

Lake Murray Presbyterian Church stages their gymnasium as a donation center and food bank in Chapin, S.C., for community residents displaced by the South Carolina floods, Oct. 7, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard More

Civil Air Patrol Maj. Chris Bailey prepares for flight at Eagle Aviation Airport to assess the damage caused by floods around Columbia, S.C., Oct. 7, 2015. The Civil Air Patrol is supporting flood relief effort More

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the South Carolina National Guard's 2-238th General Support Aviation Battalion from Greenville, S.C., departs to assist in the repair of the Columbia Canal by placing m More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Perry, a flight engineer with the South Carolina Army National Guard's 2-238th General Support Aviation Battalion Detachment 1, waits to take off in a Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopte More

Tim Rodgers, middle, a helicopter search and rescue lead for the North Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team, gives an interview with Blake Hanson, a reporter for WSOC TV based in Charlotte, N.C., while Carl More

South Carolina National Guard Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, S.C.'s adjutant general, greets Sen. Katrina Shealy, Lexington County's state senator, before a briefing detailing the current state of South Caroli More

U.S. Airmen and family members from the 169th Fighter Wing, South Carolina Air National Guard, volunteer to provide assistance to residents in a Columbia neighborhood with the removal of household debris Oct. 8 More

Tim Rodgers, a helicopter search and rescue lead for the North Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team, gives an interview for WSOC TV based in Charlotte, N.C., at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., duri More

A group photo of the North Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team, located at South Carolina National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility at McEntire Joint National Guard Base to conduct rescue and operatio More

U.S. Army Cpl. Paul Herring, a security augmentee assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade of the South Carolina State Guard, has been state-activated to guard the front gate at McCrady Training Center, S.C., More

Retired South Carolina Army guardsman Bernard Sherman provides dinner for guardsmen staying at the Georgetown, S.C., armory during the flood response and recovery; the meal was generously donated by a local bus More

U.S. Soldiers from the South Carolina Army National Guard’s 124th Engineer Company based in Saluda, S.C., use front end loaders to move dirt at the barrow pit in Swansea, Oct. 9, 2015. The dirt is loaded into d More

U.S. Soldiers with the 1053rd Transportation Company, South Carolina Army National Guard from Bennettsville, S.C., help the Geathers family reach their flooded home in Brown's Ferry near Georgetown, S.C., to as More

U.S. Army Sgt. James Rowe, a water purification specialist assigned to the South Carolina National Guard’s 741st Quartermaster Company, prepares to start the filtration system on the truck at the Palmetto Healt More

South Carolina Army National Guard prepares hundreds of North Carolina National Guard Soldiers deployed to McCrady Training Center at Eastover, S.C., for South Carolina Emergency Management Division flood respo More