MCIPAC personnel prepare for change of command

OKINAWA, JAPAN
07.25.2019
Photo by Lance Cpl. Savannah Mesimer
Marine Corps Installations Pacific 

Takeshi Tsuhako, a driver engineer with Fire and Emergency Services, Marine Corps Installations Pacific - Marine Corps Base Smedley D. Butler, poses for a photograph on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, July 25, 2019. Tsuhako was attending a practice for a change of command. U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen Paul Rock Jr. is scheduled to relinquish his post as Commanding General of Marine Corps Installations Pacific to U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. William J. Bowers on July 26, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Savannah Mesimer)


Personnel with Fire and Emergency Services, Marine Corps Installations Pacific - Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, hoist the American flag on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, July 25, 2019. The personnel with Fire and Emergency Services were attending a practice for a change of command. U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen Paul Rock Jr. is scheduled to relinquish his post as Commanding General of Marine Corps Installations Pacific to U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. William J. Bowers on July 26, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Savannah Mesimer)


U.S. Marines assigned to various units throughout Marine Corps Installations Pacific - Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler hold the American flag on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, July 25, 2019. The Marines were practicing for a change of command. U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Paul Rock Jr. is scheduled to relinquish his post as Commanding General of Marine Corps Installations Pacific to U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. William J. Bowers on July 26, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Savannah Mesimer)

Cal Guard rescues missing hiker in Alpine County

Photo By Joint Force Headquarters Califonia National Guard | U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Greg Proell, a flight paramedic with the California Army National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility #3 in Mather, California, talks with a hiker after a hoist rescue in Alpine County, Monday morning, July 22, 2019. The hiker was reported missing after failing to meet up with another hiker July 19 near Lake Alpine. The Cal Guard was activated Sunday night by the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services to assist Alpine County Sheriff's Department on the search. 

SACRAMENTO, CA, UNITED STATES
07.22.2019
Story by Crystal Housman
California National Guard 

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A 33-year old man is safe and sound this afternoon after he was rescued in Alpine County by a California National Guard aircrew.

The man was reported missing after he failed to meet up with another hiker Friday near Lake Alpine.

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and four-person aircrew from the Cal Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility #3 in Mather were activated by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and took off at 8:30 Monday morning. By 9:30 a.m., the crew had located the hiker down a ravine in a rugged and mountainous area of Stanislaus National Forest in the Sierra Nevada mountain range and hoisted him to safety.

The helicopter was flying low and slow over the treetops when the hiker spotted them, said U.S. Army Capt. Christopher Sandin, who serves as the flight facility’s operations officer and was one of the pilots on the flight.

“We found him on a river bed and he was waving at us with some sticks and making it apparent that he needed to be hoisted and saved,” Sandin said.

The crew set up a hoist and lowered Staff Sgt. Greg Proell, flight paramedic, down from the helicopter about 140 ft. to the hiker. Proell then did a quick evaluation and helped the hiker onto a rescue seat for hoist up and into the helicopter.

“Once we located him, we went right into hoist mode and set up for that and right into business. We wanted to do it quickly and safely so we could get this guy out of there,” Sandin said.

Sandin and his crew flew the hiker to an incident command post set up in Bear Valley for a medical evaluation before returning to the search area to pick up a pair of search and rescue personnel who were looking for the hiker on the ground.

The activation is the Cal Guard’s fifth search and rescue mission in support of local, state and federal agencies in 2019 and marks the guard’s second save in California this year.

MAKIN ISLAND AIR DEPARTMENT SAILORS CONDUCT CRASH AND SALVAGE DRILL.

SAN DIEGO, CA, UNITED STATES
07.18.2019
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Breum
USS Makin Island (LHD 8) 

SAN DIEGO (July 18, 2019) – Sailors man a hose during a crash and salvage drill on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). The crash and salvage drill trains Sailors how to respond to a crash or aviation-related fire. Makin Island, homeported in San Diego, is conducting a depot-level maintenance availability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Austin J. Breum)

9th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department extinguish fire

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, CA, UNITED STATES
07.18.2019
Photo by Senior Airman Tristan Viglianco
9th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs 

Firefighters from the 9th Civil Engineer Squadron extinguish a grass fire July 18, 2018, at Beale Air Force Base, California. The firefighters train regularly to battle wildland fires, which occur on and off base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tristan D. Viglianco)

Photo by Senior Airman Tristan Viglianco 

Coast Guard responds to boat accident near Wildwood, N.J.

WILDWOOD, NJ, UNITED STATES
07.15.2019
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann
U.S. Coast Guard District 5   

Members of the Coast Guard and Tow Boat US moor a vessel involved in a collision to a pier near Wildwood, N.J., July 15, 2019. Four of the five passengers involved in the collision reported injuries of varying severity and were taken to a nearby marina where EMS was standing by. U.S. Coast Guard photo.