Interagency training preps Cal Guard for aerial firefighting

May 04, 2021 at 04:22PM Staff Sgt. Crystal Housman California National Guard aviators train with California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection in advance of summer wildfires.

Fort Knox couple finds solace in helping others through PTSD

Story by Eric Pilgrim May 04, 2021 at 11:56AM Post-traumatic stress disorder can be a tricky thing. For 1st Lt. Lynn “Buck” Compton in the seventh episode of the TV miniseries Band of Brothers, almost nonstop aerial bombing on their position for several days near the end of the war led him to snap, losing it. Suffering from what was known then as war fatigue, he had to be removed from the battlefield and sent home. His commanding officer at the time, Maj. Dick Winters, would later say that the constant stress of war had led to Compton’s and others’ breaking points. Some of the Soldiers of Easy Company would suffer from PTSD several years after. For Fort Knox fire inspector Larry McGuire, PTSD crept up on him subtly beginning in 2003, a little over a year into his Air Force career as a firefighter.

Sioux City Mass Casualty Exercise

Story by Tech. Sgt. Daniel Ter Haar May 01, 2021 at 04:25PM Members of the 185th Air Refueling Wing Fire Department participated in a Federal Aviation Administration directed mass casualty exercise at the Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City Iowa, May 1, 2021.

Light and Fight training promotes fire readiness across region

Story by Ethan Steinquest April 30, 2021 at 05:18PM This year’s Light and Fight saw more than 20 participants rotate through six hands-on fire scenarios, from breaking through locked doors to saving victims from a burning building at Fort Campbell. Each exercise was designed to match real fire conditions as closely as possible and provide valuable training for the civilian firefighters in attendance.

Fort Campbell’s top volunteers honored for their public service

Story by Ethan Steinquest April 30, 2021 at 04:53PM From tutors and coaches to prayer group leaders and firefighters, there are more than 2,000 registered volunteers on Fort Campbell working to help Soldiers and Families every day. That volunteer workforce contributed more than 46,000 hours – approximately $1.6 million worth of labor – to the installation throughout 2020, and six of the most dedicated were recognized April 21 during a Volunteer of the Year Ceremony at division headquarters.