Tag Archives: rescue

South Carolina National Guard Black Hawk Team Rescues Hiker

Posted on January 8, 2013 by glenn.selby

South Carolina Army National Guard (SCARNG), helped rescue a 60-year old woman who broke her ankle while hiking on the Chattooga River Trail.
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged 2/149th Aviation, Black Hawk, Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team, rescue, SCARNG, SCHART, South Carolina Army National Guard, UH-60 Black Hawks | Leave a comment

HOPE provides lightweight supplies during humanitarian airdrops

Posted on November 18, 2012 by bniegel

No one wants to injure a civilian when parachuting-in life-saving supplies
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged AFSOC, Air Force, airman, earthquake, Humanitarian Operations, Operation Unified Response Haiti, rescue, U.S. Air Force, USSOUTHCOM | Leave a comment

Episode #147: News Roundup for Sept. 7, 2012

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Ian Graham

In our news roundup for Friday, September 7: President Barack Obama visited troops at Fort Bliss, Texas. There he thanked troops for their work in Iraq and Afghanistan and explained the military’s role in Afghanistan moving forward. Following Hurricane Isaac, units …
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Posted in 2012 Paralympics, DoD News, Emerging Media, Podcast, Suicide Prevention | Tagged Afghanistan, Army Reserve, awareness, Barack Obama, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, CJCS, Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Schultz, Flood, Fort Bliss, General Martin Dempsey, hurricane, Isaac, London 2012, Louisiana, Lt. Bradley Snyder, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Talley, Mississippi, National Guard, New Orleans, paralympics, president, Prevention, recovery, relief, rescue, suicide, tropical storm, wounded warriors | Leave a comment

Fast Response Saves A Life

Posted on July 27, 2012 by jtozer

In the late morning, Dec. 14, the Marine Corps Base Quantico Fire Station received a call that someone had driven a truck into a tree. Within a few minutes firefighters Andrew J. Debord, Jay P. LaLond, Capt. David W. Luckett, …
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged AED, automated external defibrillator, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Colonel, CPR, Dessert Shield, fire and rescue, firefighters, first responders, ill, Marine Corps Base Quantico, National War College, paramedics, Peoria, rescue, retired | Leave a comment

Signal Mirrors

Posted on June 19, 2012 by jtozer

Remember that old CD you have with the Ace of Base hit single [I Saw] “The Sign”? Well good news! Now it can be both useful and ironic! It’s not just high-tech equipment that can help save your life while …
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Posted in DoD News, National Safety Month | Tagged Ace of Base, Air Force, Coast Guard, coastguard, National Safety Month, rescue, safe boating week 2012, service members, Signal mirrors, Tech. Sgt. Michael Jackson, USCG | Leave a comment