A three-person team from the Kansas National Guard’s 235th Regiment has returned from a weeklong trip to the Republic of Armenia where they conducted a site survey for basic medical first responder and casualty evacuation procedures.
Four soldiers from the Kansas National Guard are working with a civilian representative from the U.S. Humanitarian Demining Training Center to teach international Humanitarian Mine Action standards to members of the Engineering Companies of the Armenian Peacekeeping Brigades Sept. 18-28.
YEREVAN, Armenia - (Sept. 20, 2012) Sgt. 1st Class Travis Eichhorn, a Pittsburg, Kansas native, gives an update on today's training with humanitarian demining soldiers in Armenia. Kansas National Guardsmen and the HDTC representative are instructing Armenian peacekeepers and engineer battalions on international demining standards as part of the Humanitarian Mine Action program and will assist the Armenian government in developing a national standard operating procedure for demining.
Sgt. 1st Class Jacob Nelson, a Wichita native with the Kansas National Guard, uncovers the simulated mine on a metal detector lane as part of a humanitarian demining action training course taught by soldiers of the Kansas National Guard and a civilian representative from the U.S. Humanitarian Demining Training Center. Kansas National Guardsmen and the HDTC representative are instructing Armenian peacekeepers and engineer battalions on international demining standards as part of the Humanitarian Mine Action program and will assist the Armenian government in developing a national standard operating procedure for demining.
Soldiers from the Engineering Companies of the Armenian Peacekeeping Brigade conduct a simulated one-man demining drill as part of a training course taught by soldiers of the Kansas National Guard and a civilian representative from the U.S. Humanitarian Demining Training Center. Kansas National guardsmen and the HDTC representative are instructing Armenian peacekeepers and engineer battalions on international demining standards as part of the Humanitarian Mine Action program and will assist the Armenian government in developing a national standard operating procedure for demining.
Martin Dumond, training instructor with the U.S. Humanitarian Demining Training Center located at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri discusses demining with a soldier from the Engineering Companies of the Armenian Peacekeeping Brigade during a simulated one-man demining drill as part of a training course taught by soldiers of the Kansas National Guard and Dumond. Kansas National Guardsmen and the HDTC representative are instructing Armenian peacekeepers and engineer battalions on international demining standards as part of the Humanitarian Mine Action program and will assist the Armenian government in developing a national standard operating procedure for demining.
Soldiers from the Engineering Companies of the Armenian Peacekeeping Brigade conduct a simulated one-man demining drill as part of a training course taught by soldiers of the Kansas National Guard and a civilian representative from the U.S. Humanitarian Demining Training Center. Kansas National Guardsmen and the HDTC representative are instructing Armenian peacekeepers and engineer battalions on international demining standards as part of the Humanitarian Mine Action program and will assist the Armenian government in developing a national standard operating procedure for demining.
Martin Dumond, training instructor with the U.S. Humanitarian Demining Training Center located at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri discusses demining with a s soldier from the Engineering Companies of the Armenian Peacekeeping Brigade during a simulated one-man demining drill as part of a training course taught by soldiers of the Kansas National Guard and Dumond. Kansas National Guardsmen and the HDTC representative are instructing Armenian peacekeepers and engineer battalions on international demining standards as part of the Humanitarian Mine Action program and will assist the Armenian government in developing a national standard operating procedure for demining.
Sgt. 1st Class Travis Eichhorn, a Pittsburg, Kan., native and combat engineer with the Kansas National Guard, partners with a soldier from the Engineering Companies of the Armenian Peacekeeping Brigade during a simulated one-man demining drill as part of a training course taught by soldiers of the Kansas National Guard and a civilian representative from the U.S. Humanitarian Demining Training Center. Kansas National guardsmen and the HDTC representative are instructing Armenian peacekeepers and engineer battalions on international demining standards as part of the Humanitarian Mine Action program and will assist the Armenian government in developing a national standard operating procedure for demining.
Junior Sgt. Tigran Nikoghosyan, of the Engineering Company of the Armenian Peacekeeping Brigade digs around a suspected trip-wire during a simulated one-man demining drill as part of a training course taught by soldiers of the Kansas National Guard and a civilian representative from the U.S. Humanitarian Demining Training Center. Kansas National guardsmen and the HDTC representative are instructing Armenian peacekeepers and engineer battalions on international demining standards as part of the Humanitarian Mine Action program and will assist the Armenian government in developing a national standard operating procedure for demining.
YEREVAN, Armenia - (Sept. 19, 2012) Kansas National Guard Capt. Michael Liotta takes viewers to some on site demining classes with the Armenian engineering and demining battalions. Kansas and Armenia have a long partnership stretching back to Senator Bob Dole being nursed backed to health in World War II by an Armenian doctor and calling for the U.S. to be the first to recognize Armenia’s independence.
Seyran Ohanyan, the Minister of Defense for the Republic of Armenia, visited the state of Kansas March 20. During the brief visit, Ohanyan and select members of his delegation toured multiple Kansas National Guard facilities, as well as the state capitol.
