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April/May 2017
NC Air Guard's Final C-130 Deployment
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Chaplain’s Word
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s your emotional state causing you poor health? This week I attended a play that involved someone playing the wise King Solomon. King Solomon was encountered with a scenario that was very clear on first look. There was a man outside eavesdropping on a conversation and was captured and charged with being a spy. Another man wanted to immediately kill the man for his crime and not waste time, but wise King Solomon mandated that the man be given a fair hearing. Once the hearing convened it was proven that the man was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and was surely not a spy. I wonder in life how many times we rush to judgment on another human being and convict in our hearts before we know the complete story. I am sure that sometimes this happens with our closest of friends and family. When it does this causes an emotional state within us that is not healthy. This emotional state controls joy, anger, stress or fear and how you manage them. This emotional state is at the heart of our spiritual resiliency. It is important to be well in this area of your life. Wellness involves all the areas of human functioning and if one or more of these areas are not correct then we become truly out of equilibrium. When this happens we seem to sense a lack of personal well-being, but when John Mozingo balance is maintained the personal well-being is accomplished. NCNGA Chaplain There are four general areas which make up your well-being they are the Spiritual, Physical, Social, and Emotional areas of your life. When we allow our temper to build against a loved one or a good friend it affects all four of these areas that center our well-being. Our lives become bitter and stressed and we get moving in the wrong direction. Christ teaches that we should love our neighbor as ourselves. Most people I have met really love themselves and some show it all the time. If we can just be like that to others we would all live in a happier place. So my thought for you this edition is to keep your anger in check and not rush to conclusions but instead give your fellow man the benefit of the doubt and allow the four dimensions of your well-being to be at peace. This will help keep you healthy.
A Word from our Executive Director... Craig Lloyd
We would like to send out a thank you to everyone involved in the success of our recent Annual Convention at Sunset Beach and congratulate those newly elected officers. The hard work from our Convention Committee Chair Linda Horton and her team really paid off. As those in attendance could tell, we listened to the input of our membership. Wonderful enhancements were made based on input from last year’s convention membership survey and direct contact with our Council members. One change was to make the Saturday evening festivities more relaxed and informal. This year’s change to a Luau, seemed to be enjoyed by everyone. Other successes included surpassing the previous year’s sponsorship goal and totally booking our room allotment. If you weren’t able to attend this year, we hope you will mark your calendar for next year’s convention in Asheville on March 17 and 18, 2018. Our success from events like this has given our Council the confidence to do even bigger and better things in the future. One major accomplishment is that our Association in partnership with the NCNG has won the bid to host the 2021 NGAUS National Guard Convention. This will be the 143rd National Guard Association of the United States Convention, open to all National Guard members representing all 50 States and 4 territories. The Convention will be held in Charlotte and will be an amazing opportunity for us to not only showcase our NCNG but also the State as a whole. Our team is working diligently to prepare for this event in conjunction with the NCNG Command. As other States attest, hosting an event of this prestige is wonderful for the hosting States Association and membership as well. Feel assured that we will be reaching out to you, our members, for help in the years to come to help make this event a success. In conclusion, we want to again thank those Association members that have stepped up to serve on committees and on the Executive Council on your behalf. Their dedication and commitment of time and talent makes sure that our organization continues to succeed and grow.
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TARHEEL GUARDSMAN
Official publication of the North Carolina National Guard Association APR/MAY 2017
Volume 51
Contents: NCNGA:
Standing Committee Application 6 Educational Foundation Golf Tournament Info 13 In Memoriam Back Cover
NC National Guard:
NCNG Soldier & Airmen Medals Awarded Concord Police Officer Honored 2017 Best Warrior Air Guard Final C-130 Deployment Officers President John Ebbighausen Vice President Shane Evans Past President Bobby Lumsden Secretary-Treasurer Craig Lloyd Judge Advocate Russell Niemyer
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30th HBCT James McKee Brad Colburn
130th MEB James Andrews David Lewczyk 60th Troop Command Linda Horton Bryan Finch 449th TAB Mark Pickett Thomas Underwood 113th Sustainment BDE Kevin Boyles Bernie Williford
STAFF Executive Director Craig Lloyd Associate Director Cindy Basler Associate Insurance Administrator Rhonda Mooring Associate Financial/ Membership Administrator Katie Westbrooks NCNGA Educational Foundation Administrator Ken Tyndall
JFHQ-NC Jeremy Davis Jack Midyette
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Deadline for submitting articles to the Tarheel Guardsman: JUN/JUL ‘17 issue: 1 MAY 2017 Send articles/photos to Katie Westbrooks, Editor at: (katie@ncnga.org) The Tarheel Guardsman, (ISSN 10618392) is published six times a year for the Army and Air National Guard of North Carolina, by the North Carolina National Guard Association, 7410 Chapel Hill Road, Raleigh, NC 27607-5047. Periodicals postage paid at Raleigh, NC 27676-9651. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Tarheel Guardsman, 7410 Chapel Hill Road, Raleigh, NC 27607-5047. The Tarheel Guardsman is the official publication of the North Carolina National Guard Association, a non-profit organization. The publication’s mission is to promote the general welfare of the NCNGA, assist in increasing the readiness of the NC Army and Air National Guard of North Carolina and serve as a vehicle of expression for members of the National Guard. Members receive the publication free with their membership. The annual subscription rate for non-members of the Association is $15.00. Please include your old address and unit when requesting change of address. Deadline for submitted material to the Tarheel Guardsman is the 5th of the month, two months preceding the calendar date of issue. Manuscripts and photographs on subjects of general interest are invited. Unless otherwise indicated, material may be reprinted provided credit is given to the Tarheel Guardsman and the author where listed. Articles and photos will not be returned, unless requested. (USPS 533-640) Advertising is accepted. For details contact the Association headquarters. Advertising, including political ads, published in this publication does not represent the endorsement or approval of the North Carolina National Guard Association.
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Armed robbers, flood waters and a burning plane were no match for these NC National Guard members BY Martha Quillin, The News & Observer The NC National Guard, which has participated in every overseas conflict in the nation’s history, celebrated its 354th birthday by honoring three of its members for heroism at home. At a ceremony at the Joint Force Headquarters in Raleigh, Maj. Gen. Gregory A. Lusk, adjutant general of the NC National Guard, pinned the newly minted NCNG Soldier and Airman Medal on three citizensoldiers whose quick decisions may have saved lives. One was a soldier who returned fire when armed intruders broke down the door of her Charlotte home while she was inside with her infant son. Spec. Semantha Bunce, a medic in the National Guard’s 105th Engineer Battalion who is training to be a dental hygienist in civilian life, was snuggling with 4-month-old Bentley the morning of Nov. 3, 2015, when her husband left for work. A few minutes later, she said, the doorbell rang. “I ignored it,” she said, but when it rang several more times in quick succession she got up to look out a window. As she did, intruders kicked open the door. Bunce said she turned around and picked up her husband’s pistol – which he normally takes with him but had left behind that day – and opened her bedroom door to come face to face with a surprised burglar. He turned and ran, she said, and as she approached the stairs, she heard a gunshot and fell. Thinking she had tripped and accidentally fired the pistol, she got up. But she had already been shot once, between the ribs, and as she raised her gun, was hit again. She started firing back. Both men fled, and Bunce went to check on her son, who was fine. She called for help. “All I was doing was trying not to die,” the 22-year-old Bunce said after the ceremony, where she heard the stories of two other medal recipients. “They’re the real heroes.” Spec. Robert Shook of Pine Bluff had just deployed to Wilson County with the 151st Engineer Company during the flooding that followed Hurricane Matthew in October when his team was dispatched on a call about a nurse who had not made it home after the end of her shift. Shook, who had received swiftwater rescue training with the National Guard last summer, went in a Humvee, coordinating with another part of the search team in a boat, to look in an area where it was feared the nurse had driven through rushing water. Around 3 a.m., after getting a report that someone heard cries for help, Shook had his team shut off the Humvee. He climbed on top of the vehicle to listen and
pry open the darkness with a flashlight. “”That’s when I saw her,” Shook said, and threw a line with a float on the end. “But I came up about a foot short.” Another rescuer threw a line, and the nurse, cold and exhausted after hours in the water, was able to grab on, but lost her hold as they tried to haul her in. “So I jumped in and swam out to her,” Shook said, put his arms under hers and leaned back in the cold water to support them both on his life vest. Unable to swim against the powerful current, he just held on, he said, until a rescue boat arrived and pulled the woman out. Shook, 24, who works in his family’s landscaping business in Moore County, said he went out on that call with one thought: We have to find her. Shook said he was determined that the team would find the nurse – or her body, if that’s how things turned out – and finding her alive was the greatest feeling. “We struck oil and gold at the same time and there’s diamonds in the oil,” he said. Looking back on it, he said, “I’m glad I was there. I’m glad I had that training.” Sgt. Charles Roper, 36, of Morganton, went to work full time for the the NC National Guard’s 210th Military Police unit 15 years ago “because I wanted to do something that everybody else ain’t doing.” Before joining the guard, Roper was a public safety officer in Morganton which trains its officers in both police and fire response. In that job, Roper said he had pulled people out of burning cars and houses. Roper was driving to pick up his kids at a ball park in Morganton in February when he noticed a small plane flying erratically, grazing the treetops. When it crashed in the woods and caught fire, he headed off road to where he had seen it go down. He drove as close as possible, then ran and pulled the unconscious pilot out of the wreckage, which had already started to burn. “I just reached in and grabbed his five-point harness, which was just like the ones on the equipment we use,” Roper said. “I got hold of him and pulled him out, and that’s when he started moaning and groaning and I realized he was alive.” Roper got the man, who was in his 80s, clear of the wreck, and a neighbor ran over to help move him farther back. When a tanker truck from the fire department arrived a few minutes later, the driver told Roper to grab a hose and help put out the flames on the plane. Roper, who has deployed twice to Iraq with the National Guard, said anybody who saw a plane crash right in front of them would run to help. “I hope somebody would do the same thing for me if I ever needed it,” he said. In presenting the awards, Lusk said the soldiers’ instincts and training distinguish them from others who are witness to emergency situations. Where others might pull out a phone and take a photo, Lusk said, members of the National Guard do what is necessary to save lives. “Things happen,” Lusk said, over which people have little control. What they can control is the way they respond, and Lusk said these soldiers did so in a way that honors three and a half centuries of public service.
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Steel Brigade Soldier and Concord NC Police Officer Honored Donated Concord Police
CONCORD, NC -- On Nov. 27, 2016, Master Police Officer Vance McGee, also an Army 1st Lt. assigned to 1451st Transportation Company, 630th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 113th Sustainment Brigade, responded to the residence of a victim who had suffered a gunshot wound. As the fire department and emergency medical services were staging, McGee was the first officer to arrive and enter the residence. When McGee located the victim, she was lying on the closet floor in a puddle of blood. He rolled the victim on her back and covered the entry wound, Master Police Officer Vance McGee, right, is awarded with the sealing the hole and stopping the bleeding. Concord Police Department’s Lifesaving Award, by Concord McGee acted without direction from medical Mayor J. Scott Padgett, Feb. 9, 2017. McGee was honored for his professionals and he stopped the bleeding prior to the lifesaving first response for a gunshot victim while on duty with the police department Nov. 27, 2016. (Donated photo/ released). arrival of fire and EMS. McGee held his hand over the wound for nearly seven minutes, covering a time frame prior to the arrival of EMS and during the preparation time after their arrival. Several days after the call, McGee’s superiors contacted Sgt. Mark Kirk, Cabarrus County EMS Supervisor in charge of the medical care at the scene. It is Kirk’s opinion that McGee’s actions significantly contributed to the survivability of the victim and had McGee not acted, the victim could have easily died at the scene or afterwards at the hospital. On February 9, 2017, McGee was recognized at the City of Concord Council meeting for his heroic efforts and was awarded the Police Department’s Lifesaving Award. Officer, and Army first lieutenant, McGee is an Master Police Officer Vance McGee, center standing, is awarded with exceptional example of the North Carolina Army National the Concord Police Department’s Lifesaving Award, Feb. 9, 2017. McGee was honored for his lifesaving first response for a gunshot Guard’s Citizen Soldier and is to be commended for his victim while on duty with the police department Nov. 27, 2016. (Doquick, live-saving actions. nated photo/ released).
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2017 Best Warrior Competition
Fourteen Soldiers and Airmen from across the state are representing each of our Major Subordinate Command and competing to be named Best Warrior in the North Carolina National Guard's Best Warrior Competition at Camp Butner National Guard Training Center, March 4-10, 2017. The competition put the Service Members to the test mentally and physically. Upon arrival on day one competitors completed registration and started off the competition with writing an essay. The start of day two began immediately with the test of physical endurance with the Army Physical Fitness Test followed by the obstacles course, various weapons maintenance tasks, a mystery event, and a day and night land navigation course to conclude the day. Soldiers and Airmen were further tested the next morning with a twelve-mile road march where comradery during a grueling time was at its best, the Guardsmen kept each other motivated to complete the road march. After some well deserved nourishment, day three continued with individual weapons qualification, M4/M9 Pistol qualification, a stress shoot course of fire, Urban Operations that included evacuation of a casualty, and a call for fire. With their minds stressed and the body exhausted, a much different test ended the competition on day four. The Soldiers and Airmen faced a board of senior NCNG leaders with more than a hundred years of combined military experience as part of their final tasks and in hopes of being named the Best Warrior. An award ceremony was held in the evening of the fourth day to announce the winners. The two categories consisted of the non-commissioned officer category and the Soldier/Airmen enlisted category. Sgt. Joshua Kirkpatrick representing the 449TH Theater Aviation Brigade placed 1st in the NCO category and PFC Kyle Smith representing the 130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade placed 1st in the Soldier/Airmen enlisted category. The runner-ups are SSG Michael S. Bailey representing the 130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade and SPC Jacob D. Lamb representing the 113th Sustainment Brigade. After the awards ceremony competitors enjoyed dinner with their peers, sponsors and supporters.
- Best Warrior Soldier of the year is PFC Kyle Smith of the 130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade - Best Warrior NCO of the year is Sgt Joshua Kirkpatrick of the 449TH Theater Aviation Brigade
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The runner ups are: - SSG Michael S. Bailey from the 130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade - SPC Jacob D. Lamb from the 113th Sustainment Brigade
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The 505th Engineer Combat Battalion (ECB) had the honor of making a lifelong wish come true Alex Lyles is a 24-year-old hero that dreamed of serving his country since he was a little boy. He became a member of the 505th ECB family during our March Individual Training. While growing up Alex’s role models contributed exceptional service to our country and to people who needed help. His mother and father are both high ranking Officers in the Salvation Army and both of his grandfathers served in the Army Air Corp (now the Air Force) during World War II. Because of his family’s lineage of excellent service, Alex felt compelled to follow in his parents and grandparents’ footsteps. In 2012 he signed up to join the Army. Like the 1% of Americans that are willing to serve, Alex went through the Army’s medical screening process. Consequently, Alex was diagnosed with Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH); a disease that affects the heart and lungs. Unfortunately, the illness would prevent him from accomplishing his dream of serving in the Army. After five years of enduring his illness and his condition worsening, Alex would finally get a chance to experience the Army way life. After hearing about Alex’s story in February 2017 from Army Colonel (Retired) Michael Cloy with the Gaston County Veterans Collaborative, Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Frank Poovey, the Commander of the 505th ECB was honored to assist Alex with accomplishing his lifelong dream. LTC Poovey immediately called his full-time staff and notified them to prepare for Alex’s arrival in March. Instantaneously, the full-time staff began planning for a day of soldiering for Alex. The plan was to give Alex the full Army National Guard experience. After about 30 days of preparation, the time finally came for Alex to live the Army life. When he arrived at the Gastonia armory early Saturday morning, Alex received an in-brief and a formal welcome from LTC Poovey. He was then whisked down to the supply room with Sergeant First Class (SFC) Stacey Moore and SFC Michael Shipley to get his basic clothing issued. The supply sergeant, SSG Theron O’Conner issued Alex a full Army Combat Uniform that included boots, a hat, T-shirt, and belt. The uniform also included a personalized name tape with his last name. Once he was “suited and booted” the Battalion Executive Officer, Major Robert Felicio promoted Alex to the honorary rank of Major. From that point forward, as “ MAJ Lyles” he was given all the respects Tarheel Guardsman
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and courtesies of an Army National Guard Officer. He was saluted when outdoors and addressed as sir when speaking with his fellow Soldiers. After his honorary promotion, he conducted a host of activities. With SFC Shipley and SFC Moore by his side, he did everything from a tour of the armory, take a class on weapons safety and familiarization, and even took a ride in a HMMWV (Humvee). MAJ Lyles also was given a lesson on Army first-aid while participating in a casualty assistance training scenario during the Combat Lifesaver Class that was in session. MAJ Lyles even had to sign the chow roster before eating lunch with the rest of the Soldiers. As the day came to an end, MAJ Lyles, with his father present, along with the rest of the 505th Soldiers, gathered in the parking lot for a formation to receive a unit award. The 505th ECB was awarded the Governors Meritorious Unit Citation (GMUC) for their excellent service while conducting flood relief operations in South Carolina in October of 2015. During the award presentation, as the Soldiers stood in formation, MAJ Lyles was called to post at the front of the formation. Along with the 130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB) Commander Colonel Tim Aiken, MAJ Lyles attached the GMUC streamer to the Battalion colors. For his courage and willingness to serve, MAJ Lyles was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation and Battalion Coin by LTC Poovey and a 130th MEB coin from Command Sergeant Major JP Cole. After a long day of service to his country, MAJ Lyles expressed his gratitude and appreciation to the Command Team and Soldiers of the 505th. His words brought tears to the eyes of many Soldiers in the formation, etching his spot as a member of the 505th family forever.
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NC Air Guard's Final C-130 Deployment
Photos by Tech. Sgt. Nathan Clark
North Carolina Air National Guard leadership stands near a C-130 that is getting ready to take off carrying deploying airmen to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel, while on the flightline of the North Carolina Air National Guard Base, Charlotte Douglas International Airport. It is the final deployment using the C-130 model aircraft before the unit transitions to using C-17's.
North Carolina Air National Guard Family and friends gather for the second day in a row to support the airmen deploying in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel, while on the flightline of the North Carolina Air National Guard Base, Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
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NC Guard Aviators at Emerald Warrior North Carolina Army National Guard aviators joined US and partner-nation military peers at the Emerald Warrior 2017 exercise held at Hurlburt Field, Fla and throughout the Southeast US including Eglin Air Force Base, Avon Park and other areas in Northwest Florida; Camp Shelby in Mississippi; Melrose Range in New Mexico; Fort Knox in Kentucky in March. Emerald Warrior is an annual Department of Defense exercise that focuses on irregular warfare and hones special operations forces air and ground combat skills. The exercise allows participants to execute advanced tactical scenarios and strengthen joint warfighting relationships for future deployments.
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US Army National Guard Soldiers with the 1st Group, 130th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion prepare for takeoff in an AH-64D Apache helicopter, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The Apaches flew in support of Emerald Warrior 2017, a US Special Operations Command exercise where joint special operations forces train to engage threats across the spectrum of conflict. (US Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Shelby Kay-Fantozzi/released)
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“4th Annual Staff Sergeant Mike Sherrill Memorial NCNGA Educational Foundation Scholarship Golf Tournament – In Honor of SFC Neal Nethery Retirement” Format: 4 Man Scramble / Captain’s Choice Where: Lincoln Country Club When: Monday, 24 April 2017 Time: 10:00 Shotgun Start Entry Fee: $60.00 per individual Please make plans to join us on Monday, 24 April 2017 at The Lincoln Country Club for our 4th Annual Staff Sergeant Mike Sherrill Memorial Golf Tournament Fundraiser. This year’s tournament honors SFC Neal Nethery’ s retirement from the NCARNG. SFC Nethery has been a long time supporter of the NCNGAEF and will retire in March 2017. Proceeds from this fundraiser will benefit the North Carolina National Guard Association Educational Foundation (NCNGAEF). The first $1000 raised will go to our 505ECB SSG Mike Sherrill Memorial Scholarship NCNGAEF Fund for the annual scholarship. $500 will be dedicated to the purchase of a brick in the NCNGAEF Walk of Honor in Raleigh in honor of SFC Nethery. All additional funds raised will go to the NCNGAEF General Endowment Fund. We also will be doing a 50/50 raffle at the tournament. Entry fee includes golf, cart, beverages, lunch, door prize tickets, and 2 mulligans. Tickets will be put into the raffle box for door prizes when entry fee is paid. Lunch will be served during the round. Prizes will be awarded for 1st and 2nd place teams. All par 3’s will have a closest to the pin prize and we will also have a long drive prize. Hole sponsorships may be purchased for a $50.00 donation and will include a sign on the course. Fees and donations are tax deductible. Sign up as a foursome or individuals will be paired up. Please make checks payable to Donnie Mote, and mailed to 7846 Adeline Lane, Sherrills Ford, NC 28673. The address for the golf course is The Lincoln Country Club, 2052 Country Club Road, Lincolnton, NC 28092. Phone = (704) 735-1382. Contact Reggie Hill or Donnie Mote with any questions. Player A____________________________________________________________ Player B____________________________________________________________ Player C____________________________________________________________ Player D____________________________________________________________
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PLAY GOLF AND SUPPORT THE NCNGA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FORMAT: 18-Hole Captain’s Choice WHERE: Pinehurst Golf Resort, Course #5, Pinehurst, NC WHEN: Wednesday, May 3, 2017 – Shotgun Start at 8:30 AM ENTRY FEE: $100.00 (Checks payable to NCNGA Educational Foundation) DEADLINE FOR REGISTERING: All checks must be received by Friday, April 14, 2017 TEAM PRIZES: 1st Place Team — 4th Place Team MAIL TO: NCNGA Educational Foundation, Inc., 7410 Chapel Hill Road, Raleigh, NC 27607 The fee includes cart and green fee, all prizes e.g., Longest Drive Front and Back Nine, Closest to the Hole, All Par 3’s, Hole in One All Par 3’s, Putting Contest at Conclusion of Round, Door Prizes and Driving Range prior to round. Mulligans can be purchased for $5.00 (3 for $10.00). Money from mulligans is added to the donations to the NCNGA Educational Foundation. Fee for Putting Contest is $10.00. Prize for Putting Contest is 50/50 split the pot with the NCNGA Educational Foundation. Put together your own team or sign up individually and be placed on a team For additional information, contact Terry Westbrook at (984) 664-6298 Open to all golfers and their guests. Proceeds go to the NCNGA Educational Foundation. Check must accompany entry form. Entry fee returned if tournament is cancelled due to rain. To register as a team, all four entry forms must be submitted together with checks totaling $400.00. Name ____________________________________ Address_______________________________________________________________ Phone: (home) _________________________ (work) _________________________ Team Captain Email Address _____________________________________________ I declare myself physically able to compete in this event. I waive all rights for claims for injury or illness which may occur during this event. Signature:__________________________
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NCNG Firefighters Train Rescue Operations Story by Capt. Matthew Boyle
NEW LONDON, NC – Instructors from the North Carolina Air National Guard, 145th Civil Engineer Squadron, train airmen from across the country in high rope rescue techniques and confined space rescue operations here at the 145th Regional Training Site in Stanly County. The training is called Urban Search and Rescue I and it teaches students rope techniques, how to repel, high line technique, how to package a victim safely and how to retrieve victims from confined space such as a rubble pile or damaged building. The instructors are airmen and seasoned firefighters stationed at the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport. “Chavez where is that anchor supposed to be?” said US Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeret Kinnaird, a firefighter for the North Carolina Air National Guard, 145th Civil Engineer Squadron as he instructs students how to properly secure a rescue rig. “Dual high line is about to go up!” said Kinnaird. Airmen of all ranks and skill levels are welcome to attend the course. Many Air National Guard firefighters also work for municipalities and towns as firefighters. This training gives them an opportunity to get FEMA level training that their hometown department may not have access to. At the core of the course are 12 knots, students must be able to memorize these knots and demonstrate them before moving on to using other equipment. The students learn how to use racks, pulleys and anchor straps to create the high rope rescue rig. “When they can put it all together and perform at a high level, they are ready to conduct a real-world rescue,” said Tech. Sgt. Gabe Boulware, an instructor and firefighter for the North Carolina Air National Guard, 145th Civil Engineer Squadron. The 145th Regional Training site in Stanly County, is one of only four in the US, serves a wide range of customers
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RALEIGH, N.C. - The North Carolina National Guard promotes Army Col. Allen Boyette to the rank of brigadier general at the NCNG Joint Force Headquarters.
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In Memoriam Listed below are those members (and non-members), spouses and dependent children that have recently passed away. If we have missed someone, please contact the Editor, Katie Westbrooks at katie@ncnga.org or 919-851-3390 ext 2. Maxine M. Ouellette Spouse of John Ouellette Williamston, NC December 27, 2016 Charlie Morrisey Raeford, NC January 17, 2017 Janice Turbeville Spouse of Ricky Wyatt N. Wilkesboro, NC January 19, 2017 Raymond Hawks Dobson, NC January 20, 2017 Bobby R. Crawford Goldsboro, NC January 20, 2017 Thomas E. Yates Dobson, NC January 21, 2017
Mark E. Howell Mebane, NC January 22, 2017 Kathy Beck Spouse of Ricky Beck Creedmoor, NC January 27, 2017 Joesph L. Warner, Jr Charlotte, NC January 30, 2017 Clifton N. Bishop Huntersville, NC January 30, 2017 Darwin Gragg Connelly Springs, NC January 30, 2017 Dorothy Yates Spouse of James E. Yates Edenton, NC February 5, 2017
Ansel Johnson Liberty, NC February 11, 2017 Marvin A. Ledbetter Greenville, SC February 14, 2017 James P Curl Apex, NC February 15, 2017 Robert S. Hampton Taylorville, NC February 16, 2017 Billy C . Shermer Cary, NC February 22, 2017 Connie Young Spouse of Clark Young Mocksville, NC February 24, 2017 Cadarius K Tann Ahoskie, NC March 7, 2017
Wilburn Smith Edenton, NC March 9, 2017 Lawrence Cockman Stoneville, NC March 12, 2017 William R. Freeman Jr Sanford, NC March 20, 2017 Dorothy Hines Spouse of Luby C. Hines Goldsboro, NC March 22, 2017 Randall A. Watkins Fuquay-Varina, NC March 23, 2017