WARRENTON, Ore. – Last month, more than 350 Army and Air National Guardsmen from Washington, Idaho, Alaska and Oregon conducted a training exercise at Camp Rilea Armed Forces Training Center in Warrenton.
The Sustainment Year Collective Training Exercise (SYCTE) is a multi-day evaluation that helps commanders assess the readiness of all Homeland Response Force elements during a mock disaster. Collective training events enable service members from units charged with the Homeland Response Force mission to test their skills as a complete asset.
Read more…
Source: National Guard
Related:
- Rifles And Engineers Put Final Training Into Practice Ahead Of Iraq Deployment
November 7, 2018
3rd Battalion the Rifles along with 21 and 35 Engineer Regiment have been carrying out their final training in Wales ahead of deploying to Iraq in December. The Iraqi military continues to battle so-called Islamic State and 200 British troops will help train them in counter IED and close protection. In Iraq road sides ...
- K-9 dog security training centre opens in Duhok
October 26, 2018
A centre for training K-9 security dogs has opened in Duhok. It comes due to increasing demand for canine security in Iraq. Being put through his paces – this Duhok dog undergoes vigorous training at a new K-9 centre in Iraq. The centre’s founders say they opened as a result of greater demand for security dogs throughout Iraq ...
- Exercise Cambrian Patrol: Is this the world’s toughest military exercise?
October 15, 2018
Forty-eight hours. Over 40 miles across the arduous Brecon Beacons. Weather conditions: awful. Personal loads in the excess of 80 pounds. Who will win? Did I mention that Cambrian Patrol is an unofficial race? The annual exercise is organised by the 160th Infantry Brigade of the British army. Every year, the Welsh-based brigade is responsible for creating an event ...
- US Marines Train Moroccan Military to De-Mine
October 15, 2018
US Marines have conducted a Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) level 2 training for Moroccan military officers to enhance Morocco’s demining capabilities. US Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF) trained officers of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (FAR) on “how to handle an explosive hazard during Humanitarian Mine Action training,” the US Marine Corps Forces Europe ...
- Military and police conduct counter-explosive training during Ontario exercise
October 12, 2018
Exercise Ardent Defender staged two counter-explosive threat scenarios in Meaford, ON, on October 10 and 11 as police and military personnel from a number of organizations tested their skills in dealing with explosive threats. One scenario involved a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device at the harbour front and the other involved explosive devices found in a building ...
- AMISOM, Partners Meet To Devise Strategies on Countering Potent Threat From IEDs
October 3, 2018
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and key international partners have concluded a meeting in Mogadishu, convened to devise ways of reducing the threat posed by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Somalia. The meeting, a follow-up to a similar one held in April 2018, deliberated on specific threats, the dynamism of the threats; and explored ...
- UK to extend military training operation in Ukraine until 2020
September 25, 2018
UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has confirmed the country’s commitment to extend its military training operation in Ukraine for an additional two years. Delivered through Operation Orbital, the military training operation in Ukraine will continue until 2020 and would include anti-armour, counter-sniping and mortar planning. The current training expansion is in addition to the defensive skills programmes, ...
- US Soldiers train with Indian counterparts on IED and room clearing tactics
September 21, 2018
Soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, and the Indian army’s 99th Mountain Brigade learned room clearing techniques and IED detection methods during Yudh Abhyas 2018, Sept. 21, 2018, at Chaubattia Military Station, India. “We did a walkthrough of IED lanes with some of the simulated IEDs exploding,” said Sgt. Jason Onikama, a ...
- Joint military counter-terror training operation between Egypt and US
September 7, 2018
The Egyptian army announced joint military training exercises with the United States on Thursday, to combat terrorism and reducing the threat of improvised explosive devices (IED), two days before the launch of “Operation Bright Star.” A military spokesman, Col. Tamer Al-Rifai, stated that “training was conducted to exchange expertise in counter-terrorism between elements of the American Special Forces (SOFD-A) and Egyptian ...
- Army Reserve CID spearheads special agent training across military
September 6, 2018
It started as a flicker of orange. In an instant – faster than the crowd could register it – the spark turned into a flame and burst outward. The explosion shook through the crowd’s chests and across the ground beneath their feet. Dark plumes billowed out and up, reaching over the rocky mountains of Miramar, ...
- UK Bolsters Support To NATO Mission in Afghanistan
September 4, 2018
UK Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson visited Kabul last week and brought with him 100 Welsh Guards, the UK’s ministry of defense reported Tuesday. The 100 troops are the first group of an additional 440 troops the UK committed to NATO’s capacity building mission in Afghanistan at the NATO Summit in July. The UK plays a leading role in ...
- UK expands counter-IED support in Africa
August 30, 2018
The Prime Minister Theresa May today visited a UK-funded counter improvised explosive device (C-IED) training facility at the Humanitarian Peace Support School (HPSS) in Nairobi. With the help of the British Army who are working closely with their Kenyan partners to combat terrorism and save lives in East Africa, the facility is expanding into a regional ...
- No Second Chances, 155th EOD Flight Trains on Demolition Skills
August 29, 2018
Unlike most jobs, making a mistake in the Explosives Ordnance Disposal Career field can be fatal. That’s why practicing different techniques on a training range is so important for EOD Airmen. The EOD flight is part of the 155th Civil Engineer Squadron and has the mission of destroying unserviceable munitions or rendering safe munitions that are ...
- UK and Nigeria step up cooperation to end Boko Haram threat
August 29, 2018
The UK and Nigeria signed their first ever security and defence partnership in Abuja today. The first ever UK-Nigeria security and defence partnership will transform the way we work together to tackle shared threats and keep our people safe, Theresa May said today. The new Partnership will lay the foundations for us to step up efforts to ...
- Kenya: Theresa May’s Thursday Visit to Kenya Key in Strengthening UK Relations
August 27, 2018
Talks on enhancing the fight against terrorism in Kenya and the region will largely feature during British Prime Minister Theresa May’s visit in the country this week. May, in a first visit by a British premier in 30 years will arrive in the country on Thursday for bilateral talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta. Read more… Source: AllAfrica
- NATO Names Canadian General to Head Alliance’s Iraq Mission
August 24, 2018
Maj. Gen. Dany Fortin of the Canadian army will lead the new NATOmission in Iraq. Alliance heads of state approved the NATO mission during July’s summit in Brussels. The mission will continue NATO’s efforts to train Iraqi forces as they work to prevent a return of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or similar terror groups, alliance ...
- More than 30 K-9 teams from across Texas conduct explosives training in San Antonio
August 21, 2018
More than 30 law enforcement K-9 teams from across Central and South Texas conducted explosive-detection training in San Antonio Tuesday morning. The San Antonio Airport’s Police K-9 Explosives Detection Unit hosted the training session at the San Antonio Independent School District’s Alamo Stadium. Robert Gonzalez, field K-9 coordinator of Homeland Security, said the training is important for both handlers and the ...
- The Federal Republic of Germany supports joint Ministry of Interior and UNMAS training to respond to explosive hazards
August 13, 2018
This week marked the beginning of a 75-day training course in Anbar jointly organized by the Ministry of Interior and the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS). This course will be the first of its kind, with Iraqi Police instructors and UNMAS instructors working closely side-by-side to train local police in explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) ...
- NSWC Indian Head EOD Technology Division concludes 2018 Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program
August 10, 2018
Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head EOD Technology Division hosted an official out brief today for the 2018 Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program. This year’s program concluded with the high school student participants presenting a final brief to school district and IHEODTD senior leadership and Charles County Public Schools Board members on their research projects and ...
- EOD team provides UXO training to 2CR
August 6, 2018
Do not touch it. Do not kick it. Just mark it, take a grid and notify your chain of command. When dealing with unexploded ordnance on the battlefield, or in the training area in this case, it is essential to follow all safety precautions and notify the proper personnel in a timely manner. Prior to the ...
- Robotics Autonomous
August 2, 2018
Marines with 2nd Platoon, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, engaged in charge employment training July 31-Aug. 2, 2018 at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The training taught EOD technicians to confidently and safely neutralize an improvised explosive device using robotic platforms. During the simulated scenarios, EOD technicians used the Mark II ...
- 44th Civil Support Team Aims for a Successful Training Proficiency Evaluation
July 23, 2018
Soldiers and Airmen of the Florida National Guard’s 44th Civil Support Team conducted training this week in West Palm Beach, Florida, as part of a skills validation exercise for U.S. Army North. Donning their full body protective gear, designed to keep the Guardsmen alive in an environment contaminated by chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agents, members ...