Army Guard Troops Join Rescue Wing for Hurricane Response Exercise
WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. (08/04/2011)(readMedia)-- Members of the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing welcome Soldiers from the 42nd Infantry Division Headquarters for a deployment exercise this weekend to better prepare New York National Guard forces for a hurricane response in New York.
Dubbed "Operation Rainbow Hurricane," the event centers around the callup, deployment and operation of the 42nd Infantry Division mobile command post from its home station in Troy, N.Y. to the Air National Guard Base at Gabreski.
WHO : New York National Guard Airmen and Soldiers from the 106th Rescue Wing and 42nd Infantry Division Headquarters.
WHAT : Joint hurricane response exercise to improve interoperability, command and control of military responders following a potential hurricane landfall on Long Island.
WHEN : Friday, August 5, 2011 at 11 a.m.
WHERE : Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, Old Riverhead Road, Westhampton Beach
Media Members wishing to cover this event should contact the 106th Rescue Wing Public Affairs Office, Staff Sgt. Eric Miller, no later than 10:30 on August 5 at 631-723-7470 and provide the name (s) of reporters/videographers/photographers who plan to attend in order to gain access to this secure military facility.
BACKGROUND
The New York Army National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division, based in Troy, N.Y., serves as the National Guard's Domestic All-Hazards Response Team for the Eastern United States. It is the link between the local National Guard response within a state and the influx of additional National Guard or even federal military forces to assist local authorities following a disaster.
The scenario for this week's "Rainbow Hurricane" provides for a Category Four Hurricane striking Suffolk County. The initial wind damage results in the governor's mobilization of National Guard forces across Long Island, New York City and the Hudson Valley to provide assistance to civil authorities.
As elements of the 106th Rescue Wing evacuate their aircraft out of the path of the hurricane and rapidly return to eastern Long Island to assist in rescue and recovery operations, National Guard forces from across the state prepare to assist local authorities.
Guardian Angels, the pararescue personnel from the wing, routinely train for rescues in hazardous weather conditions overwater or land.
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Members of the 42nd Infantry Division's headquarters based in Troy will depart Wednesday morning in a convoy that will travel to Gabreski Air Base in Westhampton Beach, home of the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing.
by New York State Division of Military & Naval Affairs WESTHAMPTON BEACH, NY (08/04/2011)(readMedia)-- Members of the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing welcome Soldiers from the 42nd Infantry Division Headquarters for a deployment
The units converged at Gabreski Air Base in Westhampton Beach, home of the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing. Soldiers from an upstate New York-based Army National Guard unit, the 42nd Infantry Division, came downstate for the simulation.
He served with the 299th Engineer Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, out of Fort Hood, Texas. Pfc. Nick Skinner, 20, of Davenport was killed Aug. 26. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Unit, Platoon 1023, out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.
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Army Guard Troops Join Rescue Wing for Hurricane Response Exercise
WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. (08/04/2011)(readMedia)-- Members of the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing welcome Soldiers from the 42nd Infantry Division Headquarters for a deployment exercise this weekend to better prepare New York National Guard forces for a hurricane response in New York.
Dubbed "Operation Rainbow Hurricane," the event centers around the callup, deployment and operation of the 42nd Infantry Division mobile command post from its home station in Troy, N.Y. to the Air National Guard Base at Gabreski.
WHO : New York National Guard Airmen and Soldiers from the 106th Rescue Wing and 42nd Infantry Division Headquarters.
WHAT : Joint hurricane response exercise to improve interoperability, command and control of military responders following a potential hurricane landfall on Long Island.
WHEN : Friday, August 5, 2011 at 11 a.m.
WHERE : Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, Old Riverhead Road, Westhampton Beach
Media Members wishing to cover this event should contact the 106th Rescue Wing Public Affairs Office, Staff Sgt. Eric Miller, no later than 10:30 on August 5 at 631-723-7470 and provide the name (s) of reporters/videographers/photographers who plan to attend in order to gain access to this secure military facility.
BACKGROUND
The New York Army National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division, based in Troy, N.Y., serves as the National Guard's Domestic All-Hazards Response Team for the Eastern United States. It is the link between the local National Guard response within a state and the influx of additional National Guard or even federal military forces to assist local authorities following a disaster.
The scenario for this week's "Rainbow Hurricane" provides for a Category Four Hurricane striking Suffolk County. The initial wind damage results in the governor's mobilization of National Guard forces across Long Island, New York City and the Hudson Valley to provide assistance to civil authorities.
As elements of the 106th Rescue Wing evacuate their aircraft out of the path of the hurricane and rapidly return to eastern Long Island to assist in rescue and recovery operations, National Guard forces from across the state prepare to assist local authorities.
Guardian Angels, the pararescue personnel from the wing, routinely train for rescues in hazardous weather conditions overwater or land.
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