Worth a Thousand Words: Firefighting
Airmen from California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard’s 145th Airlift Wing and Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing conduct firefighting...
View ArticleSeptember 11th – Air Force Special
As this weekend brings us to the tenth anniversary of September 11th, the Air Force has created a series of videos dedicated to the men and women who served and lost their lives as a result of those...
View Article9/11 Ten Year Anniversary Message From Admiral Mike Mullen
As the country pauses to reflect on all the terrorist attacks that happened on U.S. soil ten years ago, Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his wife Mrs. Deborah Mullen, pay...
View Article“Whatever is Required of Me”
The Department of Defense is honoring the actions of dedication, valor, strength, service and resilience demonstrated by the American people and the Armed Forces throughout the last ten years after...
View ArticleA Day In The Life: A Military Firefighter
The apartment is pitch black. Dense smoke smothers what little light filters through the window blinds, betraying the bright day outside. The large living room seems small, the smoke so thick it can be...
View ArticleFast Response Saves A Life
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,...
View ArticleWorth A Thousand Words: Is It Hot In Here?
Crash Fire Rescue Marines on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar work together to extinguish flames during their sustainment training. The Marine firefighters must work together in order to be effective...
View ArticleWorth A Thousand Words: Aircrew Extraction
Firefighters assigned to the 169th Civil Engineering Squadron remove a pilot from the cockpit of an F-16 jet during aircrew extraction training on McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., Feb. 8,...
View ArticleMarines to the End
On June 30, 2013, 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters gave their lives protecting the community of Yarnell, Ariz., from a wildfire including three Marine veterans. Read More
View ArticleWorth A Thousand Words: Response Exercise
Navy firefighters treat a simulated casualty Feb. 27, 2014, during a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device response exercise on Naval Station Norfolk, Va. Read More
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