194Th Wing Redesignated by 2Nd Lt

Fall 2015 194th Wing redesignated By 2nd Lt. Hans Zeiger Wing has become a poor description Wing’s purpose, said Horn. “All of for this composite organization, and what we do is operations,” he said. JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD— doctrinally incorrect,” said Maj. Jes- With the shorter title, “less is The 194th Regional Support Wing se Ruhl, Wing executive officer, in more,” said Horn. “The name re- was redesignated as the 194th Wing remarks at the ceremony. flects a big tent.” in a ceremony at French Theater Even as the 194th has proved its The 252nd Group was the major here on August 8. In the new desig- value to the Guard’s federal mission, forerunner of the 194th Wing, said nation, the 194th will be under the its designation as a “regional sup- Ruhl in a brief description of the U.S. Space Command, while it was port wing” was a point of confusion, Wing’s history. In 1976, the Group previously under the Air Combat said Col. Jeremy Horn, 194th Wing took on a medical detachment at Command. commander. The word “support” Camp Murray to support the “The term Regional Support doesn’t adequately describe the (CONTINUED on PAGE 8) In this issue: Airmen lend support at fires  Exercise Ever- and civilians from Incident green Tremor Management Teams as they  Commander’s served in various roles in the Corner: “What’s fight against wildfires in Northern and Central Wash- in a Name?” ington.  Operation Husky Air National Guardsmen Airborne have been supporting firefighting efforts and incident  Airman Perez- commanders in seven differ- Resop recognized ent locations, including the as services Air- Okanogan Complex, which man of the Year has now become the largest wildfire in state history. Air-  Medical Group men can be seen at various 194th Wing Commander Col. Jeremy Horn and Chief Mas- prepares for dis- ter Sgt. Max Tidwell visit airmen who were supporting fire- locations assisting incident aster fighting in north central Washington in late August (ANG commanders by providing Photo/Maj. Chyteira Dues/Released) communication functions,  Airmen of the conducting patrols, manning Quarter for Q2 By Maj. Chyteira Dues entry control points, and completing in- 2015 cident awareness and assessments. CAMP MURRAY – Airmen from the Staff Sgt. Andrew Takach from the 194th Wing worked alongside soldiers (CONTINUED on PAGE 5)

Page 2 Commander’s Corner: What’s in a Name?

By Col. Jeremy Horn

This drill weekend marks a significant milestone in our wing’s history—our official designation as the “194th Wing”. When the wing was established in 2006, we became the Air National Guard’s 89th wing and the first ever without a flying mission. However, the moniker “Regional Support Wing” never adequately de- scribed the tremendous impact our Airmen have across the globe and within the state. Nine years later, we continue to lead Col. Jeremy Horn, 194th Wing Commander, talks with Geographic Task Force-5 staff during the Total Force as experts Exercise Evergreen Tremor on June 23, 2015 (ANG Photo/2nd Lt. Hans Zeiger, Released) in multiple mission sets including cyber, intelli- gence, air support opera- jor General Dougherty, tions, and agile combat lenge now is to get over harvest is ruined; but reg- our Adjutant General, de- support. Our new name the habit pattern most of ularly pulling budding scribed his vision of provides the big tent to us grew up with: prepare weeds ensures healthy growing our domestic ca- th cover all the dynamic, for an inspection, hide plans. Our programs are pabilities; the 194 Wing dedicated Airmen we’re what we don’t want the IG the same—a little atten- has led the Washington so fortunate to have. to find, hope they don’t tion during drill will en- National Guard in em- As the Airmen of this look too hard, and then go sure a healthy program bracing that vision and wing, you have the right back to business as usual that ultimately allows us enhancing our DomOps to be proud of the accom- until the next inspection to manage resources, lead capabilities. Last year our plishments we’ve racked cycle. The new Air Force people, improve the unit Airmen performed admi- up in the past year! Last Inspection System em- and ultimately accomplish rably in Oso and central August, we hosted the powers us and charges us our federal and state mis- Washington, helping the ACC and AFSPC Inspec- with identifying our own sions. people of Washington in tors General for our first- non-compliance, develop- One of the things that the wake of the largest ever Unit Effectiveness ing sustainable programs, makes the Guard unique is mudslide and fires in the Inspection, showcasing monitoring their health, that ability to take our state’s history. Our focus our talented individuals and raising issues to get finely-honed “go-to-war” has now shifted to prepa- and robust programs as help. It’s a lot like grow- skills and apply them to ration for the Cascadia well as highlighting some ing a garden; without at- helping our neighbors and Subduction Zone earth- of our constraints and tention, the garden be- communities in times of quake (if you’re not fa shortcomings. Our chal- comes overgrown and the state crisis. In 2012, Ma- (CONT. on PAGE 10)

Page 3 Wing prepares for big quake: 194th would aid Pierce County after catastrophic event

By 2nd Lt. Hans Zeiger Wing. In the scenario, the CAMP MURRAY—The quake occurred on a 194th Wing has been pre- morning some 30 miles paring to respond within off the Pacific coast, reg- Pierce County in the event istering 9.0 on the Rich- of a potential catastrophic ter scale. Shaking lasted earthquake. The 194th for five minutes. Wing is among a number Following a of Washington National “Cascadia Subduction Guard units along with Zone” quake of that size, civilian emergency man- Air Guard members agement agencies that would need to use any th took part in a weeklong means to report to a duty Staff of the 194 staff as the exercise com- exercise in June called station. Guard leaders formed Geographic Task menced, Horn set the sce- “Evergreen Tremor,” de- would expect that airmen Force 5 and assembled at ne. “The City of Tacoma signed to prepare Guards- “got our families ready Camp Murray to begin is on fire because the gas men to save lives, prevent because we were prepared their work by the morning mains are burning, but the additional damage to in- and somehow got into of June 19. nation is mobilizing. frastructure work,” said Horn. In a briefing to GTF-5 Things are starting to and the Above: 194th Force Support Squadron services personnel Staff Sgt. Joel flood into McChord, Mo- state’s econo- LeBon, Senior Airman Joseph Perez-Resop, and Master Sgt. Marielinda ses Lake, and Gray Army my, and pre- Pierce set up a field kitchen during Exercise Evergreen Tremor Airfield. The population pare for re- Below: 194th Security Forces confront a group of “protesters” consisting of is hurt, homeless, out of covery. Wing personnel at Camp Murray during Exercise Evergreen Tremor (ANG water, hopeless. They Photos/2nd Lt. Hans Zeiger, Released) “This is want to see someone in the biggest this uniform. We are the exercise this hope for these people,” Wing has said Horn. ever accom- Plans call for 5,000 plished as military personnel from part of the throughout the nation to biggest exer- come into Pierce County cise the to respond to a cata- Washington strophic Cascadia Sub- National duction Zone earthquake. Guard has GTF-5, led by the 194th ever attempt- Wing, would be responsi- ed,” said Col. ble for command and con- Jeremy Horn, trol of all National Guard commander forces within the county, of the 194th (CONT. on PAGE 5)

Page 4 Operation Husky Airborne: 116th Airmen jump from Chinook

By 2nd Lt. Hans Zeiger Airborne. “We have RAINIER, Wash.— good integra- Airmen from the Wash- tion with ington Air National them,” said Guard’s 116th Air Support Carlson. Operations Squadron par- “We are ticipated in Operation practicing an Husky Airborne here on insertion August 8 to practice method of jumping out of a Boeing how we get CH-47 Chinook helicop- to work,” ter, evacuating casualties, said Master and collaborating with Sgt. Tavis partners in the Army Na- Delaney, a tional Guard. Tactical Air The primary goal of Control Par- Above: Airmen jump from a Chinook during Operation Husky Airborne the operation was to “get ty operator Below: A member of the Washington Army National Guard helps a Tactical th familiarity with Army air in the 116 . Air Control Party operator from the 116th Air Support Operations Squadron operations with a Chi- “It’s a meth- to get ready for Operation Husky Airborne. (ANG Photos/Staff Sgt. Paul Rid- er/Released) nook,” said Capt. Nate od for us to th Carlson of the 116 . The get to work, to practice air jumps eve- th 116 worked with the Ar- one of many ways to get tected, so we try to stay ry other month to main- my Guard’s 66th Theater to a job site.” off the radar by jumping th tain their job currency. Aviation Command and 116 members prac- as low as we do,” said The 116th depends on th st the 19 Special Forces ticed low- and high- Sgt. 1 Class Jose Gonza- Army aviators, including Group, Special Operations altitude jumps. “There are lez, a jumpmaster from th Army National Guard Detachment Pacific to situations where we need the Army 4 Battalion, 1st partners, to conduct these conduct Operation Husky to jump into a place unde- Special Forces Group lo- practices. “We don’t have cated at Joint Base Lewis- our own chutes or jump- McChord. “The military masters,” said Delaney. freefall is at high altitude “We wouldn’t be able for entries in places where to put this on if the Spe- they don’t want to get de- cial Operations Detach- tected either. So we have ment Pacific wasn’t help- really high jumps and re- ing us out. The big thing ally low jumps. We can is the interoperability in jump as low as 800 feet in working with the Army training. The lowest we’re National Guard,” said going to go is 1,250 feet.” Delaney. Delaney said that par- (CONT. on PAGE 7) achutists in the 116th aim

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presence and ability to perform in these functions al- Wildfires (cont. from page 1) lows the incident commaner to place essential, spe- cially trained firefighting personnel in areas where they are able to have a more direct role in fighting the fires. Approximately 250 Airmen from the Washington Air National Guard are also completing red card firefighting training in Yakima this year, which will al- low them to participate in more direct firefighting efforts in the future. This is an especially crucial training for air Guardsmen as state and national firefighting resources are becoming increasingly stressed this year. Efforts to support fighting wildfires this year resulted in the largest mobilization of the Washington Nation- al Guard since 1994. Over 1,000 Washington Nation- al Guardsmen have been mobilized in support of fighting fires this season. 194th Wing Commander Col. Jeremy Horn and Chief Mas- ter Sgt. Max Tidwell visit firefighting support operations in north central Washington in late August (ANG Photo/Maj. Chyteira Dues/Released) Evergreen Tremor (cont. from page 3) 116th Air Support Operations Squadron is a part of a mobile tactical command and control team that worked while it would play a coordinating role for all federal to establish radio communication between the various troops mobilized to the county. organizations working out of the Okanogan complex. “We’re not just doing this for the catastrophic The organizations were operating under several differ- earthquake,” said Horn, who recounted Guard re- ent radio frequencies, making it difficult to exchange sponses to the Highway 530 Landslide and the Carl- critical information between the civilian, military, and ton Complex Wildfires, both in 2014. “Everything we non-profit agencies. Takach, utilizing his knowledge do here translates directly to that.” of radio communications and the mobile tactical com- “The better we are at this the more likely we are mand and control unit, was able to ensure that all co- to do this,” said Horn. “As we do this we’re not just operating organizations at the complex could effective- establishing this Task Force 5, we’re developing rela- ly “talk” to one another, enhancing communication tionships so that they’re going to want to see us if efficiency throughout the complex. something goes wrong in Pierce County.” The les- Several Airmen from the 242th Combat Communi- sons of Evergreen Tremor will be just as applicable to cation Squadron, which provides tactical and deploya- a volcanic eruption as to a catastrophic earthquake, ble communication for any unit across the globe, work said Horn. out of the Fruitland complex in order to provide com- Through Evergreen Tremor, Airmen responded to munication support to the incident commander and the scenario “injects” including food and water shortages, various organizations that are a part of the Fruitland civil unrest, and collapsed overpasses and bridges. complex. Several days into the exercise, Horn praised Air- Airmen assigned to the North Star fire incident men for adapting and working together. “Because of command in Nespelem initially assisted with commu- the culture in the Air Guard of listening to our Air- nication and administrative support and have been tak- men, we’re building a team that is leveraging what ing on tasks as needed in such areas as conducting se- everyone is doing.” curity patrols and manning entry control points. Their

Page 6 Airmen practice earthquake communications

By 2nd Lt. Hans Zeiger

JOINT BASE LEWIS- MCCHORD—Early in the afternoon on June 18, a C-17 Globemaster land- ed at Gray Army Airfield here, delivering information technology equipment and military communications experts from the 242nd Combat Communi- cations Squadron who are practicing their response to a catastrophic earthquake that could rock the Pacific Northwest some- day. The C-17 was flown by the 446th Airlift Wing, an Air Force Reserve Members of the 242nd Combat Communications Squadron from Fairchild Air Force Base Wing assigned to take a break from operations at Satsop, Wash., as part of exercise Evergreen Tremor (ANG McChord Air Force Base, Photo/2nd Lt. Hans Zeiger, Released) while the 242nd is a Wash- ington Air National Guard and civilian partners spent communications during an squadron assigned to several days rehearsing a incident. the 242nd established The- Fairchild Air Force Base plan to save lives, prevent Materials had to be ater Deployable Commu- further damage to the in- flown in since truck travel in Spokane. “It’s unique nications, or TDC, at the that an active or reserve frastructure, environment, across Cascade Mountain Mason County Fair- component airlift could and economy of Washing- passes would be impossi- grounds in Shelton in sup- support an Air Guard part- ton, and prepare for even- ble in the quake scenario. port of airmen from the ner in support of a state tual recovery. “We are rehearsing Air National Guard’s The flight was operations in a post- th exercise,” said Lt. Col. 111 Air Support Opera- Chris Panush, plans of- “great,” said Staff Sgt. Cascadia Subduction tions Squadron and sol- ficer for the Air Guard’s David Bryan, an IT expert Zone rupture where trans- nd diers from the Army Na- th in the 242 , as he stepped portation routes are unusa- th 194 Regional Support tional Guard’s 96 Troop Wing, which includes the onto the tarmac at Gray ble,” said Lt. Col. Clayton Command. TDC uses sat- nd Army Airfield. He was en Braun, deputy director of 242 . “It shows a huge ellite technology to pro- commitment by all levels route to help set up Joint operations for the exer- vide various modes of of the military to our plan- Incident Site Communica- cise. “The C-17 flight was communication. ning.” tions Capability at Satsop, a practice in getting there “It is cool to go any- During Exercise Ever- he said. The JISCC is in a hugely damaged envi- where and provide the housed in a trailer that ronment.” green Tremor in June, Ar- services that we have,” provides commercial in- In addition to deploy- my and Air Guard person- (CONT. on PAGE 9) nel along with military ternet, voice, and data ing the JISCC to Satsop,

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Husky Airborne (cont. from p. 4)

event. Medical The exercise was a simulation of a post- Group joins earthquake, post-tsunami natural disaster event in in disaster which people would be in exercise at immediate need of medical care. Players in the Camp Rilea exercise included first re- sponders, search and res- cue teams, and simulated By Maj. Chyteira Dues casualties. The 194th Medical Master Sgt. Tavis Delaney gives the hand signal as members CAMP MURRAY – Group participated in the of the 116th Air Support Operations Squadron prepare to Members of the 194th exercise by setting up jump. Delaney is followed by Lt. Col. Raed Gyekis, command- Medical Group took part tents through which casu- er of the 116th. (ANG Photo/Staff Sgt. Paul Rider/Released) in the Pathfinder- alties could be accounted Minutemen exercise on for, evaluated, and pre-

Aug 5 at Camp Rilea, Or- pared for medical evacua- The Army Guard “Familiarity with the egon. The exercise also tion if necessary. In the works across military ser- tactics, techniques, and involved participants from picture below, members vices to provide helicopter procedures of different U.S. Northern Command, of the 194th Medical transport. “The uniform types of helos helps us the U.S. Air Force Re- Group can be seen receiv- doesn’t matter to me,” support Army or Marine serve, and Army National ing a briefing on evaluat- said Chief Warrant Of- Corps ground command- Guard units and was a ing patients. ficer 4 Nathaniel Thomp- ers,” said Awua. son, the Chinook pilot and multi-agency, multi-state th In theater during war- a member of the 66 time, TACPs would jump TAC. “People come from with communications and far and wide to be sup- tactical equipment along ported.” with a rifle and MREs, “I have an element of said Staff Sgt. Brant Shaw eight men who load onto as he took his seat in the the helo and are dropped Chinook. off,” said Tech. Sgt. Louis Operation Husky Air- Awua, Red Flight Opera- th borne was part of Team tions NCO for the 116 116 Organization Day and and an air assault team Barbeque, attended by leader. “Most of the train- service members’ families ing is centered on helicop- and employers, who were ter landing operations and able to see the squadron in medivac 9-line.” Medivac action and learn more 9-line is “the template about its mission. Members of the 194th Medical Group receive a briefing used to evacuate casual- on evaluating patients during Exercise Pathfinder- ties,” said Awua. Minuteman at Camp Rilea (Photo/courtesy of Tech. Sgt. Michelle Trusty/Released)

Page 8 Senior Airman Perez- 194th (cont. from page 1)

Resop: Services Airman Group’s seven units throughout the state. The Washing- ton Air Guard took on additional support services in of the Year 1982, including JAG, chaplain, personnel, and combat arms training functions within Detachment 1. During By 2nd Lt. Hans Zeiger the 1980s and 1990s, the Washington Air Guard grew

and took on new units and specializations, finally reor- CAMP MURRAY—Senior Airman Joseph Perez- ganizing with the intention of forming of a new Wing in Resop of the 194th Force Support Squadron has been 2004. In 2006 the 194th Regional Support Wing was recognized as the 2015 Force Support Airman of the approved. It was the first non-flying Wing in the Air Year for the Air Reserve component. National Guard, said Ruhl. “He’s like the perfect airman,” said Master Sgt. Brig. Gen. John Tuohy, Assistant Adjutant General Curtis Conner, superintendent of the 194th FSS. “He’s for Air of the Washington Air National Guard, recalled a quiet leader. He always does what’s asked of him. the events that led to the creation of the 194th. In the He’s always the first to volunteer for anything that 1980s, then-Col. Frank Scoggins was tasked with estab- comes up.” lishing an A 10 unit in the Washington Air National Perez-Resop works in fitness and helps in the Guard. “That didn’t happen, but he stayed around and Dining Facility. He trains CPR instructors and con- rose to become ATAG,” said Tuohy. As Assistant Ad- ducts fitness assessments. jutant General for Air, Maj. Gen. Scoggins had a vision “He’s not afraid to stay late to finish up his job,” for cyber security in the mission of the Washington Air said Conner. Guard, even as most of the state’s combat communica- Perez-Resop was part of a force support contin- tions activities fell away, said Tuohy. gent that augmented a Colorado fatality search and “There are more changes to come, and they’re all recovery team at the Highway 530 Landslide in 2014. good,” said Tuohy. The team worked with the Snohomish Medical Examiner’s office. Perez-Resop spot trained with the team. Later he and his fellow force support airmen who served at the landslide were recognized by Governor Jay Inslee and Adjutant General Bret Daughterty at the State Capitol. During the Carlton Complex wildfires in summer 2014, Perez-Resop was assigned to presence patrols in Twisp and Winthrop. At both domestic operations in 2014, Perez-Resop was struck by the gratitude of local citizens. He was moved at “seeing how we affected people on a personal level,” he said. “They were thanking us for what we were doing.” “I liked the whole aspect of serving in your community in addition to the United Col. Jeremy Horn applauds Senior Airman Joseph Perez-Resop on receiving States. I like the Guard mission,” said Pe the Airman of the Year Award, during a Wing all-call at Joint Base Lewis- (CONTINUED on PAGE 9) McChord on August 8 (ANG Photo/Staff Sgt Paul Rider/Released)

Page 9 Perez-Resop (cont. from page 8) rez-Resop. “I have lived in Washington most of my A Pierce County resident, Perez-Resop finds life, and I like it here. I want to get involved in help- other ways to serve the community, including tutor- ing here.” ing for sixth graders and playing his guitar at local “He’s a very driven young airman,” said Tech. hospitals. He recently completed his Associates de- Sgt. Michalle Austin, Sustainment Services Techni- gree at Tacoma Community College. cian for the 194th FSS. “He’s the first to volunteer.” “He’s very goodhearted,” said Austin.

Quake communications (cont. from page 6) said Airman 1st Class Philip Clapin, on duty with the 242nd at the county fairgrounds. “It’s exciting watching everyone scramble to get communications up,” added Airman 1st Class Shirley Beaumont, also with the 242nd in Shelton. “Things are changing, and we’re ad- justing with all the changes.” The 111th Air Support Operations Squad- ron located at Shelton processed air mission requests and dispatched a rapid response force into the field to transport supplies, said Maj. David Stilli of the 111th. The rapid response force also scanned for potential landslides, said Tech. Sgt. Russell Record, a fighter duty tech- nician with the 111th. Staff Sgt. Taylor Dorn, of the 242nd Combat Communications Squadron, describes communications equipment set up at Satsop, About forty miles southwest of Shelton, Wash., as part of exercise Evergreen Tremor to prepare for a cata- Capt. Duane Franks of the 242nd led a small strophic Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. (ANG Photo/2nd team at the JISCC. “It’s pretty flexible what we Lt. Hans Zeiger/Released) can provide,” he said. “The exercise provides some of our traditional Guardsmen more training on ergreen Tremor at Shelton and Satsop were part of the equipment.” Task Force 3, working in support of the civilian Ma- In an operations tent near the JISCC, Tech. Sgt. son County Emergency Operations Center. Other mil- Josh Nibler, who works as a railroad engineer in his itary domestic operations task forces were established civilian job, said that he and his colleagues in the throughout the state in support of specific regions. nd 242 are able to bridge communications gaps that A Cascadia Subduction Zone quake that regis- hampered responses in past crises. “If we have the tered at 9.0 on the Richter scale would “end life as we FBI come in on high frequency and the Guard on a know it,” said Col. Jeremy Horn, commander of the different radio, I’m the guy who can patch them to- 194th Wing, headquartered at Camp Murray. Since the gether,” Nibler said. “If there’s a helicopter in the air, zone stretches 800 miles long just off the Pacific we’re able to take a very high frequency channel and Coast, an earthquake and tsunami could have devas- patch it through to a cell phone.” tating effects on people, property, and critical infra- The Guard members participating in exercise Ev- structure throughout the Northwest. Page 10 Commander’s Corner (continued from page 2) miliar, you can find an article at http:// We’ve also had some tremendous contributions over www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the- the past few weeks supporting the wildfire fight really-big-one). We’ve had wing members in- throughout the state. Over 30 wing members mobilized volved in the state’s earthquake response plan- to State Active Duty status and served admirably as liai- ning, and over 250 of us successfully exercised son officers, JOC augmentation, communications sup- portions of the plan during Exercise EVER- port, security missions, damage assessment, and air- GREEN TREMOR in June. Our Airmen were space control, and several other mission sets. Each time once again innovators, executing new and diverse I visited the fires, our people were lauded by our civil- mission sets such as establishing a geographic task ian and Guard counterparts for their initiative, flexibil- force headquarters, integrating with the Depart- ity, and results. It made me extremely proud to be a part ment of Transportation to manage air traffic, and of this organization! The lessons learned through these establishing communication in remote areas. EV- mobilizations and exercises will build vital processes ERGREEN TREMOR was a dress rehearsal for and relationships key to getting the citizens of our state next June’s Exercise CASCADIA RISING, which through the worst day in our nation’s history, and will will be a national-level exercise bringing thou- help us be “Always Ready, Always There” for our na- sands of state, federal, and Department of Defense tion and our communities. personnel to Washington.

Staff Sgt. Sean Graham and Master Sgt. Dave Szydel collaborate while Master Sgt. Dave Schultz works un- derneath a vehicle in the mainte- nance garage at Camp Murray following a temporary power outage as part of Exercise Evergreen Tremor. The exercise was a rehearsal of the military and civilian response to a catastrophic 9.0 magnitude earthquake.

(ANG Photo/2nd Lt. Hans Zeiger/ Released)

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