National Guard units work together to save tax-payer dollars

Eight Airmen from the 148th Fighter Wing, Duluth, Minn., and the 183rd FW, Springfield, Ill., join six Airmen from the 115th FW, Madison, Wis., for the first time to practice their emergency management skills together at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center April 12-15. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Roth)

National Guard units work together to save tax-payer dollars

Tech. Sergeant Craig Akerstrom, 148th Fighter Wing, Duluth, Minn., emergency management, takes a sample of a chemical agent during an EM training exercise at Volk Field Combat Readiness Traing Center April 14. He joined Airmen from the 115th FW, Madison, Wis., and the 183rd FW, Springfield, Ill., as the EM unit members trained together for the first time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Roth)

Shadow Over Volk

Brig. Gen. Don Dunbar, adjutant general of Wisconsin, enjoys a close inspection of the RQ-7 Shadow 200 unmanned aerial vehicle during a training exercise Nov. 2, 2009 at Fort McCoy. The 22-person UAV platoon, part of Company B, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, includes UAV pilots, camera operators, maintainers and support crew. The platoon will operate out of Volk Field, where a new $8 million facility is planned. Wisconsin National Guard photo by 1st Sgt. Vaughn R. Larson

Shadow Over Volk

An RQ-7 Shadow 200 unmanned aerial vehicle prepares to launch Nov. 2, 2009 during a training mission at Fort McCoy. A platoon with Company B, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team will operate the UAVs at Volk Field, where a new $8 million facility is planned. Wisconsin National Guard photo by 1st Sgt. Vaughn R. Larson

Return fire

Staff Sgt. Christian Bennett, 115th Security Forces Squadron Fire Team Leader, fires on insurgents during a training scenario at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis., June 14, 2010. Security Forces search a mock village for a person of interest, while training how to preserving the peace in a hostile environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Ashley Bell)

Lets get this show on the road

Members of the 115th Security Forces Squadron wait to depart for training scenario at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis., June 14, 2010. Security Forces conducted a search of a mock village for a person of interest, while preserving the peace in a hostile environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Ashley Bell)