Annual Training '09 Photo Gallery
The middle of May, 2009, and it was HOT in Northwest Georgia. The Catoosa National Guard Training Facility in Ringgold, Georgia, was where volunteers turned into heroes.
BG Max Haston is briefed on the Hopetown Operations by SSgt Gardner. BG (TN) Takasaki and DCSM Foster look on.
BG (TN) Takasaki and DCSM Foster lead the entire Division on a Road March early Saturday morning.
There's nothing like a brisk walk to get the blood pumping.
There's also nothing like a brisk walk to work up an appetite.
First formation, and the men get their orders.
The Net Operations Center is in full operation. The Tactical Operations Center (TOC) is the communications hub for the entire AT 09.
In medical training, troops learn how to deliver the Heimlich maneuver to a choking victim.
CSM Breece meets with the CSMs of the Tennessee State Guard. Pictured left to right: CSM(TN) Henry, CSM(TN) Essary, CSM Breece, D/CSM(TN) Foster, CSM(TN) Tiscia, and CSM(TN) Jones.
BG Haston receives a briefing on the Communications training section by 3rd Regiment LT. Gilliland.
BG Haston is briefed by SSgt Louis Varnell on the activities of the non-prior IET.
A "wounded" civilian is brought in from Hopetown by litter-bearers.
A make-shift hospital is set up to treat the wounded in the Hopetown exercise.