Staff Sgt. Michael Frye holds a car door as Staff Sgt. Joseph Ruppenthal, both fire fighters in the 167th Civil Engineer Squadron, West Virginia Air National Guard, Martinsburg, West Virginia, practice using hydraulic tools for personnel vehicle extrication while training at National Guard exercise PATRIOT North 16 at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisc. July 16, 2016. The training is simulating a vehicle crash and rescue of personnel trapped in the vehicle. PATRIOT is an annual exercise held at Volk Field to test the National Guard’s capabilities and develop working relationships with fi
Staff Sgt. Michael Frye holds a car door as Staff Sgt. Joseph Ruppenthal, both fire fighters in the 167th Civil Engineer Squadron, West Virginia Air National Guard, Martinsburg, West Virginia, practice using hydraulic tools for personnel vehicle extrication while training at National Guard exercise PATRIOT North 16 at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisc. July 16, 2016. The training is simulating a vehicle crash and rescue of personnel trapped in the vehicle. PATRIOT is an annual exercise held at Volk Field to test the National Guard’s capabilities and develop working relationships with first responders and government agencies. The fire fighters are gathered from various states and benefit from the training by exchanging knowledge and experiences they have encountered while on military duty and also in some of their civilian fire-fighting experiences. ( Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp)
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