Davis-Monthan to conduct emergency preparedness exercises this week Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (Source: U.S. Air Force) By KOLD News 13 Staff | February 12, 2021 at 4:16 PM MST - Updated February 16 at 10:55 AM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - The 355th Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base will conduct on-base emergency preparedness exercises Tuesday-Wednesday, Feb. 16-17.
Residents may notice smoke coming from the base during this period, but D-M officials said not to worry.
The training will test and enhance the 355th Wingâs ability to effectively communicate and protect people and resources during emergencies.
There will be minimal impact to normal operations for military personnel not participating in the exercise, but the Benko Fitness Centerâs outdoor track parking lot will be closed starting Feb. 16 at 1 p.m. until Feb. 17 at 5 p.m.
After Army Alaska’s alleged suicides, one battalion gets ‘sensing sessions’ Soldiers board CH-47 Chinooks during training in Alaska. (John Pennell/U.S. Army) A command team from the Hawaii-based 25th Combat Aviation Brigade visited one of their battalions at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, in January to hold sensing sessions in which troops discussed their opinions on mental health, loss and grief. The trip came after two soldiers from 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, died by suicide in late December and January, and a third soldier attempted suicide in that same time period, according to two people and an email from a unit official obtained by Army Times that describes the three incidents.
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The Commander of Alaska’s largest military installation announced today that it’s easing-up on some of its COVID-19 precautions, effective at 5 p.m. Friday.
Joint Base Elemendorf Richardson Commander Col. Kirsten Aguilar says the decision is due mainly on successful efforts to slow community spread of the disease and the base’s ongoing vaccination program.
JBER Installation Commander Col. Kirsten Aguilar announced the lifting of the Nov. 9 public health emergency in a video posted to the base s homepage.
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“These positive trends and your efforts to minimize the spread of the virus allow us to rescind the public health emergency and return to Health Protection Condition Bravo,” Aguilar said in a video announcement posted to social media.
. TOKYO Another seven of Japan’s prefectures, including the center of the main island of Honshu, fell under an emergency declaration Thursday aimed at stifling a record-breaking coronavirus surge. The U.S. military, which has more than seven installations across the country’s main islands, as of 6 p.m. Wednesday reported 12 people recently infected with the virus, including two at a Defense Department elementary school at Yokosuka Naval Base. U.S. Forces Korea reported 10 new infections Tuesday and Wednesday, most of them at a base in Seoul. The government coronavirus advisory board on Wednesday approved expanding a week-old state of emergency in and around Tokyo to include Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto, Aichi, Gifu, Fukuoka and Tochigi prefectures, according to public broadcaster NHK. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga made the declaration Wednesday evening.