Guardsmen Hone Emergency Response Skills

North Carolina Army and Air National Guardsmen use a fire hose to extinguish a simulated crash fire during exercise Operation Vigilant Catamount in Dupont State Forest, Hendersonville, N.C., June 8, 2017. Operation Vigilant Catamount is a joint civilian and National Guard regional domestic operations and homeland secur ...More

North Carolina Army and Air National Guardsmen extinguish a simulated crash fire during exercise Operation Vigilant Catamount in Dupont State Forest, Hendersonville, N.C., June 8, 2017. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. David McLean

North Carolina Army and Air National Guardsmen extinguish a fire at simulated crash site during exercise Operation Vigilant Catamount in Dupont State Forest, Hendersonville, N.C., June 8, 2017. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. David McLean

North Carolina Army and Air National Guardsmen extinguish a fire at a simulated crash site during exercise Operation Vigilant Catamount in Dupont State Forest, Hendersonville, N.C., June 8, 2017. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. David McLean

North Carolina Army and Air National Guardsmen extinguish a fire at simulated crash site during exercise Operation Vigilant Catamount in Dupont State Forest, Hendersonville, N.C., June 8, 2017. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. David McLean

Army Spc. Jason Fortier, a member of the North Carolina Army National Guard, rolls up a fire hose during exercise Operation Vigilant Catamount in Dupont State Forest, Hendersonville, N.C., June 8, 2017. Fortier is a firefighter assigned to the 677th Firefighting Team, Raleigh, N.C. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sg ...More

North Carolina Army and Air National Guardsmen use a hydraulic rescue tool to search through simulated wreckage during exercise Operation Vigilant Catamount in Dupont State Forest, Hendersonville, N.C., June 8, 2017. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. David McLean

North Carolina Army and Air National Guardsmen search through simulated wreckage during exercise Operation Vigilant Catamount in Dupont State Forest, Hendersonville, N.C., June 8, 2017. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. David McLean

North Carolina Army and Air National Guardsmen move the top portion of a burnt vehicle after searching through simulated wreckage during exercise Operation Vigilant Catamount in Dupont State Forest, Hendersonville, N.C., June 8, 2017. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. David McLean