{"id":23229,"date":"2023-08-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=23229"},"modified":"2023-08-16T06:40:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T06:40:56","slug":"airmen-train-for-space-operations-during-vulcan-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=23229","title":{"rendered":"Airmen train for space operations during Vulcan Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ohio Air National Guard\u2019s <\/span>178th Wing<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong> <\/strong>hosted an iteration of the Vulcan Guard space exercise Aug. 10-11, bringing together U.S. Space Command, the Brazilian military and all seven National Guard states conducting space operations.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Vulcan Guard is a series of space-focused exercises integrating National Guard operations and intelligence personnel with U.S. military partners through the <\/span>State Partnership Program<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>, incorporating several diverse space weapons systems in realistic threat-based scenarios.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Maj. Gen. Edward Vaughan, director of space operations for the National Guard Bureau, and Maj. Gen. John C. Harris Jr., Ohio adjutant general, visited the 178th Wing and met with National Guard Airmen and Brazilian military members participating in the exercise at Springfield-Beckley Air National Guard Base.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe will never go to war alone,\u201d Vaughan said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to go to war fully integrated with allies and partners. And so that\u2019s what this exercise allows us to do. When you talk about the space mission, the United States is clearly the leader militarily in some of those capabilities.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThat\u2019s where we are able to help develop those capabilities on their side appropriately, again, in coordination with Space Force, SPACECOM and others,\u201d he said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Vulcan Guard began in February 2022 and is in its fifth iteration of the exercise series. Ohio hosted Brazilian military personnel and Guardsmen from New York, Florida, Colorado, California, Alaska and Hawaii, in person and remotely.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe Ohio National Guard and other National Guard states have been providing support to space (operations) for over 28 years,\u201d Harris said. \u201cSo that experience is irreplaceable. And the transition from the Air National Guard assets to a Space National Guard would be almost seamless. What they\u2019re doing today, they would continue doing tomorrow regardless of the name tag on their uniform. And that\u2019s important.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Col. Kent Kazmaier, 178th Wing commander, emphasized the expertise of the Airmen <\/span>who conduct space operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe Air National Guard has been involved in space operations for a long time,\u201d Kazmaier said. \u201cThere is a lot of knowledge and experience that goes with that. This exercise incorporates not just the intelligence arm \u2026 but the operational arm, and to be able to bring all these units together and to forge those two items together and to have actionable intelligence \u2014 that intelligence, which is going to lead to the operational portion of it \u2014 is extremely important.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lt. Col. Christopher Graziano, NGB space operations program element <\/span>monitor for Vulcan Guard, said the facilities at Springfield are supremely suited for these types of exercises, able to accommodate many participants and provide the proper support for the required communications infrastructure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe 178th has a unique facility that is probably unmatched, in my opinion, in the Guard,\u201d Graziano said. \u201cThey have been super great hosts for the two years and five exercises that we have been doing this, so we keep coming back.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The 178th Wing provides units to conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and operations support for federal and state missions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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