Guard invites Nevada employers to military exercises next month

Dick Benoit

Thursday, Aug. 24, 2000 | 10:02 a.m.

The Nevada Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve is looking for a few good bosses who want to travel to Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 13-16 to observe reserve units in action.

The committee is sponsoring a "bosslift" for employers and supervisors of Southern Nevada's reservists.

Plans call for the Nevada group to fly to and from Gulfport on military airlift and get tours and briefings on the missions of Air National Guard, Air Force and Marine Corps units in the Gulfport area.

Bosses will have a chance to observe how Reserve and Guard units have been integrated into the active military, a concept the military calls "total force." Reserve forces now make up more than half of U.S. defenses.

The Nevada Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve promotes employer understanding and support of the state's citizen-soldiers in the National Guard and Reserve.

Employers who want information on the bosslift should contact Ted Marshall at 384-7162.

Nevada Guard fights fires

Twenty-two very tired members of the Nevada Air National Guard returned to Reno Aug. 16 after supporting firefighters battling wildfires in rural Nevada. The airmen provided three meals a day to the 450 firefighters battling the Choke Cherry fire, 14 miles east of Jackpot, according to Lt. Col. Cindy Kirklan, Nevada National Guard spokeswoman.

The military contingent was supervised by airmen of the 152nd Services Flight, which specializes in mobile food preparation.

Other Guard volunteers pitched in to serve and clean up in the Nevada Division of Forestry and Nevada National Guard team effort.

Nine Guard members remained in Elko last week to provide continuing support of the firefighting effort.

Twelve Nevada Army National Guard also returned home Aug. 17 after operating out of Fallon to support the Twin Peaks fire effort.

In brief

The cadet, son of Charles McMenamy of Las Vegas, is concentrating his studies in engineering management and plans to graduate in 2002, when he will be commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army.

The exercise, called Air Mobility Expeditionary Force Rodeo 2000, is intended to improve the military's ability to deploy soldiers and airmen into hostile environments, establish a defensive presence and recover wounded.