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A C-130J Super Hercules from Youngstown Air Reserve Station drops a bundle over the Slagle Drop Zone at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio, during an exercise, July 24, 2025.

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  • Bivouac, blank rounds and barricades

    The 910th Civil Engineer Squadron joined the 910th Security Forces Squadron for a 24-hour field exercise in which the units established a bare base and provided perimeter defense, March 31 to April 1, 2022.

  • Defenders and engineers team up for 24-hour exercise

    The 910th Security Forces Squadron and 910th Civil Engineer Squadron teamed up for a 24-hour security operations exercise at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio, leading up to the April unit training assembly. The civil Engineers helped erect a bare base with tents,

  • Integrated Defense Leadership Course: 446th SFS

    Air Force Reserve Command Defenders assigned to the 446th Security Forces Squadron, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, completed the two-week Integrated Defense Leadership Course, based at YARS and using training grounds at CJAG, in March 2022.

  • Training like the best, prepared for the worst

    The 910th Civil Engineer Squadron’s emergency management flight conducted a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives response training event on March 14, 2022, at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio.

  • 910th Security Forces Squadron, members, named best of 2021

    The annual Air Force Reserve Command Security Forces awards were announced Jan. 8, 2022, and the 910th Security Forces Squadron received several awards. The contributions of these award winners along with the efforts of the entire squadron also resulted in the 910th SFS being named the Outstanding

  • Airman Spotlight: Walking the third path

    Military service can change a person's life in ways they can't imagine. Senior Airman Gabriella Waple, a lab technician assigned to the 910th Medical Squadron, is a testament to that fact

  • Smokescreens, sandbags, frozen creeks and empty mags

    When the crew door of a C-5 Galaxy opened on the ramp at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Feb. 6, 2022, it was the first time some of the 40 Defenders debarking the aircraft had ever seen snow. The forecast for the next two weeks called for some of the coldest temperatures they’d ever

  • YARS hosts 311th RCS recruiter meeting

    About 27 active duty Air Force and Space Force recruiters assigned to the 311th Recruiting Squadron’s delta, echo and golf flights held their quarterly meeting, Feb. 11, 2022, at the Community Activity Center at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio.