911th Airlift Wing

CERT:

A couple members of the Oakdale CERT team had the privledge of attending a training exercise at the 911th Air Wing group on Sat. Sept. 28th.  The exercise dealt with various military organizations conducting a medical rescue task in response to a large scale disaster.  Attending were: Bob Kolesky, Harry Kennedy, Ched Davis, and Bob's grandson Joey.  We were basically representing the Red Cross and we pulled our Red Cross emergency trailer into the base Sat. morning.  While it is always an honor to assist and be involved with our military "real-life heroes", there was also a huge "little-boy fun-factor" here as well.  Many of us got to be made-up as wounded, and strapped into a C-130 Military Transport plane.  Young Joey also got the treat of being loaded onto one of the Lifeflight helicopters that took part in the exercise.  The Salvation Army also provided free lunches to all those involved.