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News from the Oklahoma National Guard

NEWS | Oct. 17, 2022

137th AES trains alongside Air Force total force, ROTC partners

By Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire 137th Special Operations Wing

U.S. Air Force Capt. Angie Clowdus, a 137th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES) flight nurse, Oklahoma National Guard, provides direction to Air Force ROTC cadets from Oklahoma State University acting as litter bearers on a training flight Sept. 17, 2022, Oklahoma City. The 137th AES Airmen worked alongside active-duty counterparts with the 375th Air Mobility Wing and Air Force Reserve Airmen with the 514th Air Mobility Wing to gain flight certifications on a C-17 Globemaster III and included the ROTC cadets in the total-force training event. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire)
Video by Sgt. Haden Tolbert
Thunderbird Challenge Program teaches cadets no obstacle too big to overcome
Oklahoma National Guard
Oct. 25, 2024 | 1:23
The Thunderbird Challenge Program is a 22-week tuition-free military program for Oklahoma students in need of school credit recovery. The program uses the structure and discipline of the military to support cadets while they attend high school classes, GED classes as well as learn job skills and life coping skills.

While at Camp Gruber Training Center, Thunderbird cadets took on the same obstacle course that Soldiers taking part in Air Assault School, best warrior competitions and pre-mobilization training face.

The cadets also faced off with one another in pugil stick bouts supervised by TCP cadre, and some cadets had the opportunity to rappel from CGTC’s 40-foot rappel tower. (Oklahoma National Guard video by Sgt. Haden Tolbert)

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Traci Johnson
Commandant of Cadets, Thunderbird Challenge Program

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Marissa Treat
Thunderbird Challenge Program Cadet
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