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News from the Oklahoma National Guard

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63rd Civil Support Team trains alongside Yukon first responders

Members of the Oklahoma National Guard's 63rd Civil Support Team train alongside the Yukon Police Department and Yukon Fire Department during an exercise held in Yukon, Oklahoma, Tuesday, August 8, 2023. The exercise focused on the discovery of an unknown substance where the CST was called to utilize their experience and equipment to detect the substance—in this case, the substance discovered was (notional) fentanyl. As the fentanyl epidemic increases, members of the CST are working with local law enforcement to help train and educate agencies on their capabilities and equipment. CG Information: Maj. Zach Roberson (00:06-00:10) Incident Command Team Yukon Police Department

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YUKON, Okla. – Members of the Oklahoma National Guard's 63rd Civil Support Team train alongside the Yukon Police Department and Yukon Fire Department during an exercise held in Yukon, Oklahoma, Tuesday, August 8, 2023. The exercise focused on the discovery of an unknown substance where the CST was called to utilize their experience and equipment to detect the substance—in this case, the substance discovered was (notional) fentanyl. As the fentanyl epidemic increases, members of the CST are working with local law enforcement to help train and educate agencies on their capabilities and equipment.

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Oklahoma National Guard, OK-TF1 and special operations partner for helocast training

Oklahoma National Guard

July 23, 2025 | 1:16

Oklahoma Army National Guardsmen with 1st Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment, partnered with Oklahoma Task Force 1 and members of the U.S. Air Force’s 9th Air Support Operations Squadron from Fort Hood, Texas, to conduct helocast training at Camp Gruber Training Center, July 23, 2025. The joint training event, part of helocast certification requirements, utilized a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to execute water insertion techniques critical for rapid infiltration operations.