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California Guard Trains Airmen to Rapidly Repair Damaged Airfields

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Teresa Gutierrez, 163d Regional Training Site instructor, California Air National Guard, gives hand and arm signals to direct a skid steer outfitted with a concrete saw during a weeklong Rapid Damage Repair course, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., May 20, 2026. Airmen learn to execute full-scale crater repair procedures, beginning with debris removal and upheaval marking before progressing through excavation, backfilling, compaction, and surface restoration. The RTS instructors measured both completion time and structural performance, conducting repair quality criteria testing to validate durability under projected aircraft loads. (U.S. Air National Guard Photograph by Senior Master Sgt. Julianne Sitterding)
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California Guard Trains Airmen to Rapidly Repair Damaged Airfields

Seven instructors assigned to the 163d Regional Training Site are keeping our flightlines ready across the force by generating over two thousand Airmen per year trained in Rapid Damage Repair and other Civil Engineer specialty classes, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., May 20, 2026. Airmen learn to execute full-scale crater repair procedures, beginning with debris removal and upheaval marking before progressing through excavation, backfilling, compaction, and surface restoration. (U.S. Air National Guard Photograph by Senior Master Sgt. Julianne Sitterding)
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California Guard Trains Airmen to Rapidly Repair Damaged Airfields

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rowen Lee, 154th Civil Engineer Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, operates a skid steer outfitted with a concrete saw during a weeklong Rapid Damage Repair course, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., May 20, 2026. Airmen learn to execute full-scale crater repair procedures, beginning with debris removal and upheaval marking before progressing through excavation, backfilling, compaction, and surface restoration. The RTS instructors measured both completion time and structural performance, conducting repair quality criteria testing to validate durability under projected aircraft loads. (U.S. Air National Guard Photograph by Senior Master Sgt. Julianne Sitterding)
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California Guard Trains Airmen to Rapidly Repair Damaged Airfields

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kai Detchon, 773d Civil Engineer Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, operates a skid steer outfitted with a concrete saw during a weeklong Rapid Damage Repair course, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., May 20, 2026. Airmen learn to execute full-scale crater repair procedures, beginning with debris removal and upheaval marking before progressing through excavation, backfilling, compaction, and surface restoration. The RTS instructors measured both completion time and structural performance, conducting repair quality criteria testing to validate durability under projected aircraft loads. (U.S. Air National Guard Photograph by Senior Master Sgt. Julianne Sitterding)
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California Guard Trains Airmen to Rapidly Repair Damaged Airfields

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jonathan Hiatt, 773d Civil Engineer Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, gives hand and arm signals to direct a skid steer outfitted with a concrete saw during a weeklong Rapid Damage Repair course, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., May 20, 2026. Airmen learn to execute full-scale crater repair procedures, beginning with debris removal and upheaval marking before progressing through excavation, backfilling, compaction, and surface restoration. The RTS instructors measured both completion time and structural performance, conducting repair quality criteria testing to validate durability under projected aircraft loads. (U.S. Air National Guard Photograph by Senior Master Sgt. Julianne Sitterding)
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California Guard Trains Airmen to Rapidly Repair Damaged Airfields

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tarama Fuatagavi, 154th Civil Engineer Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, gives hand and arm signals to direct a skid steer outfitted with a concrete saw during a weeklong Rapid Damage Repair course, March Air Reserve Base, California, May 20, 2026. Airmen learn to execute full-scale crater repair procedures, beginning with debris removal and upheaval marking before progressing through excavation, backfilling, compaction and surface restoration. The Regional Training Site instructors measured both completion time and structural performance, conducting repair quality criteria testing to validate durability under projected aircraft loads. Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Julianne Sitterding.
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California Guard Trains Airmen to Rapidly Repair Damaged Airfields

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Teresa Gutierrez, 163d Regional Training Site instructor, California Air National Guard, gives crater repair feedback to Airmen attending a weeklong Rapid Damage Repair course, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., May 19, 2026. Airmen learn to execute full-scale crater repair procedures, beginning with debris removal and upheaval marking before progressing through excavation, backfilling, compaction, and surface restoration. The RTS instructors measured both completion time and structural performance, conducting repair quality criteria testing to validate durability under projected aircraft loads. (U.S. Air National Guard Photograph by Senior Master Sgt. Julianne Sitterding)
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California Guard Trains Airmen to Rapidly Repair Damaged Airfields

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Pearla Ortega Demase, 163d Civil Engineer Squadron, California Air National Guard, listens to directions from a 163d Regional Training Site instructor during a weeklong Rapid Damage Repair course, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., May 19, 2026. Airmen learn to execute full-scale crater repair procedures, beginning with debris removal and upheaval marking before progressing through excavation, backfilling, compaction, and surface restoration. The RTS instructors measured both completion time and structural performance, conducting repair quality criteria testing to validate durability under projected aircraft loads. (U.S. Air National Guard Photograph by Senior Master Sgt. Julianne Sitterding)
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California Guard Trains Airmen to Rapidly Repair Damaged Airfields

Airmen attending a weeklong Rapid Damage Repair course at the 163d Regional Training Site cut concrete using a skid steer, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., May 19, 2026. Airmen learn to execute full-scale crater repair procedures, beginning with debris removal and upheaval marking before progressing through excavation, backfilling, compaction, and surface restoration. The RTS instructors measured both completion time and structural performance, conducting repair quality criteria testing to validate durability under projected aircraft loads. (U.S. Air National Guard Photograph by Senior Master Sgt. Julianne Sitterding)
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California Guard Trains Airmen to Rapidly Repair Damaged Airfields

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Reuben Dominguez, 163d Regional Training Site superintendent, California Air National Guard, gives kudos to Airmen after operating a skid-steer successfully during a weeklong Rapid Damage Repair course at March Air Reserve Base, California, May 19, 2026. Airmen learn to execute full-scale crater repair procedures, beginning with debris removal and upheaval marking before progressing through excavation, backfilling, compaction and surface restoration. Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Julianne Sitterding.
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California Guard Trains Airmen to Rapidly Repair Damaged Airfields

Airmen attending a weeklong Rapid Damage Repair course at the 163d Regional Training Site listen to instruction on front loader operation, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., May 19, 2026. Airmen learn to execute full-scale crater repair procedures, beginning with debris removal and upheaval marking before progressing through excavation, backfilling, compaction, and surface restoration. The RTS instructors measured both completion time and structural performance, conducting repair quality criteria testing to validate durability under projected aircraft loads. (U.S. Air National Guard Photograph by Senior Master Sgt. Julianne Sitterding)
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California Guard Trains Airmen to Rapidly Repair Damaged Airfields

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joel Barriga, 163d Regional Training Site instructor, California Air National Guard, explains the process of Rapid Damage Repair during a weeklong course at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., May 19, 2026. Airmen learn to execute full-scale crater repair procedures, beginning with debris removal and upheaval marking before progressing through excavation, backfilling, compaction, and surface restoration. The RTS instructors measured both completion time and structural performance, conducting repair quality criteria testing to validate durability under projected aircraft loads.(U.S. Air National Guard Photograph by Senior Master Sgt. Julianne Sitterding)
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California Guard Trains Airmen to Rapidly Repair Damaged Airfields

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Reuben Dominguez, 163d Regional Training Site superintendent, California Air National Guard, demonstrates how to operate a front loader for Rapid Damage Repair during a weeklong course at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., May 19, 2026. Airmen learn to execute full-scale crater repair procedures, beginning with debris removal and upheaval marking before progressing through excavation, backfilling, compaction, and surface restoration. The RTS instructors measured both completion time and structural performance, conducting repair quality criteria testing to validate durability under projected aircraft loads. (U.S. Air National Guard Photograph by Senior Master Sgt. Julianne Sitterding)
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California Guard Trains Airmen to Rapidly Repair Damaged Airfields

An Airman attending a weeklong Rapid Damage Repair course at the 163d Regional Training Site operates a skid steer, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., May 19, 2026. Airmen learn to execute full-scale crater repair procedures, beginning with debris removal and upheaval marking before progressing through excavation, backfilling, compaction, and surface restoration. The RTS instructors measured both completion time and structural performance, conducting repair quality criteria testing to validate durability under projected aircraft loads. (U.S. Air National Guard Photograph by Senior Master Sgt. Julianne Sitterding)
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California Guard Trains Airmen to Rapidly Repair Damaged Airfields

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Teresa Gutierrez, 163d Regional Training Site instructor, California Air National Guard, observes Airmen cutting concrete during a weeklong Rapid Damage Repair course, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., May 19, 2026. Airmen learn to execute full-scale crater repair procedures, beginning with debris removal and upheaval marking before progressing through excavation, backfilling, compaction, and surface restoration. The RTS instructors measured both completion time and structural performance, conducting repair quality criteria testing to validate durability under projected aircraft loads. (U.S. Air National Guard Photograph by Senior Master Sgt. Julianne Sitterding)
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California Guard Trains Airmen to Rapidly Repair Damaged Airfields

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joel Barriga, 163d Regional Training Site instructor, California Air National Guard, explains how to drive a pneumatic roller for Rapid Damage Repair during a weeklong course at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., May 19, 2026. Airmen learn to execute full-scale crater repair procedures, beginning with debris removal and upheaval marking before progressing through excavation, backfilling, compaction, and surface restoration. The RTS instructors measured both completion time and structural performance, conducting repair quality criteria testing to validate durability under projected aircraft loads. (U.S. Air National Guard Photograph by Senior Master Sgt. Julianne Sitterding)
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California Guard Trains Airmen to Rapidly Repair Damaged Airfields

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Souleymane Daime, 163d Civil Engineer Squadron, California Air National Guard, learns to operate a skid-steer during a weeklong Rapid Damage Repair course at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., May 19, 2026. Airmen learn to execute full-scale crater repair procedures, beginning with debris removal and upheaval marking before progressing through excavation, backfilling, compaction, and surface restoration. (U.S. Air National Guard Photograph by Senior Master Sgt. Julianne Sitterding)
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California Guard Trains Airmen to Rapidly Repair Damaged Airfields

Seven instructors assigned to the 163d Regional Training Site are keeping our flightlines ready across the force by generating over two thousand Airmen per year trained in Rapid Damage Repair and other Civil Engineer specialty classes, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., May 19, 2026. Airmen learn to execute full-scale crater repair procedures, beginning with debris removal and upheaval marking before progressing through excavation, backfilling, compaction, and surface restoration. (U.S. Air National Guard Photograph by Senior Master Sgt. Julianne Sitterding)
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March takes on One Base, One Network

U.S. Air Force Staff. Sgt. Jerry Velasquez, 163rd Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, checks the ethernet cords beneath the floor at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., May 1, 2026. The wing’s 163rd Communications Flight worked on installing new ethernet cord connections to establish an additional workspace. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Bridgitte Taylor)
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March takes on One Base, One Network

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Dang, 163rd Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, checks ethernet cable connections at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., May 1, 2026. The wing’s 163rd Communications Flight played a key role in cleaning infrastructure across more than 25 buildings by removing hundreds of excess cables and repurposing assets. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Bridgitte Taylor)
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