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June 10, 2014
Delivering the news from Golden Coyote 2014
Danish Home Guard volunteers assault an insurgent position during warrior training lanes at the
30th annual Golden Coyote exercise. Five allied nations are taking part in the annual training.
Photo by Hlne Mogensen de Monlon, Danish Home Guard Public Affairs.
G
olden Coyote is underway
for the 30th year in a row
and this edition of the
annual training exercise is one of
the largest in its history.
Approximately 4,400 service
members from all over the United
States and fve allied nations are
here for Golden Coyote 2014,
considered to be one of the premier
military training exercises in the
country.
Te 45 individual units taking
part in the two-week exercise are
comprised of 35 National Guard
units, four Army Reserve units
and one unit each from the Navy
Reserve and active duty Air Force.
Te allied nations represented are
Canada, Denmark, the United
Kingdom, Germany and Suriname.
Golden Coyote provides real-
world operability between the
diferent units here in the United
States and our allied nations,
said Col. Dave Chase of the
Services unite for 30th annual Golden Coyote
W
elcome to the 30th annual Golden Coyote
Annual Training Exercise. Every year we
look forward to units and Soldiers from
around the world participating in this two-week
exercise. Golden Coyote is one of the largest Na-
tional Guard training exercises in the country.
It provides a venue for units to conduct various types
of training, ranging from Warrior Training Lanes to
collective mission-essential tasks that support local
communities with humanitarian missions.
Safety is the top priority throughout the exer-
cise. Take care of each other
and watch out for your battle
buddy. Never take short cuts
or jeopardize the safety of our
Soldiers.
Tank you for your dedi-
cated service. Train hard and
enjoy your time in South
Dakota.
Leaders of the Best!
BG Kevin Griese
Commander of Troops
Commander welcomes troops, stresses safety
South Dakota National Guard,
commander of the exercises White
Cell. We dont know of any other
exercise where everyone, from the
top to the bottom, can get this kind
of quality training. Tis is really like
a full deployment condensed into
two weeks.
Golden Coyote provides
relevant training opportunities
for combat support and combat
service units in support of overseas
contingency operations and
homeland defense.
Tis is such a unique
See Golden Coyote on page 4
Story by Steve Reeves
314th Press Camp Headquarters
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Volume 30, Issue 1
T
he South Dakota Army National Guard 200th
Multi-Role Bridge Company transported mili-
tary units across the Missouri River near Cham-
berlain, as part of the Golden Coyote Training Exercise
on Saturday. Soldiers loaded vehicles onto three sepa-
rate rafs and transported them across the river in less
than half an hour.
Te event gave the company an opportunity to prac-
tice its skills and efciency in preparing for battle.
Te ability to transfer troops across the river ensures
that operations can be conducted regardless of terrain.
One of the more technical aspects of building the
bridges is driving the boats, said Sgt. Bryan Beringer,
an engineer in the 200th MRBC. It takes a lot of train-
ing and practice to get good at it.
While maneuvering boats is a big aspect of the river-
crossing mission, it is not the sole step. Beringer was
part of the entry control point on top of the hill where
he would stage the vehicles and prepare them to board
the raf.
Te success of the mission depends on the cohesion
of the units, said Sgt. Eric Mullen an engineer in the
200th MRBC. Te biggest challenge is to get the two
boats on either side of the raf to work together.
Te unit used an Improved Ribbon Bridge, a bridge
that can be confgured as either a full closure bridge
or partially assembled and used for rafing operations.
Take me to the river
According to Mullen this bridge system gives the unit
the fexibility to cross the river to any safe point on the
opposite side.
Te most important part of being a bridge engineer
is the fact that we can get any unit anywhere, said
Beringer. We can cross what cant be crossed water
or canyon. We get people where they need to go.
Guard unit practices skills on the Missouri
Members of the South Dakota Army National Guard 200th Multi-Role
Bridge Company prepare rafts to transport vehicles across the Missouri
River, near Chamberlain, S.D., during the Golden Coyote , June 7.
Spreading the word
Senior Army National
Guard Chaplain Col.
John Morris provides
training for chaplains
and chaplain assistants
during Golden Coyote
2014.
AAFES Exchange
Located at Camp Rapid
Mon-Sat 1000 -1800
Sunday 1000 - 1600
Now accepting all forms
of payment
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Story and photos by Spc. Donald E. Williams
South Dakota National Guard, 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
page 2
F
or the third consecutive year,
the Danish Home Guard is
taking part in Golden Coyote.
Tis year, they also have the re-
sponsibility for one of the Warrior
Lanes.
Te Danish Home Guard has
sent a platoon of soldiers to take
part in training. Additionally, there
is a three-person public afairs team
and another three-person team
responsible for the dismounted
patrol warrior lane. Ten Soldiers
from the Utah National Guard are
working with the team to provide
the dismounted training. In total,
43 soldiers have taken the trip from
Denmark to Rapid City.
Liaison Ofcer and senior na-
tional representative Capt. Peder
Hagensen explained why the Dan-
ish Home Guard members made
the fourteen-
hour, three-
legged trek
over the
North Atlan-
tic ocean.
Golden
Coyote is a
great op-
portunity for
the Danish
Home Guard
to educate
and train the
soldiers in a
multinational
environ-
ment and at
the same time show the skills and
qualities that the Danish Home
Guard represents, he said. Its also
a really good opportunity for our
soldiers to learn from their foreign
colleagues and see foreign soldiers
in action in a very large exercise.
Te Danish Home Guard con-
sists of around 44,000 soldiers. Te
soldiers in the Danish Home Guard
are all volunteers and are unpaid
for their services.
Tis means that the soldiers in
the platoon have used their vaca-
tion to come to Rapid City and be
part of this exercise without com-
pensation for their time.
Te overall mission for the
Home Guard is to reinforce and to
support the Army, the Navy, and
the Air Force in fulflling their mis-
sions.
Te Danish Home Guard was
founded in 1949, initially consisting
of former members of the Resis-
tance Movement from the occupa-
tion during the years 1940 to 1945.
In 1948, the Danish Parliament
passed the frst Home Guard Act.
By Rune Kronenberg
Danish Home Guard Public Affairs
Danish volunteers return to South Dakota
Cpl. Kenneth Christiansen of the Danish Home Guard takes aim after encoun-
tering enemy fre during a warrior training lane at Golden Coyote. Photos by
Hlne Mogensen de Monlon, Danish Home Guard Public Affairs.
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Staff Sgt. Michael Kroells
South Dakota National Guard
Role at Golden Coyote: As part of the
South Dakota National Guard Training Cen-
ter Range Team, Kroells helps facilitate sev-
eral learning opportunities including Firearms
Simulation Training , Virtual Convoy Opera-
tions Training and Humvee Egress Assistance
Trainer.
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Golden Coyote from page 1
Let me take
a selfe
opportunity for the National Guard, the Reserve and
the active duty and allied nations that take part in
Golden Coyote, Chase said.
Te exercise is held in the Black Hills of South
Dakota. It is hosted by the South Dakota National
Guard in cooperation with Native American
communities and conducted in cooperation with
the National Forest Service and Custer State Park to
provide a realistic training environment and valuable
services to the public.
Training skills include team building, medical
competency, land navigation, vehicle convoy
operations, military operations on urban terrain, force
protection, civil afairs, engineer construction and unit
mission tasks.
Command Sgt. Maj. Donald Weiand of the South
Dakota National Guard is participating in his 22nd
Golden Coyote exercise. His frst was as a specialist in
an engineer unit. For Golden Coyote 2014, he is the
exercises White Cell NCOIC.
Tis is defnitely the best two weeks of the year,
Weiand said. Te training provided here is on a
level with
anywhere
else in the
world.
Army Reserve Soldiers from the
314th Press Camp Headquarters
located in Birmingham, Ala., take
a selfe with National Guard Vice
Chief Air Force Lt. Gen. Joseph
Lengyel during his visit to Golden
Coyote. Lengyel visited the troops
looking for feedback about the
value of the training underway
at the annual exercise. Photo by
Sgt. Michael Uribe, 124th Mobile
Public Afairs Detachment, Geor-
gia National Guard.
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T
here are about 80 Canadians here at Golden
Coyote and, with only a few valuable exceptions,
theyre all from the Army Reserve in and around
Toronto. Tere is a handful of staf ofcers scattered
around the exercise organization, and a small group of
Civil-Military Cooperation troops, known here as Civil
Afairs. However, the main body is a large battalion
headquarters deployed to command sub units of U.S.,
British and Danish engineers.
Teir headquarters is based on an infantry regiment
called the Lorne Scots (Peel, Halton and Duferin Regi-
ment). Teir name speaks of a rich history that says a
lot about the nature of the Army Reserve what used
to be called the Militia in Canada. Peel, Halton and
Duferin are counties west of Toronto where the regi-
ment began as home-defence Militia battalions in the
early nineteenth century (guess who the enemy was
then!) Lorne refers to the Marquis of Lorne, a popu-
lar Governor General of Canada in the 1880s and one
of the sources of the regiments Scottish style.
Te original battalions all contributed men to the
units formed to fght the First World War, which
Canada entered in 1914 along with the rest of the Brit-
ish Empire. In 1936, all of these elements were brought
together to form the regiment that exists today.
Tere is no system of National Service in Canada and
so the Reserve (as well as the Regular Force) is recruit-
ed directly from schools and the street. A Canadian
Reservist could be a student, a policeman, a plumber,
a lawyer, a business executive in short, any Canadian
citizen in good health and with a bit of education.
Because it is an all-volunteer force, they are all well
compensated with daily pay, a range of medical, dental
and educational benefts, and a small pension.
Each Reservist is expected to serve one evening a
week, one weekend a month and, ideally, several weeks
each summer either teaching or taking a course or
joining a major feld exercise. On top of this, the social
life of the regiment and an endless stream of training
tasks from higher can absorb the rest of a Reservists
free time. Te biggest challenge is faced by those with a
family as well.
Tey cannot be ordered overseas but they regularly
have the chance to volunteer, because the Regular units
that get these missions always have holes to fll. Dur-
ing the last decade, some 800 members of the Toronto
brigade (which is nearly 3,000 strong) have served
in United Nations or NATO missions ranging from
Africa to the Balkans to the Middle East, and especially
Afghanistan. Plenty of Lorne Scots are familiar with
the dust of Kandahar, and thats part of the experience
theyve brought with them to South Dakota.
A Canadian Reserve Soldier takes aim
with his laser training gear at the
manuever warfare training center in
Wainwright, Alberta, Canada. More
than 80 Canadian Reserve Soldiers
are taking part in Golden Coyote.
Oh Canada
Understanding our neighbors to the North
Story by Capt. Bob Kennedy
Canadian Army Reserve
Resource Management Support Clerk
The Toronto Scottish Regiment
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Role at Golden Coyote: Anthony
double-checks medical and insurance
records, making sure service mem-
bers documents are in order as they
inprocess into the exercise.
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Master Cpl. Margaret Anthony
Canadian Army
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Comander of Troops: BG Kevin Griese
South Dakota National Guard
Public Affairs Officer MAJ Anthony Deiss
SFC Don Matthews
The editorial content of this newspaper is prepared, edited and
provided by the 314th Press Camp Headquarters.
LTC Stephen Harlan, Commander
MAJ Jesse Stalder, Executive Officer
CPT Christopher Parker, Operations Officer
CSM Christopher Luchsinger
SSG Bryan Tull, Assignments Editor
SSG Lisa Simunaci, Layout & Design
Additional contributions from:
129th Mobile Public Affairs
MAJ Wayne Asscherick, Commander
CPT Amber Symonds
CPT Sam Otto
SSG Jackie Fitzgerald, NCOIC
Danish Home Guard Public Affairs
Rune Kronenberg, Chief
CPT Ulla Srensen-Mlgaard
CPL Hlne Mogensen
Canadian Army Reserve Public Affairs
CPT Bob Kennedy, Chief
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O
n a construction site at the eastern end of Rapid
City, the many layers of international cooperation,
practical training and community service that are
the essence of Golden Coyote are vividly evident.
Construction engineers from three nations including
National
Guardsmen,
Army Reservists
and Regular
forces are
all working
together on a
new volunteer
training and
administration
building for
the Black Hills
Area Habitat for
Humanity.
In charge on
the site is Capt.
David Dodson,
commanding the
155
th
Engineer
Company
(Vertical) of the
South Dakota
National Guard.
Were doing this project for community development
as well as for the training value, he says. We employ
our skill sets in a way that benefts them.
Te Executive Director of the Black Hills Area HFH
is Scott Engmann, who told Dakota Pack magazine last
month that the new facility will become the training
hub for the volunteers and staf who build homes and
hope for vulnerable, hardworking families.
Te Guard is making this project possible with
their expertise, he said. We are able to get this
project completed sooner than expected, especially
considering the delays imposed by the longer-than-
usual winter.
With the beginning of Golden Coyote, Dodsons
workforce became multinational. He has a dozen
Guardsmen on site as well as ten engineers from 71
Engineer Regiment of the British Army Reserve and
13 more from the Danish Royal Air Force Regular
construction engineers and from their own Home
Guard. For the next ten days, they are all under the
command of a Canadian Army Reserve headquarters
from Toronto, which in turn is under the command
of the 110th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade of the
Missouri National Guard.
Among the engineers on site is Lance Corporal
Ejner Libach of the Royal Danish Air Force, a Regular
soldier who also serves in the Home Guard. It
makes sense to do something that really matters, to
leave something permanent, he says. Tis Habitat
for Humanity project isnt something hed be able
to do at home, because the work would be regarded
as competing
with the local
construction
industry.
Te construction
standards and
techniques are, of
course, American.
Here they use a
lot of wood, notes
Libach, who is
himself a stone
mason. In my
country, its stone
and concrete.
Also, at home hed
be using more
woodscrews than
nails, and more
steel reinforcement
with the concrete.
Engmann
of Habitat for
Humanity is delighted to have military resources
devoted to community development. Wed be
interested, he said, in moving forward with more
projects in the future.

Layers of cooperation evident
Story by Capt. Bob Kennedy
Canadian Army Reserve
Lance Cpl. Hans Peter Loehr, carpenter for the 3rd Construction Com-
pany out of Skive, Denmark uses an air-powered nail gun to assemble
a stairway. Loehr and coalition Soldiers from England, Canada and
the U.S. work together to build an offce for the Habitat for Humanity
during the 30th annual Golden Coyote exercise. Photos by Staff Paul
Roberts.
Soldiers from Denmark, the South Dakota National Guard and the United Kingdom work to-
gether doing masonry work at a Habitat for Humanity offce. Photos by Staff Sgt. Paul Roberts.
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