National Guard Soldiers and Airmen support National Boy Scout Jamboree
Pvt. Kaitlyn Williams of the Alabama National Guard’s 337th Military Police Company directs traffic Aug. 2 at the National Boy Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill. Williams is a native of Eufaula, Alabama. Approximately 600 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from 15 states are working as part of Joint Task Force – National Scout Jamboree providing a variety of support including weather forecasting, military police assistance patrols and traffic control as well as working as merit badge counselors and providing musical entertainment for the Scouts at Fort A.P. Hill from July 26 to Aug. 3. The JTF is responsible for emergency services including medical support, air and ground medical evacuation and a 60-bed expeditionary hospital. Volunteer merit badge counselors from Department of the Defense agencies are staffing 26 of the 124 Merit Badge Midway stations at the Jamboree. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia Department of Military Affairs)
National Guard Soldiers and Airmen support National Boy Scout Jamboree
Pvt. Kaitlyn Williams of the Alabama National Guard’s 337th Military Police Company directs traffic Aug. 2 at the National Boy Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill. Williams is a native of Eufaula, Alabama. Approximately 600 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from 15 states are working as part of Joint Task Force – National Scout Jamboree providing a variety of support including weather forecasting, military police assistance patrols and traffic control as well as working as merit badge counselors and providing musical entertainment for the Scouts at Fort A.P. Hill from July 26 to Aug. 3. The JTF is responsible for emergency services including medical support, air and ground medical evacuation and a 60-bed expeditionary hospital. Volunteer merit badge counselors from Department of the Defense agencies are staffing 26 of the 124 Merit Badge Midway stations at the Jamboree. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia Department of Military Affairs)