Sometimes you just have to put the camera down
BY: LISA JODEAN CRAWFORD On the late afternoon of March 14, 2019, instead of shutting down my computer and preparing to head home for the night, I found myself standing in a small conference room on the lowest level of Joint Force Headquarters listening to both military and civilian emergency management leaders diligently – yet…
Your future response is often predicated on the past event
When Maj. Gen. Daryl Bohac, Nebraska adjutant general, looks back on his time as the dual head of the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency and the Nebraska National Guard, there are three years holding the most significant memories: 2013, 2019 and 2020. In 2013 – when he first became Nebraska’s adjutant general – he faced a…
The first time the helicopter is overhead is not the time to train on it
Nebraska National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jeff Caniglia will always look back on the historic floods of 2019 as “life changing” and one of his proudest moments. In October 2020 – a year and half after the historic floods of 2019 – Caniglia, Nebraska National Guard deputy state aviation officer, reflected on the Guard’s…
During the event is not the time to exchange business cards
In October 2020 – a year and a half after the historic floods of 2019 – Bryan Tuma, assistant director for the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), reflects on the state’s response and the top lessons learned. Perhaps the main takeaway from the events of 2019 was the need for forming partnerships ahead of disasters…
Think ahead and expect the absolute worst
When Camp Ashland began to flood in 2019, the cadre followed the training site’s standard operating procedure for evacuating students, staff, materials and equipment safely and quickly to the closest armory in Mead, Nebraska. The SOP – which was updated after the Salt Creek flooded the training site in 2015 – included installing flood doors…
Good Life, Great Strength 