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 North Dakota Guardsmen learn to locate downed pilots in Black Hill By Spc. Cassandra M. Simonton, North Dakota National Guard
 RAPID CITY, S.D., - Third platoon of the 191st  Military Police Company successfully located 12 downed enemy pilots throughout  the course of three training exercises designed to teach them search tactics. The training was part of the North Dakota Army National  Guard unit’s annual training during Golden Coyote, a two-week training exercise  hosted here by the South Dakota National Guard. The exercise was a search and destroy mission for the  Military Police and took place across six square miles of forest in the Black  Hills. The pilots involved in the exercise were training for a homeland security  mission, preparing for the possibility of their aircraft crashing in hostile  territories. The exercise gave both sides the opportunity to train and learn as  they faced each other as simulated enemy forces. The first exercise for the Soldiers was to attempt to  find seven pilots before they made it to their final checkpoint, the pilots  having started the exercise about 20 hours earlier. “We were briefed that there were seven downed enemy  aviators that needed to be found,” said Staff Sgt. Cody J. Johnson, of  Bismarck, N.D., platoon sergeant for third platoon. “Our mission was to search  and destroy.” The downed pilots managed to evade capture during this  first exercise, giving them a situational “win” while providing a learning  opportunity for the Military Police. A helicopter arrived to airlift the pilots  out, who were then replaced by nine new pilots. The second exercise began at a rock quarry, where the  nine pilots were given a 15-minute head start to go conceal themselves, giving  third platoon 45 minutes to locate them while they remained immobile. Five of  the nine pilots were found by Pfc. Tiffany J. Lewis, of Kindred, N.D. “The great thing about training like this is while it’s  ‘search and destroy,’ it can be referenced to actual search and rescue  missions, such as the Dru Sjodin case seven years ago,” Johnson said. The final exercise was for the Military Police to locate  the pilots as they were on the move through the entire area attempting to find  four map points. The exercise had no time limit, as long as they were finished  before nightfall. The Soldiers located seven of the nine pilots as they crossed  the road from one area to the next. This brought their day’s total to 12  “enemies” successfully captured. Previously, no platoon of the 191st had found more than  two pilots throughout the course of the three exercises. “I think over the last few days, things have gone  extremely well,” said Sgt. 1st Class Mark Scharn, of the South Dakota National  Guard Joint Force Headquarters, who was responsible for planning the  exercise.  “The MPs have done well — from  being skunked the first night to doing really well the final day. Everybody has  a pretty sharp learning curve.” Johnson said the training they received covered areas  such as vehicle operations, since they were driving in Humvees and Armored  Squad Vehicles for two of the exercises, as well as land navigation, cover and  concealment, and search and rescue. “We have learned a lot in the past few days,” Scharn  said. “Next year will be bigger and better.” Nearly 2,200 service members are taking part in South  Dakota’s 26th annual Golden Coyote training exercise June 14-26. The exercise  provides relevant training opportunities in support of overseas contingency  operations and homeland defense.
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