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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Stevn Henke, left, a section sergeant, and Spc. Dan Rose, a concrete and masonry specialist, both with the 230th Vertical Engineer Company, Montana Army National Guard, cut drywall in Crow Agency, Mont., July 24, 2017. The soldiers teamed up with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Civil Engineer Squadron to help build homes for Native American veterans as part of the Department of Defense’s Innovative Readiness Training civil-military relations program. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)Civil Engineer Squadron begins construction at Crow Reservation
                        
                        
                        Army Staff Sgt. Stevn Henke, left, a section sergeant, and Spc. Dan Rose, a concrete and masonry specialist, both with the 230th Vertical Engineer Company, Montana Army National Guard, cut drywall in Crow Agency, Mont., July 24, 2017. The soldiers teamed up with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Civil Engineer Squadron to help build homes for Native American veterans as part of the Department of Defense’s Innovative Readiness Training civil-military relations program. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)
                
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        Pavement and construction equipment specialists with the 182nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, build a concrete form during annual training in Crow Agency, Mont., July 24, 2017. The squadron helped build homes for Native American veterans as part of the Department of Defense’s Innovative Readiness Training civil-military relations program. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)Civil Engineer Squadron begins construction at Crow Reservation
                        
                        
                        Pavement and construction equipment specialists with the 182nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, build a concrete form during annual training in Crow Agency, Mont., July 24, 2017. The squadron helped build homes for Native American veterans as part of the Department of Defense’s Innovative Readiness Training civil-military relations program. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)
                
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        Airmen and soldiers with U.S. National Guard pose for a group photo in Crow Agency, Mont., Aug. 4, 2017. The Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Civil Engineer Squadron, augmented by 182nd Force Support Squadron services specialists, 182nd Medical Group medics and soldiers with the Montana Army National Guard’s 230th Vertical Engineer Company, helped build homes for Crow Nation veterans as part of the Department of Defense’s Innovative Readiness Training civil-military relations program. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)CES finishes construction rotation at Crow Reservation
                        
                        
                        Airmen and soldiers with the U.S. National Guard pose for a group photo in Crow Agency, Mont., Aug. 4, 2017. The Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Civil Engineer Squadron, augmented by 182nd Force Support Squadron services specialists, 182nd Medical Group medical technicians and soldiers with the Montana Army National Guard’s 230th Vertical Engineer Company, helped build homes for Crow Nation veterans as part of the Department of Defense’s Innovative Readiness Training civil-military relations program. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)
                
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182nd CES finishes construction rotation at Crow ReservationPublished Aug. 15, 2017
                    
                    By Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer & Tech. Sgt. Dawn Rademaker
                    
                    
                    182nd Airlift Wing Public Affairs
            **CROW AGENCY, Mont. (AFNS) --**Thirty-five Airmen with the Illinois Air National Guard's 182nd Civil Engineer Squadron completed their two-week annual training constructing homes for Crow Tribe veterans Aug. 6, 2017, in Crow Agency, Montana.
The Peoria-based squadron provided services including drywall, windows, doors, siding, carpentry, plumbing, electrical and HVAC to four partially completed homes, two new homes and 10 remodels.
“All the homes we’re building right now are all for veterans, so they’ve all served in one of the military services here for us,” said Master Sgt. Ben Reed, the 182nd CES project operation superintendent. “So, this is just a way for us to give back to the community and take care of our veterans in a new spot, in a new location throughout the country.”
The squadron was one of several units that participated in the Crow Reservation project made possible by the Department of Defense’s Innovative Readiness Training program, a civil-military relations cooperative.
According to irt.defense.gov, the training initiative supports military readiness while also providing quality services to U.S. communities.
“It involves taking a unit and providing a training program to go out to local communities to provide a service to the local community and also quality training to our guys,” said Reed.
The program not only serves as a way to give back to the community, but as a unique training environment.
“This trip is a huge benefit in terms of civil engineer training. It’s really difficult to get this level of training on station on a weekend basis,” said Chief Master Sgt. Robert Gunther, the 182nd CES chief enlisted manager. “But what really motivates these guys and what really makes them happy is to actually do their job, and this is where they get to do it.”
The assignment, what Gunther said he considers a humanitarian operation, paralleled the ANG’s mission to be the first choice in homeland operations.
“Ultimately what we’re trying to do is provide housing for some of the local citizens of the reservation. Hopefully, it’s going to provide housing for six families, and they’re going to be able to enjoy the new homes,” he said.
The 182nd CES served on the second-to-last rotation. The IRT’s “Montana Crow Tribe Housing 2017” assignment began in May and is scheduled to conclude in August.
For more information on the Innovative Readiness Training program, please visit http://irt.defense.gov.Crow 



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