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A HH-60M Blackhawk lands in the grass during their annual wildland fire recertification training near Hot Springs, S.D., May 26, 2023. Soldiers with the 1/189th Aviation Reg., Charlie Co. worked closely with the South Dakota Wildland Fire Division and local dispatch to recertify and stay ready to serve the community and state in the event of a wildland fire and practiced bucket drops they pulled from Angostura Reservoir. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Breanne Donnell)

Staff Sgt. Justin Kolbeck, a South Dakota Army National Guardsman assigned to the 842nd Engineer Company works as a range safety NCO while his fellow South Dakota ARNG Soldier Sgt. Bailey Ruff, a horizontal construction engineer representing Region VI fires his SIG Sauer M17 pistol as part of a reflexive fire event at the Sportsfire Range Complex on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, July 12, 2023.. The Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition tests the adaptiveness and lethality of our forces. National Guard Citizen-Soldiers remain ready and resilient to meet the nation’s challenges.

South Dakota Army National Guard horizontal engineers operate and guide a bulldozer over a bridge during the 2023 Golden Coyote training exercise as they worked on the future South Dakota School of Mines Geological Field House site near Nemo, S.D., June 6, 2023. This project is one of many being completed by the South Dakota National Guard in the Black Hills area during Golden Coyote 2023, the training provides both training for Soldiers and tangible benefits to the community.