Golden Coyote 2015
The South Dakota National Guard hosts an annual Golden Coyote training exercise in the Black Hills June 6 - 20 to provide military units with relevant training opportunities in support of overseas contingency operations and homeland defense.
Created in the mid 1980's by the South Dakota National Guard, with the cooperation of the National Forest Service and Custer State Park, on average the Golden Coyote training exercise will allow about 4,400 service members to conduct combat support... read more
The South Dakota National Guard hosts an annual Golden Coyote training exercise in the Black Hills June 6 - 20 to provide military units with relevant training opportunities in support of overseas contingency operations and homeland defense.
Created in the mid 1980's by the South Dakota National Guard, with the cooperation of the National Forest Service and Custer State Park, on average the Golden Coyote training exercise will allow about 4,400 service members to conduct combat support and combat service support missions in a realistic training environment and provide valuable services to the public.
Each year an estimated 45 military units from the United States and 4-7 foreign nations participate in the exercise from multiple branches of military service - Army, Navy and Air Force - work together to create an invaluable training experience. Participating units conduct military operations, train on their equipment and employ tactics, as well as complete various humanitarian missions and engineer projects that help improve the forest and infrastructure of many local communities.
Local residents receive numerous benefits from the many engineer projects conducted during the exercise. Units transport timber to Native American communities that use it as firewood, conduct building construction, repair and upgrades, identify hazardous wilderness areas and make them safe for public use, and resurface local roadways that have fallen into disrepair.
Units are also able to participate in many warrior training tasks and battle drills such as combat patrols, urban combat operations, land navigation, first aid, casualty evacuation and convoy operations. This provides a valuable opportunity for units to train on skills needed for any future overseas deployment. show less
