A U.S. Army UH-60 crew from 1st Battalion 168th General Support Aviation, Colorado Army National Guard respond to a medical evacuation call at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Aug. 4, 2017.

Dr. Srinivas Ginjupalli, chief of staff, VA Medical Center of Grand Junction; The Adjutant General of Colorado and Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Military of Veterans Affairs Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael Loh; and Michael "Mickey" Hunt, Deputy Executive Director of the Colorado DMVA break ground at the site of the future Western Region OneSource July 20, 2018. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Maj. Darin Overstreet)

Roughly 200 Colorado National Guard Soldiers and Airmen spent September 17-20 training at the North Metro Fire Training Center in Thornton, Colo., in preparation for a National Guard Bureau evaluation, or ExEval. The unit is called a CERFP team which stands for C=CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives) Enhanced Response Force Package and must be evaluated every couple of years by NGB to ensure that they are meeting standards and are prepared to support incidents within Colorado or anywhere within the U.S. The Colorado teams are comprised of members from the 140th Wing from Buckley AFB, the 233d Space Group from Greeley, the 147th Brigade Battalion from Ft. Collins and the 3650th Maintenance Company from Longmont. Each team provides the necessary functionality to assist local authorities in extraction, communication, decontamination and medical assistance so that victims can be safely removed from a disaster and cared for appropriately.(U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. John Rohrer)

SSG Jenna Ashby, Colorado Army National Guard Drill Sergeant with the Recruit Sustainment Program (RSP), instructs a formation of enlistees at Fort Carson, Colo. about proper Drill & Ceremony on June 9, 2018. The RSP helps new recruits succeed when they ship off to Basic Training by teaching them the essentials of the Army including physical fitness, mental toughness and military protocol and procedures.

Joint terminal attack controllers (JTAC) from the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) conduct urban warfare training exercises during Adriatic Strike 2018, Celje, Slovenia, June 4, 2018. The Colorado Air National Guard,140th Wing, Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, brought four F-16 Fighting Falcons and approximately 40 support personnel to particpate in Adriatic Strike 2018, a Slovenian-led JTAC training attended by 22 other NATO nations to conduct interoperability training and joint readiness capabilities among the NATO allies and partners. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michelle Y. Alvarez-Rea)

Special Forces Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Colorado Army National Guard, demonstrate special forces gear and equipment at an undisclosed location for this undated 2017 photo.

Two F-16 Fighting Falcons return from a sortie during Adriatic Strike 2018, Cerklje ob Krki Air Base, Slovenia, June 6, 2018. The Colorado Air National Guard, 140th Wing, Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, brought four F-16 Fighting Falcons and approximately 40 support personnel to participate in Adriatic Strike 2018, a Slovenian-led JTAC training attended by 22 other NATO nations to conduct interoperability training and joint readiness capabilities among the NATO allies and partners. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michelle Y. Alvarez-Rea)

A crowd watches at the Ronald Reagan viewing site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California as the Missile Defense Agency launches its Ground-based Interceptor Jan. 26, 2013. The Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle, the payload of a Ground-Based Interceptor, uses the kinetic energy from a direct hit to destroy an incoming target. (Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Benjamin Crane/RELEASED)