The NH air guard normally flies up from Concord for rescues in the whites. The former Army National Guard facility in Berlin has been vacant for several years since the army guard combined operations in the north country. The air guard is looking to move up to the facility. There is an article in the Berlin Sun but it is behind a paywall. This will be big plus for rescue response in the Whites.
Berlin used to have a large army national guard contingent when the Berlin Pulp Mill was running. Brown Co and James River were generous supporting employees on guard duty and there were many people in town who had been enlisted in the regular services at one point that transitioned to the guard after their full time duty. It was interesting on occasion where a subordinate in the mill was a higher ranking officer than their boss in the guard. Many stayed in the guard to hit their 20 years in the service. A combination of loss of population and loss of the major employer meant fewer guard members in later years. The north country had always had a fairly high percentage of high school kids going into the military but unlike the past with the mill in town, they tend to go in the service and leave the area rather than coming back to town and working in the mill.
Berlin used to have a large army national guard contingent when the Berlin Pulp Mill was running. Brown Co and James River were generous supporting employees on guard duty and there were many people in town who had been enlisted in the regular services at one point that transitioned to the guard after their full time duty. It was interesting on occasion where a subordinate in the mill was a higher ranking officer than their boss in the guard. Many stayed in the guard to hit their 20 years in the service. A combination of loss of population and loss of the major employer meant fewer guard members in later years. The north country had always had a fairly high percentage of high school kids going into the military but unlike the past with the mill in town, they tend to go in the service and leave the area rather than coming back to town and working in the mill.