CBRNE Soldiers attend heavy collapse course in Oklahoma
Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers from from the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, High Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package, or CERFP, work in confined spaces, break and breach, life and haul, shore and crib, all at the CERFP Heavy Collapse Specialist Course taught Aug. 11-15, 2014, by Response International Group, or R.I.G., at Camp Gruber, Okla. Seven Virginia Guard Soldiers attended the course, along with fellow CERFP Soldiers from the Colorado and Hawaii National Guards, which required them to work through various scenario-based training missions in 18-hour shifts, from 6 a.m. to midnight each day of the course. The course builds on the knowledge gained by Soldiers at the CERFP Basic Course, and focuses on the use of heavy equipment, improvising to solve problems, complete the mission and save lives, while providing the Soldiers experience at a variety of different training venues that mimic different types of disaster sites the Soldiers could encounter. By the end of the week, each squad typically moves over 100,000 pounds of rock. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Terra C. Gatti, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)
CBRNE Soldiers attend heavy collapse course in Oklahoma
Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers from from the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, High Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package, or CERFP, work in confined spaces, break and breach, life and haul, shore and crib, all at the CERFP Heavy Collapse Specialist Course taught Aug. 11-15, 2014, by Response International Group, or R.I.G., at Camp Gruber, Okla. Seven Virginia Guard Soldiers attended the course, along with fellow CERFP Soldiers from the Colorado and Hawaii National Guards, which required them to work through various scenario-based training missions in 18-hour shifts, from 6 a.m. to midnight each day of the course. The course builds on the knowledge gained by Soldiers at the CERFP Basic Course, and focuses on the use of heavy equipment, improvising to solve problems, complete the mission and save lives, while providing the Soldiers experience at a variety of different training venues that mimic different types of disaster sites the Soldiers could encounter. By the end of the week, each squad typically moves over 100,000 pounds of rock. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Terra C. Gatti, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)