34th Civil Support Team conducts external evaluation in Virginia Beach

Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the Virginia National Guard's Fort

Pickett-based 34th Civil Support Team conduct a Training Proficiency

Evaluation Oct. 26, 2016, at Camp Pendleton in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Unit members were evaluated on 12 different collective tasks including

deploying the team, establishing communications and medical support,

conducting survey, technical decontamination and analytical functions as

well as conducting interagency coordination. The evaluation was supervised

by U.S. Army North's Civil Support Readiness Group-East in order to

validate the unit's level of readiness. The 34th CST mission is to support

first responders in potential biological, chemical, nuclear, radiological

and explosive incidents and the team undergoes an evaluation approximately

every 18 months. (Photo by Sgt. Amanda H. Johnson)

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