34th Civil Support Team conducts air movement to Fort Pickett
Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the Virginia National Guard’s Fort Pickett-based 34th Civil Support Team practice moving their seven-person strike team and equipment by helicopter transport May 10, 2018, at Camp Pendleton State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The training was part of Vigilant Guard 18-3, an emergency response exercise with more than 2,000 National Guard personnel from six states and Washington, D.C., working to improve their ability to respond to a natural disaster and enhance relationships with local, state and federal emergency response partners. The mission of a National Guard civil support team is to support civil authorities in the event of a domestic chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear incident with the identification and assessment of hazards, advice to civil authorities and facilitating the arrival of follow-on military forces. Read more Vigilant Guard 18-3 at go.usa.gov/xQ5SN (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Bryan Myhr)
34th Civil Support Team conducts air movement to Fort Pickett
Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the Virginia National Guard’s Fort Pickett-based 34th Civil Support Team practice moving their seven-person strike team and equipment by helicopter transport May 10, 2018, at Camp Pendleton State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The training was part of Vigilant Guard 18-3, an emergency response exercise with more than 2,000 National Guard personnel from six states and Washington, D.C., working to improve their ability to respond to a natural disaster and enhance relationships with local, state and federal emergency response partners. The mission of a National Guard civil support team is to support civil authorities in the event of a domestic chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear incident with the identification and assessment of hazards, advice to civil authorities and facilitating the arrival of follow-on military forces. Read more Vigilant Guard 18-3 at go.usa.gov/xQ5SN (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Bryan Myhr)