Virginia Guard special response force conducts joint training with FEMA rescue organization
Soldiers from the 229th Chemical Company prepare a simulated casualty for decontamination as part of the Virginia National Guard’s Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear High Yield Explosive Emergency Response Force Package joint training conducted March 19 at the Virginia Beach Fire Training Center with FEMA’s Joint Task Force 2. The training exercise was designed to improve the unit’s ability to support first responders and civil authorities in the event of attack involving a high-explosive, chemical, radiological or nuclear weapon of mass destruction.(Photo by Cotton Puryear, Va. Department of Military Affairs)
Virginia Guard special response force conducts joint training with FEMA rescue organization
Soldiers from the 229th Chemical Company prepare a simulated casualty for decontamination as part of the Virginia National Guard’s Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear High Yield Explosive Emergency Response Force Package joint training conducted March 19 at the Virginia Beach Fire Training Center with FEMA’s Joint Task Force 2. The training exercise was designed to improve the unit’s ability to support first responders and civil authorities in the event of attack involving a high-explosive, chemical, radiological or nuclear weapon of mass destruction.(Photo by Cotton Puryear, Va. Department of Military Affairs)