Special Virginia Guard response forces train with agency partners in Hampton Roads exercise- May 18, 2011
Soldiers and Airmen from the Virginia National Guard's Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear High Yield Explosive Emergency Response Force Package, or CERFP, conduct search and rescue, mass decontamination, medical triage and treatment and fatality search and recovery operations May 18 in Suffolk, Va., during the Hampton Roads Full Scale Exercise. The HRFSE is being held May 17 through 19 to provide the Commonwealth of Virginia the opportunity to strengthen its anti-terrorism capabilities as well as test local, state and federal response efforts in maritime, hostage and mass casualty scenarios. The CERFP is made up of approximately 250 Soldiers and Airmen from units based in Petersburg, West Point, Rocky Mount and Langley Air Force Base, as well as the D.C. National Guard.
