Counterdrug Task Force demonstrates skills to Virginia leaders - Oct. 16, 2014

Soldiers and Airmen from the Virginia National Guard’s Counterdrug Task Force provide Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian J. Moran with a capabilities brief and demonstration Oct. 16, 2014, in Richmond, Va. Deputy Secretaries of Public Safety and Homeland Security Adam K. Thiel and Tonya D. Vincent, along with Brig. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the Adjutant General of Virginia, and senior leaders from the Virginia National Guard also attended the briefing, which discussed and highlighted the support to federal, state and local agencies the CDTF provides. The visitors received an overview of the capabilities of the UH-72 Lakota helicopter before taking an orientation flight, learned how Virginia Guard Soldiers support the Narcotic and Transnational Crime Center, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the United States Postal Inspection Service. CDTF Soldiers also demonstrated the ION Scan, which scans for a variety of illegal substances, and CELLEBRITE, a data extraction tool used to decode cell phones.