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A Soldier from the Florida National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield Explosive (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) unit, uses a chainsaw to help clear a roadway to More

The Center for Domestic Preparedness' cutting-edge training incorporates the nation's only toxic chemical agent training facility for civilian responders. Using nerve agents GB and VX, the facility located in A More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Santa Rosa State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSG Randy Orpe, USA Release Status: Released to More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Santa Rosa State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MAJ Daniel Markert, USA Release Status: Release More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Santa Rosa State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MAJ Daniel Markert, USA Release Status: Release More

Members of the Chillicothe-based 1194th Engineer Company Search and Extraction Team (CERFP) prepare a severely injured casualty for extraction from a mock incident site. The Soldiers were taking part in a train More

Ohio National Guard Soldiers from the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force, Sgt. Heather Faehnle and Maj. Joseph Adams, both from Columbus, Ohio, are spra More

Army Specialist Pablo Ramos and Air Force 1st Lieutenant Danny Fraley transport a simulated casualty from the decontamination facility to the Texas Air National Guard's Small Portable Expeditionary Aeromedical More

Soldiers of the 436th Chemical Company setup a wash station tent during rehersal for the CERFP EXEVAL. Texas Army and Air National Guard Members took part in the joint Patriot Exercise and a follow-on exercise More

Troops of the Joint Task Force 71 demonstrate their equipment assets and capabilities at the American Heroes Celebration in Austin, Texas, April 16. The event, which brings together elements from throughout the More

Members of the 146th Airlift Wing, California Air National Guard and the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, unload Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield Explosive Enhanced Response Forc More

Spc. Anthony Melendez and Pvt. Chris Fernandez watch as Staff Sgt. Alden Camaya, with the Task Force 9th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package search and ext More

Indiana Army National Guard Pfc. Alaric Gough, Greenwood, Ind., a 438th Chemical Company communications specialist, uncoils a water hose during 81st Troop Command's emergency response unit validation training M More

Indiana Army National Guard Spc. Brant Crumbo, Danville, Ind., posts caution tape during 81st Troop Command's emergency response unit validation training at Camp Atterbury, Ind.,Aug. 23, 2011. The response unit More

Indiana Army National Guard Spc. Michael Clayton, a chemical operations specialist with the 438th Chemical Company, poses for a photo at Camp Atterbury, Ind., Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Clayton played an integral More

Indiana Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Leslie Tucker, Indianapolis, prepares oxygen tubing for a patient during 81st Troop Command’s emergency response unit validation training at Camp Atterbury, Ind., Wednesday More

Indiana National Guard troops with 81st Troop Command's emergency response unit search and rescue team evaluated a mock casualty during a training exercise at Camp Atterbury, Ind., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. The More

Soldiers with the 836th Engineer Company develop extraction and problem solving skills in College Station, Texas, Oct. 9. The unit participated in the training in preparation for Joint Task Force 71's external More

In this image released by the Texas Military Forces, soldiers and airmen with Joint Task Force 71 participate in a change of command ceremony in Bryan, Texas, Oct. 14, 2011. JTF-71 recently completed a National More

In this image released by the Texas Military Forces, Guardsmen prepare to engage the simulated disaster sites for Operation Sooner Response at Camp Gruber, Okla., Nov. 15, 2011. The exercise featured six states More

Chaplain Wesley Cradall helps with the interior electrical work on one of the Homeland Response Force medical treatment tents during the HRF exercise validation. Members of the California National Guard Homelan More

Guardsmen with the Joint Task Force 71 support local and civil authorities during the El Campo Memorial Hospital Exercise, March 3, 2012. The training event, which simulated several hazardous and first response More

In this image released by the Joint Task Force 71, service members of the Minuteman Brigade conduct a collective training exercise at the Govalle Water Treatment Facility in Austin, Texas, April 26-27, 2012. Th More

Sgt. 1st Class Wilson Nunez, the Search and Extraction non-commissioned officer in charge for the PR-CERFP takes one step ahead of the cold weather that awaits him in Oregon. The Puerto Rico National Guard Chem More

Soldiers of the Ohio National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) search for casualties amongst wreckage May 5, 2012, at Camp Sherman Joint Trainin More

Maj. Pirom Srinual, Joint Collective Training Branch, National Guard Bureau, Maj. Paul A. Best, J39-Combatting Weapons Of Mass Destruction, National Guard Bureau and Mark Honeycutt, National Guard Bureau, obser More

Medics assigned to the Kentucky National Guard's Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear high-yield Explosive Response Force Package team evaluate a mock casualty during a training evaluation at the Muscatatuc More

Reconstructed disaster areas were built to prepare search and rescue teams for real-life scenarios at Muscatatauck Urban Training Center in Butlerville, Ind., May 23, 2012.

A Chemical Burn Enhanced Response Force Package soldier escorts an actor playing a distraught victim of a natural disaster, July 25, at Lancaster County Public Safety Training Center. Soldiers and airmen partic More

Despite the heat and rainy weather, Minnesota National Guard soldiers and airmen from the CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package (CERF-P) conducted an exercise at Volk Field, Wis., July 25. The team is designed More

Members of the Texas National Guard's Joint Task Force 71 visited the Oklahoma City Memorial and Museum Aug. 18, 2012, in order to discuss and witness the lessons learned during the attack of April 19, 1995. Th More

A decontamination area is set up at Fort Pickett, Va., Sept. 14, 2012. The chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense Marines cross trained with the Army National Guard CBRN enhanced reaction force More

U.S. Air Force members 1st Lt. Nicole Hall, Tech. Sgt. Micheal McAtee and 1st Lt. Kristen Walters treat an exercise patient during a deployed disaster preparedness training exercise in Muncie, Ind., Oct. 6, 201 More

Citizen-soldiers of the Puerto Rico National Guard CERF-P participated in the Vigilant Guard exercise in the state of Missouri from Nov. 4, until Nov 8. Service members trained in their search and rescue skills More

Col. William Ward, commander of the 110th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade in Kansas City, is briefed by members of the 1-129th Field Artillery. Nearly 200 Puerto Rico National Guardsmen arrived Nov. 4 at Rosecrans More

Chealsey Steininger, 10-year-old daughter of Sgt. Curt Steininger, a generator mechanic with the Oregon Army National Guard's 3670th Component Rebuild Company, Clackamas, Ore., gets her face painted during the More

Utah National Guard Homeland Response Force and the 151st Air Refueling Wing conduct air load operations in order to validate airworthy load plans of HRF force packages for real-world deployments, Salt Lake Air More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sean Fretwell, 181st Intelligence Wing, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), discusses victim treatment procedu More

In this image, released by JTF-71 (MEB), members of the 6th CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package conduct simulations and demonstrations during their annual field training, held this year at Camp Bowie in Brown More

U.S. Soldiers with the Kentucky National Guard's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) breaching and breaking team, learn how to safely use More

In this image, released by JTF-71 (MEB), members of the 6th CBRNE Emergency Response Force Package and the 6th Civil Support Team support the 2013 Texas Emergency Management Conference, held March 25-28 in San More

Virginia National Guard Soldiers from the West Point-based 237th Engineer Company prepare to conduct a mock search and extraction mission during an external evaluation for the Virginia Guard CERFP April 27, 201 More

Airmen from the 133rd Medical Group and soldiers from the 434th Chemical Company work together after a simulated chemical attack in Little Falls, Minn., May 22, 2013. They are part of a team called the Chemical More

U.S. Army Maj. William Poag, Indiana Army National Guard, Operations Officer for CERFP, in- briefs all participants on the week long training exercise conducted at Camp Atterbury and Bloomington University, Ind More

U.S. soldiers and airmen of the 147th Brigade Support Battalion and 140th Medical Group, Colorado National Guard, set up tents and other associated equipment in order to cunduct their CERFP [Chemical, Biologica More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Richard Jager, 92nd Civil Support Team, readies his protective gear while supporting Denver Health's Emergency Department during a Vigilant Guard exercise where patients have to be decontam More

U.S. Army Sgt. Frankie Ells, CH-47 Chinook helicopter Crew Chief with the 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation Battalion, Colorado National Guard, checks gauges before a flight to the U.S. Air Force Ac More

Members of the Chilean armed forces visit Joint Task Force 71 (Maneuver Enhancement Brigade) July 24 at the Round Rock Armed Forces Reserve Center. Emergency response was the theme for the visit, as the Minutem More

An AreaRae Gamma Responder - a wireless, Transportable Multi-gas and radiation monitor - sits outside the Boettcher West building at Denver University where DU Security discovered notional suspicious lab activi More

U.S. Soldiers and Airmen with the CERFP (CBRN - Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear - Enhanced Response Force Package), Colorado National Guard, and the 152nd Air Wing, Nevada National Guard, assist a m More

Spc. Wade McVay, a chemical specialist assigned to the Rocky Mount-based 229th Chemical Company, trains with fellow members of the Virginia National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, High Yie More

In this image, members of the Minuteman Brigade's 6th CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package respond to a simulated chemical incident at the Naval Air Station in Kingsville, Texas, as part of a notional Homeland More

Lt. Col. Julie Carpenter, medical plans and operations officer, Pennsylvania National Guard, conducts the first commander's call for the newly independent Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yi More

National Guard Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High Yield Explosive (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) teams receive wide-area search instructions at the Volkstone training site, ne More

In this image, members of Joint Task Force 136 (Maneuver Enhancement Brigade) conduct the second phase of their 2014 Homeland Response Force External Evaluation at Camp Gruber, Okla., March 5. The National Guar More

Oregon Army National Guard 2nd Lieutenants Benjamin Kramer and Matt Parker, assigned to the 3670th Component Repair Company (CRC), establish a tracking board for ambulatory and non-ambulatory casualties during More

Members of the Oregon and Hawaii National Guard's CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), work together to remove a piece of debris in order to reach and extract a simulated casualty, while participating More

Members of the Oregon and Hawaii National Guard's CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), medical teams work together to assess a simulated casualty, while participating in the Vigilant Guard-Alaska 2014 More

Soldiers and Airmen learn to use emergency response equipment April 11, 2014, during the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package University, or CERFPU, at Fort Pic More

A 181st Intelligence Wing CERF-P, or Chemical, Biological, Nuclear, Radiological and high-yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package, Airman assesses a casualty during a training exercise Thursday, April 1 More

Members of Oregon's joint-service Air and Army National Guard CBRNE Enhanced Force Response Package (CERFP) load into a plane at the Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore., March 25, as they depart for the Vigi More

An Airman from the VirginIa National Guard Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear High Yield Explosive Response Force Package navigates through a simulated collapsed building to search for citizens in need of More

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 133rd Airlift Wing and 148th Fighter Wing, along with U.S. Soldiers from the 434th Chemical Company, respond to a simulated chemical attack in Camp Douglas, Wis., June 26, 2014. T More

In this image, Sgt. Joseph McCormick (left) and Spc. Julian Gonzalez (right) of the 836th Engineer Company, part of the 6th CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package, conduct a breaching exercise during their summe More

A Soldier with the Ohio National Guard FEMA Region V Homeland Response Force (HRF) stands watch over an entry control point, July 23, at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. The Soldiers and Airmen of the FEMA Region V HRF More

Ohio Army National Guard Sgt. Aleah Whit, a resident of Canal Winchester, Ohio, gives an overview of her job role to Maj. Gen. Leslie C. Smith (right), commanding general of Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., July 24, 201 More

Members of the 623rd Vertical Engineer Company, Nebraska National Guard, Wahoo, Neb., prepare for confined space training at Vigilant Guard 2014 hosted by the Kansas National Guard, at Crisis City, Salina, Kans More

Soldiers and Airmen from the Virginia National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, High Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package, or CERFP, brave record-breaking freezing temperatures Fe More

An Airman from the Alabama National Guard 187th Fighter Wing Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package Medical Element performs a training exercise in More

Airmen from the 156th Medical Group, Puerto Rico Air National Guard evaluate vital signs and assist disaster victims in the triage zone during Operation Borinqueneer Response in Ponce Pier, March 18, 2015. OBR More

Airmen assigned to the 156th Communications Flight, Puerto Rico Air National Guard setup the Joint Interoperability Site mobile communications equipment in support of Operation Borinqueneer Response exercise at More

Airmen from the Puerto Rico Air National Guard and State Guard, Fatality Search and Recovery Team, remove fatalities from the incident area during Operation Borinqueneer Response Exercise, Camp Santiago Joint M More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Elizabeth Gary, 140th Medical Group, checks U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shane Brown, Headquarters Support Company Detachment 2, 147th Brigade Support Battalion, vitals as a part of the Colorado Na More

U.S. Army Spec. Andrew Hisel uses a jack hammer to break through reinforced cement April 16 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst under the guidance of New Jersey Task Force One urban search and rescue instructor More

Soldiers with the 836th Chemical Company, 6th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package, Joint Task Force 136 (Maneuver Enhancement Brigade), describe More

Members of the Hawaii Air National Guard's Fatality, Search, and Recovery Team practice fatality transport while having Powered Air Respirator suits donned at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 29, 2 More

Oregon Soldiers with the 102nd Civil Support Team stage ramps to offload their equipment in support of Vigilant Guard/Makani Pahili 2015 disaster preparedness exercise June 2, at Kalaeloa, Hawaii. VGMP15 is a U More

Spc. Michael Graham, a maintenance specialist with the California Army National Guard 49th Military Police Brigade (Homeland Response Force), prepares a pallet of supplies to be loaded onto a C130 headed for Ha More

Staff Sgt. Rodolfo Acosta, 227th Brigade Engineer Battalion Combat Engineer, conducts refresher training to assist company Soldiers in applying their skills to stabilize collapsed structures during Vigilant Gua More

Sgt. Maj. Maria Preston, the logistics noncommissioned officer in charge with the 49th Military Police Brigade (Homeland Response Force) explains to the logistics section how the search and extraction team work More

A member of the Hawaii National Guard CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) is equipped and ready to apply his training to search and extraction, decontamination, medical, and command and control operat More

Master Sgt. Robert Bogle, 155th Fire Department, helps inflate a rescue raft the 155th Air Refueling Wing Domestic Operations training session, showcasing the Nebraska Air National Guard's capabilities in emerg More

Members of the Hawaii National Guard CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) utilize their decontamination training to treat an injured role player during Vigilant Guard/Makani Pahili 2015 disaster prepar More

Staff Sgt. Bernie Lagasca, Spc. Sean Chaffin and Capt. Matthew Roland, Judge Adjutant General personnel with the California Army National Guard 49th Military Police Brigade (Homeland Response Force) work at the More

Soldiers and Airmen of Joint Task Force 136 (Maneuver Enhancement Brigade) bid a fond farewell to outgoing commander Col. Lee. D. Schnell, and welcomed Col. Scott Mac Leod and his family during the JTF-136 (MEB More

Members of the Texas Army National Guard's 436th Chemical Company conduct weapons training at Camp Swift in Bastrop, Texas, July 15, 2015. This training focused on crew-served weapons such as the M249 light mac More

Morgan Bilgrien, a role-player at the 2015 PATRIOT Exercise with a simulated head injury, at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis., July 21, 2015. Bilgrien is taking part in the annual PATRIOT Exer More

A member of Nebraska's CERFP uses a Joint Chemical Agent Detector, or JCAD, during Patriot Exercise 2015 at Volk Field, Wis., July 22, 2015.

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Nicholas J. Boire, left, reviews the execution plan during a simulated search and rescue mission as part of Exercise Gema Bhakti in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept. 17, 2015, as instructors U More

Spc. Jerrico Lloyd, Spc. Dylan Reed, Spc. Daniela Rivera and Spc. Margil Garcia, soldiers from the 436th Chemical Company, 6th CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package, 136th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Texas Ar More

Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, High Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package, or CERFP, train during Sovereign Guardian 2016 with More

Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, High Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package, or CERFP, train during Sovereign Guardian 2016 with More

Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, High Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package, or CERFP, train during Sovereign Guardian 2016 with More

Airmen from the Hawaii Air National Guard's Detachment 1, Headquarters 154th Medical prepare for search and rescue scenarios during a Collective Training Exercise at Kalaeloa, Hawaii, Mar. 23, 2016. This was th More

Capt. Joubert Paulino (right), 33rd Civil Support Team nuclear medical science officer, District of Columbia National Guard does a run through of lab equipment and processes with Capt. Brian Quigley (left), 9th More

Soldiers with theTexas Natonal Guard's 836th Sapper Co., 6th CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package – CERFP, part of the Joint Task Force 136th (Maneuver Enhancement Brigade), raise their tactical operations ce More

U.S. Airmen and Soldiers from the Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th Medical Group, Detachment 1, and the Georgia National Guard’s 248th Medical Company, carry a portable medical tent to a set-up area during Ex More

The ‪‎Masschusetts Air National Guard, 102nd Medical Group was on the ground in support of civilian authorities for the 120th Boston Marathon. The 102nd team is part of the Enhanced Response Force Package (CERF More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Koch, 116th Medical Group, Detachment 1, Georgia Air National Guard, checks Master Sgt. Viviana Grisales blood pressure during Exercise Operation Nuclear Tide Hazard at Fort M More

A search and extraction medic, center, with the 116th Medical Group, Detachment 1, Georgia Air National Guard, and two Soldiers from 810th Engineer Company, Georgia National Guard, inspect ropes as they prepare More