Chemical and Biological Response Training

Images show personnel in protective gear and masks during military readiness exercises, highlighting the focus on emergency response and CBRN capabilities.

U.S. Air Force bioenvironmental engineers from the 509th Medical Readiness Squadron aid a Response Task Force during a readiness exercise. July 28, 2022 on Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. Readiness exercises allow units to stay prepared for any potential emergency response.

031029-F-0629H-011. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airman practice taking COVID-19 test samples during point prevalence sample training May 4, 2020, at the S. Gardner Waller Depot in Richmond, Virginia. The Richmond-based 34th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield Explosives Enhanced Response Force Package conducted the training, which prepares PPS strike teams to take samples from patients at long term care facilities as part of the Commonwealth of Virginias response to COVID-19. During domestic operations, the VNG receives mission taskings from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management and can't respond to direct requests for assistance. Localities looking for VNG support should contact VDEM and make a request.

220722-N-IL330-1087 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 22, 2022) - Logistics Specialist Seaman Tyler Longhenderson, from Cleveland, applies an emergency water activated repair patch to a pipe during a general quarters drill aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), July 22, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Marines with Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN), work alongside Marines with Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), both with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), to treat a mock casualty during a leak, seal and pack training exercise at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jun. 2, 2022. The training event was conducted to improve communication and mission effectiveness between units in preparation for potential real-world scenarios. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) respond to a simulated 30 kiloton nuclear detonation during exercise Scarlet Response in Guardian Centers of Georgia, Ga, on May 20, 2022. Scarlet Response was created to physically and mentally test CBIRF personnel and the units joint partners, the 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company in a simulated joint disaster response. Scarlet Response is designed to test every aspect of the units Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or High-Yield Explosive response capabilities and enable its servicemembers to respond effectively and expeditiously to save the most lives.

First lieutenant kite r.c.j.m. "Hunter" by Mil with the new kite helmet HGU-26 / P, 312 Squadron.

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed Amphibious Assault Ship USS America (LHA 6) puts out a simulated fire during a crash, fire, rescue exercise aboard the USS America, in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 27, 2023. The exercise went over how to control a fuel fire on a simulated downed aircraft in preparation for any real-life scenarios. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit is operating aboard ships of USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

020523-F-5009P-011. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

221011-N-LK647-0370 ATLANTIC OCEANOperations Specialist 2nd Class Dashaun Cox, assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60), sands paint from a bulkhead while Normandy is underway as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, Oct. 11, 2022. The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is on its inaugural deployment conducting training and operations alongside NATO Allies and partners to enhance integration for future operations and demonstrate the U.S. Navy’s commitment to a peaceful, stable and conflict-free Atlantic region.

During a fire training exercise a real world alarm sounded. US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Max Wheeler (Foreground), 31st Civil Engineer Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, rushes to join his crew to respond to the call. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

Seabees Using Chemical Detector

German and Albanian soldiers conduct crowd riot control training in a culminating event known as Bronze Shield during Kosovo Force 33 (KFOR) at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany, Feb. 10, 2024. KFOR is a multinational training event to prepare NATO forces for their deployment to the Kosovo NATO Peacekeeping mission. JMRC trains leaders, staff, units up to brigade combat teams, and multinational partners to dominate in the conduct of unified land operations anywhere in the world, now and in the future. Army

The U.S. Air Force 355th Civil Engineer Squadron leadership team participates in the Inside the Helmet event on the fire training grounds at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, June 17, 2022. The purpose of this event was to give leadership a live-in experience of what 355th CES Explosive Ordinance Disposal technicians have to accomplish when executing real-world EOD responses.

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 36th Medical Group help each other drink through their gas masks during an operational readiness exercise at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Sept. 15, 2022. The operational readiness exercise involved training scenarios that prepared Airmen to conduct various base functions in a high risk environment.

Senior Airman Andrew McClure, 188th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management specialist, seals a soil sample container during a chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear site survey training at the Sagami General Depot, Japan. The 188th CES from Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Arkansas, and 138th Civil Engineer Squadron from Tulsa Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma, visited Yokota Air Base, Japan, for a three-week training mission to train on specialized equipment unique to the local area.

DF-ST-87-11413. Base: Gulfport State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Explosive ordinance disposal technicians (EOD) with 749th Ordnance Company participates in a joint interoperability exercise with TSA transportation security specialist- explosives (TSSE), CSPD bomb squad, and the airport police for the purpose of bomb squad support to the Colorado springs municipal airport, Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 11, 2022. While fostering relationships under Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA), this allowed 749th EOD to run team leader certifications for TL candidates.

Post apocalypse survivor in tatters and gas mask on the ruins of a destroyed city.

220122-N-UP745-2072 Red Sea (Jan. 22, 2022) Sailors in hot suits move in synchronization to simulate a fire overhaul during an aircraft firefighting drill on the flight deck aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109), January 22. Jason Dunham is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security and stability in the Middle East region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Theoplis Stewart II)

971203-F-6293H-009. Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Senior Airman Nicholas Johnson and Staff Sgt. Lewis Carter and Airman 1st Class Matthew Ohara apply the lessons they learned during Integrated Response Training Feb. 28, 2013 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Integrated Base Response Training is a five day-long workshop that provides emergency responders with an opportunity to employ Homeland Defense and expeditionary detection equipment in realistic scenarios. Johnson and Carter are bioenvironmental engineers assigned to the 99th Civil Engineer Squadron and Ohara is an emergency management journeyman assigned to the 99th CES.

Soldiers from 23rd Chemical Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade lead a class on decontamination of personnel affected by chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) contaminants. Soldiers from 4-2 Attack Battalion learned the thorough process to go through for decontamination of personnel through seven stations to carefully remove each piece of mission oriented protection posture (MOPP) protective gear.

A U.S. Marine with Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, participates in a joint explosive ordnance disposal exercise at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. EOD technicians around the joint force conducted a week long joint-service level exercise where service members cohesively integrated, trained, and competed with one another while utilizing experimental technology. The training demonstrated progress in the U.S. Marine Corps Force Design 2030 efforts.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Chase Szoke, 169th Maintenance Squadron structural maintainer, mixes paint for the F-104C static display for a restoration project at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, July 26, 2022.

010322-A-5975H-016. Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

Members of the West Virginia National Guards 35th Civil Support Team (CST) Weapons of Mass Destruction and Pennsylvanias 3rd CST (WMD) conduct air quality samples inside the Lee Hall Water Treatment Plant in Newport News, Va. May 7, 2018 as a part of Vigilant Guard 18-3. More than 2,000 National Guard personnel from six states and Washington, D.C. took part in Vigilant Guard 18-3 exercise to improve their natural disaster response capabilities and enhance relationships with local, state and federal response partners.

MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER, Ind. -Two U.S. Army soldiers from the 561st Military Police Company scan a victim of a notional nuclear attack for radiation during Guardian Response 22 at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Indiana, May 7, 2022. Guardian Response 22 is a homeland emergency response exercise that provides realistic disaster response training to sharpen the skills and increase the capabilities of U.S. Army Soldiers.

220905-N-N3764-1004CARIBBEAN SEA - (Sept. 5, 2022) -- Mineman 2nd Class Kevin Carpenter takes notes while acting as a scene leader during a Condition II Damage Control drill in the Caribbean Sea aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15), Sept. 5, 2022. Billings is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to support Joint Interagency Task Force Souths mission, which includes counter-illicit drug trafficking missions in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Justin Dickison (left), a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) chief and Cpl. Dustin Pickel (right), a CBRN defense responder with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, 2d Marine Division, begin the decontamination process during a simulated chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear scenario in Setermoen, Norway March 24, 2023. Cold weather CBRN training is designed to increase Marines confidence and readiness in their abilities to combat extreme cold weather conditions.

041228-M-0036Y-105. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Emergency response personnel perform technical decontamination the CDP Advanced Responder Training Complex. CDP training focuses on incident management, mass casualty response, and emergency response to a catastrophic natural disaster or terrorist act. CDP training for state, local, and tribal responders is fully funded by FEMA, a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Round-trip air and ground transportation, lodging, and meals are provided at no cost to responders or their agency. To learn more about the Center for Domestic Preparedness, visit http://cdp.dhs.gov or call 866-213-9553.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

DF-ST-87-09828. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Army Sgt. William Liu, right, 24th Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team, New York National Guard, assists Staff Sgt. Mauricio Caceres, survey team member, 21st Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team, New Jersey National Guard, into his Level A Protective Suit during an Army North-mandated training proficiency evaluation at the Monmouth County Sheriff Situational Training and Response Simulator Facility, Freehold, New Jersey, Nov. 1, 2022. The 21st identifies chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear substances; assesses and advises civil authorities on response measures to man-made or natural disasters.

A New Jersey National Guard Airman provides traffic control at a COVID-19 Community-Based Testing Site at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J., March 23, 2020. The testing site, established in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is staffed by the New Jersey Department of Health, the New Jersey State Police, and the New Jersey National Guard.

220516-N-TT639-1040 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 16, 2022) - Aviation Electronics Technician 1st Class Joshua Clary, from Stockton, California, passes information to a repair locker during a general quarters drill in the hangar bay aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), May 16, 2022. Tripoli is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 7th Fleet.

220609-N-IL330-1247 SASEBO, Japan (June 9, 2022) - Aviation Boatswains Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Paul Hlavac, from San Diego, left and Airman Anthony Crawford, from Charlotte, North Carolina, simulate checking for hotspots during a flight deck firefighting drill aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), June 9, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 6, 2012) Sailors brace for shock from a simulated missile attack as they fight a simulated fire in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during a general quarters drill. George Washington and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interest of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Asia-Pacific region.

TSGT Eric Harper, 51st Civil Engineering Squadron/Fire Department, Osan AB, Korea, talks with firemen after a simulated chemical attack during exercise Foal Eagle, Oct. 28, 1998. Osan Air Base is conducting a base wide exercise that is designed to test and improve the ability of air base personnel to function in a chemical environment. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

040428-F-5759C-010. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Spec ops police officers SWAT in action in the water. Spec ops police officers SWAT in the water

220805-N-VJ326-1096 PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 5, 2022) - Machinists Mate 1st Class Lyzalee Rosado, from New York, demonstrates the use of a naval firefighting thermal imager (NFTI) on the mess decks during a general quarters drill aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), Aug. 5, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Airman 1st Class Parker Gronlund, left, and Airman 1st Class Gabriel Hauri, 374th Maintenance Squadron crash recovery team members, decontaminate aircraft debris during a major accident response exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 11, 2022. The MARE tested the bases response to a simulated F-16 Fighting Falcon crash and the ability to collaborate with mission partners. Due to the support of Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Misawa Air Base and Tokyo Fire Department, Fussa Fire Station, this was the largest MARE in Yokota history.

010502-F-4338B-008. Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

DF-ST-87-13501. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DA-ST-87-12937. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '87 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

240108-N-FV545-1082NORFOLK (Jan. 8, 2024) Machinists Mate 3rd Class Earl Quijana tests a joint service lightweight integrated suit technology (JSLIST) mask during a chemical, biological and radiological (CBR) fit test in the hangar bay aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), Jan. 8, 2023. The JSLIST suits are worn to protect servicemembers during a CBR attack. Wasp is moored in Naval Station Norfolk conducting a scheduled continued maintenance availability period. U.S. Navy

050622-A-6017M-016. Subject Operation/Series: RED DRAGON Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAR

041209-M-9023R-018. Base: Marine Corps Base Hawaii State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

240125-N-UF592-1030 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Jan. 25, 2024) Seaman Jayvan Russell, from Houston, right, prepares Seaman Harrietta Coleman, from Houston, prior to painting a compartment aboard the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), while in-port Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Jan. 25. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of the Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interest in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 174, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, practice responding to simulated reported Radiological Dispersal Devices and Improvised Nuclear Devices at Pyramid Rock Training Area, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Feb. 26, 2024. This training enhanced proficiency and increased readiness by familiarizing Marines with X-ray interpretation effects in the vicinity of a radiological source. Marine Corps

Army Reserve Soldiers of the 409th Engineer Company, Windsor, Colorado, gain access to the second floor of a simulated multistory building during Guardian Response 22, held at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, April 29. The building represented an urban high rise, which experienced an explosion with chemical contamination and multiple casualties. The unit was responsible for evaluating the chemical threat of the building, before entering to assess and evacuate casualties via ladder. The specially-built structure used for the training is one of many unique training environments at Muscatatuck which test first responder and rescue teams ability to respond to real-world, state-side catastrophes, such as explosions, hurricanes, fires and floods.

Two members of the Washington National Guard Homeland Response Force exchange paperwork while supporting a COVID-19 Community Based Test Site at the Bremerton National Guard Armory in Bremerton, Wash. on April 9, 2020. Members of the Washington Air and Army National Guard are supporting two community based test sites during the COVID-19 pandemic response.

A US Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) Marine assigned to A/Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LAR), poses for a photograph wearing Mission-Oriented Protective Posture response level 4 (MOPP-4) gear at Camp Pendleton, California (CA), in preparation for mobilization in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ahmon Harris, Emergency Management with the 172nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Mississippi Air National Guard, is assisted at the CBRN (Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear) decontamination station by a civilian crisis worker at Combined Arms Collective Training Facility, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Feb. 20, 2024. PATRIOT is a Domestic Operations disaster-response training exercise conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders. (Air National Guard

DN-SC-90-04226. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER, Ind. - U.S. Army Soldiers of the 172nd Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Company decontaminate each other after successfully completing their training mission at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, during Guardian Response 2022. Guardian Response provides realistic training in high stress environments for National Guardsmen, Reservists, and Active Duty Soldiers to maintain readiness if given the situation of a nuclear disaster.

Brett Ritzmann, chief of Training Support Center Kaiserslautern / Benelux, assesses a diffuser plate is as he conducts user level maintenance on the air filtration system of the indoor firing range, in Chièvres, Belgium, May 17, 2022.

Survey team members from the 101st Civil Support Team, Idaho National Guard, prepare to enter a hazardous area during the Rushmore Roundup training exercise at Mount Rushmore in Keystone, S.D., April 26, 2022. The exercise allows participants an opportunity to validate interagency coordination and response, reinforce tactics, techniques and procedures, provide beneficial lessons learned to expose vulnerabilities and increase effectiveness, and build relationships within our region, federal agencies, and local agencies

220629-N-DW158-1025 PHILIPPINE SEA (June 29, 2022) Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Randy Wells, from New York, prepares to move cargo on the flight deck of the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during a vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6). During the evolution, Amelia Earhart transported cargo to Ronald Reagan via vertical and connected replenishment. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

1990s TWO ANONYMOUS FIRE FIGHTERS IN SILVER FULL BODY PROTECTIVE SUITS

220412-N-XZ205-1067SAN DIEGO (April 12, 2022) Members of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) San Diegos Womens Association Vowing Excellence in Service (WAVES) pose for a photo during a Celebration of Women event at the hospital courtyard April 12. The theme of the event was Phenomenal Women: Providing Healing and Promoting Hope. NMRTC San Diego's mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research. NMRTC San Diego employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians and contractors in Southern California to provide patients with world-class care anytime, anywhere.

SANTA RITA, Guam (Sept. 21, 2022) A Sailor assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Group (MESG) 1 Detachment Guam conducts Close Quarter Tactic (CQT) training run by MESG-1 Training Evaluation Unit in Santa Rita, Guam, Sept. 21, 2022.

011029-A-5329B-013. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN II Base: Gnjilane Country: Serbia (SER)

The Minnesota National Guards 55th Civil Support Team(CST) conducts a Collective Lanes Training, at the Columbia Heights Membrane Plant in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, September 20, 2022. Army North observed the exercise to provide feedback before the unit's Training Proficiency Evaluation next year. (Minnesota National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Mahsima Alkamooneh)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Blaize Benton, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialist, with Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, sets up an oxygen tank during exercise Toxic Bayou at Naha Military Port, Okinawa, Japan, Aug.11, 2022. The Marines conducted exercise Toxic Bayou to refine their skills in Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction operations across unique and challenging environments. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III MEFs comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

230324-N-NH267-1013 ARABIAN SEA (March 24, 2023) Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Jacob Claytor readies a prop M4 rifle for a VBSS exercise on the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60), March 24, 2023 in the Arabian Sea. Paul Hamilton is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security and stability in the Middle East region.

A member of the Belgian Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit inspects the disabled improvised explosive device in his protective suit as the unit takes part in a suspicious package training, on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, March 27, 2022.The training allowed U.S. Army Garrison Benelux Directorate of Emergency Services to test interoperability with host nation emergency services.

041109-F-2390B-024. Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The 84th Civil Support Team and first responder elements of the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, responded to a potential white powder threat on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, at the Wyoming Air National Guard Base, Cheyenne, Wyo.

Members of the 12th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Protection Flight practice emergency decontamination procedures during a major accident response exercise. Base: Randolph Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps, Combat Logistics Regiment 4, Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Platoon train on Search and Recovery decontamination lanes at Northern Strike 22-2 in Grayling, Mich., Aug. 8, 2022. Northern Strike encompasses a collection of unique environments, premier training venues and provides the operational and developmental framework required to fully integrate joint all domain training.

The naval fire brigade in action (exercise dealing with chemicals) in March 1990.

Alabama National Guard, Task Force 31, Soldiers, and Airmen disinfect Bill Nichols State Veterans Home in Alexander City, Alabama, April 18, 2020.

Spc. Katelin Delgado, a combat medic assigned to the 491st Medical Company Area Support, based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, provides basic medical treatment to a mock patient as they prepare to move through a mass casualty decontamination line during Guardian Response 22 at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Indiana, May 2, 2022.Guardian Response 22 is a homeland emergency response exercise that provides realistic disaster response training to sharpen the skills and increase the capabilities of U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers.

U.S. Air Force National Guard Master Sgt. Derin Creek and Staff Sgt. Cody Bialcak, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Techinicians, safely remove over 500 depleted uranium rounds on June 23, 2022 at Tooele Army Depot, UT. The Utah Air National Guard Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron was tasked to execute an Emergency detonation of several depleted uranium rounds that had been compromised.

U.S. Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Matt Miller, 140th Wing occupational safety specialist, assigned to Task Force Shelter Support for the Colorado National Guards COVID-19 response, Airman 1st Class Ryan Terry, 233rd Space Warning Squadron security Forces, and a staff member at a motel where people without homes are lodged, head out to provide meals and wellness checks on folks at their location, Denver, Colo., April 10, 2020. Members of the Colorado National Guard volunteer to support state and local officials combat the Corona Virus Pandemic by assisting multiple agencies in the state of Colorado.

Soldiers wearing nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective suits and masks prepare to place a simulated chemical artillery round into a metal canister to guard against leaks during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Crewmembers assigned to USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) conduct general quarters training while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 24, 2022. Hamilton is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

Hospital Corpsman Justin Goebel and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Christian Hooper hustle to fulfill assignments in setting up decontamination tent in timed final drill during First Receiver Operations Training (FROT) held May 23 - 25. The three day instruction, consisting of classroom and hands-on training, teaches skills and techniques needed to deliver field treatment and decontamination for victims of exposure to chemical, biological, radiological/nuclear or hazardous material.

Local Japanese reporters sit in the back of an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 prior to taking off at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 24, 2022. III Marine Expeditionary Force hosted a media workshop event for Okinawan media representatives to provide a better understanding of what III MEF does in order to enhance relationships with their host nation. The media representatives had the opportunity to fly on military aircraft, observe live-fire ranges, and visit the Jungle Warfare Training Center.

110629-N-OA833-003ANNAPOLIS, Md. (June 29, 2011) Plebes in the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2015 stand at attention and begin memorizing portions of "Reef Points" while reporting to the school's campus on Induction Day (Minus One). The new 4th class midshipmen will be officially sworn in June 30, the beginning of Plebe Summer, six-weeks of training intended to transition the students from civilian to military life.

Members of the Honolulu Police & Fire Departments along with Master Sergeant George Demesilio, Hawaii National Guard, discuss the traffic flow for individuals coming through to receive a COVID-19 test, August 28, 2020, Honolulu, Hawaii. The testing in Palolo Valley District Park is part of the 14-day surge testing’ program currently being conducted throughout the City and County of Honolulu.

Members of the 48th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom, assault a fire on a F-15 Eagle mock plane at the RAF Lakenheath fire pit during a recent training exercise. The 48th CES held the joint exercise with an English fire department, the Suffolk Fire Brigade, on quick responses to aircraft and vehicle accidents. The exercise is conducted twice a year. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

U.S. Marines assigned to 1st Marine Division locate a notional threat of a chemical agent laboratory during scenario-based training on Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 9, 2022. CBRN is responsible for conducting training and reconnaissance, chemical detection identification, biological agent collection and sampling, decontamination of personnel, equipment, and casualties and individual protective measures in first aid for unit personnel.

Suite à la loi à la promulgation par le président Donald Trump ainsi que le congres et le senat américain d'une loi en faveur des manifestants pro-democratie à Hong Kong, les manifestants ont fêté Thanksgiving avec des discours et des concerts pour les remercier.Following the law following the promulgation by President Donald Trump and the US Congress and Senate of a law in favour of pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong, the demonstrators celebrated Thanksgiving with speeches and concerts to thank them.

An Airman assigned to the West Virginia National Guards Task Force provides a COVID-19 test to a local citizen on May 22, 2020 in Charleston, W.Va. The WVNG's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Battalion, the 35th Civil Support Team (CST), and the 35th Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), which make up Task Force CRE, and Task Force Medical personnel are highly trained in operating in a "contaminated environment" and have conducted more than 3,000 tests for COVID-19 in 87 lane support missions since the beginning of our response 70 days ago.

Spc. Jason Brown, a soldier in the Florida National Guard's (FLNG) 1-185th Assault Helicopter Battalion, delivers rations to the remaining citizens of Sanibel Island, Fla., from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on Saturday, October 1, 2020. As Hurricane Ian left a path of destruction, some of Florida's Southwest islands were left without a proper route to the mainland, enabling specialties of FLNG aviators to deliver much-need supplies. (U.S Army Photo by Pfc. Alexander Helman)

On Thursday 8th October 2020, Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, visits two defence companies essential to the economic fabric of the Brittany region. The Minister of the Armed Forces then visits SABENA TECHNICS, a company specialising in aeronautical maintenance, aircraft conversion and cabin fittings. Half of this company's turnover is in the military sector. SABENA TECHNICS will benefit from the government's aeronautics support plan with, in particular, the anticipation of the order for a light surveillance and intelligence aircraft (ALSR). Saint-Lunaire on 2020-10-08.Le jeudi 8 octobre 2020, Florence Parly, ministre des Armees, visite deux entreprises de defense essentielles au tissu economique de la region Bretagne. La ministre des Armées visite ensuite la societe SABENA TECHNICS, spécialisee dans la maintenance aeronautique, la transformation davions et laménagement des cabines. La moitie du chiffre daffaire de cette entreprise concerne lactivite militaire. SABENA

Pilot Victor Glover, spacecraft commander Michael Hopkins, mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, and mission specialist Shannon Walker participate in a SpaceX training exercise on July 22, 2020, at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for NASAs SpaceX Crew-1 mission. Glover, Hopkins, and Walker are all NASA astronauts; Noguchi is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut. The exercise involved simulating an emergency situation prior to liftoff at Kennedys Launch Complex 39A. Crew-1 will be the first operational mission to the International Space Station under NASAs Commercial Crew Program, following the agencys certification of SpaceXs crew transportation system.

Members of the Colorado National Guard assist San Miguel County and the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment with a COVID-19 drive-up testing station in Telluride, Colorado, March 17, 2020. The two specialized teams, 8th Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package are Colorados resident trained and equipped experts in biological hazards. Colorados 8th WMD-CST and CERFP are available to the governor and Federal Emergency Management Agency Region Eight.

Graphic highlighting Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief in Puerto Princesa, Philippines during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

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