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Defense CBRN Reaction Force Trains to Support America on its Worst Day

Joint Task Force Civil Support

Jan. 25, 2022 | 5:41

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FORT STEWART, Ga. (Jan. 25, 2022) U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 92nd Engineer Battalion, 21st Chemical Company, and 602nd Medical Company (Area Support) decontaminate simulated casualties and treat their injuries after rescuing them from a rubble pile in an area with chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear contamination during exercise Sudden Response 22 on Fort Stewart, Georgia, Jan. 25, 2022. Military units comprising the Defense CBRN Response Force (DCRF) participated in Exercise Sudden Response January 21-27, 2022 near Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, Fort Stewart, Georgia, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. Teams from Task Force (TF) Aviation, TF Logistics, TF Medical and TF Operations, rehearsed force and equipment employment, life- saving operations and web-based collaborative tools to ensure their ability to execute the Defense Support of Civil Authority (DSCA) mission they assumed June 1, 2021. The DCRF consists of about 5,200 personnel from military units located throughout the nation who come together to help fellow Americans in the event of a catastrophic crisis response. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael H. Lehman)