GriffinShock

About Griffin Shock

Griffin Shock is an exercise designed to prepare V Corps and NATO Multinational Corps Northeast with the rapid expansion of NATO Multinational Battlegroup Poland in support of NATO deterrence initiatives such as bolstering readiness, responsiveness, and reinforcement.

Griffin Shock is a combined NATO and U.S. Army short notice exercise that will demonstrate the U.S. Army’s ability to enhance the NATO alliance by rapidly reinforcing the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegroup in Poland to a brigade size Land Forces Brigade.

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Washington National Guard Remembers the State Route 530 Landslide, One Year Later

Joint Force Headquarters - Washington National Guard

March 18, 2015 | 2:29

On March 22, 2014, moments after the devastating landslide in Snohomish County, Wash., the State Emergency Operations Center at Camp Murray was activated. Once the scale of the disaster became apparent, department employees and staff from state partner agencies began reporting to ensure a coordinated, efficient response to a situation that for many people was as devastating as anything they had witnessed in their lifetime. About 30 state agencies played a part in the response to this disaster.

In response to the landslide, the Washington National Guard's Homeland Response Force was activated for their first real world mission since its inception in 2011. More than 800 Washington Guardsmen, including many with search and extraction training and experience, worked alongside local first responders and residents during the search and recovery operation.