FORT EUSTIS, Va. - Gunnery Sgt. Juan Ospina, JTF-CS Operations NCOIC, is awarded the Army Commendation Medal for leading the Joint Base Langley-Eustis Crossfit team. (Courtesy photo)
FORT EUSTIS, Va. - Gunnery Sgt. Juan Ospina, JTF-CS Operations NCOIC, is awarded the Army Commendation Medal for leading the Joint Base Langley-Eustis Crossfit team. (Courtesy photo)
FORT EUSTIS, Va. – Michael Collins, Chief of Staff, Joint Task Force Civil Support, greets Israeli Defense Force Maj. Gen. Yaakov Ayish, defense attaché to the U.S. and Canada, during an Israeli Defense Force Home Front Command visit here May 7, 2013. Ayish and his staff spent the day learning the wide variety of life-saving and sustaining response capabilities that JTF-CS oversees if ordered to respond to a catastrophic chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear incident in the homeland. JTF-CS provides command and control for Department of Defense CBRN response forces to assist local, state, federal and tribal partners in saving lives, preventing further injury and enabling community recovery. (Official DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Dietrick)
FORT EUSTIS, Va. – U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jeff W. Mathis III, commander, Joint Task Force Civil Support, greets Israeli Defense Force Maj. Gen. Yaakov Ayish, defense attaché to the U.S. and Canada, during an Israeli Defense Force Home Front Command visit here May 7, 2013. Ayish and his staff spent the day learning the wide variety of life-saving and sustaining response capabilities that JTF-CS oversees if ordered to respond to a catastrophic chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear incident in the homeland. JTF-CS provides command and control for Department of Defense CBRN response forces to assist local, state, federal and tribal partners in saving lives, preventing further injury and enabling community recovery. (Official DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Dietrick)
FORT EUSTIS, Va. – U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jeff W. Mathis III, commander, Joint Task Force Civil Support, speaks with Israeli Defense Force Maj. Gen. Yaakov Ayish, defense attaché to the U.S. and Canada, Israeli Defense Force Home Front Command, during a visit here May 7, 2013. Ayish and his staff spent the day learning the wide variety of life-saving and sustaining response capabilities that JTF-CS oversees if ordered to respond to a catastrophic chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear incident in the homeland. “No one has those capabilities in the Department of Defense but us,” said Mathis. JTF-CS provides command and control for Department of Defense CBRN response forces to assist local, state, federal and tribal partners in saving lives, preventing further injury and mitigating suffering. (Official DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Dietrick)
FORT EUSTIS, Va. – Michael Collins, chief of staff, Joint Task Force Civil Support, briefs the Israeli Defense Force Home Front Command on the capabilities that JTF-CS oversees if ordered to respond to a catastrophic chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear incident in the homeland during a visit here May 7, 2013. Israeli Defense Force Maj. Gen. Yaakov Ayish, defense attaché to the U.S. and Canada and his staff spent the day exchanging best practices and lessons learned from both real-world responses and training exercises. JTF-CS provides command and control for Department of Defense CBRN response forces to assist local, state, federal and tribal partners in saving lives, preventing further injury and enabling community recovery. (Official DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Dietrick)
FORT EUSTIS, Va. - Israeli Defense Force Maj. Gen. Yaakov Ayish, defense attaché to the U.S. and Canada, briefs trends that are currently going on in the Middle East and the greatest threats to Israel to Joint Task Force Civil Support senior leaders during an Israeli Defense Force Home Front Command visit here May 7, 2013. Ayish and his staff spent the day learning the wide variety of life-saving and sustaining response capabilities that JTF-CS oversees if ordered to respond to a catastrophic chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear incident in the homeland. JTF-CS provides command and control for Department of Defense CBRN response forces to assist local, state, federal and tribal partners in saving lives, preventing further injury and enabling community recovery. (Official DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Dietrick)
FORT EUSTIS, Va. – U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jeff W. Mathis III, commander, Joint Task Force Civil Support, exchanges command coins with Israeli Defense Force Maj. Gen. Yaakov Ayish, defense attaché to the U.S. and Canada, during an Israeli Defense Force Home Front Command visit here May 7, 2013. Ayish and his staff spent the day learning the wide variety of life-saving and sustaining response capabilities that JTF-CS oversees if ordered to respond to a catastrophic chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear incident in the homeland. JTF-CS provides command and control for Department of Defense CBRN response forces to assist local, state, federal and tribal partners in saving lives, preventing further injury and enabling community recovery. (Official DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Dietrick)
FORT EUSTIS, Va. – U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jeff W. Mathis III, Joint Task Force Civil Support commander, recognizes Kathy M. Archer, executive administrator, JTF-CS Operations Directorate, as the JTF-CS “Civilian of the Year, Category I” during a ceremony here May 3, 2013. JTF-CS is the only standing federal chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear response joint task force in the U.S. When directed, JTF-CS provides command and control of 5,200 federal military forces-known as the Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Response Force-located at more than 36 locations throughout the U.S. Archer is a native of Morristown, Tenn. (Official DOD photo by Gunnery Sgt. Jim Goodwin)
FORT EUSTIS, Va. – U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jeff W. Mathis III, Joint Task Force Civil Support commander, recognizes Randy S. Hall, division chief, JTF-CS Training, Readiness and Exercises, as the JTF-CS “Civilian of the Year, Category III” during a ceremony here May 3, 2013. JTF-CS is the only standing federal chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear response joint task force in the U.S. When directed, JTF-CS provides command and control of 5,200 federal military forces-known as the Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Response Force-located at more than 36 locations throughout the U.S. (Official DOD photo by Gunnery Sgt. Jim Goodwin)
FORT EUSTIS, Va. – U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jeff W. Mathis III, Joint Task Force Civil Support commander, recognizes U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John E. Allen, noncommissioned officer-in-charge, Transportation, JTF-CS Logistics Directorate, as the JTF-CS “Enlisted Service member of the Year, Category III” during a ceremony here May 3, 2013. JTF-CS is the only standing federal chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear response joint task force in the U.S. When directed, JTF-CS provides command and control of 5,200 federal military forces-known as the Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Response Force-located at more than 36 locations throughout the U.S. Allen is a native of Milltown, Ala. (Official DOD photo by Gunnery Sgt. Jim Goodwin)
FORT EUSTIS, Va. – U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jeff W. Mathis III, Joint Task Force Civil Support commander, recognizes U.S. Army Lt. Col. William L. Borel, chief, Plans, Orders and Exercises Division, JTF-CS Operations Directorate, as the JTF-CS “Officer of the Year, Category III” during a ceremony here May 3, 2013. JTF-CS is the only standing federal chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear response joint task force in the U.S. When directed, JTF-CS provides command and control of 5,200 federal military forces-known as the Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Response Force-located at more than 36 locations throughout the U.S. (Official DOD photo by Gunnery Sgt. Jim Goodwin)
FORT EUSTIS, Va. -- Theresa V. Mullan, mother of U.S. Army Capt. Michael D. Mullan, talks to staff of Joint Task Force Civil Support during a visit to Mullan Hall here May 2, 2013. Mullan Hall is the headquarters building of Joint Task Force Civil Support. Mrs. Mullan visited JTF-CS staff nearly one year after the building was dedicated in memoriam of her son, Capt. Mullan – a decorated U.S. Army nurse, E.R. nurse and New York City firefighter who died while rescuing civilians and firefighters trapped inside the Marriott Hotel across from the World Trade Center after the terrorist attack there Sept. 11, 2001. (Official DOD photo by Gunnery Sgt. Jim Goodwin)
FORT EUSTIS, Va. -- Theresa V. Mullan, mother of U.S. Army Capt. Michael D. Mullan, talks to staff of Joint Task Force Civil Support during a visit to Mullan Hall here May 2, 2013. Mullan Hall is the headquarters building of Joint Task Force Civil Support. Mrs. Mullan visited JTF-CS staff nearly one year after the building was dedicated in memoriam of her son, Capt. Mullan – a decorated U.S. Army nurse, E.R. nurse and New York City firefighter who died while rescuing civilians and firefighters trapped inside the Marriott Hotel across from the World Trade Center after the terrorist attack there Sept. 11, 2001. (Official DOD photo by Gunnery Sgt. Jim Goodwin)
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Israeli Defense Force visits JTF-CS, reinforces partnership
Leaders from the Israeli Defense Force Homefront Command visited Joint Task Force Civil Support May 7, to learn how the unit oversees military responders in the U.S. if ordered to respond to a catastrophic CBRN incident. …

MEDIA ADVISORY: Joint Task Force Civil Support to Participate in Joint Readiness Exercise “Sudden Response”
Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS) will test the ability to deploy and redeploy from a Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear incident during a command post exercise May 20 – 24 …

JTF-CS conducts deployment readiness exercise, tests contingency command post
Joint Task Force Civil Support conducted a deployment readiness exercise April 15-19, 2013, to test the unit’s ability to deploy on short notice …

General: domestic “complex catastrophe” response contingent on training across federal, state, local agencies
The federal government’s ability to effectively respond to a catastrophic disaster in the U.S. has progressed “light years” since 2005’s federal response to Hurricane Katrina, …

JTF-CS hosts 100-plus federal, state homeland response leaders at “complex catastrophe” exercise
More than 100 military leaders and emergency response representatives from across the U.S. met March 5-7 here …

DTRA: Social behavior modeling system can help response planning before catastrophe strikes
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency introduced a social behavior modeling system that may make Joint Task Force Civil Support’s response to a natural or man-made disaster more …

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   Joint Task Force Civil Support anticipates, plans, and integrates USNORTHCOM chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear response operations. JTF-CS commands and controls designated DOD forces to assist local, state, federal and tribal partners in saving lives, preventing further injury, and providing critical support to enable community recovery.