June 4, 2024

Forging New Frontiers: Collaborative Exercise Combines Federal and Military Disaster-Response Training

FORT EUSTIS, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES — The need to work seamlessly alongside one another and understand how each entity operates is a critical aspect of success when organizations come together to respond following an emergency or crisis. During disaster response exercises, the importance of connecting responding agencies early to reinforce relationships and increase interoperability

June 4, 2024

Critical Change Before the Disaster: The Necessity of Modernizing the Approach to Domestic Post Nuclear Response

FORT EUSTIS, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES — At 9:01 a.m., a box truck explodes in a downtown commercial district, releasing a lethal dose of radiation and inflicting third-degree burns on people up to three quarters of a mile away. The shock wave levels buildings within a half mile of the blast and damages structures up to a mile away. Those lucky enough to be two miles from the blast endure

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 520th Area Support Medical Company, 56th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 62nd Medical Brigade and Mexican army personnel assigned the 19th Motorized Cavalry Regiment transport a simulated casualty from an HH-60M Blackhawk helicopter attached to the 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, from Hunter Army Airfield, Ga., Regiment during medical evacuation training as part of exercise Fuerzas Amigas 2022 at Campo Militar Reynosa, Mexico, Oct. 18, 2022.

Oct. 20, 2022

U.S. Army North, Joint Task Force Civil Support begin annual exercise with Mexican Army

MCALLEN, TEXAS — Fuerzas Amigas 2022, a binational disaster-response exercise between the U.S. and Mexican militaries, began on October 17, 2022, and will run through October 21, 2022, along the U.S.- Mexican border.The annual exercise will work to improve disaster-response readiness and strengthen the two nations’ cooperative relationship. The training will

Aug. 24, 2022

To support, not to command — a Fort Eustis unit stands ready to help when civilian authorities call for aid

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Jan. 7, 2022

Military hospital support to FEMA begins in Indiana, Wisconsin, , continues in five states

SAN ANTONIO — At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 40 military medical personnel will deploy in two new teams – one 20-person team to Indiana, and one 20-person team to Wisconsin – to support civilian healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients.“Since COVID began, our military medical personnel have been committed to

Jan. 7, 2022

Military hospital support to FEMA begins in New Hampshire, New York, continues in eight states

SAN ANTONIO — At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 35 military medical personnel will deploy in two new teams – one 15-person team to New Hampshire, and one 20-person team to New York – to support civilian healthcare workerstreating COVID-19 patients.“Military medical personnel are just one of the many tools available to the