U.S. Navy Chief Yeoman Zach McKinley, assigned to the Joint Task Force Civil Support command group, performs a communication check with the command’s operations center as part of a routine vehicle roll out.

Feb. 25, 2020

JTF-CS Conducts Routine Vehicle Roll Out

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS) personnel assigned to the early entry command post (EECP) participated in a routine vehicle roll out evolution, Feb. 24.Each month the command cycles two of its six chalks, or groups of vehicles, through the roll out procedure where personnel perform vehicle maintenance, line the vehicles up in formation and

Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS) Deputy to the Commander Casey Collins provides opening remarks during the command’s Exercise Sudden Response 2020 (SR20) staff academics conference, held at the command’s headquarters, Jan. 6-8. During the event, JTF-CS and Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Response Force personnel focused on major movements and friction points that would be encountered during the deployment and operation phases of SR20. (Official DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michael Redd/RELEASED)

Jan. 9, 2020

Joint Task Force Civil Support holds Staff Academics for SR20

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS) and Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Force (DCRF) command and staff held a staff academics conference at the command’s headquarters, Jan. 6-8.The event was held to reinforce doctrinal knowledge and ensure command personnel and DCRF task force planners are well-versed

Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS) Commanding General U.S. Maj. Gen. William “Bill” Hall provides opening remarks during an exercise Vibrant Response 20 (VR20) mid-planning meeting at JTF-CS headquarters here. During the meeting, JTF-CS leadership, along with representatives from U.S. Army North and U.S. Army Forces Command, discussed training objectives, deployment operations and other topics related to VR20. (Official DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michael Redd/RELEASED)

Dec. 16, 2019

Joint Task Force Civil Support hosts VR20 Mid-Planning Meeting

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS) hosted an exercise Vibrant Response 20 (VR20) mid-planning meeting at its headquarters here, Dec. 9-13.Vibrant Response is a U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) directed joint exercise to test and certifies the Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Force’s (DCRF) ability to

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Seneca Linder, a member of Joint Task Force Civil Support’s (JTF-CS) communications directorate, sets up a network distribution box during a main command post exercise at Felker Army Airfield at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. The four-day exercise familiarized the command with established procedures on deploying the main command post, and tested and verified the command’s online collaborative tools and systems. (Official DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michael Redd/RELEASED)

Dec. 6, 2019

Joint Task Force Civil Support conducts COMMEX at Felker Army Airfield

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS) tested the command’s procedures for deploying the main command post and joint operations center, and connecting and validating JTF-CS’s online collaborative tools and equipment during an exercise at Felker Army Airfield at Joint Base Langley-Eustis Dec. 2-5.The exercise also served as training opportunity for

Members of the Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTG-CS) Early-Entry Command Post (EECP) deploys a Drash Air Beam shelter during a communications exercise (COMMEX) at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. The exercise allowed JTF-CS to test the EECP's ability to quickly deploy and utilize the command's equipment and collaborative tools in response to a catastrophic event. (Official DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michael Redd/RELEASED)

Nov. 21, 2019

Joint Task Force Civil Support ensures CBRN response readiness

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS) conducted a communications exercise at Training Area 18 on Joint Base Langley-Eustis 20 November, 2019, to ensure the command’s ability to respond within hours to a chemical biological radiological or nuclear disaster anywhere in the United States.The exercise tested the command’s early-entry command post’s

Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS) Joint Movement Center Chief Tim Fahey demonstrates tie down chain installation procedures onboard a mock C-17 aircraft as part of aircraft load training. JTF-CS holds this type of training at least once quarterly to build personnel proficiency and confidence in aircraft loading procedures. (DoD photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Barry Riley/RELEASED)

Nov. 19, 2019

JTF-CS Holds Air Craft Load Training at Ft. Lee

FORT LEE, Va. — Personnel from Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS) participated in an air craft load training evolution , Nov. 19 at Fort Lee, Va.During the evolution, eight personnel drove four different types of vehicles including a box truck, a two pickup trucks with one trailer and a ten passenger van to the installation to practice loading them onto a