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A nine-member team of Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS) subject-matter experts from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., participated in an Exercise Guardian Response 2019 (GR-19) training conference at Camp Atterbury Ind., Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, 2018. The event featured more than 350 active and reserve members from the Army, Navy, and Air Force and DoD civilians, representing almost 100 different units of the DoD Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Enterprise (CRE). Attendees included units of the Defense CBRN Response Force (DCRF) as well as the Army Reserve CRE Alpha and National Guard CRE Bravo (C2CRE-A/C2CRE-B). The involved units are preparing for GR-19, a brigade-level and below field training exercise, scheduled to take place at Camp Atterbury and Muscatatuck Urban Training Center (MUTC) Ind., April 22 to May 22. (Photo by U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Christopher Price)

Dec. 3, 2018

CBRN Response Enterprise Readies for 2019 Exercise Year, Mission

Camp Atterbury Ind. — More than 360 active and reserve Army, Navy, and Air Force members and DoD civilians from almost 100 different units nationwide representing the DoD Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Enterprise (CRE) met for a training conference at Camp Atterbury Ind., Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, 2018 to plan for Exercise Guardian Response 2019

The DoD Defense CBRN Response Force (DCRF) Mission Year 2019 Mobile Training Team was conducted Nov. 27 through 29, 2018, at Fort Hood, Texas. Randy Hall, JTF-CS, explains training objectives to 150 participants. The training focused on achieving unity of effort under the National Response Framework when conducting Defense Support of Civil Authorities response operations. (DoD photo by Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Roganov, director of JTF-CS Public Affairs/ released)

Nov. 29, 2018

Trainers help DoD Response Forces Prepare for 2019 Operations

Fort Hood, Texas — About 150 attendees and trainers from across the nation met for an introduction to response operations at the DoD Defense CBRN Response Force (DCRF) Mission Year 2019 Mobile Training Team (MTT) training held Nov. 27-29 here. This linked with the U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) Leadership Development Program (LDP) also preparing the DCRF. The

Courtesy photo taken from U.S. Army STAND-TO!

Nov. 28, 2018

JTF-CS is featured in STAND-TO!, official focus of the U.S. Army

FORT EUSTIS, Va. — TODAY'S FOCUS: Joint Task Force Civil Support What is it? JTF-CS anticipates, plans and prepares for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) response operations, focusing on strengthening alliances and developing new partners as it trains for time-critical support operations. The unit commands and controls more than 5,000 personnel

Major Gen. William A. Hall, commander of Joint Task Force Civil Support, talks about the unit's mission supporting civilian authorities during a natural on man-made disaster. The Fort Eustis-based unit is equipped to respond when needed to disaster scenes across the country. (Courtesy photo by Rob Ostermaier, Daily Press/released)

Oct. 26, 2018

Eustis-based task force gets new commander

FORT EUSTIS, Va. — Army Maj. Gen. Bill Hall sometimes uses football analogies to explain his new job at Fort Eustis, and that’s understandable: He’s attended two Super Bowls, although not as a fan.As a military commander at Super Bowls 45 and 49, Hall focused on how authorities would respond in the event of an unthinkable disaster. For him, a Super Bowl was “a big,

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Bryant Venable, JTF-CS CBRN planner provides a toxic industrial chemical/toxic industrial material analysis for U.S. Army Col Lisandro Murphy, a Chief Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer, Defense Coordinating Element, FEMA Region II. (Official DoD photo by Navy Cmdr. Jody Daniel/released)

Oct. 22, 2018

JTF-CS supports 73rd U.N. General Assembly Operations

NAVAL WEAPONS STATION EARLE, NJ. — A four-man team of Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS) chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) planning specialists assisted with the 73rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) operation held Sept. 18 through Oct. 5 in New York City.“This was an opportunity to be in the background, providing analysis and knowing that our work

Chief Petty Officer Benjamin Allen (driver) loads a box truck onto a mockup Boeing C-17 Globemaster III while T.C. Lasker (left) and Tim Collins (right) guide him in during an air load test Oct. 9, 2018 at the C-17 Training Area at Fort Eustis, Va. This test was part of an air load plan reconfiguration and verified that two box trucks can fit side-by-side on a C-17. When directed, JTF-CS is ready to respond in 24 hours to provide command and control of 5,200 federal military forces located at more than 36 locations throughout the nation in support of civil authority response operations to save lives, prevent further injury and provide critical support to enable community recovery. (Official DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michael Redd/released)

Oct. 12, 2018

JTF-CS conducts air load reconfiguration proof of concept

FORT EUSTIS, Va. — JTF-CS held an air load reconfiguration test Oct. 9, 2018 at the C-17 Training Area here to verify safe and secure loading of two box trucks onto a mockup Boeing C-17 Globemaster III.According to Tim Fahey, Chief of the Joint Movement Center at JTF-CS, this test was phase two of a reconfiguration proof of concept that could change how the command