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*This was a TRAINING HAZMAT exercise.*
Our HAZMAT team was dispatched over to Fort Hood in a joint training exercise with the Army last week. The scenario was that a weapon of mass destruction ~ Sarin gas ~ was used at the gym, injuring & killing many. We were involved as the HAZMAT team to assist in decontamination & triaging & transporting patients away from the scene.
GRAND BARA DESERT, Djibouti (September 25, 2012) - A French Soldier gets his casualty card inspected by a U.S. Air Force pararescueman from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron during Mass Casualty Exercise 12-1 which started in the Grand Bara Desert, Djibouti, on September 25, 2012. The exercise followed a fictitious storyline, but called for the employment of real-world assets. While French and U.S. forces conduct frequent combined training events, this was the first exercise of this type between the two nations in Djibouti. The U.S. forces involved are assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, or CJTF-HOA. CJTF-HOA works with coalition partners, such as the French, and with countries in East Africa to promote regional security and stability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Christopher Ruano)
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STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR (March 31, 2015) – Personnel Specialist Seaman Corbette Sam, from Rocky Ridge, Arizona, watches from the catwalks of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) as the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69) and TR pass through the Strait of Gibraltar March 31, 2015. Theodore Roosevelt deployed from Norfolk and will execute a homeport shift to San Diego at the conclusion of deployment. Theodore Roosevelt is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kris R. Lindstrom/Released)
Megan Braze of Hillsboro, Oregon along with her dog Atticus recover in a medical holding area as victims of a mass casualty event are treated for injuries during Pathfinder Exercise 2019, June 14, 2019, held at Camp Rilea at Warrenton, Oregon. Pathfinder is an interagency disaster response event, designed to train and exercise military and civilian response capabilities in the wake of a Cascadia Subduction Zone catastrophe in the Pacific Northwest region. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. John Hughel, 142nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs)
ARC10109/AR62 ALASKA
Exercise Great Bear
[NO CUTLINE IN BOOK.] This seems to be an American colonel greeting members of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry upon their arrival at Tanacross.
29 Jan 62
Photo by Sgt. Charles Shaw
Support Command Photo Facility
Fort Richardson
AT465
DRAPER, Utah - ‘Pilot down’ was the call to action as two F-16 Fighting Falcons, two AH-64 Apaches, two UH-60 Blackhawks, and a KC-135 Stratotanker roared for takeoff during the ’Lone Survivor’ joint training exercise conducted Utah’s West Desert April 12.
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Exercise Timberline
As the Aggressors round up their prisoners after the attack under the guns of their armor from Recon Plt. Combat Spt. Co. and B. Co. 4th BG, 23rd Inf.
20 Feb 63
by PFC Dave Young
Pictorial Branch
Fort Richardson, Alaska
AP72
Clearance divers from the Royal Canadian Navy, Fleet Diving Unit Pacific conduct an underwater survey of training mines during Exercise ARCTIC EDGE 2022, near the town of Juneau Alaska on March 6, 2022.
Please credit: Master Sailor Dan Bard Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Canadian Armed Forces photo
ROYAL AIR FORCE MOLESWORTH, United Kingdom – Members of the 423rd Civil Engineer Squadron fire department remove the roof of a car involved in a simulated traffic accident here Dec. 10, 2012. The 423rd Security Forces Squadron and 423rd CES fire department conducted the vehicle extrication and field sobriety test exercise at the intersection of 358th and 359th streets as a reminder to remain safe throughout the holiday and winter seasons. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)
CAMP MUJUK, POHANG, Republic Of Korea – Pfc. Ryan Morrow, a refrigeration mechanic with Marine Tactical Air Command Squadron 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force connects a hose to a generator for the Tactical Air Command Center (TACC) that will be used for Exercise Key Resolve here Feb. 19. Marines participate in the embarking process, which includes setting up tents, shoveling snow, unloading and moving equipment in preparation for Exercise Key Resolve. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Michael Iams/Released)
For this exercise I decided to use an outline I generated based on a photograph of a lotus that I took last month. For anyone in the group who wants to do the same, I used a free online sketch generator at this URL: sporkforge.com/imaging/sketch.php
You have to fiddle with the settings a bit to get more of an outline, but if you keep the resolution and the threshold high it should work. The best images to use should have strongly defined lines without a lot of details or visual clutter.
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Exercise Great Bear
Veiw of a microwave antenna at the Mohawk CP area at Fort Greely, Alaska. It is used by 362nd Signal Company from Fort Gordon, Georgia, who are participating in the maneuver.
7 Feb 62
Photo by Sp4 Paul DeNucce
Support Command Pict Br
Fort Richardson
AT465
Emergency Services exercise at Barton Locks on the Manchester Ship Canal.
November 2004.
Fire services and Ambulance service respond to an aircraft crashing and hitting a shipping vessel on the canal.
Barton Aerodrome Fire & Rescue Service. (now City Airport)
Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service.
North West Ambulance Service & EMAT team.
We followed this car for miles. The back window was open (though the temperature had to be near freezing) and every time a car passed this dog would appear from somewhere inside the car and go ballistic, barking madly until the car had passed. It would stand triumphantly for a while, having forced the other car to run away, then it would retreat somewhere back inside (warming up?) until the next car came along. And the whole scene would repeat.
They looked like they were going all the way from Monticello to Cortez (or maybe as long as it took for the dog to get tired?) and were going kind of slow but we didn't want to pass - we were all having so much fun. Yes, we are easily amused :^)
(there's a not-quite-good-enough-for-flickr video over here.
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1st MSC hosts mobilization readiness exercise
Camp Santiago, Salinas: Soldiers of the 1st Mission Support Command's Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment hosted a mobilization readiness exercise at Camp Santiago, P.R., 14-27 March.
During the event, HHD Soldiers completed readiness checks for over 1,000 Soldiers. Events such as this are commonly held annually to ensure that commanders can maintain their unit readiness.
"We try to do this as the units get closer to their available year in order to have them improve their overall readiness and mobilization posture in the event they get selected (for mobilization) down the road", said Gerardo Rodriguez, mobilization officer for the 1st MSC.
Rodriguez said MRXs help units maintain readiness for deployments but they also serve the individual Soldier.
"As part of the MRX ... there are different stations and one of them, one of the most important, is medical. A Soldier is completely checked and whatever cannot be fixed at this location ... the Soldier can go to a private (medical) provider and get that situation fixed and that helps them with their overall readiness",he said.
Soldiers rotate through eleven different stations in total where they are checked in by HHD Soldiers and efficiently move through the station. While the process has been refined over the years at times people still tend to get impatient.
Staff Sgt. Anaselly Ramos, logistics noncommissioned officer with the mobilization team, know the experience can be stressful but to help keep the level of frustration down she leads groups of Soldiers through stations when she sees openings. While each group of Soldiers is instructed to follow the schedule given to them for the MRX, Ramos' method keeps things moving along too.
Keeping track of the entire flow of Soldier traffic is a system called the mobilization plan data viewer.
"It shows all the stations and actually it runs the SRP (MRX) completely", said Spc. Hector Rodriguez, from Bayamon.
"It's tracking each Soldier by station ... you can see how many have completed (the stations) and how many have not",added Rodriguez, who is assigned to the 311th Quartermaster Company.
While the process can be tedious for the Soldiers going from station to station, one Soldier working at the medical readiness station found the MRX to be an opportunity to challenge herself by practicing her public speaking skills.
Spc. Jenniffer Gonzalez Diaz, a traffic management coordinator, who's primary language is Spanish, began giving the medical station briefings to many groups of Soldiers. Gonzalez admits that speaking English is not one of her strengths but her determination brought her recognition among her peers and even the Commanding General of the 1st MSC Brig. Gen. Fernando Fernandez.
"They gave me the opportunity to participate in this activity so I can ... help them in the system with the Soldiers, and I practiced a lot my English",said Gonzalez.
As a member of the the 390th Seaport Company, in Ceiba, Gonzalez recognizes the importance of refining her English language skills. When given the opportunity to refine her abilities when she signed up for the Army, Gonzalez participated in English language courses.
"I improved my English, I practiced my English when I took the class but I knew a little bit of the language because we are Puerto Rico and we are bilingual so we took classes when we started in (grade) school", said Gonzalez.
Gonzalez knows this isn't the only challenge she'll have to overcome in her military career, which is why she stays motivated and maintains a positive attitude.
"The important thing for me is to show people that you are trying, don't get upset, don't get mad if someone corrects you because they are helping you",she said. "If you don't know, ask, so you can learn ... the stuff you learn nobody can take away."
You want to exercise. Or at the very least, you want to want to exercise. You know the myriad benefits — weight loss, stress reduction, improved sleep, to name just a few. When you’re honest with yourself, you know you could find the time to squeeze in a couple workouts a week....