8/15/2013 - FORT EUSTIS, Va. -- Personnel from Joint Task Force Civil Support deployed to Camp Atterbury, Ind. Aug. 10 to begin participation in a major joint field training exercise, Vibrant Response 13-2.
Approximately 3,500 Service members and civilians from the military, federal and state agencies, and various units from approximately 27 states and territories are participating in the exercise, projected to last until Aug. 17.
This multi-service, multi-agency exercise will evaluate the ability of JTF-CS and other Department of Defense entities to respond to a complex catastrophic event in a major metropolitan city involving a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear response (CBRN) incident.
During the exercise, the task force will be evaluated on the ability to effectively command and control the subordinate forces of the Defense CBRN Response Force (DCRF) on its six core functions: mission command, identification and detection of CBRN damage, technical and non-technical search and extraction of casualties, mass casualty and non-casualty decontamination, medical triage and stabilization, and medical and non-medical air and ground evacuation.
This exercise is conducted annually by U.S. Northern Command and led by U.S. Army North to test federal response force ability to meet the expectations of the American people. It will feature realistic environments, fire and smoke effects, mannequins and civilian role-players to simulate a demanding nuclear disaster environment.
Vibrant Response 13-2 is the largest DoD confirmation exercise for specialized response forces to confirm the capability to maintain mission command, operate in a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear contaminated environment while on life-saving missions.
JTF-CS provides command and control for designated DoD-specialized response forces to assist local, state, federal and tribal partners after a simulated nuclear detonation in a major metropolitan city.
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