As part of the Operation NOBLE EAGLE mobilization volunteer members of the 105th Airlift Wing guard personnel take part in a Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), training session at Stewart Air National Guard Base, Newburgh, New York. The session on defusing situations is conducted by CISM Team member: Major Cathy Snowball, USAF, Utah Air National Guard. At the collapse of the World Trade Center after the terrorist attack, assisting military personnel will be subjected to the same horrors, and unthinkable grief as a frontline battlefield. The function of the CISM teams will be to provide on-the-spot counseling, referral service for members to mental health professionals near their ...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: As part of the Operation NOBLE EAGLE mobilization volunteer members of the 105th Airlift Wing guard personnel take part in a Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), training session at Stewart Air National Guard Base, Newburgh, New York. The session on defusing situations is conducted by CISM Team member: Major Cathy Snowball, USAF, Utah Air National Guard. At the collapse of the World Trade Center after the terrorist attack, assisting military personnel will be subjected to the same horrors, and unthinkable grief as a frontline battlefield. The function of the CISM teams will be to provide on-the-spot counseling, referral service for members to mental health professionals near their home stations, and exit briefings. NOBLE EAGLE is a partial mobilization of the reserves for homeland defense and civil support missions in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE

Base: Stewart Field

State: New York (NY)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Guillermo A. Galeano, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files