Col. Dick Francey, who served as the commander of the

Col. Dick Francey, who served as the commander of the operations group during Vibrant Response 13, briefs Lt. Gen William Caldwell IV, the exercise director, on the current and planned operations for the day July 31. The 19-day major incident exercise features more than 9,000 service members and civilians from throughout the United States participating in approximately 200 live training events at 50 training venues to face a daunting scenario: A (simulated) 10-kiloton nuclear detonation in a major Midwestern city. Francey is U.S. Army North’s chief of staff; Caldwell is the commanding general of U.S. Army North and senior commander of Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Lee Ezzell)