Military and Civilian personnel assigned to the Washington (WA) National Guard, 10th Civil Support Teams, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Unit, set up a decontamination facility after a simulated chemical weapons exercise conducted at McChord Air Force Base (AFB), Fort Lewis, WA, during Exercise SEAHAWK 2002. Seahawk combines active duty and reserve components from the US Air Force (USAF), US Navy (USN), US Coast Guard (USCG), US Public Health Service, Royal Canadian Armed Forces (RCAF), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Emergence Management Association (FEMA) and multiple civilian first responder agencies in coordinated responses to simulated terrorist acts inside the...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: Military and Civilian personnel assigned to the Washington (WA) National Guard, 10th Civil Support Teams, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Unit, set up a decontamination facility after a simulated chemical weapons exercise conducted at McChord Air Force Base (AFB), Fort Lewis, WA, during Exercise SEAHAWK 2002. Seahawk combines active duty and reserve components from the US Air Force (USAF), US Navy (USN), US Coast Guard (USCG), US Public Health Service, Royal Canadian Armed Forces (RCAF), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Emergence Management Association (FEMA) and multiple civilian first responder agencies in coordinated responses to simulated terrorist acts inside the Continental United States (CONUS) and outside (OCONUS) environments. The training was conducted at McChord AFB, Fort Lewis, WA, the Port of Tacoma and the environs of Pierce County, WA.
Subject Operation/Series: SEAHAWK 2002
Base: Mcchord Air Force Base
State: Washington (WA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Roy A. Santana, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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