Soldiers in the Technical Rescue Engineer Team, 178th

Soldiers in the Technical Rescue Engineer Team, 178th Engineer Company, 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, use team work to extract a mannequin from under a 1,500 pound concrete slab during the a field training exercise from Dec. 5 to Dec. 9 at the Combined Arms Collective Training Facility in Fort Polk, La. In addition to conducting life-saving and life-sustaining operations, soldiers wear protective gear after being placed in a simulated chemical environment.
The 178th and other elements of 1st MEB are currently assigned in support of the Joint Task Force Civil Support, Defense Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Response Force. The DCRF is a total force of about 5,400 personnel consisting of primarily Army with augmentation from other services and civilians from active-duty, National Guard and reserve units, who deploy as the Department of Defense’s initial response force for a CBRNE incident.