MSRT: Coast Guard’s specialized force to be reckoned with [Image 8 of 8]

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES

03.19.2014

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta Disco 

U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York

A member of the Maritime Security Response Team's chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosive (CBRNE) team shines his flashlight on an object believed to contain simulated radiation inside a Staten Island Ferry during an exercise in New York Harbor, March 19, 2014. The CBRNE team can confirm or deny, triage, identify, and decontaminate hazardous material, while tactically operating in a non-permissive, contaminated environment. The team was part of a large-scale exercise involving federal, state and local port partners, to guard against maritime terrorism threats. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta H. Disco.

• Date Taken: 03.19.2014
• Date Posted: 04.21.2014 12:59
• Photo ID: 1262026
• VIRIN: 140319-G-OD937-675
• Resolution: 3680x5520
• Size: 8.73 MB
• Location: NEW YORK, NY, US
• Hometown: CHESAPEAKE, VA, US
• Hometown: STATEN ISLAND, NY, US