CBIRF Marines graduate from Basic Operations Course [Image 1 of 16]

INDIAN HEAD, MD, UNITED STATES

03.31.2016

Photo by Sgt. Jonathan Herrera 

Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF)

NAVAL SUPPORT FACILITY INDIAN HEAD, Md. -- Harrisonburg, Va.-native 1st Sgt. Matthew A. Moore, left, company first sergeant of headquarters and service company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF), U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command (MARFORCOM), shakes hands with Patrick Higgins, Downey Responder Training Facility lead instructor with CBIRF prior to a CBIRF Basic Operations Course graduation ceremony at Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Md., Mar. 11, 2016. The course is a three-week program that provides approximately 145 hours of classroom, practical applications and individual and team testing in chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosive disciplines that meet federal requirements. After graduating the course, each Marine and sailor will be qualified to enter a contaminated area, search the area, provide emergency first aid and provide assistance to nonambulatory patients. Regardless of their jobs, or military occupational specialty, every Marine and sailor with CBIRF is required to complete the course, making the unit uniquely qualified to respond with minimal warning to a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high-yield explosive (CBRNE) threat. (Official USMC Photos by Sgt. Jonathan S. Herrera/Released)

• Date Taken: 03.31.2016
• Date Posted: 03.31.2016 09:30
• Photo ID: 2493960
• VIRIN: 160311-M-SZ602-017
• Resolution: 4240x2826
• Size: 7.11 MB
• Location: INDIAN HEAD, MD, US
• Hometown: HARRISONBURG, VA, US