CBIRF Marines and Sailors graduate from Basic Operations Course [Image 1 of 31]

INDIAN HEAD, MD, UNITED STATES

05.24.2018

Photo by Staff Sgt. Santiago G. Colon Jr. 

Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF)

Marines and sailors with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, CBIRF, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command, graduated from the CBIRF Basic Operations Course at the Raymond M. Downey Responder Training Facility aboard Naval Support Facility Indian Head Annex Stump Neck, Md., May 24, 2018. The course is a three-week program that provides approximately 145 hours of classroom, practical application 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 threat. (Official USMC Photos by Staff Sgt. Santiago G. Colon Jr.)

• Date Taken: 05.24.2018
• Date Posted: 06.09.2018 13:31
• Photo ID: 4467525
• VIRIN: 180524-M-QB428-0005
• Resolution: 5760x3840
• Size: 6.26 MB
• Location: INDIAN HEAD, MD, US