Photo By Staff Sgt. Kelly Carlton | Col. Frank Y. Rangel, 4th Maneuver Enhance Brigade commander here listens to the...... read more read more
FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO. – The 4th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade hosted the Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Consequence Management Response Force After Action Review conference Jan. 12, at Pershing Community Center here to discuss achievements and assess needed improvements as they end their mission as the command and control element for CCMRF.
The AAR conference allowed the 4th MEB to finalize their involvement with this mission and pass it onto the 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, of Fort Polk, La. Additionally, the conference informed all those in attendance the new mission name known as Defense CBRN Response Force.
Conference attendees included key leaders from 4th MEB and its battalions, Randy S. Hall of Fort Eustis, Va., J37 Division Chief, Training, Readiness & Exercises, Joint Task Force-Civilian Support, and a myriad of staff officers and senior non-commissioned officers who participated in past unit exercises which supported the CCMRF mission.
The 1st MEB now has the DCRF command and control as of fiscal year 2012, and is slated as such through fiscal year 2013, said Maj. John Morrow, 4th MEB operations officer.
Many issues and successes were brought up during the conference, however; quick response took a front seat in the overall discussion.
Under CCMRF, the required response times were 48 hours to mobilize and 96 hours to be positioned in the emergency area, said Maj. Robert Petty, 4th MEB, 94th Engineering Battalion, operations officer.
DCRF has tighter timelines with the response windows at 24 and 48 hours respectively, said Petty.
“What do we need to know transitioning from CCMRF to DCRF, we’ve obviously been doing that, and what capabilities and equipment do we want and or need to execute DCRF,” asked Petty in summarization.
Petty then wrapped up the visual portion of the AAR and turned the floor over to Col. Frank Y. Rangel, 4th MEB commander, host of the conference, to invite an open discussion amongst all present.
Many in attendance offered suggestions and comments during the discussion. Specific examples about collaboration with cooperating units, resourcing at the unit and federal levels, how to inform both military and civilian groups during a disaster, and how to enhance communication capabilities in a given response area were presented to the brigade commander.
I want to thank everybody for their comments, said Rangel.
“The issues and opportunities will die if they are not written down, they will die if someone is not charged with following up, they will die if commanders do not routinely review the things that need to get done and hold people accountable for them,” said Rangel.
“You did Fort Leonard Wood proud, you did 1st Infantry Division proud, you did JTF-CS proud, and I think you provided the capability that the nation needed when it really wasn’t working,” said Rangel.
The 4th MEB will resume its role of command and control for the DCRF mission at the end of the 1st MEB’s tour of duty.
| Date Taken: | 01.12.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 01.25.2012 17:22 |
| Story ID: | 82835 |
| Location: | FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI, US |
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