Story by Robert DeDeaux | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District | 03.12.2024
The Los Angeles District Emergency Management team conducted the Continuity of Operations, or COOP, training exercise March 11-12 at the district’s area office in Phoenix....
Story by Kristin Molinaro | Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime | 04.15.2020
The Defense Logistics Agency must ensure its operations are performed efficiently with minimal disruption, especially during an emergency. For that reason, DLA has a Continuity of Operations Plan to ensure the organization is capable of conducting its essential missions and functions under all threats and conditions....
Story by Shannon Bauer | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District | 03.17.2020
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Civilian personnel hasn’t missed a beat as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although all of the staff are teleworking, they managed to onboard 25 new employees since March 17, when the district activated its Continuity of Operations Plan for a pandemic....
Story by Capt. Jonathon Daniell | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 01.25.2019
Vicenza, ITALY - Before the sun rose over the Vicenza military community, U.S. Army Africa Soldiers responded to a natural disaster scenario that launched the activation of the emergency response group. It was a first for USARAF, a test of the unit's continuity of operations plan....
Story by Spc. Anthony Martinez | 1st Mission Support Command | 05.11.2017
FORT BUCHANAN, Puerto Rico – U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers and Civilians assigned to the 1st Mission Support Command (MSC) and United Stated Army Reserve Command (USARC), attended Continuity of Operations (COOP) training at the Major General Felix A. Santoni Building on Fort Buchanan, May 9-11. The training provided the participants with the tools needed to respond to unusual events, such as......
Story by Maj. Ruth Castro | 1st Mission Support Command | 01.30.2017
UTICA, New York – Members of the US Army Reserve, 1st Mission Support Command in Puerto Rico and US Army Reserve Command in Fort Bragg conducted a planning assistance visit to Catholic Charities of Oneida/Madison County, January 23 through the 27th....
Story by Col. Richard Goldenberg | New York National Guard | 03.27.2013
More than 150 New York National Guard soldiers and airmen, and state and federal civilian employees exercised their ability to take their work elsewhere if the state's headquarters building is destroyed or unusable during a daylong Continuity of Operations exercise conducted Wednesday, March 27. It's the third time the Division of Military and Naval Affairs has conducted an exercise in which......
