Story by Lt. Col. John Stamm | Joint Task Force Civil Support | 09.17.2025
On Tuesday, 3 September 2025, JTF-CS hosted a delegation from the ROK’s Ministry of National Defense at command headquarters on Ft. Eustis, Virginia, where experts from JTF-CS and the ROK MND discussed the importance of a standing South Korean CBRN CMU and the ramifications of a lack thereof....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Walvoord | Joint Task Force Civil Support | 02.09.2024
Joint Task Force-Civil Support (JTF-CS) held a change of command ceremony at its headquarters today, marking a significant transition in leadership for the U.S. Northern Command’s only joint task force specifically assigned to assist civil authorities in catastrophic disasters. The ceremony saw the outgoing commander, Army Col. Carl “Lamar" Parsons, passing the mantle to the incoming......
Courtesy Story | Joint Task Force Civil Support | 08.11.2023
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) must modernize how we train and equip the active duty military component to prepare for a nuclear detonation response. What’s more, this preparation must be done within the ever-evolving landscape of modern metropolitan areas preferably alongside local and state agencies. Taking full advantage of the fact that we have not yet faced this scenario to......
Story by Lori Bultman | 502d Air Base Wing | 02.05.2020
Members of Joint Task Force Civil Support, or JTF-CS, at the direction of U.S. Army North and U.S. Northern Command, rehearsed force and equipment employment, life-saving operations, and web-based command and control collaborative tools Jan. 23 to 29 in Killeen, Austin and Fort Hood, Texas, to ensure capabilities for Defense Support of Civil Authorities....
Story by Sgt. Nelson Robles | 13th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.27.2016
Urban search and rescue platoons from Joint Task Force Civil Support converged on the training grounds of Fort Hood, Texas Aug. 24 to 28 to practice their life-saving mission in a variety of disaster response situations....
Story by Sgt. Marcus Floyd | 13th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.25.2016
Soldiers with Joint Task Force Civil Support honed their disaster response skills during realistic decontamination training Aug. 25, as part of Exercise Sudden Response 16 at Ft. Hood, Texas....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Dietrick | Joint Task Force Civil Support | 12.17.2014
Each year the Air Force Association selects one Air Force civilian employee to receive the Outstanding Civilian Employee of the Year Award. One of Joint Task Force Civil Support’s own has moved one step closer to receiving that honor....
Courtesy Story | Joint Task Force Civil Support | 12.07.2014
Army Lt. Col. Jennifer Howe, Joint Task Force Civil Support protection cell officer in charge, has a vast knowledge of what it takes to lead and train America’s land force against anti-terrorism....
