Story by Maj. Jean Kratzer | New York National Guard | 04.04.2024
ALBANY, New York--Twenty-one Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the New York National Guard's 2nd Civil Support Team tested their ability to detect weapons of mass destruction aboard a World War II destroyer docked in downtown Albany. During the March 28 exercise three teams of two to three personnel used detection equipment to find and mark radioactive material. Other teams then removed the......
Story by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves | 17th Training Wing | 08.31.2020
“One of the things our schoolhouse teaches is the necessary skills to innovate, operate, and maintain the U.S.’s primary nuclear weapons detonation and proliferation detection systems,” said Tech. Sgt. David Hunt, 312th TRS course instructor. “ … Which is a fancy way of saying that we are highly trained technicians who specialize in detecting radioactive events around the world.”...
Story by Spc. Samantha Hall | Michigan National Guard | 11.03.2019
A gap in doctrine exists concerning operations in dense urban terrain. The 46th Military Police Command (46MPC) of the Michigan National Guard looked to fill this gap through the unifying power of a simulated 5 kiloton nuclear detonation August 13-15, 2019 on the Ambassador Bridge spanning between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Canada....
Story by Cpl. Matthew Atwood | 207th Public Affairs Detachment | 05.10.2017
Hours after the sun set on the disaster zone training site at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center (MUTC) in Butlerville, Indiana, smoke is still swirling through the black midnight sky. A three-Soldier team from the U.S. Army Reserve suits up in mission oriented protective posture (MOPP) gear to survey a trailer park for radioactive leakage and locate casualties....
Story by Cpl. Matthew Atwood | 207th Public Affairs Detachment | 05.07.2017
BUTLERVILLE, Ind. – Dousing out rising flames is a routine duty for a fireman, but during Guardian Response 17 at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center (MUTC), responsibilities are anything but routine for the 468th Engineer Detachment....
Story by Andrew Kornacki | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District | 02.02.2017
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District takes environmental concerns dealing with hazardous, toxic, or radioactive waste head-on with a team of individuals who specialize in the investigation and clean-up....
Story by Cpl. Tyler Giguere | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.17.2015
Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, starts with a bang. Gas canisters explode, grenades go off, and gun fire cracks through the mountain path that U.S. and Republic of Korea Marines begin to patrol during a gas attack drill. The Marines promptly don their gas masks and treat their wounded....
Story by Staff Sgt. Stephenie Wade | Air Mobility Command | 08.20.2015
Headquarters Air Mobility Command, in close partnership with the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, recently executed a C-17 mission to repatriate three Husman irradiators containing radioactive material from Mexico to the United States for final disposition....
