WACKERNHEIM, Germany – Should disaster strike in Europe, U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers and their German counterparts are better prepared to render aid due to ongoing training hosted by Company C, 457th Civil Affairs Battalion.
Charlie Company Soldiers joined by Bundeswehr, Technisches Hilfswerk (THW), and the American Red Cross, partnered for Cobra Strike 19, a recurring field training exercise in humanitarian assistance. The daylong event took place Sept. 14 at a mock village outside of Mainz.
The scenario was a severe earthquake with structural damage to the village, said Spc. Christopher Wise, a civil affairs specialist.
“The normal infrastructure was completely down and therefore our team came in to do our quick...
Capt. George Harrivel, Commander 589th Engineer Detachment, 361st Civil Affairs Brigade, Daener Kasern, Kaiserslautern Germany, climbs up a ladder assisted by members of the Technisches Hilfswerk, in an exercise rescue mission to gain access to the second floor of a building during exercise Cobra Strike 2019 in Wackernheim, Germany Sept. 14, 2019. Cobra Strike is a multinational, multiorganizational field training exercise in humanitarian assistance in collaboration with the Bundeswehr, THW, American Red Cross. (U.S. Army Reserve Photo by Sgt. Christopher Stelter).
