U.S. Air Force Leigh Duncan, a liaison officer for the Air Force Radiation Team, explains what to do in a radiation event during exercise Vibrant Response 24 in Fort Carson, Colorado, April 23, 2023. Vibrant Response is an annual U.S. Northern Command directed command post exercise. As U.S. Northern Command's Joint Force Land Component Command, U.S. Army North is Vibrant Response 24's executive agent responsible for ensuring the training focuses on a simulated Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) disaster scenario designed to validate U.S. Northern Command's CBRN Response Enterprise's ability to exercise short-notice and no-notice deployment of military forces at the request of civil authorities to save lives, alleviate...
BALTIMORE — At the direction of Gov. Wes Moore, the Maryland National Guard has activated 22 Soldiers on state active duty who will have nine military vehicles ready in Somerset and Dorchester counties in case they are needed to support civil agencies responding to Tropical Storm Ophelia this weekend.
The MDNG will utilize light/medium tactical vehicles and High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), also known as Humvees, for...