U.S. Air Force Leigh Durden, 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...
Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS) conducts Vibrant Response 24, an annual command post exercise that trains homeland defense through chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) disaster response from April 22 to April 28, 2024 at Fort Eustis, Va. and Fort Carson, Colo.
Approximately 1,200 personnel from U.S. Northern Command’s Joint Task Force Civil Support, U.S. Army North, Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) came together to validate their effectiveness in responding to Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) disasters in the U.S. for Vibrant Response 24, April 22-29, 2024.
Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS) is a critical component of the United States military’s ability to respond rapidly to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other large-scale domestic incidents. As a result, JTF-CS plays a crucial role in ensuring the safety and security of American citizens and communities. This makes it all the more important that JTF-CS embodies the values of diversity and inclusion in its operations, culture...
