INTRO: Army units from around the country have come to Muscatatuck [Mu-scat-a-tuk] Urban Training Center in Indiana to participate in a one-of-a-kind exercise.
SCRIPT:
VOICE OVER:
GUARDIAN RESPONSE 19 DOESN’T STOP FOR EARLY MORNING FOG AND DRIZZLE AT MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE ONE EIGHTY-FIRST CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR RESPONSE COMPANY, STATIONED AT FORT HOOD, TEXAS, KEEPS WORKING, EVEN AT THE END OF A TWELVE HOUR SHIFT.
MOCK VICTIMS IN THE FORM OF LIFELIKE MANNEQUINS ARE BROUGHT TO THE DECONTAMINATION LINE MANNED BY THE ONE EIGHTY-FIRST AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE EIGHTY-SEVENTH ENGINEER COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED MEDICS. ONCE THERE, IT’S UP TO THE SOLDIERS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF THESE NOTIONAL VICTIMS OF A TWENTY KILOTON NUCLEAR DETONATION.
CAPTAIN KAREEM COMBS IS THE COMMANDER OF THE ONE EIGHTY-FIRST. HE BELIEVES THAT THE TRAINING IS WHAT HIS SOLDIERS NEED.
COMBS INTERVIEW:
WHERE ELSE CAN YOU PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS? YOU GET REALISTIC, REAL TIME REPETITIONS OF SOMETHING WE MAY FACE. DEFINITELY PREPARING FOR THE WORST.
VOICE OVER:
GUARDIAN RESPONSE 19 IS A HOMELAND EMERGENCY RESPONSE EXERCISE DESIGNED TO TEST THE ARMY’S RESPONSE TO A MANMADE OR NATURAL DISASTER INSIDE THE UNITED STATES. AFTER AN ALL NIGHT MISSION, COMBS KNOWS THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT’S HAPPENING TO HIS SOLDIERS.
COMBS INTERVIEW:
IT’S DEFINITELY STRESSED A LOT OF OUR SYSTEMS. THAT’S REALITY. WE DON’T KNOW WHAT LIFE’S GOING TO THROW AT US.
VOICE OVER:
FOR ATTERBURY-MUSCATATUCK, I’M MASTER SERGEANT BRAD STAGGS.
OUTRO: Guardian Response is part of the larger NORTHCOM Defense CBRN Response Force Support exercise Vibrant Response 19. It will be going on through mid-May.
INTERVIEW: Cpt. Kareem Combs, commander 181st CBRN Company
| Date Taken: | 05.02.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 05.02.2019 14:07 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 676708 |
| VIRIN: | 190502-A-YX241-110 |
| Filename: | DOD_106700554 |
| Length: | 00:01:19 |
| Location: | BUTLERVILLE, INDIANA, US |
| Downloads: | 17 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 17 |
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