WEBVTT 00:01.020 --> 00:02.810 - [Sgt Jackson] The Hawaii National Guard recently sent 00:02.810 --> 00:05.800 the 93rd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team 00:05.800 --> 00:08.820 and the Medical Detachment Section of its CERFP section 00:08.820 --> 00:11.410 to Guam in the closing weeks of 2019 00:11.410 --> 00:13.760 to support Vigilant Guard 2020. 00:13.760 --> 00:16.480 - It's important to participate in Vigilant Guard 00:16.480 --> 00:20.070 because we all operate within the PACOM AOR 00:20.070 --> 00:24.100 and based on our island locations and geography 00:24.100 --> 00:26.680 we have to be able to respond to other locations 00:26.680 --> 00:29.090 and support our brethren here in the Pacific. 00:29.090 --> 00:32.670 In this exercise specifically, we were all called out 00:32.670 --> 00:37.138 initially for a super typhoon, class 5, hit 00:37.138 --> 00:41.170 so we all came out here for basic hazmat augmentation 00:41.170 --> 00:44.230 for the CERP but, in turn for that, 00:44.230 --> 00:46.730 a sleeper cell of terrorists decided to 00:47.667 --> 00:50.860 enact their treasonous ways, 00:50.860 --> 00:52.760 or however they wanna do that, 00:52.760 --> 00:54.510 in the wake of all the destruction. 00:55.490 --> 00:56.323 - [Sgt Jackson] The Vigilant Guard 00:56.323 --> 00:59.050 Training Exercise Program, sponsored by USNORTHCOM, 00:59.050 --> 01:01.120 in conjunction with the National Guard Bureau, 01:01.120 --> 01:03.860 provides civilian and military first responders, 01:03.860 --> 01:06.490 and Emergency Management Personnel, 01:06.490 --> 01:09.684 the opportunity to evaluate their capabilities 01:09.684 --> 01:12.050 and identify areas of improvement 01:12.050 --> 01:14.070 in the most realistic, large scale, 01:14.070 --> 01:16.450 disaster scenarios possible. 01:16.450 --> 01:19.040 - So, for Hawaii to participate in exercises 01:19.040 --> 01:23.000 like Vigilant Guard is, actually, very very important. 01:23.000 --> 01:25.950 It helps get the state, our sisters and brothers, 01:25.950 --> 01:28.629 ready for what could be either 01:28.629 --> 01:33.292 a natural made disaster or even a sea burn attack. 01:33.292 --> 01:36.500 Basically, bottom line up front, 01:36.500 --> 01:38.930 is to be ready at all times, be prepared 01:38.930 --> 01:41.390 for any mission that comes to us on the home front. 01:41.390 --> 01:44.260 Because we get to interact with other agencies, 01:44.260 --> 01:46.440 as well as other units, it forces us 01:46.440 --> 01:48.140 to step us out of our comfort zone 01:49.551 --> 01:52.160 and mesh with other people, figure out 01:52.160 --> 01:54.400 SOP's, Standard Operation Procedures, 01:54.400 --> 01:58.370 or TTP's, tactics, how to mesh them together 01:58.370 --> 02:00.590 and solve the problem. 02:00.590 --> 02:02.810 Something as simple as a sea burn incident 02:02.810 --> 02:06.268 or a natural disaster that requires nasty CON 02:06.268 --> 02:08.323 or life rescue missions. 02:09.610 --> 02:13.365 It forces a lot of units, companies, battalions, 02:13.365 --> 02:16.240 CERFP, HERFs, 93rd CST, to step outside 02:16.240 --> 02:17.660 of their comfort zone and work with each other 02:17.660 --> 02:19.980 and solve a problem, which overall, 02:19.980 --> 02:23.700 the instate is to make us battle ready, 02:23.700 --> 02:26.303 or mission ready by working with each other. 02:27.760 --> 02:28.850 - [Spt Jackson] These units consist 02:28.850 --> 02:30.300 of specially trained soldiers and airmen 02:30.300 --> 02:33.330 who help reduce human suffering and mitigate risk 02:33.330 --> 02:36.010 and come with a vast array of equipment and vehicles 02:36.010 --> 02:38.410 outfitted to aid response efforts. 02:38.410 --> 02:40.130 All of this equipment and man power 02:40.130 --> 02:42.662 was airlifted to Guam, as it would need to be 02:42.662 --> 02:45.220 in a real world situation. 02:45.220 --> 02:47.090 - So for this response we were fortunate 02:47.090 --> 02:49.041 to do a unit flyaway and we brought 02:49.041 --> 02:50.868 four of our vehicles, one being our 02:50.868 --> 02:54.150 Advonet Communications Vehicle 02:54.150 --> 02:56.570 which we are able to get 02:58.320 --> 03:01.823 COMs across the net, as far as internet, and so forth. 03:03.210 --> 03:05.820 Then we were able to bring all our service equipment 03:05.820 --> 03:07.413 as far as monitoring equipment, 03:08.575 --> 03:10.033 sampling equipment. 03:11.370 --> 03:12.203 - [Narrator] The Hawaii National Guard's 03:12.203 --> 03:15.860 93rd CST is comprised of six sections. 03:15.860 --> 03:17.510 The sections work together to assess 03:17.510 --> 03:19.460 and respond to situations where 03:19.460 --> 03:22.120 there is suspected sea burning threats. 03:22.120 --> 03:25.293 There are 57 CST units in the United States. 03:26.290 --> 03:27.830 This is the second time Vigilant Guard 03:27.830 --> 03:29.830 has been held in Guam. 03:29.830 --> 03:31.720 Hawaii's CERFP medical airmen 03:31.720 --> 03:33.950 provided casualty collection triage 03:33.950 --> 03:35.940 and decontamination support 03:35.940 --> 03:37.530 of a collapsed structure scenario 03:37.530 --> 03:41.213 where there was a verified chemical contamination. 03:42.230 --> 03:44.465 During Vigilant Guard 2020 the CST assisted 03:44.465 --> 03:47.260 in the response to multiple treats 03:47.260 --> 03:49.293 of natural and manmade origin. 03:50.200 --> 03:53.330 Vigilant Guard 2020 concluded with an air evacuation 03:53.330 --> 03:55.620 of a simulated downed airmen who was injured 03:55.620 --> 03:58.800 while responding to a possible manmade disaster. 03:58.800 --> 04:00.490 This is Tech Sergeant Andrew Lee Jackson 04:00.490 --> 04:03.423 reporting with the Hawaii National Guard in Guam.