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AFIMSC members earn 2024 Air Force Civil Engineer Awards
March 10, 2025 — Five Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center members recently won 2024 Air Force Civil Engineer Awards for their outstanding performance this past year... MORE

2024 USAF CE Awards graphic displaying the trophies for the awards

149th Medical Group participates in emergency medical response exercise
May 1, 2024 — Members of the U.S. Air Force 149th Medical Group at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, and the U.S. Army's 454th Engineer Company, from San Angelo, Texas, took part in a training exercise at Camp Swift in Bastrop, Texas, on April 13, 2024. ... MORE

U.S. Army North wraps up annual homeland defense Vibrant Response exercise
May 17, 2023 — U.S. Army North, U.S. Northern Command’s Joint Force Land Component Command, oversaw approximately 2,500 military and civilian personnel assigned to numerous military organizations across the country during its annual disaster response training exercise, Vibrant Response, which took place April 24 through May 12, 2023... MORE

Vibrant Response reaches new heights with emergency deployment readiness exercises

149th Medical Group performs hazardous materials training exercise
April 5, 2022 — Members of the 149th Medical Group at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland recently went through Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Enhanced Response Force Package, or CERFP, hazardous material response training March 18 to test their ability to move in a convoy and quickly set up and operate a field medical facility... MORE

319th Training Squadron lays foundation for CBRN training
October 8, 2021 — Airmen and Guardians are able to operate in a ready state and continue the mission when chemicals are present, thanks to their Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense training... MORE

Trainees take part in CBRN Defense training.

Exercise Sudden Response 20 showcases task force support to civil authorities
February 5, 2020 — Members of Joint Task Force Civil Support, or JTF-CS, at the direction of U.S. Army North and U.S. Northern Command, rehearsed force and equipment employment, life-saving operations, and web-based command and control collaborative tools Jan. 23 to 29 in Killeen, Austin and Fort Hood, Texas, to ensure capabilities for Defense Support of Civil Authorities... MORE

Service members assigned to the 3rd Platoon, 68th Engineer Company urban rescue team conduct a car rescue during a simulated urban search and rescue mission Jan. 25 as part of Exercise Sudden Response 20.

Army Medical Department Board test auto-injectors, gets feedback from Soldiers
December 27, 2019 — The nerve agent antidote auto-injector is something no Soldier ever wants to use on the battlefield, as the effects of chemical and biological weapons are horrific... MORE

While training during a simulated Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear, or CBRN, attack at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, a Soldier checks a causality's Mission Oriented Protective Posture, or MOPP, mask.

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear training -- as real as it gets
November 5, 2019 — The U.S. Army North Civil Support Training Activity certified the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear training of Soldiers from the 3rd Platoon, 68th Engineer Company from Fort Hood, Texas during an exercise at the San Antonio Firefighter Training Facility... MORE

An observer/trainer from U.S. Army North Civil Support Training Activity evaluates decontamination procedures performed by 3rd Platoon, 68th Engineer Company during a two-day Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear training and certification exercise. The training was held at the San Antonio Firefighter Training Facility Oct. 22-23.

Army North heads underground to train in NYC
October 3, 2019 — The U.S. Army North Civil Support Training Activity's mission is to conduct training and evaluation of units within the Defense Department’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear, or CBRN Response Enterprise, also known as CRE... MORE

Members of U.S. Army Reserve chemical and medical companies provide immediate assistance to a simulated casualty during a mock subway joint exercise at the FDNY’s Training Academy, Randalls Island in New York, Sept. 26. The training, planned by the U.S. Army North Civil Support Training Activity, incorporated elements from the U.S. Army Reserve, New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority, and New York City Emergency Management, and was geared toward creating a holistic response effort that helped test the core competencies of Defense Support of Civil Authorities mission in a Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear response.

Local first responders, U.S. Army conduct interagency CBRN exercise in San Antonio
August 30, 2018 — It wasn’t a usual night for San Antonio’s Retama Park Aug. 29. Within hours, one of the race track’s parking lots made to fit hundreds of cars was transformed into a city of tents... MORE

Spc. Corey White, a combat medic with 581st Medical Brigade out of Fort Hood, assesses a role-player’s notional injuries during a field training exercise Aug. 30 at Retama Park in San Antonio. The exercise involved military and San Antonio civilian first responders of the chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear response enterprise where they trained together as part of an interagency response exercise Aug. 22-29 in San Antonio to improve readiness and preparedness in the event of such a disaster.