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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 North's Joint Task Force Civil Support is prepared for any CBRN disaster
December 18, 2018 — Task forces can be formed at the time of a crisis, but Joint Task Force Civil Support, in Newport News, Virginia, works 365 days a year with people on call 24/7 for the past 19 years... MORE

A decontamination team of Airmen and Soldiers care for casualties in a simulated mass casualty decontamination line during the 503rd Military Police Battalion field training exercise at Camp Blanding, Fla., on Oct. 24, 2018. Army Maj. Gen. William "Bill" Hall participates as a mock victim of a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear catastrophe.