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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

National Guard, Army Reserve sustainers build foundation for Exercise Vibrant Response
May 3, 2023 — The state of Indiana is a long way from home base for Soldiers stationed with the 786th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Virgin Island National Guard, and 512th Movement Control Teams, 1 Mission Support Command. With temperatures falling below 32 degrees Fahrenheit, the Caribbean-based Soldiers ensured the exercise Vibrant Response carried on without failure... MORE

Army North general orchestrates training, guidance for Vibrant Response 17
May 12, 2017 — Inside the SENTINEL, a specialized vehicle with an assortment of communications equipment and satellite capability, two television screens provide the only light at Camp Atterbury, Ind. Blurred silhouettes of people appear on the screen, with occasional bursts of distorted audio accompanying their discussions. For Army Brig. Gen. John Hashem, the deputy commanding general of U.S. Army North, or ARNORTH, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, and the exercise control deputy director for Vibrant Response 17, or VR17, these video teleconferencing calls highlight an essential part of his daily routine throughout VR17, which ran April 17-May 13. ... MORE

Army Brig. Gen. John Hashem, the deputy commanding general of U.S. Army North (ARNORTH), in Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas and the exercise control deputy director for exercise Vibrant Response 17, attends a briefing with Soldiers with the Indiana Army National Guard during Exercise Vibrant Response 17 at Camp Atterbury, Ind., on May 7, 2017. ARNORTH conducts the Vibrant Response training exercises to annually test the capability of federal response forces in order to meet the expectations of the nation.

Exercise Vibrant Response: planning and preparing for the worst
May 12, 2017 — When disaster strikes and chaos sets in, people forget their cities’ emergency evacuation plans and highways get stacked with traffic. People get hurt and communication gets cut off. Vibrant Response 17, or VR17, is a command post exercise that simulates the detonation of a nuclear bomb in a major city within the United States. The annual exercise takes place at Camp Atterbury, Ind. This year it was integrated with Guardian Response 17, or GR17, at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, also in Indiana. ... MORE

Col. Eric McGraw and Air Force Col. Ann Yelderman, both Regional Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officers with FEMA Region VII - Defense Coordinating Element, Kansas City, Mo., look over a spreadsheet on the computer during Exercise Vibrant Response 17 at Camp Atterbury, Ind., on May 7, 2017. Vibrant Response is an annual training exercise that tests the capability of federal response forces to prepare them for mission assumption June 1.