33 SAN DIEGO – A bottle of brake fluid and a bag of pool chlorine can stay harmless when stored safely in a garage. When you combine the two, the polyethylene glycol mixed with the calcium hypochlorite will seem quiet at first. Two minutes later, the chemical reaction of the two will ignite a spark, and an 8-foot flame will shoot in the air. This was one of the demonstrations taught by the FBI to Army Reserve Soldiers during Guardian Shield at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar, California.
Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) special agents, military police and Soldiers from the 200th Military Police Command spent two weeks training with the FBI on homemade explosives, post blast investigation, surveillance detection, FBI profiling and hostage negotiation. Soldiers also had the opportunity to train on criminal intelligence, logistics security, drivers training and combat lifesaver.
9 More than 200 Army Reserve Soldiers of the 307th Chemical Company, Bell, Calif., trained for the worst of the worst during a nuclear attack scenario as part of Guardian Response, a multi-component Homeland Emergency Response Exercise, held at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind., April 22.
The complex, mass-casualty training event took place in a hypothetical environment, where a simulated nuclear event occurred in a major US city. The mission included three main objectives handling casualties: recognizance, decontamination and medical treatment.
“As an Army Reserve Soldier, this is a unique opportunity to train for a real-world scenario that would take place state-side where we can help our fellow citizens,” said Sgt. First Class Anthony Butler, Noncommissioned Officer in Charge, 307th Chemical Company. “This is an interesting opportunity because the location is built to mimic a real environment in a large city where a disaster has happened.”
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8 PORT SHUAIBA, Kuwait The deputy commanding general of the 1st Theater Sustainment Command observed onload-offload operations of ammunition here April 24.
Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Justin Swanson, who is also the commanding general of the Army Reserve s Indianapolis-based 310th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), had the opportunity to tour the port and observe the Soldiers of the 595th Transportation Brigade (SDDC) and the 1185th Deployment and Distribution Support Battalion conduct the port operations. I am honored to be here and receive the tour by the team that s executing this amazing mission, said Swanson, whose Soldiers staff 1st TSC s operational command post at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
8 CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait Soldiers deployed to support 1st Theater Sustainment Command s logistical support of U.S. Central Command airdropped four pallets April 22 within 75 meters of the target here in a critical test of sustainment capabilities. This operation is the Joint Precision Air Delivery System and this was only the second drop we ve executed in the CENTCOM area of responsibility in the last 18 months, said Lt. Col. Ryan Swedlow, the commander of the Fort Bliss, Texas, based 142nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion. One of the challenges of the environment here is that as we get more geographically dispersed how do we sustain those forces? he said.