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9-1-1: Nuclear detonation; Exercise Vigilant Guard tests National Guard's role as first military responder
May 16, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - Even the response to a 10-kiloton nuclear device detonating in an American city starts in the 9-1-1 system.In this nightmare nuclear scenario, the phone lines lead first to a... MORE

National Guardmembers search for the wounded and the dead during Exercise Vigilant Guard at the National Guard's Muscatatuck Urban Training Center near Butlerville, Ind., on May 12, 2007. More than 2,000 National Guard personnel are taking part in Vigilant Guard, an 11-day exercise in Indiana that tests the National Guard as first military responder in support of the governor and the state emergency management agency after the simulated detonation of an 10-kiloton nuclear device.

Attaches Survey U.S. Disaster-Response Capabilities
May 15, 2007 — MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER, Ind. - A handful of attaches got a first-hand look at U.S. military and civilian first responders' ability to respond to a catastrophe at the National Guard's... MORE

Air Force Maj. Gen. Bill Etter, director of strategic plans and policy for the National Guard Bureau, talks with attaches prior to their visit to the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind., where more than 2,000 National Guard troops and hundreds of state and federal emergency response agencies worked through the disaster scenario of a 10-kiloton nuclear explosion in Indianapolis. Attaches from Serbia, Jordan, Kenya, Tunisia, Bolivia and Hungary, walked through the stages of the exercise, receiving briefs and asking questions of those participating.

Vigilant Guard: Voices of experience add to the training
May 14, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - The National Guard exercise Vigilant Guard this month is offering service members some of the most in depth and comprehensive training available in crisis management. But that's... MORE

Mothers wore combat boots and gas masks on their special day
May 14, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - The National Restaurant Association reports that Mother's Day, a 93-year-old American institution, is the most popular day of the year to dine in restaurants in the United States... MORE

Illinois Army National Guard Sgt. Celia Rodriguez was a mom wearing a protective mask on Mother's Day while taking part in the National Guard's training exercise Vigilant Guard. She was conducting decontamination operations at the Indiana National Guard's Muscatatuck Urban Training Center.

Members of Air Guard medical groups unite for Vigilant Guard
May 14, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - The building had collapsed, and victims were trapped and screaming for medical assistance through the smoke and cement dust of a 20-foot-tall rubble pile. Luckily for them, an... MORE

Air National Guard medical technicians from the Illinois National Guard's Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) evaluate a role-playing victim of a collapsed building for injuries in mid-May as part of the National Guard training exercise Vigilant Guard in Indiana.

Hands that held weapons now hold hope
May 12, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - As the Vigilant Guard exercise continues to test National Guard members from around the country, Soldiers from the Indiana Army Guard's 2nd Battalion, 293rd Infantry from Fort... MORE

Indiana's vigilant medical crew provides care for the caregivers
May 10, 2007 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - A day before one of the National Guard's largest homeland defense training exercises got underway, Indiana National Guard medics were busy preparing here on May 9 to ensure... MORE

An aeromedical air crew member from the 121st Medical Company, District of Columbia Army National Guard, prepares a UH-1H helicopter at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Butlerville, Ind., to provide medical support for the National Guard training exercise Vigilant Guard.

Army to invest $100 million in Muscatatuck; major training exercise to be conducted in May
April 17, 2007 — INDIANAPOLIS - Nearly $100 million will be invested in the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center over the next six years to transform it into a major training facility for the Army.Governor Mitch Daniels,... MORE

Army Guard Soldiers Train for Kosovo Deployment

Alaska Air Guard’s 168th Wing Sharpens Readiness with CBRN Training

Air National Guard Drone Training Bridges Gap for First Responders

Massachusetts Air Guard’s 102nd Mission Support Group Conducts Readiness Training

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