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More than a dozen law enforcement and local-area first responders joined the South Carolina National Guard in a highly realistic maritime anti-terrorism exercise in Port Royal Sound today as part of Vigilant Guard; the largest natural disaster preparedness exercise ever conducted by the South Carolina National Guard.; The exercise scenario consisted of a terrorist organization hijacking a local ferry boat as a platform for deploying a "dirty bomb" in the Port Royal harbor. National Guard helicopters; the Beaufort Police Department and the Beaufort County Sheriff's Department observed the "hijacked" vessel and requested local-area and Guard HAZMAT and Civil Service Team (CST) assistance. Vigilant Guard tested about 100 local-area law enforcement and first responders with responding to a potential maritime terrorist threat. Beaufort County Sherrif's Department SWAT team members approach the 'hijacked' ship.
240408-A-YG824-216.JPG Photo By: MSG Phillip H. Jones

Beaufort, SC - More than a dozen law enforcement and local-area first responders joined the South Carolina National Guard in a highly realistic maritime anti-terrorism exercise in Port Royal Sound today as part of Vigilant Guard; the largest natural disaster preparedness exercise ever conducted by the South Carolina National Guard.; The exercise scenario consisted of a terrorist organization hijacking a local ferry boat as a platform for deploying a "dirty bomb" in the Port Royal harbor. National Guard helicopters; the Beaufort Police Department and the Beaufort County Sheriff's Department observed the "hijacked" vessel and requested local-area and Guard HAZMAT and Civil Service Team (CST) assistance. Vigilant Guard tested about 100 local-area law enforcement and first responders with responding to a potential maritime terrorist threat. Beaufort County Sherrif's Department SWAT team members approach the 'hijacked' ship.


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