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am Enhances Homeland Security A member of the 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry’s decontamination team trains in the “hot zone” in order to decontaminate potential casualties as part of the N.Y. National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package (CERF-P) during the unit’s training and validation at Fort Drum. Photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Abbott.
Sergeant 1st Class Paul Bialobok, the 2nd Platoon Sgt. from the New York Army National Guard’s Company A, 427th Special Troops Battalion directs the employment of the unit’s search and extraction teams. The engineer team is part of the Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package (CERF-P). The team conducted their validation exercise at Fort Drum, N.Y. on June 17 to be certified for employment in support of civil authorities. The search and extraction team rotated forces to a simulated chemical incident site to assess the hazard and its impact on civilian casualties. The team then extracted the role-playing casualties for decontamination and medical triage as part of the exercise evaluation. Photo by Lt. Col. Richard Goldenberg.
Members of the CERF-P extraction team remove a simulated casualty from the Fort Drum urban training site as part of the unit’s validation exercise. Representatives from the First Army evaluation team certified the CERF-P for operations in response to Chemical, Nuclear, Biological or High Explosive incidents. The team is comprised of Soldiers,Airmen and members of the New York Guard with specialty training and skills in casualty extraction, decontamination, triage and assessment. Photo by Master Sgt. Cori Lombardo