Staff Sgt. Jose Garcia and Pvt. Michael Lucas, engineers with the California National Guard’s 235th Engineer Company, work with a firefighter from the Oakland Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 4 to build a pathway to allow search and rescue team to enter a structure during a disaster response exercise at Camp Roberts Nov. 17. The exercise, called Operation Dark Horse, is a Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IX Homeland Response Force exercise designed to prepare the force for an evaluation in April. (U.S. Army National Guard photo / Sgt. Brianne Roudebush / Released)
Paul Mahar, a medical specialist with Oakland Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 4, assists Soldiers with the California National Guard’s 870th Military Police Company’s Casualty and Security Element with transporting casualties to the decontamination tents during Operation Dark Horse at Camp Roberts Nov. 17. Operation Dark Horse is a Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IX Homeland Response Force exercise designed to prepare the force for an evaluation in April. (U.S. Army National Guard photo / Sgt. Brianne Roudebush / Released)
Engineers with the California National Guard’s 253th Engineer Company assess the structures of a contaminated site during a disaster response exercise at Camp Roberts Nov. 17. The exercise, called Operation Dark Horse, is a Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IX Homeland Response Force exercise designed to prepare the force for an evaluation in April. (U.S. Army National Guard photo / Sgt. Brianne Roudebush / Released)
Sgt. Cyndi Auza, a battle noncommissioned officer with the California National Guard’s Homeland Response Force, briefs Maj. Gen. Lawrence Haskins, the commander of the California Army National Guard, on operations within the tactical operations center during Operation Dark Horse at Camp Roberts Nov. 17. Operation Dark Horse is a Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IX Homeland Response Force exercise designed to prepare the force for an evaluation in April. (U.S. Army National Guard photo / Sgt. Brianne Roudebush / Released)
Engineers with California National Guard’s 235th Engineer Company work with firefighters from the Oakland Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 4 to breach a confined area during a disaster response exercise at Camp Roberts Nov. 17. The exercise, called Operation Dark Horse, is a Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IX Homeland Response Force exercise designed to prepare the force for an evaluation in April. (U.S. Army National Guard photo / Sgt. Brianne Roudebush / Released)
Engineers with California National Guard’s 235th Engineer Company work with firefighters from the Oakland Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 4 to breach a confined area during a disaster response exercise at Camp Roberts Nov. 17. The exercise, called Operation Dark Horse, is a Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IX Homeland Response Force exercise designed to prepare the force for an evaluation in April. (U.S. Army National Guard photo / Sgt. Brianne Roudebush / Released)
Major Gen. Lawrence Haskins, the commander of the California Army National Guard, Col. Peter Cross, the commander of the 49th Military Police Brigade, and Command Sgt. Maj. Byron Robinson, the command sergeant major for the 49th Military Police Brigade, meet with Doug McKelvey, of the Fremont Fire Department, who was serving as the incident commander during a disaster response exercise at Camp Roberts Nov. 17. The exercise, called Operation Dark Horse, is a Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IX Homeland Response Force exercise designed to prepare the force for an evaluation in April. (U.S. Army National Guard photo / Sgt. Brianne Roudebush / Released)
Paul Mahar, a medical specialist with Oakland Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 4, assists Soldiers with the California National Guard’s 870th Military Police Company’s Casualty and Security Element with transporting casualties to the decontamination tents during Operation Dark Horse at Camp Roberts Nov. 17. Operation Dark Horse is a Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IX Homeland Response Force exercise designed to prepare the force for an evaluation in April. (U.S. Army National Guard photo / Sgt. Brianne Roudebush / Released)
Soldiers with the California National Guard’s 870th Military Police Company decontaminate each other before exiting the contaminated area during a disaster response exercise at Camp Roberts Nov. 17. The exercise, called Operation Dark Horse, is a Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IX Homeland Response Force exercise designed to prepare the force for an evaluation in April. (U.S. Army National Guard photo / Sgt. Brianne Roudebush / Released)
A medic with the California National Guard’s 235th Engineer Company comforts a victim during a disaster response exercise at Camp Roberts Nov. 17. The exercise, called Operation Dark Horse, is a Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IX Homeland Response Force exercise designed to prepare the force for an evaluation in April. (U.S. Army National Guard photo / Sgt. Brianne Roudebush / Released)
Engineers with the California National Guard’s 253th Engineer Company assess the structures of a contaminated site during a disaster response exercise at Camp Roberts Nov. 17. The exercise, called Operation Dark Horse, is a Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IX Homeland Response Force exercise designed to prepare the force for an evaluation in April. (U.S. Army National Guard photo / Sgt. Brianne Roudebush / Released)
A hazardous materials specialist with the Oakland Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 4 gives members of the California National Guard’s Homeland Response Force an update about a contaminated site during a disaster response exercise at Camp Roberts Nov. 17. The exercise, called Operation Dark Horse, is a Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IX Homeland Response Force exercise designed to prepare the force for an evaluation in April. (U.S. Army National Guard photo/Sgt. Brianne Roudebush/Released)
Sgt. 1st Class Jarrad Negherbon, the breach team leader with the California National Guard’s 235th Engineer Company, directs Sgt. Tyler Stannare and Spc. Jose Galvan, engineers with the 1401st Engineer Detachment, as they use a forklift to move mannequins onto a rubble pile in preparation for search and extraction training during Operation Dark Horse at Camp Roberts Nov. 16. Operation Dark Horse is a Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IX Homeland Response Force exercise designed to prepare the force for an evaluation in April. (U.S. Army National Guard photo/Sgt. Brianne Roudebush/Released)
