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| PERRY, Ga. – Lance Cpl. Dylan Emerson, an aircraft rescue and firefighter specialist with technical rescue platoon, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, CBIRF, secures chains to lift a concrete barrier in order to extract a casualty, as a part of trench rescue training during Exercise Scarlet Response 2016 at Guardian Centers, Perry, Ga., Aug. 22, 2016. This exercise is the unit’s capstone event testing the skills of each individual CBIRF capability with lane training and culminating with a 36-hour simulated response to a nuclear detonation. CBIRF is an active duty Marine Corps unit that, when directed, forward-deploys and/or responds with minimal warning to a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high-yield explosive (CBRNE) threat or event in order to assist local, state, or federal agencies and the geographic combatant commanders in the conduct of CBRNE response or consequence management operations, providing capabilities for command and control; agent detection and identification; search, rescue, and decontamination; and emergency medical care for contaminated personnel. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Maverick S. Mejia/RELEASED) |
PERRY, GA, UNITED STATES
08.22.2016
Photo by Lance Cpl. Maverick Mejia
Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF)
