Utah National Guard service members with the Region VIII Homeland Response Force, utilizing volunteer actors from the local populace, conduct recovery and decontamination operations during a readiness evaluation exercise at Camp Williams, Utah, August 3-7, 2022. The HRF mission involves identifying, training, and maintaining a deployable force of 500-plus service members who are ready to respond within the continental United States in the event of a catastrophic chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or all-hazard event in order to mitigate suffering and loss of life.

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