Sgt. Mauricio Caceres, left, communicates to Staff Sgt. Cory Sweetman, a survey team chief, both from the 21st Civil Support Team, about the levels of contamination detected in the room they surveyed during Exercise Vigilant Guard 18, at Aberdeen Proving Grounds-Edgewood Area, Maryland on May 8, 2018. The 21st CST is Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives New Jersey National Guard unit based at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. Exercise Vigilant Guard 18 provides the opportunity to develop, refine, rehearse policies, and procedures to request and employ Emergen
Sgt. Mauricio Caceres, left, communicates to Staff Sgt. Cory Sweetman, a survey team chief, both from the 21st Civil Support Team, about the levels of contamination detected in the room they surveyed during Exercise Vigilant Guard 18, at Aberdeen Proving Grounds-Edgewood Area, Maryland on May 8, 2018. The 21st CST is Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives New Jersey National Guard unit based at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. Exercise Vigilant Guard 18 provides the opportunity to develop, refine, rehearse policies, and procedures to request and employ Emergency Management Assistance Compact agreements with other states’ National Guard forces. Vigilant Guard is an exercise that allows the Maryland Military Department, along with 42 federal, state, and local agencies a chance to collaborate and test interoperability as part of a national level exercise. The agencies are evaluated on preparing for and recovering from a catastrophic hurricane making landfall. Nearly 2,000 service members are participating in the Vigilant Guard exercises in Maryland and Virginia. International partners are present observing the exercise to take home lessons learned. The national level exercise is sponsored by United States Northern Command in conjunction with National Guard Bureau. ( Army National Guard photo by Cpl. Elizabeth Scott)
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