Sgt. Samuel Matter (right) draws the layout of where the casualties are located on a piece of wood alongside Sgt. Laththuwahandi De Silva during Guardian Response 18 at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Indiana on April 22, 2018. The initial team enters the exercise “hot zone” to provide a 360-degree site characterization and provide a situation map to the soldiers in the operations center. The soldiers are identifying where casualties are and what kind of tools are needed to rescue them. Army North executes the annual Vibrant Response consequence management exercise at the direction of


Sgt. Samuel Matter (right) draws the layout of where the casualties are located on a piece of wood alongside Sgt. Laththuwahandi De Silva during Guardian Response 18 at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Indiana on April 22, 2018. The initial team enters the exercise “hot zone” to provide a 360-degree site characterization and provide a situation map to the soldiers in the operations center. The soldiers are identifying where casualties are and what kind of tools are needed to rescue them. Army North executes the annual Vibrant Response consequence management exercise at the direction of Northern Command to confirm command and control elements of the nation’s CBRN response forces. Force Command’s linked exercise, Guardian Response, held at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, validates how the subordinate units train to carry out the operations under the direction of a joint task force. GR18 is executed by the Army Reserve Command. ( Army National Guard photo by Cpl. Elizabeth Scott)


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