Tech Sgt. Eric McComb, 103rd Civil Support Team, and Sgt. Andrew Hunt, 103rd CST, assist each other with the decontamination process after responding to a simulated incident at a parking garage on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus May 18 in support of Exercise ORCA 2021. ORCA is a chemical, biological, radioactive, nuclear threats response exercise designed for participants to provide support in the aftermath of hazardous materials incidents. ORCA tests interoperability between agencies, increases opportunities for working relationships, and practices requests for assistance methods. A


Tech Sgt. Eric McComb, 103rd Civil Support Team, and Sgt. Andrew Hunt, 103rd CST, assist each other with the decontamination process after responding to a simulated incident at a parking garage on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus May 18 in support of Exercise ORCA 2021. ORCA is a chemical, biological, radioactive, nuclear threats response exercise designed for participants to provide support in the aftermath of hazardous materials incidents. ORCA tests interoperability between agencies, increases opportunities for working relationships, and practices requests for assistance methods. Approximately 250 National Guardsmen from CST units in Alaska, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Idaho, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Washington, and Wisconsin are in Alaska to participate in Exercise ORCA 2021. Numerous support units and civilian agencies participated in the exercise as well.


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