Army Utah Nation Guard Detachment 2, Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment from West Jordan, Utah, participate in the Great Utah Shakeout 2012 exercise, in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 17, 2012. The Shakeout simulates the realistic outcome of a hypothetical but plausible magnitude earthquake that strikes the Wasatch fault on April 17, 2012 at 10:15 The Governor activates the National Guard to help deal with state wide emergencies. The Guard deploys to designated locations and begins assisting state and local authorities with logistical, medical and communications needs.
Size: 4256px × 2832px
Photo credit: © MC Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., .., 10:15, 171st, 1st, 2, , 17, 2012, 2012., activates, air, april, army, assisting, authorities, aviation, battalion, begins, camera, city, combat, communications, company, ctcs, deal, deploys, designated, detachment, earthquake, emergencies., exercise, fault, force, general, governor, great, guard, , hypothetical, jordan, lake, local, locations, logistical, magnitude, medical, nation, national, outcome, participate, plausible, realistic, regiment, richards, salt, shakeout, simulates, squadron, state, stephany, strikes, support, utah, wasatch, west, wide
