Senior leaders visit training troops during Vibrant Response 10.1 (Photos)

Senior leaders visit training troops during Vibrant Response 10.1 (Photos)

Sgt. Joshua Ford, U.S. Army North PAO

Renuart.

BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - Gen. Victor Renuart, the commanding general of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, along with Lt. Gen. Thomas Turner (left), the commanding general U.S. Army North, takes questions from media members about the Vibrant Response 10.1 field training exercise during a press conference Nov. 9, at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center. Vibrant Response 10.1 exercised more than 4,000 service members to respond to a simulated 10-kiloton nuclear weapon detonation in Indianapolis.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joshua Ford, U.S. Army North PAO)

DECON check.

BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - A Marine from Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, II Marine Expeditionary Force, checks a civilian role-player for remnants of radiological contamination during the Vibrant Response 10.1 field training exercise Nov. 8, at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind. Vibrant Response 10.1 exercised more than 4,000 service members as they responded to a simulated 10-kiloton nuclear weapon detonation in Indianapolis.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joshua Ford, U.S. Army North PAO)

Observer, Controller.

BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - Jeff Harris, senior decontamination analyst, U.S. Army North's Civil Support Training Activity, watches as Marines and Sailors from the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, II Marine Expeditionary Force, perform decontamination operations Nov. 8 at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind. during the Vibrant Response 10.1 field training exercise.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joshua Ford, U.S. Army North PAO)

Lead the way.

BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - Marines from Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, II Marine Expeditionary Force, lead civilian role-players to the decontamination site during the Vibrant Response 10.1 field training exercise Nov. 8 at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center. Vibrant Response 10.1 exercised more than 4,000 service members as they responded to a simulated 10-kiloton nuclear weapon detonation in Indianapolis. The field training exercise put more than 4,000 members of the Chemical, Biological, Nuclear, high-yield Explosive Consequence Management Response Force through a domestic incident response in support of a primary agency for the first time.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joshua Ford, U.S. Army North PAO)

Press Conference.

BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - Gen. Victor Renuart, the commanding general of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, along with Lt. Gen. Thomas Turner (left), the commanding general U.S. Army North, and Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger, the adjutant general of the Indiana National Guard, takes questions from media members about the Vibrant Response 10.1 field training exercise during a press conference Nov. 9 at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center. Vibrant Response 10.1 exercised more than 4,000 service members to respond to a simulated 10-kiloton nuclear weapon detonation in Indianapolis.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joshua Ford, U.S. Army North PAO)

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