Other units that participated in the exercise included the Indiana 19th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package – 19th CERF-P, Indiana Task Force 1, Virginia Task Force 1, Bloomington Fire Department, Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region, and 120th Public Affairs Department.The exercise, hosted by the Israeli Defense Force and coordinated by the Indiana National Guard, strengthened existing bilateral relationships by ensuring interoperability with other military services, and civilian as well as international agencies to improve search and extraction capabilities of all participating units. (Courtesy Photo)" itemprop="image" />
CBIRF detachment participates in Israeli Exercise ‘United Front V’, enhances global deployability
An 8-man team from Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, CBIRF, represented the unit with 74 other American service members during Exercise United Front V in Israel, June 17-25, 2016. Other units that participated in the exercise included the Indiana 19th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package – 19th CERF-P, Indiana Task Force 1, Virginia Task Force 1, Bloomington Fire Department, Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region, and 120th Public Affairs Department.The exercise, hosted by the Israeli Defense Force and coordinated by the Indiana National Guard, strengthened existing bilateral relationships by ensuring interoperability with other military services, and civilian as well as international agencies to improve search and extraction capabilities of all participating units. (Courtesy Photo)