Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Photo Credit
Date: 2012-02-19 00:00:00 One of the Marines with Cpl Degenhardt snapped a quick picture with his cell phone of the winning slot machine's screen.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2012-01-11 08:51:00 A technical rescue Marine with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force’s Technical Rescue Platoon attempts to cut through a steel plate in order to gain access to a tunnel where rescuers believe “victims” could be trapped during a simulated collapse during the joint 72-hour technical rescue training operation with the 911th U.S. Army Technical Rescue Engineer Company at the Downey Responder Training Facility. This technical rescue training operation at DRTF allowed the two units take the opportunity to train together to build a good working relationship and familiarity of each other’s capabilities and limitations, since they both cover the National Capitol Region they would work together if there were ever a disaster.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2012-01-10 17:26:00 Soldiers from 911th U.S. Army Technical Rescue Engineer Company and Marines from Chemical Biological Incident Response Force's Technical Rescue Platoon work to stabilize a trench before attempting to enter and extract two “victims” after a simulated collapse during CBIRF's annual 72-hour technical rescue training operation at the Downey Responder Training Facility. This joint 72-hour technical rescue training operation at DRTF allowed the two units take the opportunity to train together to build a good working relationship and familiarity of each other’s capabilities and limitations. Since both units cover the National Capitol Region, in the event of a disaster, both units would work side by side.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2012-01-10 18:13:00 Cpl. Nathaniel James a Technical Rescue Marine with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force's (CBIRF) Initial Response Force (IRF) B's Technical Rescue platoon cuts through the front of a crushed vehicle to gain access to a tunnel where rescuers believe “victims” could be trapped during a simulated collapse. The joint 72-hour technical rescue training operation with the 911th U.S. Army Technical Rescue Engineer Company at Downey Responder Training Facility allowed the two units to take the opportunity to train together to build a good working relationship and familiarity of each other’s capabilities and limitations. Since both units cover the National Capitol Region, in the event of a disaster, both units would work side by side.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Farnces L Goch
Date: 2012-01-11 12:04:00 A technical rescue Marine with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force’s Technical Rescue Platoon attempts to cut through a steel plate in order to gain access to a tunnel where rescuers believe “victims” could be trapped during a simulated collapse during the joint 72-hour technical rescue training operation with the 911th U.S. Army Technical Rescue Engineer Company at the Downey Responder Training Facility. This technical rescue training operation at DRTF allowed the two units take the opportunity to train together to build a good working relationship and familiarity of each other’s capabilities and limitations, since they both cover the National Capitol Region they would work together if there were ever a disaster.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt Frances L Goch
Date: 2012-01-11 12:11:00 A technical rescue Marine with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force’s Technical Rescue Platoon attempts to cut through a steel plate in order to gain access to a tunnel where rescuers believe “victims” could be trapped during a simulated collapse during the joint 72-hour technical rescue training operation with the 911th U.S. Army Technical Rescue Engineer Company at the Downey Responder Training Facility. This technical rescue training operation at DRTF allowed the two units take the opportunity to train together to build a good working relationship and familiarity of each other’s capabilities and limitations, since they both cover the National Capitol Region they would work together if there were ever a disaster.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2012-01-11 12:12:00 A technical rescue Marine with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force’s Technical Rescue Platoon attempts to cut through a steel plate in order to gain access to a tunnel where rescuers believe “victims” could be trapped from a simulated collapse during the joint 72-hour technical rescue training operation with the 911th U.S. Army Technical Rescue Engineer Company at the Downey Responder Training Facility. This technical rescue training operation at DRTF allowed the two units take the opportunity to train together to build a good working relationship and familiarity of each other’s capabilities and limitations, since they both cover the National Capitol Region they would work together if there were ever a disaster.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2012-01-10 10:38:00 Soldiers from 911th U.S. Army Technical Rescue Engineer Company and Marines from Chemical Biological Incident Response Force's Technical Rescue Platoon prepare for a high-angle rescue between Downey Responder Training Facility's two repel and rescue-trainer towers during CBIRF's annual 72-hour technical rescue training operation. The two units take the opportunity to train together to build a good working relationship and familiarity of each other’s capabilities and limitations because both units cover the National Capitol Region, they would work together if there were ever a disaster.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2012-01-10 10:42:00 Sgt. Nick Janey and Sgt. Dan Bronza, technical rescue Marines with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force’s Technical Rescue Platoon prepare the "rope gun" to connect the two towers for the high-angle rope rescue during the joint 72-hour technical rescue training operation with the 911th U.S. Army Technical Rescue Engineer Company at the Downey Responder Training Facility. The two units take the opportunity to train together to build a good working relationship and familiarity of each other’s capabilities and limitations because both units cover the National Capitol Region, they would have to work together if there were ever a disaster.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2012-01-10 10:47:00 Cpl. Nathaniel James a Technical Rescue Marine with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force's (CBIRF) Initial Response Force (IRF) B's Technical Rescue platoon sets up the rope rigging during the high angle rope rescue between Downey Responder Training Facility's two repel and rescue-trainer towers. CBIRF's annual 72-hour technical rescue training operation with the 911th U.S. Army Technical Rescue Engineer Company let two units take the opportunity to train together to build a good working relationship and familiarity of each other’s capabilities and limitations because they both cover the National Capitol Region and would have to work together if there were ever a disaster.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2012-01-10 11:04:00 Sgt. Nick Janey, a technical rescue Marine with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force’s Technical Rescue Platoon, launches a projectile tethered to his team's tower at the opposite tower in order to allow the teams to run rescue ropes between the two repel and rescue-trainer towers for the high-angle rescue the joint 72-hour rescue training operation with the 911th U.S. Army Technical Rescue Engineer Company. This training operation allows the two units to train together building a good working relationship and familiarity of each other’s capabilities and limitations because they both cover the National Capitol Region they would have to work together if there were ever a disaster.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2012-01-10 12:19:00 Sgt. Nick Janey, a technical rescue Marine with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force’s Technical Rescue Platoon, retrieves the rope used to pull the victim safely from the opposite tower. This type of rescue keeps victims from being exposed to any additional exposure to “contamination.” During the joint 72-hour technical rescue training operation with the 911th U.S. Army Technical Rescue Engineer Company at Downey Responder Training Facility the two units encountered five of the 6 rescue disciplines, confined space, vehicle extrication, trench rescue, high-angle rope rescue and structural collapse.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2012-01-10 16:04:00 A soldier from 911th U.S. Army Technical Rescue Engineer Company and a Marine from Chemical Biological Incident Response Force’s Technical Rescue Platoon use a jack hammer in a very cramped tunnel to break through a wall of concrete to gain access to a "victim" trapped in a void during the first day of the joint 72-hour technical rescue training operation with the 911th Engineer Battalion, Technical Rescue Detachment at Downey. The two units take the opportunity to train together to build a good working relationship and familiarity of each other’s capabilities and limitations because they both cover the National Capitol Region and would have to work together if there were ever a disaster.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2012-01-10 16:13:00 A soldier from 911th U.S. Army Technical Rescue Engineer Company drills more holes in a concrete barrier in order to make it easier to breach the wall in order for his team to move further through the simulated collapsed structure in their search for "victims" who were trapped in the collapse during the joint 72-hour technical rescue training operation with the 911th U.S. Army Technical Rescue Engineer Company at Downey Responder Training Facility. The two units take the opportunity to train together to build a good working relationship and familiarity of each other’s capabilities and limitations. Since both units cover the National Capitol Region, in the event of a disaster both units would work side by side.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2012-01-10 16:18:00 A soldier from 911th U.S. Army Technical Rescue Engineer Company and a Marine with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force’s Technical Rescue Platoon asses the condition of the void on the opposite side of a concrete barrier before breaking through to potentially rescue trapped victims in the void of a simulated collapse. This joint 72-hour technical rescue training operation with the 911th U.S. Army Technical Rescue Engineer Company at Downey Responder Training Facility allowed the two units take the opportunity to train together to build a good working relationship and familiarity of each other’s capabilities and limitations. Since both units cover the National Capitol Region, in the event of a disaster both units would work side by side.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2012-01-10 17:20:00 Cpl David Pratt, a technical rescue Marine with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force’s Technical Rescue Platoon, adjusts a strut to stabilize the walls of a trench before they enter to extract two “victims” from a simulated collapse during the joint 72-hour technical rescue training operation with the 911th U.S. Army Technical Rescue Engineer Company at Downey Responder Training Facility. According to Mr. Patrick Higgins, lead CBRNE instructor for CBIRF, a trench rescue is probably one of the most common and most dangerous rescues due to the frequency of trenches being done for installing or repairing of utilities and the many variables involved with a trench.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-07-14 11:26:00 A Marine with Initial Response Force B, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force gets cross training in vehicle extrication from New York City Fire Department’s Special Operations Command fire fighters. Marines and sailors of CBIRF went through a week-long training evolution involving vehicle extrication, rope rescue, and breaching and breaking through concrete. CBIRF’s Marines and sailors have trained with FDNY since July of 2000. Deputy Chief Raymond M. Downey, of FDNY’s SOC, helped CBIRF develop their technical rescue program before he later died on 9/11 in the World Trade Center towers. (released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-07-14 11:13:00 A Marine with Initial Response Force B, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force gets cross training in breaching and breaking through concrete from New York City Fire Department’s Special Operations Command fire fighters. Marines and sailors of CBIRF went through a week-long training evolution involving vehicle extrication, rope rescue, and breaching and breaking through concrete. CBIRF’s Marines and sailors have trained with FDNY since July of 2000. Deputy Chief Raymond M. Downey, of FDNY’s SOC, helped CBIRF develop their technical rescue program before he later died on 9/11 in the World Trade Center towers. (released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-07-14 11:20:00 A Marine with Initial Response Force B, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force gets cross training in breaching and breaking through concrete from New York City Fire Department’s Special Operations Command fire fighters. Marines and sailors of CBIRF went through a week-long training evolution involving vehicle extrication, rope rescue, and breaching and breaking through concrete. CBIRF’s Marines and sailors have trained with FDNY since July of 2000. Deputy Chief Raymond M. Downey, of FDNY’s SOC, helped CBIRF develop their technical rescue program before he later died on 9/11 in the World Trade Center towers. (released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-07-14 10:07:00 Lance Cpl. Brandon Chapoy, with Extraction Platoon, Initial Response Force B, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force gets cross training in rope rescue from New York City Fire Department’s Special Operations Command fire fighters. Marines and sailors of CBIRF went through a week-long training evolution involving vehicle extrication, rope rescue, and breaching and breaking through concrete. CBIRF’s Marines and sailors have trained with FDNY since July of 2000. Deputy Chief Raymond M. Downey, of FDNY’s SOC, helped CBIRF develop their technical rescue program before he later died on 9/11 in the World Trade Center towers. (released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-07-16 02:33:00 Marines from Initial Response Force B, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, pull victims out of Pennsylvania Station during a joint operation drill with the New York City Fire Department in the early hours of 16 July. The drill was the culmination of the Marine’s week-long training with FDNY. CBIRF and FDNY have trained together since July of 2000; Deputy Chief Raymond M. Downey, of FDNY’s Special Operations Command, helped CBIRF develop their technical rescue program before he later died on Sept. 11th in the World Trade Center towers. (released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-07-16 02:21:00 Sgt. Joseph Bates, Sector Team Leader, Extraction Platoon, Initial Response Force B keeps track of Marines and sailors down range in his section as his team pulls victims out of Pennsylvania Station during a joint operation drill with the New York City Fire Department in the early hours of 16 July. The drill was the culmination of the Marine’s week-long training with FDNY. CBIRF and FDNY have worked together for more than 11 years; Deputy Chief Raymond M. Downey, of FDNY’s Special Operations Command, and a former Marine, helped CBIRF develop their technical rescue program before he later died on 9/11 in the World Trade Center towers. (released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-07-16 02:35:00 Marines from Extraction Platoon, Initial Response Force B pull victims out of the subways of Pennsylvania Station during a joint operation drill with the New York City Fire Department in the early hours of 16 July. The drill was the culmination of the Marine’s week-long training with FDNY. CBIRF and FDNY have worked together for more than 11 years; Deputy Chief Raymond M. Downey, of FDNY’s Special Operations Command, and a former Marine, helped CBIRF develop their technical rescue program before he later died on 9/11 in the World Trade Center towers. (released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-07-16 02:08:00 A Marine from Decontamination Platoon, Initial Response Force B instructs a victim how to self decontaminate after walking out of the subways of Pennsylvania Station during a joint operation drill with the New York City Fire Department in the early hours of 16 July. The drill was the culmination of the Marine’s week-long training with FDNY. CBIRF and FDNY have worked together for more than 11 years; Deputy Chief Raymond M. Downey, of FDNY’s Special Operations Command, and a former Marine, helped CBIRF develop their technical rescue program before he later died on 9/11 in the World Trade Center towers. (released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-07-15 10:16:00 A Marine with Decontamination Platoon, Initial Response Force B, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force takes off a fellow Marine's respirator gas mask as he passes through the decontamination line during training with the New York City Fire Department’s Special Operations Command fire fighters. Marines and sailors of CBIRF have trained with FDNY since July of 2000. Deputy Chief Raymond M. Downey, of FDNY’s SOC, helped CBIRF develop their technical rescue program before he later died on 9/11 in the World Trade Center towers. (released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-07-14 10:10:00 A Marine with Initial Response Force B, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force gets cross training in rope rescue from a New York City Fire Department’s Special Operations Command fire fighter. Marines and sailors of CBIRF went through a week-long training evolution to involve vehicle extrication, rope rescue, and breaching and breaking through concrete. CBIRF’s Marines and sailors have trained with FDNY since July of 2000. Deputy Chief Raymond M. Downey, of FDNY’s SOC, helped CBIRF develop their technical rescue program before he later died on 9/11 in the World Trade Center towers. (released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-07-14 11:02:00 A Marine with Initial Response Force B, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force gets cross training in vehicle extrication from a New York City Fire Department’s Special Operations Command fire fighter. Marines and sailors of CBIRF went through a week-long training evolution to involve vehicle extrication, rope rescue, and breaching and breaking through concrete. CBIRF’s Marines and sailors have trained with FDNY since July of 2000. Deputy Chief Raymond M. Downey, of FDNY’s SOC, helped CBIRF develop their technical rescue program before he later died on 9/11 in the World Trade Center towers. (released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-07-14 10:14:00 Marines with Initial Response Force B, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force get cross training in rope rescue from New York City Fire Department’s Special Operations Command fire fighters. Marines and sailors of CBIRF went through a week-long training evolution to involve vehicle extrication, rope rescue, and breaching and breaking through concrete. CBIRF’s Marines and sailors have trained with FDNY since July of 2000. Deputy Chief Raymond M. Downey, of FDNY’s SOC, helped CBIRF develop their technical rescue program before he later died on 9/11 in the World Trade Center towers. (released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-07-14 11:08:00 Lance Cpl. Joseph Aullman, an augment to Extraction Platoon, Initial Response Force B, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force gets cross training in vehicle extrication from a New York City Fire Department’s Special Operations Command fire fighter. Marines and sailors of CBIRF went through a week-long training evolution to involve vehicle extrication, rope rescue, and breaching and breaking through concrete. CBIRF’s Marines and sailors have trained with FDNY since July of 2000. Deputy Chief Raymond M. Downey, of FDNY’s SOC, helped CBIRF develop their technical rescue program before he later died on 9/11 in the World Trade Center towers. (released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-07-14 11:27:00 Marines with Initial Response Force B, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force remove the roof of a van during cross training in vehicle extrication from New York City Fire Department’s Special Operations Command fire fighters. Marines and sailors of CBIRF went through a week-long training evolution to involve vehicle extrication, rope rescue, and breaching and breaking through concrete. CBIRF’s Marines and sailors have trained with FDNY since July of 2000. Deputy Chief Raymond M. Downey, of FDNY’s SOC, helped CBIRF develop their technical rescue program before he later died on 9/11 in the World Trade Center towers. (released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-07-15 10:13:00 Hospitalman first class Latanya Brown, triages victims after they pass through the decontamination line during training with the New York City Fire Department’s Special Operations Command fire fighters. Marines and sailors of CBIRF have trained with FDNY since July of 2000. Deputy Chief Raymond M. Downey, of FDNY’s SOC, helped CBIRF develop their technical rescue program before he later died on 9/11 in the World Trade Center towers. (released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-06-14 10:44:00 Explosive Ordinance Technicians with Initial Response Force "A," React Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, maneuvers a PackBot Mark II towards an improvised explosive device during their certification exercise 14 June.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-06-14 09:40:00 Marines with Identification Detection Platoon, Initial Response Force "A," React Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, scan the area to identify the contaminant and its saturation in the area before allowing other CBIRF personnel enter the area during their certification exercise 14 June.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-06-14 09:37:00 Sgt. Steven M. baduske with Extracation Platoon, Initial Response Force "A," React Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, assists Marines from the Tecnical Rescue Platoon, free a “victim” from under a cement block during their certification exercise 14 June.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-06-14 09:03:00 Sgt. Mark A Bentley, Materials Chief, Technical Rescue Platoon, Initial Response Force "A," React Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, cuts through a plate of steel, during a training exercise, to gain access to a "victim" trapped in the debris. (Released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-06-14 08:22:00 A Marine with Decontamination Platoon, Initial Response Force "A," React Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, demonstrates how to self decontaminate to a “victim” during their certification exercise 14 June.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-05-24 14:00:00 Marines from Initial Response Force A, React Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, pull their way to first place after a tug of war match against IRF B during CBIRF’s battalion field meet 24 May. Headquarters and Support Company, IRF A and IFR B all competed against one another in several events to strengthen unit cohesion after the safety brief before the Memorial Day weekend.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-05-24 13:58:00 Sgt. Cory Trott, CBRN Warehouse Chief, Head Quarters and Support Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, leads H&S Company’s team in a tug of war match against IRF B during CBIRF’s battalion field meet 24 May. Headquarters and Support Company, IRF A and IFR B all competed against one another in several events to strengthen unit cohesion after the safety brief before the Memorial Day weekend.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-05-24 13:59:00 Marines from Initial Response Force B, React Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force fight against IRF A in a tug of war match during CBIRF’s battalion field meet 24 May. Headquarters and Support Company, IRF A and IFR B all competed against one another in several events to strengthen unit cohesion after the safety brief before the Memorial Day weekend.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-05-24 14:00:00 Sgt. Jonathan Muff, Initial Response Force A Team Leader, Decontamination Platoon, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, leads IRF A’s team in a tug of war match against IRF B during CBIRF’s battalion field meet 24 May. Headquarters and Support Company, IRF A and IFR B all competed against one another in several events to strengthen unit cohesion after the safety brief before the Memorial Day weekend.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-05-24 13:58:00 Initial Response Force B fights against IRF A in a tug of war match during CBIRF’s battalion field meet 24 May. Headquarters and Support Company, IRF A and IFR B all competed against one another in several events to strengthen unit cohesion after the safety brief before the Memorial Day weekend.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-05-24 13:31:00 Sergeant Brandon Murphy, Decontamination Platoon Safety NCO, Initial Response Force B, React Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force reassembles an M16 – A4 service rifle in the rifle relay race during CBIRF’s battalion field meet 24 May. Headquarters and Support Company, IRF A and IFR B all competed against one another in several events to strengthen unit cohesion and win bragging rights after the safety brief before the Memorial Day weekend.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-05-24 13:52:00 Private First Class Jonathon D. James, Motor Transportation Operator, Headquarters and Support Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force races to the finish line in the gas mask relay race during CBIRF’s battalion field meet 24 May. Headquarters and Support Company, IRF A and IFR B all competed against one another in several events to strengthen unit cohesion and win bragging rights after the safety brief before the Memorial Day weekend.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-05-24 13:01:00 Gunery Sgt. John Schmuck, Company Gunnery Sergeant, Headquarters and Support Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, leads H&S Company’s team in the truck pull during CBIRF’s battalion field meet 24 May. Headquarters and Support Company, IRF A and IFR B all competed against one another in several events to strengthen unit cohesion after the safety brief before the Memorial Day weekend.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-05-24 13:30:00 Lance Cpl Jacob Detty, armorer, Headquarters and Support Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force races to assemble and disassemble an M16 – A4 service rifle in the rifle relay race during CBIRF’s battalion field meet 24 May. Headquarters and Support Company, IRF A and IFR B all competed against one another in several events to strengthen unit cohesion and earn bragging rights after the safety brief before the Memorial Day weekend.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L Goch
Date: 2011-05-24 12:58:00 Marines from Initial Response Force B, React Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, charge forward to take first place in the truck pull during CBIRF’s battalion field meet 24 May. Headquarters and Support Company, IRF A and IFR B all competed against one another in several events to strengthen unit cohesion after the safety brief before the Memorial Day weekend.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Cashmere C. Jefferson
Date: 2011-04-01 16:50:00 The Secretary of Defense recently approved the order for Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, II Marine Expeditionary Force to deploy an Initial Response Force (IRF) to Japan in support of Operation Tomodachi. Approximately 15 members of the IRF deployed from Indian Head, Md. and have arrived at approximately 11 a.m. local time April 2, here at Yokota Air Base. The IRF can forward-deploy and respond to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear incidents in order to assist in the conduct for consequence management operations. An IRF accomplishes the misson by providing capabilities for agent detection and indentification; casualty search, rescue, and personnel decontamination; and emergency medical care and stabilization of contaminated personnel. The intended mission of this IRF is to assist, and train as necessary, the Japan Self Defense Forces in the techniques and procedures they are likely to need as they respond to this crisis. (Photo by Army Agt. Cashmere C. Jefferson, Joint Support Force Public Affairs).
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Cashmere C. Jefferson
Date: 2011-04-01 16:50:00 The Secretary of Defense recently approved the order for Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, II Marine Expeditionary Force to deploy an Initial Response Force (IRF) to Japan in support of Operation Tomodachi. Approximately 15 members of the IRF deployed from Indian Head, Md. and have arrived at approximately 11 a.m. local time April 2, here at Yokota Air Base. The IRF can forward-deploy and respond to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear incidents in order to assist in the conduct for consequence management operations. An IRF accomplishes the misson by providing capabilities for agent detection and indentification; casualty search, rescue, and personnel decontamination; and emergency medical care and stabilization of contaminated personnel. The intended mission of this IRF is to assist, and train as necessary, the Japan Self Defense Forces in the techniques and procedures they are likely to need as they respond to this crisis. (Photo by Army Agt. Cashmere C. Jefferson, Joint Support Force Public Affairs).
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Cashmere C. Jefferson
Date: 2010-03-29 22:23:00 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A Marine from the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, II Marine Expeditionary Force deployed with an Initial Response Force (IRF) to Japan in support of Operation Tomodachi gives a brief on what they are going to expect. Approximately 15 members of the IRF deployed from Indian Head, Md. and have arrived at approximately 11 a.m. local time April 2, here at Yokota Air Base. The IRF can forward-deploy and respond to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear incidents in order to assist in the conduct for consequence management operations. An IRF accomplishes the misson by providing capabilities for agent detection and indentification; casualty search, rescue, and personnel decontamination; and emergency medical care and stabilization of contaminated personnel. The intended mission of this IRF is to assist, and train as necessary, the Japan Self Defense Forces in the techniques and procedures they are likely to need as they respond to this crisis. (Photo by Army Agt. Cashmere C. Jefferson, Joint Support Force Public Affairs).
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Cashmere C. Jefferson
Date: 2011-04-01 16:51:00 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The Secretary of Defense recently approved the order for Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, II Marine Expeditionary Force to deploy an Initial Response Force (IRF) to Japan in support of Operation Tomodachi. Approximately 15 members of the IRF deployed from Indian Head, Md. and have arrived at approximately 11 a.m. local time April 2, here at Yokota Air Base. The IRF can forward-deploy and respond to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear incidents in order to assist in the conduct for consequence management operations. An IRF accomplishes the misson by providing capabilities for agent detection and indentification; casualty search, rescue, and personnel decontamination; and emergency medical care and stabilization of contaminated personnel. The intended mission of this IRF is to assist, and train as necessary, the Japan Self Defense Forces in the techniques and procedures they are likely to need as they respond to this crisis. (Photo by Army Agt. Cashmere C. Jefferson, Joint Support Force Public Affairs).
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Cashmere C. Jefferson
Date: 2010-03-29 22:22:00 Lt. Cmdr Tifani Grizzell, assigned to the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, II Marine Expeditionary Force deployed as an Initial Response Force (IRF) to Japan in support of Operation Tomodachi. Approximately 15 members of the IRF deployed from Indian Head, Md. and have arrived at approximately 11 a.m. local time April 2, here at Yokota Air Base. The IRF can forward-deploy and respond to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear incidents in order to assist in the conduct for consequence management operations. An IRF accomplishes the misson by providing capabilities for agent detection and indentification; casualty search, rescue, and personnel decontamination; and emergency medical care and stabilization of contaminated personnel. The intended mission of this IRF is to assist, and train as necessary, the Japan Self Defense Forces in the techniques and procedures they are likely to need as they respond to this crisis. (Photo by Army Agt. Cashmere C. Jefferson, Joint Support Force Public Affairs).
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Cashmere C. Jefferson
Date: 2011-04-01 16:54:00 The Secretary of Defense recently approved the order for Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, II Marine Expeditionary Force to deploy an Initial Response Force (IRF) to Japan in support of Operation Tomodachi. Approximately 15 members of the IRF deployed from Indian Head, Md. and have arrived at approximately 11 a.m. local time April 2, here at Yokota Air Base. The IRF can forward-deploy and respond to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear incidents in order to assist in the conduct for consequence management operations. An IRF accomplishes the misson by providing capabilities for agent detection and indentification; casualty search, rescue, and personnel decontamination; and emergency medical care and stabilization of contaminated personnel. The intended mission of this IRF is to assist, and train as necessary, the Japan Self Defense Forces in the techniques and procedures they are likely to need as they respond to this crisis. (Photo by Army Agt. Cashmere C. Jefferson, Joint Support Force Public Affairs).
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Army Sgt. Derek Kuhn
Date: 2011-04-29 00:00:00 Air Force Lt. Gen. Burton M. Field, commander of the Joint Support Force and the United States Forces, Japan, addresses Marines with the Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force and Japan Ground Self Defense Force members at Yokota Air Base, Japan, prior to Japan's Minister of Defense Toshimi Kitazawa's speech on April 23. Kitazawa and Field were on hand to watch the Marines with the Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force, and the Japanese Ground Self Defense Forces demonstrate their collective ability to work together in a chemical, biological or nuclear environment.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Army Sgt. Derek Kuhn
Date: 2011-04-29 00:00:00 Japan's Minister of Defense Toshimi Kitazawa watches Marines with the Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force perform an extraction demonstration at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 23. Kitazawa and Air Force Lt. Gen. Burton M. Field, commander of the Joint Support Force and the United States Forces, Japan, were on hand to watch the Marines with the CBIRF and the Japan Ground Self Defense Forces demonstrate their collective ability to work together in a chemical, biological or nuclear event.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Army Sgt. Derek Kuhn
Date: 2011-04-29 00:00:00 Bloomington, Minn., native, Marine Corps Sgt. Nicholas Janey, a technical rescueman with the Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force, demonstrates how he would use a saw to force his way into a vehicle to extract a person during a chemical, biological or nuclear event at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 23. The Marines of CBIRF and the Japan Ground Self Defense Forces demonstrated their collective ability to work together in a chemical, biological or nuclear event to Japan's Minister of Defense Toshimi Kitazawa and Air Force Lt. Gen. Burton M. Field, commander of the Joint Support Force and the United States Forces, Japan.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Army Sgt. Derek Kuhn
Date: 2011-04-29 00:00:00 Air Force Lt. Gen. Burton M. Field, commander of the Joint Support Force and the United States Forces, Japan, and Allentown, Pa., native, Marine Corps Maj. Michael Johnson, mission commander of the Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force, inspects a Marine's Mission Oriented Protective Posture suit at Yokota Air Base, Japan, prior to Japan's Minister of Defense Toshimi Kitazawa's arrival, April 23. Kitazawa and Field were on hand to watch the Marines with CBIRF, and the Japan Ground Self Defense Forces demonstrate their collective ability to work together in a chemical, biological or nuclear event.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Army Sgt. Derek Kuhn
Date: 2011-04-29 00:00:00 Bloomington, Minn., native, Marine Corps Sgt. Nicholas Janey, a technical rescueman with the Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force, dons his Mission Oriented Protective Posture suit with help from another CBIRF Marine prior to a bilateral demonstration at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 23. The Marines of CBIRF and the Japan Ground Self Defense Forces demonstrated their collective ability to work together in a chemical, biological or nuclear event to Japan's Minister of Defense Toshimi Kitazawa and Air Force Lt. Gen. Burton M. Field, commander of the Joint Support Force and the United States Forces, Japan.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Army Sgt. Derek Kuhn
Date: 2011-04-29 00:00:00 Marines with the Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force, don their Mission Oriented Protective Posture suits prior to a bilateral demonstration at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 23. The Marines of CBIRF and the Japan Ground Self Defense Forces demonstrated their collective ability to work together in a chemical, biological or nuclear event to Japan's Minister of Defense Toshimi Kitazawa and Air Force Lt. Gen. Burton M. Field, commander of the Joint Support Force and the United States Forces, Japan.
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L. Goch
Date: 2011-04-29 11:26:00 Chemical Biological Incident Response Force’s Executive Officer, Lt. Col. Charles M. Long takes a moment to pose for a quick picture after Sgt. Maj. Darrell L. Stillings, CBIRF’s Battalion Sergeant Major, graduated from the CBIRF Basic Operators Course. Regardless of rank, every Marine and sailor stationed at CBIRF has to attend and pass the three-week course. (Photo by: Sgt frances L Goch)(Released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L. Goch
Date: 2011-05-03 03:27:00 SSgt. Randall W. Chatfield, Initial Response Force A, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, greats his youngest child after returning home from a month long deployment in support of Operation Tomodachi. The Marines of IRF A Deployed to Japan after a catastrophic earthquake and soon after tsunami shook the country and critically damaging the nuclear power plant Fukushima Dai-ichi. (Photo By Sgt. France L Goch)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L. Goch
Date: 2011-05-02 23:31:00 Cpl. Ian C. Schuelke, Initial Response Force A, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, greats his wife and ‘baby on the way’ after returning home from a month long deployment in support of Operation Tomodachi. The Marines of IRF A Deployed to Japan after a catastrophic earthquake and soon after tsunami shook the country and critically damaging the nuclear power plant Fukushima Dai-ichi. (Photo By Sgt. Frances L. Goch)(Released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L. Goch
Date: 2011-05-02 16:04:00 Sgt. Kris Jolley, Operations Non-Commissioned Officer, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, paints faces of children awaiting the return of their mothers and fathers from a month long deployment in support of Operation Tomodachi. The Marines of IRF A Deployed to Japan after a catastrophic earthquake and soon after tsunami shook the country and critically damaging the nuclear power plant Fukushima Dai-ichi. (Photo By Sgt. Frances L. Goch)(Released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L. Goch
Date: 2011-05-02 15:56:00 Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Md. – Cpl. Kevin M. Halfman, Initial Response Force A, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, greats his little girl after returning home from a month long deployment in support of Operation Tomodachi. The Marines of IRF A Deployed to Japan after a catastrophic earthquake and soon after tsunami shook the country and critically damaging the nuclear power plant Fukushima Dai-ichi. (Photo By Sgt. Frances L. Goch)(Released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L. Goch
Date: 2011-03-14 09:41:00 MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER, Ind. - Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Brian M. Pimpo from Initial Response Force B, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, triages 'victims' after they have decontaminated during the second training excercise of the training oeration Vibrant Response 1.1. The Marines and sailors of CBIRF drove from their base, Naval Support Facility Indidan Head, in Maryland to Indiana and transitioned straight into a 24-hour training exercise. (Photo by Sgt. Frances L. Goch)(Released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L. Goch
Date: 2011-03-14 09:42:00 MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER, Ind. - Decontamination Marines from Initial Response Forces B, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, run the ambulatory and non-ambulatory decontamination lines during a 12-hour training exercise at the training operation Vibrant Response 1.1. The Marines and sailors of CBIRF drove from their base, Naval Support Facility Indian Head, in Maryland to Indiana and transitioned straight into a 24-hour training operation. (Photo by Sgt. Frances L. Goch)(Released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L. Goch
Date: 2011-03-14 09:43:00 MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER, Ind. - Extraction Marines from Initial Response Forces B, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, pull 'casualties' to the non-ambulatory decontamination line during a 12-hour training exercise at the training operation Vibrant Response 1.1. The Marines and sailors of CBIRF drove from their base, Naval Support Facility Indian Head, in Maryland to Indiana and transitioned straight into a 24-hour training operation. (Photo by Sgt. Frances L. Goch)(Released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L. Goch
Date: 2011-03-14 09:48:00 MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER, Ind. - Marines and sailors from Initial Response Forces B, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, search for and extract 'casualties' during a 12-hour training exercise at the training operation Vibrant Response 1.1. The Marines and sailors of CBIRF drove from their base, Naval Support Facility Indian Head, in Maryland to Indiana and transitioned straight into a 24-hour training operation. (Photo by Sgt. Frances L. Goch)(Released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Sgt. Frances L. Goch
Date: 2011-03-12 18:22:00 MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER, Ind. - Technical Rescue Marines from Initial Response Force B, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, reinforce a building durring a training operation, Vibrant Response 1.1. The Marines and sailors of CBIRF drove from their base, Naval Support Facility Indian Head, in Maryland to Indiana and transitioned straight into a 24-hour training exercise. (Photo by Sgt. Frances L. Goch)(Released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Gary Wagner
Date: 2011-04-06 14:55:00 STUMP NECK ANNEX, Md. (April 6, 2011) Lt.Gen. John Paxton Jr., Commanding General for II Marine Expeditionary Force (2nd from left) observes Incident Response Team members with the Marine Corps Chemical Biological Incident Response Force as they rehearse decontamination procedures for non-ambulatory victims. (U.S. Navy photo by Gary Wagner/Released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Gary Wagner
Date: 2011-04-06 15:07:00 STUMP NECK ANNEX, Md. (April 6, 2011) Technical rescue platoon members with the Marine Corps Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, Sgt. Jafri Leahy (center) and Cpl. Michael Harvey (r.) demonstrate a high-to-high rope rescue at the command's Downey Responder Training Facility. While suspended three stories in the air, they secured an "unconscious" LCpl. Keith Saffran onto a rescue stretcher prior to lowering the victim to the ground. The demonstration was part of a day-long visit to CBIRF earlier this month by Lt.Gen. John Paxton Jr., Commanding General II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Navy photo by Gary Wagner/Released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Gary Wagner
Date: 2011-04-06 15:16:00 STUMP NECK ANNEX, Md. (April 6, 2011) Lt.Gen. John Paxton Jr., Commanding General II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), addresses Marines and Sailors from the Marine Corps Chemical Biological Incident Response Force during his visit to the command's Downey Responder Training Facility. CBIRF is a subordinate command to II MEF. When directed, II MEF deploys and is employed as a Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) in support of Combatant Commander requirements for contingency response or major theater war. (U.S. Navy photo by Gary Wagner/Released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Gary Wagner
Date: 2011-04-06 14:18:00 STUMP NECK ANNEX, Md. (April 6, 2011) Lt.Gen. John Paxton Jr., Commanding General for II Marine Expeditionary Force (l.), is briefed on the equipment used by CBIRF's Incident Response Teams to conduct downrange sampling and processing. (U.S. Navy photo by Gary Wagner/Released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Senior Airman Perry Aston
Date: 2011-04-02 16:02:00 Marines from II Marine Expeditionary Force, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, Initial Response Force 'A' board a C-5 Galaxy bound for Japan, April. 1 2011 at Joint Base Andrews, Md. The Marine unit is specially trained to counter the effects of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high-yeild explosive (CBRNE) incident. Will Provide the U.S. on-scene commander a rapid response capability and, if requested, [allow the commander to] assist Japanese authorities by providing advice and expertise in the areas of agent detection and identification, casualty search and rescue, personnel decontamination and emergency medical care. This is CBIRF's first overseas deployment since it was stood up in 1996 in response to the sarin attack on Tokyo subway in 1995. (Released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Senior Airman Perry Aston
Date: 2011-04-02 14:38:00 Marines from the II Marine Expeditionary Force, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, Initial Response Force 'A' load CBIRF response vehicles onto a C-5 Galaxy bound for Japan, Apr. 1, 2011. Based at Naval Suport Facility Indian Head Maryland, CBIRF is a unit comprised of Marines and sailors specially trained to counter the effects of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yeild explosive (CBRNE) incident. Usually, that intails being available to assist local, state and federal agencies with domestic emergency responses to CBRNE incidents. This is CBIRF's first overseas deployment since it was stood up in 1996 in response to the sarin attack on Tokyo subway in 1995.(Released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Senior Airman Perry Aston
Date: 2011-04-02 15:06:00 Marines from the II MArine Exeditionary Force, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, Initial Response Force 'A' load CBIRF response vehicles onto a C-5 Galaxy, Apr. 1, 2011 at Joint Base Andrews, Md. The CBIRF is heading for Japan to provide the U.S. on-scene commander a rapid response capability and, if requested, [allow the commander to] assist the Japanese authorities by providing advice and expertise in the areas of agent detection and identification, casualty search and rescue, personnel decontamination and emergency medical care. This is CBIRF's first overseas deployment since it was stood up in 1996 in response to the sarin attack on Tokyo subway in 1995. (Released)
Unit: Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force
Byline: Senior Airman Perry Aston
Date: 2011-04-02 15:18:00 Marines from the II Marine Expeditionary Force, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, Initial Response Force 'A' load CBIRF response vehicles onto a C-5 Galaxy bound for Japan, Apr. 1, 2011. Based at Naval Suport Facility Indian Head Maryland, CBIRF is a unit comprised of Marines and sailors specially trained to counter the effects of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yeild explosive (CBRNE) incident. Usually, that intails being available to assist local, state and federal agencies with domestic emergency responses to CBRNE incidents. This is CBIRF's first overseas deployment since it was stood up in 1996 in response to the sarin attack on Tokyo subway in 1995. (Released) |