National Guard Works to Improve Response to Attacks

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National Guard Works to Improve Response to Attacks

The Virginia National Guard plans to develop a task force to support the

response to a potential attack involving an unconventional weapon, officials

said Friday (see GSN, April 18).

Guard units around the nation are preparing to work with state and local

agencies in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear

attack, the Washington Post reported.

" The idea is to help in any kind of weapons-of-mass-destruction kind of

attack, " said Jack on, a National Guard spokesman.

About 500 soldiers and airmen with experience in medical triage, chemical

decontamination, explosive detection and other areas would put in 18 months

of training for the task force, said Lt. Col. Chester III, a

spokesman for the Virginia National Guard.

" We would support the first responder, " he said. " What we would do is bring

to the table an additional tool in such an event. "

The U.S. Defense Department developed the nationwide program, the Post

reported. The National Guard selected 17 states for the task force program.

on said personnel in 12 states have gone through the training and are

" mission-ready " (Sandhya Somashekhar, Washington Post, June 24).

Randi Airola

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