Vibrant Response 13

Medical Technicians Tech. Sgt. Robin Woodey and Senior Airman Jacob Watters iirrigate the wound of a roleplayer to try to attemp to remove radioactive particles from the patients arm. (DoD photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Piper)

Vibrant Response 13

Army military policemen assigned to the 811th Engineer Company help simulated survivors evacuate a neighborhood involved in a simulated nuclear blast attack at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center at Camp Atterbury, Ind., July 26, 2012, during exercise Vibrant Response 13. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Terence Ewings)

Vibrant Response

U.S. Air Force medical personnel assigned to Expeditionary Medical Support escort simulated injured patients away from an Army HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during a medical evacuation in support of exercise Vibrant Response 13 at Contingency Operating Location Nighthawk at Camp Atterbury, Ind., July 30, 2012. Vibrant Response is a U.S. Northern Command-sponsored field training exercise for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive consequence management forces designed to improve their ability to respond to catastrophic incidents. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Tony Tolley/Released)

Exercise Vibrant Response 13

The simulated area of a flooded housing community during Exercise Vibrant Response at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind., July 29, 2012. Exercise Vibrant Response is a training event for the Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Response Force. The exercise focuses on Department of Defense support of civil authorities in a consequence management role. The DCRF is part of DoD's scalable response capability to assist civilian responders in saving lives, relieving human suffering and provide critical support to enable community recovery following a catastrophic CBRN incident.

153rd Airlift Wing MAFFS

An Airman assigned to the 153rd Airlift Wing marshals a MAFFS-equipped C-130 on the flightline at the Wyoming Air National Guard base in Cheyenne, Wyo., July 3, 2012. MAFFS aircraft continue to operate in the Rocky Mountain region to assist with firefighting efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nichole Grady)

Lt. Col. Nehrings talks about the 601st AOC mission during a virtual video tour

Lt. Col. Sharon Nehrings, a senior air defense officer at the 601st Air and Space Operations Center, talks about the AOC's mission during a virtual video tour on the operations floor. Virtual video tours like this one are a way for the 601st AOC to share its mission around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Steve Burke)