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FP exercise tests garrison, mission units / USAG-Humphreys
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| 説明 | By Lori Yerdon USAG Humphreys Public Affairs HUMPHREYS GARRISON — The sound of the Mass Notification System or Giant Voice, “Exercise, Exercise, Exercise,” echoed throughout the installation as the garrison participated in an Adaptive Focus Force Protection exercise here, Nov. 15 to 19.During the three-day exercise, the garrison staff was put to the test by more than 30 antiterrorism and force protection evaluators from the U.S. Forces Korea J3/4 staff, Eighth Army and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The Adaptive Focus exercise is a USFK driven requirement that gives the USFK commander an idea of a garrison’s capabilities and preparedness level, should an incident happen.“During this exercise, members of the USFK J3/4 staff and their team did an assessment on the garrison,” said Mark Cox, director of the garrison’s Directorate of Plans, Training Mobilization and Security. “The team also evaluated our partnership with the mission units to see how effective our response was to several hazards, antiterrorism and force protection-type incidents.”For approximately three days, the assessment team ran scenario-driven events on the garrison to see how the first responders, mission units and garrison staff were synchronized and how each of the organizations would respond. These incidents included one involving a biological-type scenario along with one involving an active shooter on the installation.Adaptive Focus exercises are conducted approximately every two years and this is the first year the garrison fully implemented force protection measures that directly impacted community members.“We wanted to close the gates because that’s a measure that could happen should a real world incident happen,” said Randall Pryor, the Humphreys Garrison Antiterrorism Officer. “We wanted to practice procedures that in turn would provide our team with better training.”Several times during the exercise community members experienced traffic delays, gate closures and blocked roads, but Cox said all of the measures taken were required and provided invaluable training for all involved.“The exercise was hard not only on the garrison and mission units being evaluated, it was hard on the community as well,” Cox said. “We were able to execute multiple force protection measures that we ordinarily don’t have the opportunity to practice because they (the measures) are cumbersome to the community. We really appreciate the community’s cooperation and patience with us as we went through this hard, yet necessary, exercise.”All U.S. military garrisons on the peninsula – Army, Air Force and Navy – participate in Adaptive Focus exercises and for members of the garrison staff, the training and evaluation are key components to an effective antiterrorism and force protection program. “What we don’t want to happen is if we have a real-world event, we don’t want to wait until an incident occurs before we rehearse and are prepared to respond and handle the situation.”For more information on the Humphreys Garrison Antiterrorism and Force Protection program, visit humphreys.korea.army.mil/iwatch or call 754-6338.Courtesy photos by Patricia Chavez, Defense Threat Reduction Agency Public AffairsFor more information on U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys and living and working in Korea visit: USAG-Humphreys' official web site or check out our online videos. |
| 撮影日 | 2010-11-16 23:58:38 |
| 撮影者 | USAG-Humphreys |
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| カメラ | NIKON D5000 , NIKON CORPORATION |
| 露出 | 0.003 sec (1/400) |
| 開放F値 | f/10.0 |
| 焦点距離 | 26 mm |