JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. –
The 633rd Civil Engineer Squadron qualified 153 Airmen
in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear hands-on survival skills
during a Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force training day Jan. 25, 2018, at
Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.
Through this training, the 633rd CES
will maximize the output of CBRN qualified Airmen and keep JBLE mission ready.
“Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear warfare
training produces mission ready Airmen, prepared to survive in a CBRN warfare
environment,” U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michelle Garrett, 633rd Civil Engineer
Squadron, NCO in charge of the education and training
section.
According to Garrett, if CBRN warfare should occur, Airmen
must be prepared to respond.
Through CBRN training, Airmen will not only learn how
to wear the protective ground-crew ensemble properly as well as the M50 Joint Service
General Purpose mask, but they will also go through reconnaissance scenarios
while donning the gear.
The scenarios aim to prepare Airmen for potential
threats, and in a real-life scenario anyone could be assigned to a Post Attack
Reconnaissance team.
In the training, the PAR team members qualify on gear
inspection and decontamination procedures. They also learn how to move through
different sections of the base if a section is contaminated.
Explosive Ordinance Disposal instructors also teach the
CBRN students how to recognize, record, retreat and report unexploded ordinance.
"The
ATSO rodeo is an incredibly effective tool that provides CBRN and survival
skills training to Airmen across JBLE Langley," said Lt. Col. Kevin
Osborne, 633rd CES commander. "Airmen from 733rd Logistics Readiness Squadron,
633rd Medical Group, 633rd Security Forces and 633rd CES are working hard to
ensure that Team Langley is 100% ready, should we be called upon to respond,
and I am extremely proud of the work we have been doing."