18th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps visits CBIRF [Image 29 of 41]

INDIAN HEAD, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES

02.23.2016

Photo by Sgt. Santiago G. Colon Jr. 

Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF)

Retired Marine Master Sgt. Patrick Higgins, lead instructor at Raymond M. Downey Responder Training Facility guides Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green, the 18th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, through a tour of the facility where every Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) Marine trains to respond to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield Explosives (CBRNE) incidents, Feb. 18, 2016. Downey Responder Training Facility is located at Naval Annex Stump Neck, Md.
Green visited the Marines, sailors and civilians with CBIRF at Naval Support Facility Indian Head and Downey Responder Training Facility. During Green’s visit, he received a CBIRF brief given by the CBIRF Commanding Officer, Col. Stephen E. Redifer, viewed a static display of an Initial Response Force set-up, talked to CBIRF personnel, toured the Downey Responder Training Facility and had lunch with CBIRF staff noncommissioned officers. When directed, CBIRF forward-deploys and/or responds with minimal warning to a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high-yield explosive (CBRNE) threat or event in order to assist local, state, or federal agencies and the geographic combatant commanders in the conduct of CBRNE response or consequence management operations, providing capabilities for command and control; agent detection and identification; search, rescue, and decontamination; and emergency medical care for contaminated personnel. (Official USMC Photo by Sgt. Santiago G. Colon Jr./RELEASED)

• Date Taken: 02.23.2016
• Date Posted: 02.23.2016 10:07
• Photo ID: 2418605
• VIRIN: 160218-M-QB428-791
• Resolution: 5418x3594
• Size: 14.37 MB
• Location: INDIAN HEAD, MARYLAND, US