U.S. Army Spc. Luther Owanga and Army Spc. Clayton Wheatley, assigned to the 172nd Chemical Company, 2nd Chemical Battalion, 48th Chemical Brigade, 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives Command, Fort Riley, Kansas, sort through debris searching for household hazardous waste material in Pacific Palisades, California, Feb 15. 2025. Active-duty service members, along with other Department of Defense assets, are supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Environmental Protection Agency wildfire hazardous waste cleanup operations around the Los Angeles County area as part of U.S. Northern Command’s assigned Defense Support of Civil Authorities. At the request of the FEMA, NORTHCOM deployed approximately 170 active-duty personnel to assist EPA-led teams with cleanup of wildfire hazardous waste from the Eaton and Palisades fires in California. U.S. Army North, NORTHCOM’s Joint Force Land Component Command, is overseeing the military’s DSCA efforts, while Joint Task Force Civil Support, Fort Eustis, Virginia, is providing on-the-ground command and control of active-duty personnel. Work to remove the hazardous materials is phase one of the federal cleanup response to ensure the safety of the residents by preventing these materials from being released into the environment. (Department of Defense photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David Smalls, III)
| Date Taken: | 02.14.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 02.19.2025 18:32 |
| Photo ID: | 8875307 |
| VIRIN: | 250215-D-TJ564-1008 |
| Resolution: | 3840x5760 |
| Size: | 2.18 MB |
| Location: | PACIFIC PALISADES, CALIFORNIA, US |
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