Mission Assurance

Mission Assurance

Cherry Point, 2nd MAW personnel, local first responders hone crisis response skills

Eddie Hudson looks through a small opening to check for survivors during the 2015 Crisis Response Drill at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 3, 2015. The annual exercise simulated a vehicle borne IED destroying a main entrance gate and was designed to test Cherry Point’s emergency preparedness program and response procedures. Hudson is a firefighter with the Cherry Point Fire and Rescue Department.

Cherry Point, 2nd MAW personnel, local first responders hone crisis response skills

Darryl Phelps documents a casualty during the 2015 Crisis Response Drill at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 3, 2015. The annual exercise was designed to test Cherry Point’s emergency preparedness program and response procedures. Phelps is a firefighter with Cherry Point’s Fire and Emergency Services Department.

Cherry Point, 2nd MAW personnel, local first responders hone crisis response skills

Raymond Bane, left, and Joseph Smith lay a casualty on a stretcher following a simulated vehicle borne IED during the 2015 Crisis Response Drill at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 3, 2015. The annual exercise was designed to test Cherry Point’s emergency preparedness program and response procedures. Bane and Smith are firefighters with Cherry Point’s Fire and Emergency Services Department.

Cherry Point, 2nd MAW personnel, local first responders hone crisis response skills

Raymond Bane connects a Delsar Life Detector Listening Device to listen for survivors inside the rubble following a simulated vehicle borne IED explosion during the 2015 Crisis Response Drill at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 3, 2015. The annual exercise was designed to test Cherry Point’s emergency preparedness program and response procedures. Bane is a firefighter with Cherry Point’s Fire and Emergency Services Department.

Cherry Point, 2nd MAW personnel, local first responders hone crisis response skills

An exercise controller with the Marine Corps Regional Exercise Team East approaches a staged victim prior to the start of the 2015 Crisis Response Drill at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 3, 2015. The annual exercise is designed to test Cherry Point’s emergency preparedness program and response procedures.

Cherry Point, 2nd MAW personnel, local first responders hone crisis response skills

Firefighters evaluate the scene of a simulated vehicle borne IED near Cunningham Gate during the 2015 Crisis Response Drill at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 3, 2015. The annual exercise was designed to test Cherry Point’s emergency preparedness program and response procedures.