Soldiers from 546th Area Support Medical Company and 181st Chemical Company (Hazard Response), Task Force Ops, Joint Task Force Civil Support bring a simulated patient through the mass casualty decontamination line during Exercise Guardian Response at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Indiana, on May 4. (2nd Lt. Corey Maisch/Army)
Military Times: If there are nuclear strikes in the homeland, these are the soldiers who’ll respond
Two simultaneous nuclear explosions detonate, one in Detroit the other in Phoenix. Police, fire and local emergency workers scramble to respond.
What happens next?
Right now, a group of 3,500 soldiers, a mix of Army National Guard, active-duty soldiers under U.S. Army North and batches of reservists and other services are working on that very problem.
They’ve set up tents outside Detroit and are crowding 200 or more troops into command posts to coordinate how exactly you respond to thousands of dead, tens of thousands needing decontamination or rescue and perhaps a million or more citizens who must be moved out of the impact area.
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WNU editor: planning for mankind's worst nightmare.
