GUAM – Two National Guard Civil Support Teams recently showed their joint response capabilities outside the U.S. mainland during a large scale disaster response exercise.
After crossing more than 3,800 miles of ocean in a simulated emergency response, Sept. 17, 2008, at least 20 Soldiers and Airmen of the Hawaii Guard’s 93rd CST took over a complete disaster mission from the Guam Guard’s 94th CST as part of the National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise Vigilant Guard.
Vigilant Guard also joined hundreds of other guard members from at least five states along with federal, state and local responders, Sept. 12-19, 2008, in a simulated response to a terrorist attack on Guam.