by Ronna Sweeney, KUAM NewsMonday, May 12, 2008 Subscribe to Ronna's newsfeed
Emergency coordination activities of the Guam National Guard's 94th Civil Support Team and local responders were tested this morning as they responded to a simulated domestic terrorist event in Radio, Barrigada. This is all to help prepare the Civil Support Team for certification in August by the Secretary of Defense. Department of Homeland Security public affairs officer Lesley Leon Guerrero told KUAM News groups were, "Pretty much enacting as they would happen in a real life event."She added, "The protocol we need to go through in order to activate the Civil Support Team, which is what the exercise is really geared towards. So far, a lot of lessons learned with last year's activity TOPFOFF-4 I've seen a lot of improvement since then, so I don't think they're going to have any problems."A second pre-external evaluation for the 94th CST has been scheduled for this Wednesday.