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Home : Features : 2008 : Vigilant Guard South Carolina

South Carolina

**What is "Vigilant Guard"?**A three-day, South Carolina National Guard-hosted exercise that will test the National Guard as the first military responder in support of the governor and the state emergency management agency. "Vigilant Guard" reinforces that all incidents are local. The National Guard Bureau exercise will demonstrate the capabilities of the South Carolina National Guard Joint Force Headquarters, the Joint Task Force-South Carolina, and the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) - the process where Governors reach out to other governors for more assistance. Specific National Guard homeland defense capabilities will include the National Guard Reaction Forces (NGRF), Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (CST) and Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Enhanced Response Package (CERFP) teams.

**What is the exercise scenario?**On April 20 at approximately 1 p.m. a 7.3-scale earthquake will register on a notional fault in South Carolina. The earthquake will be centered in the vicinity of Beaufort County. The incident will prompt the deployment of National Guard personnel from South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Georgia and Virginia, and the National Guard Bureau.

**Who will participate?**More than 2,000 National Guard personnel from South Carolina and surrounding states will respond in support of relief operations in Beaufort County - all under the command and control of the Governor of South Carolina through EMAC. These National Guard forces will operate and train alongside other participants including Beaufort County and state agencies, the Department of Homeland Security, and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region IV.

                            -  Vigilant Guard 2008 a success, served South Carolina well   
                            -  Vigilant Guard 2008 training helps Beaufort Memorial Hospital sharpen skills   
                            -  National Guard assists local responders in Port Royal anti-terrorism exercise   
                            -  Soldiers provide assistance to Sun City community   
                            -  National Guard and local units engage in large-scale emergency medicine exercise   
                            -  Local father, daughter support Vigilant Guard   
                            -  State response teams work hand in hand with National Guard   
                            -  Medical teams airlift victims to local hospitals   
                            -  National Guard practices search and rescue with local emergency responders   
                            -  Partnership active for Vigilant Guard 2008   
                            -  Church helps soldiers during the 2008 Vigilant Guard exercise   
                            -  877th Engineer Company practices high extraction techniques   
                            -  Media invitation to the largest preparedness exercise in South Carolina hosted by the National Guard   
                            -  Engineers clear away neighborhood flood waters   
                            -  South Carolina Guard's 43rd Civil Support Team assists local fire district during National Guard e   
                            -  Beaufort and Charleston, South Carolina: Still making history today   
                            -  Convoy regulations keep traffic moving   
                            -  Staying in touch after disaster strikes   
                            -  Kansas Airman ready to lend a hand   
                            -  Alabama Airman follows family tradition   
                            -  Oklahoma City first responders teach search and rescue   
                            -  Media invitation to the largest preparedness exercise in South Carolina hosted by the National Guard   
                            -  Rubble pile creates realistic search and rescue scenarios   
                            -  Greenville Soldier prepares for disaster response   
                            -  Soldiers from Denmark observe Vigilant Guard 2008   
                            -  Air Guard EMEDS team breaks new ground in Vigilant Guard   
                            -  Eagle Vision assists with Vigilant Guard disaster operations   
                            -  National Guard brings public affairs capability to exercise   
                            -  Media invitation to National Guard disaster preparedness exercise   
                            -  Vigilant Guard 2008 Sand Flea Daily Paper - Issue 3 (PDF)   
                            -  Vigilant Guard 2008 Sand Flea Daily Paper - Issue 2 (PDF)   
                            -  Vigilant Guard 2008 Sand Flea Daily Paper - Issue 1 (PDF)   

 

Tennessee

**What is "Vigilant Guard"?**It’s a three-day, Tennessee National Guard-hosted exercise that will test the National Guard as the first military responder in support of the governor and the state emergency management agency. "Vigilant Guard"reinforces that all incidents are local. The exercise will demonstrate the capabilities of the Tennessee National Guard Joint Force Headquarters, the Joint Task Force-Tennessee, and the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) - the process where Governors reach out to other Governors for more assistance. Specific National Guard homeland defense capabilities will include the National Guard Reaction Forces (NGRF), Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (CST) and Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Enhanced Response Package (CERFP) teams.

**What is the exercise scenario?**On April 19 at approximately 10 a.m. a 7.7-scale earthquake will register at New Madrid Seismic Zone in Shelby County. The earthquake will be centered in the vicinity of Marked Tree, Ark. The incident will prompt the deployment of National Guard personnel from Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and the National Guard Bureau.

**Who will participate?**More than 2,000 National Guard personnel from Tennessee and surrounding states will respond in support of relief operations in Shelby County - all under the command and control of the Governor of Tennessee through EMAC. These National Guard forces will operate and train alongside other participants including Shelby County and state agencies, the Department of Homeland Security, and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region IV.

                            -  Minister, Volunteer, Chaplain - State Guard Chaplain Supports Vigilant Guard 08   
                            -  Millington Mayor Swaps Coat & Tie For Camouflage   
                            -  Tennessee Army National Guard Mobile Emergency Response Team Advanced Debuts at Vigilant Guard 08   
                            -  Canteen Catering Incorporated   
                            -  West Tennessee Rocks. . . . and the Guard Rolls   
                            -  JISCC Team   
                            -  Guard Civil Support Team Supports Shelby County Fire Department During Vigilant Guard 08   
                            -  Tennessee National Guard hosts Multi-State Emergency Response Exercise (PDF)   

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                            -  Vigilant Guard Fact Sheet   
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