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 N.Y. National Guard Soldiers hone nuclear response skills By  Capt. Jean Marie Kratzer
                New York National Guard
 CAMP ATTERBURY, Indiana – One hundred and sixty New York Army National Guard Soldiers spent May 8-16 honing their emergency response skills during exercise Guardian Response 2019 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. Guardian Response exercises validate an Army unit's ability to support state and local authorities in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attack. New York Army National Guard Soldiers from the 369th Sustainment Brigade headquartered in Harlem took part in the exercise, which simulated a nuclear attack on Detroit. Army units from eight state National Guards, the Army Reserve and the Active Army took part. Part of the exercise involved hands-on rescue and recovery missions at Muscattuck Urban Training Center. "We started training last year; we are learning a lot from our civilian counterparts and as a strong team we have worked on our individual tasks and collective staff work," said Col. Stephen Bousquet, the 369th Sustainment Brigade commander. The exercise scenario was built around an urban area hit by a 20 kiloton atomic weapon. One incident followed another during the exercise. The 128 Soldiers from the 133rd Composite Supply Company, 
  headquartered at Fort Hamilton were always on the go moving critical supplies from one location to another, according to Capt. Ismael Batista, the company commander. "These truly are the epitome of disaster-ready, Citizen-Soldiers," said 1st Sgt. Tracyann Stewart, first sergeant of the 133rd Composite Supply Company. "For a unit such as ours in Brooklyn, it can feel too close to think about such emergencies as these which will test our resolve or will to help family, friends and neighbors," she added. The 369th will be responsible for its part in the mission for about two years and during that time will continue to improve interoperability between active, Guard and Reserve with civilian agencies for homeland response, specifically chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents, according to Bousquet. "This experience is different than our deployment in 2017. Then we were a brigade element supporting logistics in the Middle East; now we are working with different units assisting with vital urban search and rescue and life-saving decontamination and medical care," Bousquet said. During the exercise, the Soldiers were continually performing command tasks, to include receiving reports, updating and assessing information and deploying simulated National Guard, state and federal forces to provide a scaled response to the disaster. "No one is ever truly ready for a scenario where U.S. cities are attacked like this. Not every young Guardsman knows the danger of an experience such as a deployment, Batista said. "This exercise can remind them of the risk and responsibility we hold within our communities," Batista added. The team trains under Department of Defense guidelines which require the Soldiers to respond within 6 to 12 hours to assist local authorities after a chemical, biological radiological or nuclear attack or a hazardous materials incident, Bosquet explained. "Every member of the 133rd can attest to hoping we're never called up," Stewart said. "But they are ready to do their jobs." "As we have geared up for this exercise over the past year, many Soldiers felt the strain of a higher op-tempo, but being here in person, running through the scenario, I think they are confident in their training," Stewart said. "I'm proud of how far this unit has come; leaders should rest assured that the 133rd remains vigilantly in place," said Batista.
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