In a real-life disturbance scenario, the National Guard would be called in to combine forces with depot security to create a stronger defense. Later in the day, as the civil disturbance exercise continued, a sniper was added to the situation. The duties of the two forces were to capture the sniper, transport him to a prisoners' holding area and detain the rioters. After all the suspects were detained, National Guard and depot security personnel met for a briefing on the day's events. Johnson described the techniques used to respond to the different types of disturbances.
Riot control requires a special formation with the use of shields and riot batons.
These techniques are used to make us more efficient and more effective in our work. The exercise gave the National Guard unit the opportunity to practice civil disturbance drills, and it gave the depot security guards a first-ever opportunity to train for such a scenario. In the future, we would like to work on a battalion level to have it at an even larger scale. This is the first time the exercises were held at Tobyhanna. Johnson and Babich hope to be able to hold the exercises at the depot every year in the future.