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Lance Cpl. Keith Saffran, a technical rescue technician, Headquarters and Service Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF), II Marine Expeditionary Force, conducts a repel from a tower, rescuing a simulated casualty, here, April 30. The unit hosted a tour, showing leaders from across North America how CBIRF operates in a contaminated environment. - Lance Cpl. Keith Saffran, a technical rescue technician, Headquarters and Service Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF), II Marine Expeditionary Force, conducts a repel from a tower, rescuing a simulated casualty, here, April 30. The unit hosted a tour, showing leaders from across North America how CBIRF operates in a contaminated environment.

Lance Cpl. Logan Carr, mobile laboratory operator, identification and detection platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, II Marine Expeditionary Force, analyzes a sample he tested in the glove box here March 26. After IDP Marines skillfully extract samples from the contaminated area, samples are then analyzed in the mobile lab. - Lance Cpl. Logan Carr, mobile laboratory operator, identification and detection platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, II Marine Expeditionary Force, analyzes a sample he tested in the glove box here March 26. After IDP Marines skillfully extract samples from the contaminated area, samples are then analyzed in the mobile lab.

Brig. Gen. Michael Dana (right), Director for Logistics, Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command and Director of Logistics and Engineering, Headquarters United States Northern Command, visited Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, II Marine Expeditionary Force, March 23rd to gather information about what CBIRF Marines and sailors do on a daily basis. Pat Higgins (left), lead training instructor, showed Dana around the Raymond M. Downey Sr. Responder Training Facility, where he saw the collapsed structure CBIRF Marines and sailors use to train with. - Brig. Gen. Michael Dana (right), Director for Logistics, Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command and Director of Logistics and Engineering, Headquarters United States Northern Command, visited Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, II Marine Expeditionary Force, March 23rd to gather information about what CBIRF Marines and sailors do on a daily basis. Pat Higgins (left), lead training instructor, showed Dana around the Raymond M. Downey Sr. Responder Training Facility, where he saw the collapsed structure CBIRF Marines and sailors use to train with.

Sgt. Mark Warner (left), Cpl. Emidio Tenaglia (right), technical rescue technicians, technical rescue platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, II Marine Expeditionary Force, assists in getting the simulated casualty from the ship to the ground using a highline in a simulated contaminated environment at Eastern Shield, an exercise here March 17th. For the first time ever, Marines with the technical rescue platoon set up a highline; which is used to transport simulated casualties from high to low places. - Sgt. Mark Warner (left), Cpl. Emidio Tenaglia (right), technical rescue technicians, technical rescue platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, II Marine Expeditionary Force, assists in getting the simulated casualty from the ship to the ground using a highline in a simulated contaminated environment at Eastern Shield, an exercise here March 17th. For the first time ever, Marines with the technical rescue platoon set up a highline; which is used to transport simulated casualties from high to low places.

Pfc. Josh Stanley, identification and detection specialist, identification and detection platoon (IDP), Headquarters and Service Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, II Marine Expeditionary Force, documents a sample he tested in a simulated contaminated environment at Eastern Shield, an exercise here March 17th. After extracting the samples from the contaminated area, the samples went to CBIRF’s mobile laboratory; where Marines can test what type of contaminant their sample is. - Pfc. Josh Stanley, identification and detection specialist, identification and detection platoon (IDP), Headquarters and Service Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, II Marine Expeditionary Force, documents a sample he tested in a simulated contaminated environment at Eastern Shield, an exercise here March 17th. After extracting the samples from the contaminated area, the samples went to CBIRF’s mobile laboratory; where Marines can test what type of contaminant their sample is.