Posted on 09/26/2009 9:39:42 PM PDT by darrellmaurina
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (Sept. 8, 2009) — With the possibility of a terrorist attack on one of the state’s waterways, the 7th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team from Fort Leonard Wood spent two days earlier this month training on the Lake of the Ozarks to respond to waterborne threats. The Missouri Army and Air National Guard unit teamed with the Missouri Water Patrol and its SWAT team for a joint exercise put on by the Center for National Response. It was the team’s first exercise that involved a body of water. “There were lots of challenges,” said Maj. Jeffrey Ford, the team’s deputy commander. “Up until this point, all of our tactics, techniques and procedures were designed for a ground entry.” The reconnaissance team members normally load up an all-terrain vehicle with their equipment, drive close to the target area, and walk back and forth to the vehicle as necessary for equipment. “In this case, we had to put everything into smaller containers, load it onto a boat and then move on to the target,” said Ford. “When you get to the target, you don’t have everything that you’re used to having. You have to adapt to that.”
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