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NOTE The following test is a quote: DoD, Guard establish eight Homeland Response Force units By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, (7/12/10) - Eight more homeland response force units will be established in fiscal year 2012, Defense Department and National Guard Bureau officials said here today. The units are regional forces that will cross state lines when needed. They are part of a restructuring of the nation's chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive consequence management enterprise. Massachusetts (supported by Connecticut and Vermont), New York (supported by New Jersey), Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Utah and California each will...

NOTE The following text is a quote: Ohio, Washington to Start Homeland Response Forces By Lisa Daniel American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 3, 2010 – Ohio and Washington have been chosen as the first states to host new National Guard homeland response forces for responding to chemical and biological attacks, Pentagon officials announced today. The response forces, called for in the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review, are designed to work in collaboration with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide rapid response to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-explosive attacks. The Defense Department plans to establish 10 homeland response forces,...