2010 Annual Report - West Virginia Army National Guard - U.S. Army

West Virginia National Guard Annual Report 2010West Virginia National GuardHomeland DefenseJoint Task Force• Joint Interagency Trainingand Education Center• Civil Support Team• Counter Drug• CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package• Memorial Tunnel• Critical Infrastructure Protection Mission Assurance AnalysisJoint Interagency Training and Education CenterLt. Col. Randall IsomCommand Sgt. Maj. Michael LewisThe mission of the Joint InteragencyTraining and Education Center is to educate,train, and exercise Department of Defense andjoint intergovernmental, interagency, and multinationalspectrum partners in conjunction withon-going homeland defense operations. The unitalso executes defense support to civil authoritiesand homeland defense missions as directed bythe Department of Defense and the NationalGuard Bureau.The U.S. Army approved theJITEC concept plan and published anauthorization document establishingthe JITEC as an active NationalGuard unit in February 2010. A publicceremony was conducted on Sept. 11,2010, to introduce the new unit. TheJITEC is a Title 32 National Guardtraining and education organization.The JITEC supports civil-militarytraining and education utilizing acadre of military and civilian subjectmatter experts for homeland defenseand civil support activities in fourfocus areas: Chemical, Biological,Radiological, Nuclear, High YieldExplosives; Critical infrastructureProtection; Continuity of Operations/Continuityof Government; and Information Sharing.As a national homeland security capability,the JITEC provides training to active andreserve military components, intergovernmentaland interagency partners, and emergencymanagement and first-responders focused oncivil support and emergency preparedness.The JITEC training and operational33