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

West Virginia National Guard Annual Report 2010capability is based at three locations in WestVirginia -- Camp Dawson near Kingwood; theSt. Albans Readiness Center; and the MemorialTunnel Training Complex near Gallagher, W.Va.The JITEC’s core CBRNE capabilitiesare found at the Center for National Response,which operates the Memorial Tunnel TrainingComplex. The Tunnel was originally a 2,800foot, two-lane interstate highway tunnel, andis now a unique training facility that providesseveral scenarios: post-blast rubble event;subway station and trainmishaps; weapons of massdestruction laboratories;highway WMD hazardousmaterial incident; a cave and abunker complex; and a confinedspace emergency egress trainer.The CNR staff additionallyconducts full-scale exercisesthroughout the United Statesand its territories for militaryand civilian first respondersutilizing mobile training teams.The CBRNE TrainingBattalion is tasked withtraining and evaluating 17CBRNE Enhanced ResponseForce Packages and 10 Homeland ResponseForces, and additionally provides scenariobasedtraining for 57 National Guard Weaponsof Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams.JITEC additionally provides support to nationalexercises that seek to improve command andcontrol and operational relationships withinternal, regional civilian, federal, and militarypartners.JITEC’s Critical Infrastructure ProtectionBattalion provides operational support to theDefense Industrial Base, Defense ContractingManagement Agency, and the Department ofHomeland Security to conduct vulnerabilityassessments on high consequence criticalinfrastructure. JITEC is the lead entity forsupport to the Super Bowl, World Series andG-20 Summit.Since its inception, the JITEC has trainedmore than 94,500 military and civilian firstresponders in CBRNE operations; conductedmore than 1,600 training exercises; andperformed 24 CERF-P external evaluations.Additionally, the JITEC has conducted about200 vulnerability assessments on criticalinfrastructure in 30 states, including recentvulnerability assessments in support of the SuperBowl and the Presidential Inauguration. JITECstaff has also conducted 22 training courses in 16states, providing training to more than 500 stateand local infrastructure protection planners, firstresponders and emergency managers.34 35