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We did an exercise back in may in preparation for this and developed a pretty detailed concept of operations. We built load plan, timelines, spare parts lists, we really got into the weeds, thinking about the second and third tier effects, so i want my relief to understand that and i want him to know where that plan is so he can pull it right off the shelf if this ever happens and be ready to respond quickly instead of trying to figure this all out when we need to be getting underway. Ill boil mine down into just one, and that is i will pass to my relief to continue to support events like this...

Got into the weeds, thinking about the second and third tier effects, so i want my relief to understand that and i want him to know where that plan is so he can pull it right off the shelf if this ever happens and be ready to respond quickly instead of trying to figure this all out when we need to be getting underway. Ill boil mine down into just one, and that is i will pass to my relief to continue to support events like this and look for opportunities to continue to learn how we best in the military can integrate with our civilian and federal contemporaries to be prepared for an eventuality ...

Earth moves, things fall, we get a lot of rubble. Thats going to be one of our critical, critical things we have to do. We have to be able to move material and personnel and one of the ways were going to be doing that is how do we actually get the debris off the road so we can put things back to work. So that was the command of control exercise. We had the marine corps, the navy, and the National Guard all working with our department of public works figuring out how would they work together. We didnt give them a lot of coaching, we just kind of put them in a tent and said here is your scenario...

All working with our department of public works figuring out how would they work together. We didnt give them a lot of coaching, we just kind of put them in a tent and said here is your scenario, heres some problems, and we wanted them to work it out and they did. So it was a very successful year. Thats what we did as far as the field exercises. Next year i dont know whats next, were going to explore the Lessons Learned from this one, weve already learned a bunch, theyre going to talk about this shortly then learn what are the next scenarios we can challenge people with. It probably wont be th...

Just one, and that is i will pass to my relief to continue to support events like this and look for opportunities to continue to learn how we best in the military can integrate with our civilian and federal contemporaries to be prepared for an eventuality that we hope will never come, but we certainly should be prepared for. So the one thing im passing on is keep the momentum. Thank you, all. One other benefit that was cited in the after action review and also was mentioned today is the chance it meet someone else from the other agency. We also heard a lot about training, understanding ics, un...