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On the first day of hurricane season, Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Struikman’s job included aiming one of the satellite dishes his team would use if civilian authorities call for help.
The Joint Task Force-Civil Support team trains regularly to respond to anything from a nuclear accident to a hurricane.
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For two decades, the 150 members of Joint Task Force-Civil Support have been the Department of Defense’s command and control unit for chemical, nuclear, biological or radiological attacks. “Our job is to support, not to take charge.”