Chemical Biological Incident Response Force
Later.
Posted on 03/31/2011 4:11:13 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
US Marines being sent to Japan for nuclear response
2011-03-31 11:36
by Olivia Hampton
WASHINGTON, March 31, 2011 (AFP) - The US military on Wednesday ordered a Marine unit specializing in emergency nuclear response to deploy to Japan to assist local authorities in addressing the massive crisis, officials said.
Some 155 Marines from the service's Chemical Biological Incident Response Force are scheduled to leave the United States on Thursday and arrive in Japan Friday, a US defense official told AFP.
The CBIRF team, trained in identifying chemical agents, monitoring radiation levels and decontaminating personnel, would not participate in the frenzied efforts to stabilized the reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, crippled by a huge earthquake and tsunami on March 11.
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All of 450 specialists may show up in Japan eventually.
P!
“No better friend, no worse enemy.”
TC
funny...before seeing this I posted to #41 on the thread below
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2697432/posts
BTTT
There has been at least one navy man there since the 14th, his name is Doug.
Say hi to Doug on my behalf.:-)
I will say hi to his wife for you.
OK.
May God be with them.
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