Maritime exercise readies 157 ARW CERFP team
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Adam Vernadakis, 157th Medical Group doctor, prepares a medical element tent to take on patients during a maritime exercise at the Naval Station Newport March 29. The exercise was an opportunity to practice mass medical care and triage to patients. The New England Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield Explosives team, or CERFP team, conducted a full scale exercise in order to increase readiness posture and facilitate improved catastrophic responses with multiagency partners. The exercise also was intended to test the team’s ability to run maritime operations. (N.H. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Wyatt)