Maritime exercise readies 157 ARW CERFP team
NAVAL STATION NEWPORT, R.I. – U.S. Air Force Capt. Tori Scearbo and 1st Lt. Lindsey Paciello, both 157th Medical Group nurses, treat a patient during a maritime mass medical emergency exercise March 29 at the Naval Station Newport. Members of 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 multi-agency 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/RELEASED)