Idaho Guard prepares for potential terrorist attack in the U.S.

[Judi Lynn]

Idaho Guard prepares for potential terrorist attack in the U.S.
Team shows skills they would use in real emergency



Photos by Darin Oswald / The Idaho Statesman
Spc. Sipath Noa, with TSgt. Jon Anderson, checks a doorway with the APD 2000 for traces of chemical weapons or irritants during an exercise with the Idaho National Guard's 101st Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team at Gowen Field Wednesday. The 22-member team trains and is equipped to respond to incidents involving terrorist weapons of mass destruction


Sgt. 1st Class Jere Moynihan, communications team chief, mounts an antennae on the communications vehicle Wednesday.
Jason Kauffman

The Idaho Statesman | Edition Date: 12-16-2004
A special team of Idaho Guard members stationed at Gowen Field is prepared to fly anywhere in Idaho within four hours to handle a terrorist attack.

The 101st Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team was created three years ago to help civilian Idaho emergency crews deal with biological, chemical or radiological attacks.

"We're an asset to the state of Idaho," said 1st Lt. Jeremy McLean, the team's chief science officer. "It's a pretty vital role."

Since its inception, the team has responded to 12 potential hazards, including one in Elko, Nev. All were false alarms.

The team has an array of specialized equipment, including a mobile testing lab, a mobile communications vehicle and elaborate haz-mat suits — moonsuits, as team members call them. The mobile lab in which McLean works is a fully contained van with a pass-through box that allows field samples to be safely placed inside for analysis.
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http://www.idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041216/NEWS01/412160337/1002/NEWS01

[MichaelHarris]

1. I live on the

Idaho border, what did they practice defending, the potato crop?

[neweurope]

2. Why are we hearing of this now? Keep up the propaganda...

[saigon68]

3. Glad to hear, THE BOISE LIONS CLUB BEAN FEED will be safe

Man without all this security, I couldn't sleep at night.

[MichaelHarris]

4. and

The Moscow,Id Mall. What a sprawling complex that it, such a juicy target.

[TahitiNut]

7. Well, you never know what the descendants of Chief Joseph might do.

:eyes:

[MichaelHarris]

8. yeah all that

"I will fight no more forever" stuff had to be a ploy.

[saigon68]

11. It could get ugly

[truthisfreedom]

5. our grandmothers and grandfathers will be raped of their money as we

waste money on this project, a way to blow tax money on nothing whatsoever for the next number of years that a bush is in power.

[Qanisqineq]

6. My husband is active duty army and he's part of a group

training for terrorist attacks. He's the only one from his platoon, he was somehow "special". He was told to be prepared to be sent to anywhere in the US if there is an attack. He's on call and hasn't been able to go outside a 60 mile radius from home since September. It really sucks... no Thanksgiving or Christmas with family. He can't even have a freaking beer.

[pinerow]

9. With all the "White Supremacy" groups in Idaho, one has to wonder, which

side will they be on...and a definition of "domestic" terrorism would be helpful. If I read the Patriot Act, a "domestic terrorist" could be just about anyone with a dissenting view of the present administration.

[Lost4words]

10. What a joke, what the hell is in I-de-ho? Nothing............n/t