Exercise Lead Planner And G-1 Personnel Officer
Military Exercise Designer And Planner
Lansing, Michigan, United States
Designer/Lead planner Detroit (2018-2019) and New York City (2020) Dense Urban Terrain Exercises (DUT). Multi-year national and international Defense Support to Civil Authority exercises in the cities of Detroit and Windsor in 2018-2019 and New York City in 2020. The Detroit (DUT) consisted of: 65+ agencies, over 200 unique participants which included, Windsor Fire and Rescue Services, 4th Canadian Division/JTF-Central, Essex/Windsor EMS, Canadian Army ARNORTH/J-5 LNO, Mult. cross-border corporations, at multiple locations, connected to municipal and state EOCsNew York City in 2020, consisted of: Developing relationships with multiple agencies to include Canadian Emergency Services and military. The exercise focus was upon academics and capabilities briefs, and was to to also conduct collaborative Field Training Exercise with Fire Department New York at the NYC Randall Island Fire Academy. 46th MP Command search and rescue personnel would train with FDNY personnel at Randall's Island, fire training facility, and provide military personnel a further understanding of search and rescue techniques.The DUT focus is familiarizing military disaster response personnel with civilian partners in disaster management and response exercises in a dense urban environment. It is designed to enable more rapid military integration into ongoing disaster responses in Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear events. Planning utilizes the Joint Event Life Cycle (JELC) exercise design model based upon the Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program (HSEEP).Responsibilities include: Outreach and coordination with local, state, and federal governments and non-governmental agencies that traditionally assist in disaster response. Developing exercise concept and scenario design to include Ground Truth and Master Scenario Event List (MSEL) documents.