Garmisch FPX tests German/American emergency responders

The exercise begins a little after 6 p.m. April 22 as the Garmisch Fire Department responds to the call; a convoy of fire trucks is about to turn into Sheridan Kaserne. (photo by Angela Shannon, Marshall Center) Months of planning finally came to fruition as BMC Garmisch conducted its 2010 Force Protection Exercise April 22.

The exercise scenario was big: bad guy active shooters with improvised explosive devices that cause a fire at the Edelweiss Lodge and Resort on Sheridan Kaserne. The training employed realistic-looking fake firearms more common to a MOUT (military operations urban terrain) site and a thick fog of non-toxic vapor put out a by a smoke simulator. Volunteer role players from the garrison and tenant units were done up in realistic make-up...

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