{"id":12691,"date":"2017-06-16T16:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T21:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=12691"},"modified":"2017-06-16T11:52:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T16:52:35","slug":"tennessee-national-guard-joins-in-statewide-cyber-security-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2017\/06\/16\/tennessee-national-guard-joins-in-statewide-cyber-security-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee National Guard Joins in Statewide Cyber Security Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TennesseeNashville, TN<\/strong> – This week, Soldiers and Airmen of the Tennessee National Guard are taking part in a statewide exercise focused on cyber threats.<\/p>\n

This is part of the annual joint Tennessee Maneuvers (TNMAN) exercise, working with the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, Tennessee State Guard, and various other state agencies taking place June and July.<\/p>\n

\u201cTNMAN exercises one of the three key focus areas of the National Guard \u2013 Domestic Operations,\u201d said Lt. Col. Jeffrey Brown, G3 Directorate of Military Support, Tennessee Army National Guard.<\/p>\n

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Tech. Sgt. Anthony Cherry, left, and Staff Sgt. Philip Wallace manage personnel actions, such as accountability and availability of National Guard personnel at the Emergency Operations Center of the Tennessee National Guard Joint Force Headquarters in Nashville June 15th. (Master Sgt. Robin Brown.)<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cInteragency coordination during domestic operations is built on relationships, and the Tennessee National Guard works with our state partners throughout these exercises,\u201d stated Brown.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are fully invested in responding to disaster events,\u201d he added. \u201cOutreach, training, and exercises are the best way to build key relationships with other agencies and for building mutual trust and understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year exercised a scenario centered on the New Madrid fault erupting in Memphis. This year, the situation is a cyber attack targeting power grids across the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe exercise was developed with TEMA, and is coupled with the Guard\u2019s response to extreme temperatures in the state as well as various civil unrest scenarios,\u201d said Brown.<\/p>\n

Part of the \u201ccivil unrest\u201d requires the Tennessee Army National Guard\u2019s 168th Military Police Battalion, out of Dyersburg, Tenn., to team up with the Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) and state parks in Milan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 1\/230th Assault Helicopter Battalion, based in Nashville, Tenn., is also participating with the TDOC portion of the exercise, conducting flights of TDOC and state park personnel from Nashville to Milan, to replicate interagency movement,\u201d said Brown.<\/p>\n

The National Guard has a smaller footprint in this year\u2019s exercise due to their largest unit, the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, previously scheduled training at Fort Hood, Texas.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year was proof that the adaptive battle staff concept worked with multiple units participating,\u201d explained Brown. \u201cThis year, we had to scale it back due to the amount of resources needed to support the training event in Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n

TNMAN is critical for interagency relationship building across the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt enables our state partners and ourselves to better understand each other\u2019s capabilities and limitations, making us better equipped to handle real-world situations that occur within the state,\u201d Brown said. \u201cWe need to understand how the emergency response effort works at every level; to understand the language, planning factors and how we all operate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur internal education of the domestic framework will speed our response and ultimately mitigate suffering for our fellow citizens in a time of crisis,\u201d he added. \u201cThese are excellent exercises to continue to train and refine the practices of the Tennessee National Guard. They build confidence in our members and competency in domestic response missions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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