Pennsylvania National Guard Lt. Col. Steve Shaffer,

Pennsylvania National Guard Lt. Col. Steve Shaffer, commander of the 3rd Civil Support Team (CST) Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), receives an exercise brief alongside Maj. Gina Nichols, commander of the West Virginia National Guard’s 35th CST (WMD), from incident commander Jerry Reed May 7, 2018 at Lee Hall Water Treatment Plant in Newport News, Va. More than 2,000 National Guard personnel from six states and Washington, D.C. took part in Vigilant Guard 18-3 exercise to improve their natural disaster response capabilities and enhance relationships with local, state and federal response partners. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Capt. Holli Nelson)