McKinley: FY 2011 budget meets Guard’s needs

Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, responds to a question from Sen. Jim Webb while testifying before the Senate Armed Services subcommittee on personnel in Washington, D.C., May 12, 2010. The committee members were seeking information on budget issues facing the Reserve components.(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy)

Air National Gaurd Supports Regional Mass Fatality Management Training Evolution, Jersey City, N.J.

Major Julie Carpenter, Medical (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or Explosive) Enhanced Response Force, conducts a preliminary health assessment on a firefighter from the Jersey City Hazmat Team, Jersey City Fire Department, N.J., before he conducts field operations and recovery during the Regional Mass Fatality Management Training Evolution on May 11, 2010 at the U.S. Army Reserve Center/Jersey City Police Facility in Jersey City, N.J. The RMFMTE focuses on fatality management techniques and procedures and assists in the development of local and regionalized response plans for response to a mass fatality event resulting from terrorist attacks or natural disasters. The week long joint training effort include the Air National Guard, Department of Homeland Security, New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner, along with numerous medical examiners/coroners, fire departments, law enforcement, and other federal and local agencies from the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jerry Bynum/Released)

Air National Gaurd Supports Regional Mass Fatality Management Training Evolution, Jersey City, N.J.

Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Leah Marino, Survey Team Chief, New York Joint Forces Headquarters Army/Air National Guard 24th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team, documents a simulated contaminated decedent during the Regional Mass Fatality Management Training Evolution on May 11, 2010 at the U.S. Army Reserve Center/Jersey City Police Facility in Jersey City, N.J. The RMFMTE focuses on fatality management techniques and procedures and assists in the development of local and regionalized response plans for response to a mass fatality event resulting from terrorist attacks or natural disasters. The week long joint training effort include the Air National Guard, Department of Homeland Security, New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner, along with numerous medical examiners/coroners, fire departments, law enforcement, and other federal and local agencies from the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jerry Bynum/Released)

Air National Gaurd Supports Regional Mass Fatality Management Training Evolution, Jersey City, N.J.

Staff Sgt. Ryan Ammons, 132nd Force Support Squadron, Des Moines, Iowa, helps erect a Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter M-Series Tent during the Regional Mass Fatality Management Training Evolution on May 10, 2010 at the U.S. Army Reserve Center/Jersey City Police Facility in Jersey City, N.J. The RMFMTE focuses on fatality management techniques and procedures and assists in the development of local and regionalized response plans for response to a mass fatality event resulting from terrorist attacks or natural disasters. The week long joint training effort include the Air National Guard, Department of Homeland Security, New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner, along with numerous medical examiners/coroners, fire departments, law enforcement, and other federal and local agencies from the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jerry Bynum/Released)

Air National Gaurd Supports Regional Mass Fatality Management Training Evolution, Jersey City, N.J.

Jerry Vega, Jersey City Hazmat Team, Jersey City Fire Department, N.J., assists Senior Airman Justin Joyner, 186th Force Support Squadron, Meridian, Miss., prepare for field operations and recovery during the Regional Mass Fatality Management Training Evolution on May 11, 2010 at the U.S. Army Reserve Center/Jersey City Police Facility in Jersey City, N.J. The RMFMTE focuses on fatality management techniques and procedures and assists in the development of local and regionalized response plans for response to a mass fatality event resulting from terrorist attacks or natural disasters. The week long joint training effort include the Air National Guard, Department of Homeland Security, New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner, along with numerous medical examiners/coroners, fire departments, law enforcement, and other federal and local agencies from the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jerry Bynum/Released)

Air National Gaurd Supports Regional Mass Fatality Management Training Evolution, Jersey City, N.J.

Air National Guard Capt. Ronald McCarthy, Survey Team Leader, New York Joint Forces Headquarters Army/Air National Guard 24th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team, takes simulated contamination detection readings off of a simulated contaminated decedent during the Regional Mass Fatality Management Training Evolution on May 11, 2010 at the U.S. Army Reserve Center/Jersey City Police Facility in Jersey City, N.J. The RMFMTE focuses on fatality management techniques and procedures and assists in the development of local and regionalized response plans for response to a mass fatality event resulting from terrorist attacks or natural disasters. The week long joint training effort include the Air National Guard, Department of Homeland Security, New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner, along with numerous medical examiners/coroners, fire departments, law enforcement, and other federal and local agencies from the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jerry Bynum/Released)