Other team members played the roles of local agencies to ensure proper communications and execution of the training. The mission of the CST is to assist, assess, identify and advise local agencies in collaboration to reduce the threat. Team members were tasked with searching for and identifying a simulated biological threat in the five-story building. "That's what we have to do, to train to go places others don't want to," said Whitt. Team members mostly agreed that while the nighttime mission checked the block for low visibility, it also raised the eeriness of the sanatorium. The fact the 41st must also conduct night training missions only added to the allure of the historically haunted building. "We need to train in low visibility, with limited communication, confined spaces, all in an unfamiliar place, we get all that here." "To meet the requirements of our training, Waverly Hills is the ideal location for us," he said. Eric Shackelford, the decontamination non-commissioned officer-in-charge with the 41st, the Kentucky landmark worked perfectly in the team's favor for the mission. "These are the types of places bad guys would hide something or work out of, and if it's here or Rupp Arena, we are ready to go at a moment's notice to get the job done."Īlthough local law enforcement have used the building for training, this was a first for the Kentucky Guard. "This team has to train to go into places just like this," said Maj. The 41st carried out a hazardous materials training at the historical Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Feb. Even if those places are haunted.įor members of the 41st Civil Support Team, a recent training exercise was business as usual, another opportunity to hone their skills. To become experts in their fields, Soldiers train in all types of conditions and places. The team utilized the historic site as an suitable location for a mission with low visibili. Soldiers of the 41st Civil Support Team stage vehicles during a hazardous materials exercise at the Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Ky., Feb. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 4 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Aaron Brady with the 41st Civil Support Team search for a suspected biological threat during a hazardous materials exercise at the Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Ky., Feb. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 3 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption –
The team utilized the historic site as an sui. Patrick McCoy with the 41st Civil Support Team searches for a suspected biological threat during a hazardous materials exercise at the Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Ky., Feb.
Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Patrick McCoy with the 41st Civil Support Team take samples of a suspected biological threat during a hazardous materials exercise at the Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Ky., Feb.