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TZMD members combined with OMEGA search and rescue, local, state, and federal agencies to conduct coordinated emergency disaster response in the aftermath of a tornado touchdown.

The realistic scenario reproduced damage occurring in a residential community after thunderstorms formed a rapidly moving squall line and spun an F-2 tornado over Littleton, CO from the advancing front.


The surrounding residential community has sustained moderate damage. The actual scope of the storm's impact not known.
Due to the amount of damage, most roads in the area were unpassable and heavy equipment was not available at the scene for several hours. Local volunteers activated to respond to the incident were placed under TZ command elements and dispatched as a rapid reaction force designated Alpha Team to conduct hasty search and rescue, first aid, and medevac triage. Go Teame!
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TZ Mountain Division specializes in conducting operations in the most extreme and isolated environments, from alpine downhill to rappelling and desert climbing. TZMD is ready to deploy for search and rescue operation and other critical incidents
Features


JUMP & THUMP - Skydive out of a plane and SCUBA dive into a plane during live fire exercises
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How many different pressures can your ears take in a single day? Skydiving, Scuba, Underground, Underwater, Night and Day, Jump and Thump participants plugged their ears and listened for the next challenge to face during non-stop live-fire operations"


INDEPENDENCE SHADOW: Live-fire practice manuever and ingress/egress in contested environments
Keywords: - Readiness - - Exercises - - Guns -
Silent Maneuvers and sudden contact procedures are an essential Mountain Division skill. TZMD members practiced ingress and egress maneuvers in wet, silent, and hot environments. With trained K9 units, TZMD moved swiftly through the mosquito-infested terrain. Safe movements were combined with a rapid tempo to simulate real-world problems.


OPERATION FALCON BERM: TZMD completed the live-fire exercises using close combat small unit tactics low vertically separated man-portable UAS surveillance equipment.
Keywords: - Readiness - - Drones - - Exercises -
The operation focused on airspace control and air-ground integration planning and strategies for distributed asymmetrical deployment, recovery and appointment of UAS systems.


TZMD-SAR OPERATION NIGHTCRAWLERS - TZ members conduct UAV and SAR operations to to locate and remove seriously injured and deceased victims as part of a multi-agency training exercise.
Keywords: - Readiness - - Exercises - - SAR - - Search and Rescue -
TZ members located murder victims and maintain a security perimeter during SAR operations.


DRUM HILL: Immediate response scenario tests TZMD readiness.
Keywords: - Readiness - - Exercises - - -
TZ participants were delivered the scenario in the midst of other training, and were obligated to plan and engage their response immediately. The scenario tested readiness, coordination, and willingness to engage challenges.


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