Solid Curtain - Citadel Shield Commencing
Navy News Service
Story Number: NNS110222-01
2/22/2011
By Sarah Fortney, National Naval Medical Center Public Affairs
Bethesda, Md. (NNS) -- Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) will take part in Solid Curtain – Citadel Shield 2011 (SC/CS 11) Feb. 21 through Feb. 25 to test the installation and its tenant commands' response to hostile sitations and their security readiness.
Coordinated by U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC), SC/CS 11 is the largest force protection/anti-terrorism exercise conducted nationwide.
The exercise will consist of a series of mini-drills, helping to strengthen, inform and educate leadership and emergency response teams. All staff members are urged to pay attention to commend-wide e-mails that will be distributed throughout the event, informing them how to respond to the various scenarios throughout the training.
Base personnel may witness or pass through a scenario, but should not to be alarmed.
"Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield 2011 is an objective-driven Command Post Exercise -- designed to establish a learning environment for participants to exercise response plans and operational capabilities as they pertain to the effects of terrorism," said Troy High, NSAB's security director. "The exercise will engage other primary mission capabilities, such as fleet and family readiness, fire and emergency services, emergency preparedness and safety, which serve to integrate the response to, or adjust operations following, a terrorist attack."
In recent months, NSAB has further enhanced the safety and well-being of personnel assigned to, or visiting NSAB, by providing up-to-date training and guidelines in response to a Code White, a newly implemented security alert to inform staff and patients of an active shooter situation.
Staff members should post the Code White Active Shooter Community Response Guide in their common areas, which outlines the following guidelines:
• If you are in a building where there is an active shooter, and you're able to do so without compromising your safety, call 911, 777 or NSAB Security at 301-295-1246. Report your specific location, number of people around you, number of victims, and number of assailants.
• Lock and barricade doors, do not stand by doors or windows, turn off lights and close blinds. Block windows, silence cell phones, turn off radios and computer monitors and keep yourself out of sight and take cover. Know all alternate exits in your building.
• Attempts to rescue people should only be made if they can be accomplished without further endangering the persons inside a secured area.
• Stay where you are and shelter in place, urging visitors to move within interior spaces. Lock all doors, and take cover behind a concrete wall, filing cabinet or other solid source of protection if possible.
• Remain in your closed space until given the "all clear" announcement or being evacuated by law enforcement officials.
For more information on Code White or SC/CS 11, or to schedule training for your command, department and/or division, contact Chief Master-at-Arms Robert Hebron at 301-319-8312.
For more news from National Naval Medical Center, visit www.navy.mil/local/nnmc/.
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