Delaware National Guard  193rd offers wide range of training monthly Photos by Spc. Renee Thomas, 193rd Regional Training Institute  CLPCC: Company Level Pre-Command Course The following soldiers graduated from the 193rd RTI’s Company Level Pre Command Course in April: (Pictured left to right) 2nd Lt. Ana Maria Dougherty, Capt. Garland Pennington, Capt. John M. Fisher, 1st Lt. Marc Allan Orndorff, CW3 Michael G. Kitts, 2nd Lt. Daniel A. Bowles and CW3 Freddie A. Rios. The class is pictured in front of an M42 Duster, an anti-aircraft weapon. Tech Sgt. Tom Corey programs his frequencies with the Harris 1446. This is just one of the three radios used at the HF (High-Frequency) School located at the 193rd RTI. Corey is with the Florida National Guard's Civil Support Team. Professional development courses of all types abound for soldiers in the Army National Guard at the 193rd Regional Training Institute, located in Bethany Beach, Del. Soldiers may attend a host of Military Occupational Specialty, Non- commissioned officer (NCO), commissioned officer, and pre-enlistment courses at appropriate times in their careers. During the April drill weekend, the academy held some additional courses that are not offered every month, such as the Company Level Pre-Command Course (CLPCC) and High Frequency (HF) Radio School. Several officers from across Delaware graduated from CLPCC, while soldiers from across the country attended the HF Radio School. The acedemy also conducted its regular monthly courses, such as Basic and Advanced NCO Courses (BNCOC and ANCOC),Officer Candidate School  (OCS) and Civil Disturbance (CD) Training.   Civil Disturbance (CD) Training Course Pvt. 2 Jerry Benitez, 153rd Military Policy Company, holds a defending stance for civil disturbance training at Bethany Beach. Benitez has recently been activated to deploy to Saudia Arabia with the 153rd . Delaware Guard members must pass the civil disturbance (CD) course at Bethany Beach before drilling with their units. Soldiers also undergo annual refresher training. That training has changed since the 1960s and 1970s, when the focus was on quelling riots. Today, the training emphasizes controlling areas hit by natural disasters such as hurricanes. Now the  mission is being adjusted to include homeland-security incidents. "The Guard is a tremendous resource to call on to assist us in responding," said Joe Wessels, a planning officer at the Delaware Emergency Management Agency, according to an April 30th article in The News Journal. The state's disaster plans are being reworked to devise responses to new threats after last fall's terrorist attacks and anthrax assaults. Disaster plans also must be updated to establish how to use state emergency powers to respond to incidents involving chemical or biological agents. The April civil disturbance (CD) class practices defense positions with their batons. CD class is offered monthly at the 193rd RTI, Bethany Beach Training Site. Training exercises currently focus mainly on controlling areas hit by natural disasters, but they are being expanded to include preparation for homeland-security incidents. National Guard troops could play a significant role in coping with a chemical or biological attack, emergency officials said in the April 30th article. Guard units, previously used mainly for crowd control and weather emergencies, would join law-enforcement forces to seal off contaminated areas, evacuate people threatened by contamination and help with quarantines.

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Sgt. 1st Class Michael Mason (center)  trains the civil disturbance class on executing a proper diamond formation.

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