DATE: January 26, 2007 8:19:14 AM CST
Coast Guard helps WMD unit train
GALVESTON, Texas - Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class William Morrow, of Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Galveston, looks on as two members of the 6th Civil Support Team inspect a vessel for hazardous materials during an exercise here on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007. The team is using Coast Guard expertise to help them train for boarding and inspecting vessels at sea. The 6th Civil Support Team (WMD) is an immediately deployable, active duty, Texas National Guard unit, created in 1999 to respond to terrorist incidents involving Weapons of Mass Destruction, as well as other disasters and catastrophic events, both natural and man made.

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