Gallant efforts
WASHINGTON -- A firefighter from Arlington County, Va., escorts a volunteer victim through a simulated decontamination area in the Pentagon's south parking lot during exercise Gallant Fox on July 24. Gallant Fox is a large-scale chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear-training exercise conducted by the Pentagon Force Protection Agency. The exercise provides training in responding to real-world mass casualty scenarios by various local emergency fire, police, medical and hazardous-material response units. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi)