DrillsLargest annual homeland security exercise to star Monday in Indiana

Published 2 August 2013

DHS will be conducting its largest training event of the year next week in Butlerville, Indiana. The event will involve 5,500 people from twenty-three states, and will start next Monday.

DHS will be conducting its largest training event of the year next week in Butlerville, Indiana.

The Indianapolis Star notes the event will be held at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, a 960-acre facility with 300 training structures.

The center is typically used for simulations of both man-made and natural disasters for the U.S. military, U.S. State Department, and U.S. Department of Defense.

The event will involve 5,500 people from twenty-three states, and will start next Monday.

The drill will test and evaluate the preparedness of the U. S. military’s response to a man-made nuclear detonation. 

“Testing and preparing military members to respond is part of our mission,” Lisa Kopczynski, MUTC public affairs officer told the Star. “We’re providing a realistic environment to really test the abilities, skills and deployment of these units.”