Civil Support Team

A Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (WMD-CST or CST) advises civilian responders in the event of a suspected weapon of mass destruction attack. A CST is a federally funded National Guard unit established under Presidential Decision Directive 39. There are 57 fulltime teams: one in every U.S. state, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam and the US Virgin Islands, and an additional team each in California, Florida and New York.^[1][2]

Units

1st CST MA 2nd CST NY 3rd CST PA 4th CST GA 5th CST IL 6th CST TX 7th CST MO 8th CST CO 9th CST CA 10th CST WA 11th CST ME 12th CST NH 13th CST RI 14th CST CT 15th CST VT

21st CST NJ 22nd CST PR 23rd CST VI 24th CST NY 31st CST DE 32nd CST MD 33rd CST DC 34th CST VA 35th CST WV

41st CST KY 42nd CST NC 43rd CST SC 44th CST FL 45th CST TN 46th CST AL 47th CST MS 48th CST FL 51st CST MI 52nd CST OH 53rd CST IN 54th CST WI 55th CST MN

61st CST AR 62nd CST LA 63rd CST OK 64th CST NM 71st CST IA 72nd CST NE 73rd CST KS

81st CST ND 82nd CST SD 83rd CST MT 84th CST WY 85th CST UT 91st CST AZ 92nd CST NV 93rd CST HI 94th CST GU 95th CST CA 101st CST ID 102nd CST OR 103rd CST AK

References

1. ^ "The National Guard's Role in Homeland Defense: CST". National Guard. http://www.ng.mil/features/HomelandDefense/cst/index.html. Retrieved 6 October 2011. 
2. ^ "Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams". Conflict 21. http://c21.maxwell.af.mil/wmd-cst.htm. Retrieved 6 October 2011.