Editing 3rd Infantry Division (United States) (section)

====Reassignment of 1st Brigade====
In the fall of 2008, the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Brigade was assigned to serve as the on-call federal response force under the control of [[NORTHCOM]], the combatant command assigned responsibility for the continental United States. The brigade remained at its home station of [[Fort Stewart]], Georgia, and "is training to deploy domestically in response to terrorist attacks or other national emergencies."<ref>[[Radley Balko|Balko, Radley]]. [http://reason.com/archives/2011/04/11/constitutional-refuseniks Constitutional Refuseniks], ''[[Reason Magazine|Reason]]'' (May 2011)</ref> The brigade will be trained in responding to WMD attacks, crowd control, and dealing with civil unrest.<ref name="Cavallaro">{{cite web | url=http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w/ | title=Brigade homeland tours start 1 October | work=Army Times| date=30 September 2008 | access-date=14 August 2012 | last=Cavallaro |first=Gina}}</ref>

The force was renamed "Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-yield explosive Consequence Management Response Force". Its acronym, CCMRF, is pronounced "see-smurf",<ref>{{cite web
|url        = http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2008/10/2/amy_goodmans_latest_column_invasion_of_the_sea_smurfs
|title      = Invasion of the Sea-Smurfs
|work=Democracy Now! the War and Peace Report
|date       = 2 October 2008
|access-date =15 October 2008
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081014212255/http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2008/10/2/amy_goodmans_latest_column_invasion_of_the_sea_smurfs| archive-date= 14 October 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> and the unit is now under the daily control of [[United States Northern Command]]'s Army North, whose mission is to "protect the United States homeland and support local, state, and federal authorities."<ref name="Cavallaro"/> The unit is a multi-branch force with servicemembers from the four branches of the [[United States Department of Defense]].