A hostage situation, car fire and explosion with a nuclear “dirty bomb” rocked Carlisle Barracks on Thursday. All were part of a training exercise coordinated among the barracks, Carlisle Regional Medical Center and Cumberland County Office of Emergency Preparedness. The series of three staged incidents were set up to be related, says Lt. Col. Merideth Bucher, Carlisle Barracks spokeswoman. A hostage situation at the Army Continuing Education Center started the afternoon’s events. Full Story