13, 2003 -- Secretary Tom Ridge of the Department of Homeland Security, Under Secretary Michael Brown and Reynold Hoover, the Director of the FEMA Office of National Security Coordination meet with the controllers of Forward Challenge 2004. Conducted on May 12-13, 2004, the first-ever federal government-wide Continuity of Operations exercise, Forward Challenge, reached 100 exercise locations as interagency exercise controllers participated by sending pre-scripted and coordinated messages to more than 4000 exercise players across the United States. Photo by Karen Nutini/FEMA News Photo