Recently added articles from CML Army Chemical Review:
Chief of chemical.
Jun 22, 2008; ... Dragon Soldiers, another great edition of Army Chemical Review! I am proud to report that our Corps is advancing on all fronts. On 28 June 1918, President Woodrow Wilson ordered the establishment of the Chemical Warfare Service as a separate branch of the National Army ....
10th RCSM signing out!(Regimental Command Sergeant Major)
Jun 22, 2008; ... For the past four years, I have had the distinct honor and privilege of serving Dragon Soldiers as the 10th Regimental Command Sergeant Major. Time has a way of continuing to move forward in our everyday lives. And as much as I (and maybe others) would love to freeze time in place and ...
90th Anniversary Regimental Week Agenda.(Calendar)
Jun 22, 2008 ... <Pre> 90th Anniversary Regimental Week Agenda The 2008 U.S. Army Chemical Corps 90th Anniversary Regimental Week will be conducted at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, in June. The following schedule is provided for planning purposes, but is subject to change due to ongoing operational ...
Honoring our fallen dragon soldiers.
Jun 22, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Specialist James Gudridge Hometown: Carthage, New York Unit: 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3d Infantry Division Fort Stewart, Georgia Killed: 6 January 2008 ...
Combined microbiology training in support of new and emerging biowarfighting capabilities.
Jun 22, 2008; ... Biological warfare--coined "public health in reverse" because it involves the deliberate use of living microorganisms or their toxins to incapacitate or kill people (1)--has never been used on a large scale. In fact, it is currently banned under the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention ...
Decontamination operations in a mass casualty scenario: observations from Ardent Sentry 2007.
Jun 22, 2008; ... At 10 a.m. on 10 May 2007, a terrorist group smuggled in and detonated a nuclear device, resulting in a 10-kiloton surface blast near Lawrence, Indiana (just northeast of Indianapolis). Local, state, and federal government officials were presented with many complex challenges as a result ...
A "people sniffer" operation that went terribly wrong.
Jun 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The date 13 February 1971 started out as a typical day for the First Team. But that was about to change; a field experiment was to be conducted. The 1st Cavalry Division had been conducting "people sniffer" missions, which involved searching out the enemy ...
Joint task force elimination integration and combined elimination team training in the Republic of Korea.
Jun 22, 2008; ... During exercise Ulchi Focus Lens (UFL) 2007 (conducted in August 2007), the Army's 20th Support Command (SUPCOM) Headquarters and the U.S. Strategic Command Joint Elimination Coordination Element (JECE) strategically deployed to the Republic of Korea (ROK), where together they formed a ...
Improvised explosive device defeat.
Jun 22, 2008; ... Capability Integration Team The Army has established a Capability Integration Team (CIT) to specifically assist active and reserve deploying units with improvised explosive device defeat (IEDD) training and materiel capabilities integration. The CIT was established as a result ...
CBRN hazard mitigation and geospatial data: a synergistic approach.(chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear)
Jun 22, 2008; ... In regions where increasing numbers of people occupy a finite and densely crowded area, urbanization, migration, public health, and refugees are factors of growing strategic importance. --Field Manual (FM) 3-100.4 Due to recent military operations in Afghanistan and ...
CBRN soldier personifies personal courage, places mission first.
Jun 22, 2008; ... Integrity check: Have you ever thought, or maybe even said, "This is not my job, I didn't sign up for this, I'm not supposed to be here, doing this?" Even the most dedicated, selfless Soldier must admit to having had these types of thoughts. After all, Soldiers are human too. They are not ...
Print commemorates both anniversary of the Chemical Corps.
Jun 22, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Staff Sergeant John M. Flores created this drawing to represent U.S. Army Chemical Corps Soldiers and their ninety years of stalwart service to our Nation. Various missions and equipment of the Chemical Warfare Service are represented by the World War I ...
The Netherlands? What's over there?
Jun 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When I look back on my 18 years of Active Army service, I am reminded that I have had the opportunity to be a Dragon Soldier in a myriad of interesting and exciting places throughout the world. As an enlisted Soldier, I served overseas in Germany and Korea ...
CBRN transformation in the IBCT: too little too late?(Infantry Brigade Combat Team and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons)
Jun 22, 2008; ... BCTs [brigade combat teams] are the Army's basic tactical maneuver units, [sic] and the smallest combined arms units that can be committed independently. BCTs are designed to conduct offensive, defensive, and SO [special operations]. Their core mission is to close with the enemy by means ...
German liaison team honored.(Brief article)
Jun 22, 2008; ... On 26 March 2008, Brigadier General Thomas W. Spoehr, Commandant of the U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear School (USACBRNS) and Chief of the Chemical Corps, presented the German liaison team of Lieutenant Colonel Fabian Bosse and Sergeant Major Uwe Leiner with ...
Homemade explosives and hazardous materials.
Jun 22, 2008; ... Recent experience in supporting explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) operations in Iraq has highlighted the urgent need for predeployment training on hazardous materials (HAZMAT). An increase in the number of homemade explosives (HMEs) in Iraq has resulted in an increase in the amount of HME ...
Spartans make their home in Texas.(48th Chemical Brigade)
Jun 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] They call themselves "Spartans." "As the Spartans of the past, we too are trained and ready to respond when our Nation calls," said Colonel Vance P. Visser, commander of the 48th Chemical Brigade. The 48th Chemical Brigade was activated in ...
U.S. Army flamethrower vehicles (part three of a (three-part series).
Jun 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Army Flamethrower Vehicle Research and Development (1945-1953) Following World War II, Army research involving flamethrower tanks initially focused on two variants of the M26 medium tank. The T-35 was a joint Chemical Warfare Service/Ordnance ...
Doctrine update.(Table)
Jun 22, 2008 ... <Pre> DOCTRINE UPDATE U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center Directorate of Training Doctrine Development DivisionPublicationTitle Date Number Current Publications FM 3-11 Multiservice Tactics, 10 Mar 03 MCWP ...
Reserve component update.
Jun 22, 2008 ... Army Reserve Units The 460th Chemical Brigade (Camp Pike, North Little Rock, Arkansas) held an inactivation ceremony on 10 February 2008. Colonel Wornest Lambert (brigade commander) and Command Sergeant Major David Hayes (brigade command sergeant major) cased the colors, with ...