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Article: Chemical bonds: a historic U.S.--Iraq CBRNE training partnership.
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- CML Army Chemical Review
- Article date:
- June 22, 2009
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Chemical bonding is a fascinating study. The bonding of chemicals is what makes possible the millions of chemical compounds in the environment that surrounds us--including the very water we drink and oxygen we breathe. However, on rare occasions, it is possible to forge bonds stronger than those we study in science. The focus of this article is on the human element--specifically, on a particular human bond formed 18-19 November 2008, when U.S. Army chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) Soldiers participated in a two-day training exercise with Iraqi counterparts from the Chemical Defense ...