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! Chemical Regimental Association ! June%2016% ! Newsletter ! ! ! ! 2016 CBRN Exhibition , MO ! !

! Special(Interest( ! Articles:( ! ! ! ! 2016!CBRN! Exhibition!at! ! Fort!Leonard! ! Wood! ! ! The!2016!CBRN!Exhibition!was!held!on!May!2;4!at!Nutter!Field!House!on! New!Chemical! Commandant! Fort!Leonard!Wood,!MO.!!This!symposium!brought!together!industry!and! ! users!with!the!intention!of!showcasing!the!latest!technologies!in!CBRN! Regimental! defense.!!Additionally,!the!Exhibition!served!as!a!forum!that!provided!an! Chief!Warrant! opportunity!to!interact!with!one!another!for!networking!purposes!and!the! ! Regimental! sharing!of!ideas.! CSM! ! ! We!thank!each!of!you!who!attended!this!year’s!CBRN!Exhibition,!and!truly! ! ! hope!that!you!will!participate!in!future!Exhibitions!that!benefit!Dragon! ! Soldiers!serving!around!the!globe.! Individual( ! Highlights:( ! ( ! ! Graduation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!7! ! Chapter!News!!!!!!!!!!8! ! ! Order!of!the!Dragon! ! Recipients!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!9! ! ! Hall!of!Fame!/DMC!!9!!!! ! ! ! th Activation!of!10 ! ! Hazard!Response! BG!Gervais!talking!with! Company!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11! ! ! ! Exhibition!vendors.! Chemical!Past!!12;13! ! ! Dragon!in!the!Box!14! ! ! ! Last!Role!Call!!!!!!!14! ! ! ! LTG!Spoehr!and!BG! ! Gervais!talking!with! ! exhibition!vendors.!

! 1! From the Chemical Regimental Office !

CBRN School welcomes new Commandant, Chief of Chemical Thursday,!02!June!2016!Special!to!! ! Brig.!Gen.!James!Bonner!became!the!new!Commandant!of!the!U.S.!Army! Chemical,!Biological,!Radiological!and!Nuclear!School!during!a!change;of; commandancy!ceremony!May!26!held!in!Lincoln!Hall!Auditorium.! ! Bonner!replaces!Brig.!Gen.!Maria!Gervais,!whose!new!assignment!is!as! Combined!Arms!Center!—!Training!deputy!commanding!!at!Fort! Leavenworth,!.! % Bonner!arrives!to!Fort!Leonard!Wood!after!an!assignment!in!Washington,! D.C.,!as!the!director!of!Materiel,!Office!of!the!Deputy!Chief!of!Staff,!G;8.! ! “As!you!can!image,!this!is!such!a!bittersweet!moment!for!Chris!and!I,”! BG%James%Bonner% Gervais!said.!“Almost!two!years!to!the!date,!I!stood!up!here!telling!you!just! ! how!good!it!felt!to!be!back!home!here!at!Fort!Leonard!Wood!and!just!how! thrilled!we!were!to!be!joining!the!great!Maneuver!Support!Center!of!Excellence!team.! ! “This!morning,!I’m!going!to!tell!you!just!how!much!it!is!hurting!to!leave!this!unbelievable!installation! and!this!community!that!goes!above!the!call!of!duty!to!take!care!of!the!Soldiers,!Airman,!Sailors,! Marines,!civilians!and!Family!members.!We!can’t!thank!you!enough!for!all!you!do.”! ! Under!Gervais’!leadership,!the!CBRN!School!expanded!existing!credentialing!opportunities!to!include! an!Associate!Emergency!Manager!certification,!through!partnership!with!the!International!Association! of!Emergency!Managers.!Additionally,!the!school!implemented!a!14;week!CBRN!Warrant!Officer! Basic!Course!and!recently!completed!the!first!Warrant!Officer!Advanced!Course.! ! Other!accomplishment!were!a!Force!Design!Update!coupled!with!the!fielding!of!the!(Nuclear,! Chemical,!Biological,!Reconnaissance!Vehicle!and!the!Dismounted!Reconnaissance!Set,!Kit!and! Outfit!are!the!most!evolutionary!changes!to!the!Regiment!in!the!past!30!years.! ! “These!improve!our!ability!to!guard!the!force,!protect!the!homeland!and!address!the!emerging!CWMD! mission!our!Army!will!lead!for!the!Department!of!Defense,”!Gervais!said.!! ! Maj.!Gen.!Kent!Savre,!Maneuver!Support!Center!of!Excellence!and!Fort!Leonard!Wood!commanding! general,!praised!Gervais!for!her!time!as!the!28th!Chief!of!Chemical.! ! “There’s!no!branch!in!our!Army!that!has!gained!more!positive!momentum!over!the!past!few!years,! with!respect!to!readiness,!than!the!Chemical!Corps,”!Savre!said.! !

2! ! That!was!a!critical!period!in!which!Gen.!Gervais!has!served!as!commandant!and!provided!the!exact! right!leadership,!vision,!direction!and!inspiration!to!drive!change!and!posture!the!Chemical!Corps!for! the!unknown,!unknowable!and!complex!challenges!that!lie!ahead!and!all!while!taking!a!total!Army! approach,”!Savre!added.!! ! Gervais’!knowledge!and!critical!thought!on!the!complex!challenges! of!countering!!of!mass!destruction!and!conducting! homeland!defense!have!been!at!the!forefront,!Savre!said.! ! Savre!made!reference!to!the!Army’s!song!words!of!“first!to!fight!for! the!right!and!to!build!the!nation’s!might,!and!the!Army!goes!rolling! along”!to!introduce!Bonner!as!the!CBRN!School!Commandant.! ! “New!leaders!step!up,!and!there!is!none!finer!than!Brig.!Gen.!Jim! Bonner!to!continue!the!momentum!and!lead!the!CBRN!School!into! the!future,”!Savre!said.! ! Bonner!has!past!connections!to!Fort!Leonard!Wood.!He!served!as! the!3rd!Chemical!Brigade’s!deputy!commander!from!July!2008!to! August!2009.!He!returned!to!Fort!Leonard!Wood!as!commander!of! the!3rd!Chem.!Bde.!two!years!later.!! From%left,%Brig.%Gen.%James% ! Bonner,%accepts%the%Chemical% In!between!his!assignments!on!Fort!Leonard!Wood,!the!Anna,! Regimental%colors%from%Maj.% Illinois,!native!attended!the!U.S.!Naval!War!College!and! Gen.%Kent%Savre,%Maneuver% deployed!as!part!of!Operation!Enduring!Freedom!in! Support%Center%of%Excellence% ,!where!he!served!as!the!executive!officer!to!the! and%Fort%Leonard%Wood% deputy!chief!of!staff!for!joint!operations,!International!Security! Commanding%General,%during% Assistance!Force!Joint!Command.! the%U.S.%Army%CBRN%School’s% ! changeMofMCommandancy% “I’m!indeed!honored!in!having!the!privilege!to!serve!as!the!29th! Photo%by%Mike%Curtis,%Visual% Chief!of!Chemical,”!Bonner!said.!“This!day!would!not!have!been! Information%Center! possible!without!the!training!and!mentoring!I!have!received!from! many!noncommissioned!and!commissioned!officers!throughout! my!career!—!too!many!to!name!individually.!To!all!of!them!I!say,! ‘thank!you,!and!I’m!extremely!grateful.’”! ! Maj.%Gen.%Kent%Savre,%MSCoE% BG!Bonner!is!also! and%Fort%Leonard%Wood% no!stranger!to!the! commanding%general,%center,% Ozarks.!“My!wife!and! Brig.%Gen.%Maria%Gervais%and% I!are!excited!to!be! Brig.%Gen.%James%Bonner%take% back!in!the!Ozarks,”! part%in%the%U.S.%Army%Chemical,% Bonner!said.!“We’re! Biological,%Radiological%and% from!the!Midwest.! Nuclear%School%change%of% Our!daughters! responsibility%in%Lincoln%Hall% graduated!from! Auditorium%May%26.%Photo%by% Waynesville!High! Mike%Curtis,%Visual%Information% Center% 3! ! ! School.!We!look!forward!to!being!part!of!the!community!again!and!members!of!the!MSCoE!team.”! ! Bonner!was!also!deployed!to!OEF!as!the!23rd!Chemical!Battalion!commander!and!Operation!Just! Cause!in!!as!a!chemical!officer!with!the!1st!Battalion,!75th!Ranger!Regiment.! ! He!is!a!1988!distinguished!military!graduate!from!Southern!Illinois!University!and!earned!a!master’s! degree!from!Central!Michigan!University.! ! His!military!education!includes!the!chemical!officer’s!basic!and!advanced!courses,!basic!Airborne,! Ranger,!Jumpmaster!and!!schools.!He!is!authorized!to!wear!the!Master!Parachutist!and! Ranger!badges!as!well!as!the!Pathfinder!tab.! ! Other!military!decorations!include!the!Legion!of!Merit,!Bronze!Star!and!Defense!Meritorious!Service! Medals.! ! Bonner!made!a!promise!to!the!regiment’s!past!and!present!members.! ! “The!regiment’s!excellent!reputation!is!well!known,”!he!said.!“Together!we!will!continue!the!fine! tradition!and!prepare!ourselves!to!accomplish!any!challenge!our!nation!requires!of!us.!I!am! immensely!proud!and!honored!to!be!your!commandant.”! ! Chief Warrant Officer

The CBRN Warrant Officer Program By CW2 Matthew Chrisman

Since its training required for Professional Military beginning in Education (PME), the doctrine that would outline August of 2011, how commanders were to utilize CBRN WOs, the Chemical, and WO professional development all needed to Biological, be created in order to have strong cohorts in the Radiological, and Chemical Corp. For me personally, it has been a Nuclear (CBRN) true honor to work with those responsible for Warrant Officer creating the CBRN WO cohorts that we have (WO) program today. has progressed During my tenure as the Regimental Chief faster than any Warrant Officer (RCWO), the other program in Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and the Chemical Nuclear School (USACBRNS) has made Corps. There were 14 WOs chosen to begin the enormous strides toward the development of the program. As honored as they were to receive the CBRN WO. With progress in doctrine, PME, opportunity, they knew that much work needed multi-branch and Defense Support to Civil to be done because not much existed in the way Authority (DSCA) partnerships, new equipment of developing CBRN WOs. The prerequisites training, knowledge and integration of needed to become a CBRN WO, the in-depth emergency management capabilities outside the

4! ! Department of Defense, and the growth of the outside of an NBCRV. It consists of every CBRN WO population itself; the CBRN School working sensor and sensor component that is part has shown the rest of the Army that CBRN of the vehicle, but it also adds freedom to move readiness is a top priority of the . about the vehicle without the constraints of a The Army needs Military Occupational Specialty confined space. The design of this trainer will 74Ds (CBRN specialists) back in the enable CBRN WOs to train in order to isolate companies—there is a rising request for and diagnose faults. This training is designed to obscuration on the battlefield; our forces in alleviate some of the dependency on civilian Korea continue to stand toe-to-toe with an contracts. increasing threat; and the CBRN WOs are poised Another exciting endeavor was launched that to be the champions for CBRN readiness. created a collective training exercise with a local But even champions need a glide path to follow. fire and rescue department and the state civil The Department of the Army (DA) Pamphlet support team (CST). USACBRNS has teamed up (PAM) 600-3, Commissioned Officer with the Rolla Fire and Rescue Department, Professional Development and Career Rolla, , and the 7th Weapons of Mass Management, and the career map for the CBRN Destruction CST, Missouri Army-Air National WO is that glide path. They were written and Guard, to train on the different systems and sent for publication, and they describe, in detail, training techniques that each entity employs. the career path for CBRN WOs and what their Expert CBRN technicians gain a vast knowledge roles, duties, and responsibilities are at each level of the capabilities that exist outside the scope of of their career. These documents outline exactly military operations and may be available for use how to employee our expert CBRN technicians in foreign or domestic missions, depending on and when they are to execute PME for CBRN the location of the battlefield and the disposition commanders. The updated version of DA PAM of the host nation country. 600-3 will be published in fiscal year 2017. These advancements for the CBRN WO The new Army CBRN WO basic and advanced program are all truly historic. But, the one courses serve as their PME, and they were advancement that overshadows them all is that in created to train CBRN WOs for prospective the past 5 years, the CBRN WO population has assignments. The basic course provides highly grown from 14 to 85 expert CBRN technicians technical training that prepares new CBRN WOs across the Regular Army, U.S. Army Reserve, for assignments as hazard response company and . I have learned that all technicians or assistant team leaders in a of the progress that USACBRNS has made can technical escort company. The advanced course only be realized if there are WOs to train. As the serves as the next level of PME for WOs, and the school trains these WOs and sends them out to course is designed to educate expert CBRN the force, I am comforted to know that our technicians as they become field grade WOs on CBRN formations are receiving WOs who are CBRN staffs from battalion to level. passionate about our core competencies and In the creation of these two courses, several eager to improve CBRN units and the overall partnerships were developed. The Chemical CBRN readiness of the Army. Corps and Ordnance Corps established a It has truly been an honor to serve here at the partnership that provided unique equipment home of the Chemical Corps for the last 3 years training for the reconnaissance/ detection sensor and witness all the hard work required to make platform, the Nuclear Biological Chemical these strides possible. I am excited for the next Reconnaissance Vehicle (NBCRV). In addition Regimental Chief and the advancements still to to this new relationship, USACBRNS built its come. first NBCRV trainer, which is table top mounted Elementis Regamus Proelium!

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Army Senior Leaders and Leaders of our Allies. From those visits, I can share that we are in very high demand, more than I’ve seen in the past fifteen to twenty years. The use of a WMD against our Army or our Allies is a large concern to Leaders around the world. They all have directly asked for our assistance to improve CBRN Readiness across the full spectrum of operations, to include within the Homeland.

In conflicts that occurred over 20 years ago, the United States of America had a robust industrial base that allowed our Army to have the technological advantage. Today we find ourselves at a strategic inflection point where advanced technologies find their way into the hands of extremist groups and lone actors. The amount of information exchanged and the sheer number of personal connections created an environment of Dragon Soldiers, we are America’s CBRN sudden, unpredictable and potentially violent social Counterforce! Over the past 14 years, our Army and political uprisings. has mastered Counter Insurgency Operations in multiple Areas of Operations throughout the world, In order to maintain a decisive edge, we must at the same time our Army’s CBRN proficiency develop Leaders that have a competitive advantage. has atrophied. This is a disturbing fact, especially This is where talent management and leader when nations like Russia, who just modernized development have to be intertwined. We need to their nuclear arsenal and North Korea, who is select and develop Dragon Warriors that are well constantly testing nuclear material and improving rounded and possess talents not only from on missile delivery systems. Also consider that in operational experiences, but also from demanding , ISIL has used Mustard and Gas in and broadening assignments. Leaders of tomorrow recent attacks. It is only a matter of time when must have the ability to think critically and their techniques reach our homeland. We also creatively to make informed rational decisions in cannot discount other global terrorists that continue chaos. We must not forget the lessons learned to seek to acquire Weapons of Mass Destruction from over 14 years of persistent conflict, while at (WMD). the same time become complacent to ignore the need for ingenuity to build committed professionals In the past 7 years, we’ve lost over 2000 Chemical and Leaders of Character. Soldier Positions throughout the maneuver force due to strategic decisions of Army Senior Future Leaders need to have a balance of agility, leadership. Our Army and our Nation now realize adaptability and innovation that doesn’t create a the dire need for our very unique skill sets. Over new standard. the past 20 months, I’ve had the opportunity to travel and meet with hundreds of CBRN Soldiers,

! 6! Lastly, I’d ask all Dragon Warriors, active or strides forward to better our Army and our Corps retired, to continue to coach and mentor our to provide the CBRN Soldiers of the future the Regiment. The lessons learned in the past has best tools they can have to keep America and our great relevance today, as history has the ability to Allies Free! repeat itself throughout generations of Soldiers. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as Sincerely, th your 13 CBRN Regimental Command Sergeant CSM Kenneth J. Kraus Jr Major. Thank you all for the support, dialog and 13th CBRN Regimental CSM transparency that has enabled us to make huge ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Chemical Classes Graduation: ! ! ! Chemical!AIT:! ! B!Company!84th!Chemical!Bn! C!Company!84th!Chemical!Bn! Class!08;16! Class!11;16! June!15,!2016! August!4,!2016! ! ! C!Company!84th!Chemical!Bn! B!Company!84th!Chemical!Bn! Class!09;16! Class!12;16! July!7,!2016! August!17,!2016! ! ! ! B!Company!84th!Chemical!Bn! C!Company!84th!Chemical!Bn! Class!10;16! Class!14;16! July!21,!2016! August!31,!2016! ! ! ! Chemical!NCOA:! ! CBRN!SLC!003;16! CBRN!0006;16! June!23,!2016! July!15,!2016 !

!!!!!!!!7! ! ! Chapter News ! CCRA Chapter of the Year Award MG Gerald G.(Jerry) Watson Chapter, Anniston, ! !!!!!The! Chapter! is! working! with! Jacksonville! ! State! University! to! document! Chemical! Corps! ! history! by! conducting! video! interviews! with! ! past! senior! Chemical! Corps! leaders! to! capture! ! the!Corps!history.! ! !!!!!The!Chapter!visited!and!provided!Christmas! ! packages! to! 1,600! Veterans! in! state! Veterans,! ! High! Socks! For! Hope! Facility,! and! 26! ! nursing/healthcare! facilities! throughout! ! Alabama.! The! Chapter! provided! support! and! ! assistance! to! local! charities,! such! as! the! Steel! Magnolias! Breast! Cancer! Support! Group,! Kiwanis!Club,!Wounded!Warriors,!and!Wreaths! Across!America.! Photo;!Randy!Kennedy,!BG!Gervais,!Mike!Lamphere,!RCSM! !!!!!The! Chapter! produces! a! Quarterly! Kraus!and!Peter!Vega! Newsletter;! they! conducted! professional! ! development! classes! to! educate! Dragon! !The! Major! General! Gerald! Watson! Chapter,! Soldiers! on! the! history! of! the! Chemical! Corps;! Anniston,!Alabama,!received!the!CCRA!Annual! attended! graduations! of! CBRN! Soldiers;! and! Chapter! of! the! Year! Award! at! the! Members! conducted! briefings! for! the! Chemical! Corps! Barbeque!in!St.!Robert,!MO!on!the!evening!of!4! Regimental!Association!(CCRA).! May! 2016.! Michael! Lanphere,! the! Chapter! !!!!!The!Chapter!is!a!co\sponsor!of!the!Ken!Miller! President,! received! the! award.! The! Chapter! Scholarship! at! Jacksonville! State! University.!! received! the! award! for! their! many! The! program! awarded! its! first! Scholarship! accomplishments! during! the! past! year.! These! ($1000.00)! this! year;! to! be! eligible! for! the! included! support! of! the! Chemical! Corps,! scholarship! recipients! must! be! juniors! or! support!to!Dragon!Soldiers!and!their!families,! seniors! majoring! in! a! STEM! (Science,! support! to! CBRN! units,! support! to! Veterans,! Technology,!Engineering!and!Math)!Program.! and! recognition! of! Soldiers! and! other! !!!!!! individuals! who! have! provided! outstanding! Congratulations!to!the!MG!Gerald! support! to! the! Chemical! Corps.! The! Chapter! Watson!Chapter!for!their!outstanding! also! made! contributions! to! the! U.S.! Army! efforts!in!support!of!the!Chemical! Chemical! Corps! Museum! and! the! U.S.! Army! Corps!and!the!Chemical!Corps! CBRN!School!Historian’s!office.! Regimental!Association. ! ! ! ! ! !

! 8! CBRN Order of the Dragon Recipients

! Honorable%Order%of%the%Dragon:% ! ! ! CSM!Harold!E.!Dunn!IV! SGM!Simeon!M.!Nedlic! CPT!Yadira!M.!Gamio! 1SG!Nathan!A.!Ballinger! SFC!Juan!Martinez!Griffin! MAJ!Rogelio!A.!Pineda! SFC!Bryan!M.!Southworth! CPT!Brent!R.!Robertson! CPT!Matthew!Skirpan! CPT!Tyler!S.!Schoellhorn! CPT!Anita!R.!Phillips! LTC!Adam!W.!Hilburgh! Mr.!Stephen!L.!Parker! COL!Rex!W.!Jones! SFC!Monnicia!Jackson! LTC!Joseph!H.!Gardner!II! CPT!Lucas!J.!Hoffmann! CPT!Charles!R.!Hardenstine! SFC!Jermaine!J.!Wiggins! SFC!(Ret)!Rolland!"Ron"!Cottrill! WO1!Tracyann!C.!Graham! CW2!Victoria!Ramage! CWO2!!Eric!L.!Burns!Sr.! CW2!Jorim!W.!Linton! CWO2!Oliver!A.!Pottinger! CW2!Leah!Pedicone! SFC!Sharia!L.!Torrence! CPT!Matthew!S.!Giffen! WO1!Nicholas!A.!Nash! Mr.!Walter!Eldridge! SFC!Polly!A.!!Schmidt! SFC!Jason!B.!Strait! SFC!Michael!D.!Pitts! CPT!Blas!Martinez! ! SSG!Justin!A.!Hughey! ! ! ! ! Ancient%Order%of%the%Dragon:! Carol%Ann%Watson%Award:% Mr.!Wendell!E.!Williams! Mrs.!Crystal!P.!Dunn! CSM!(Ret)!Robert!M.!Aldenberg! Mrs.!Margaret!Skirpan! 1SG!Christopher!Nolder! Mrs.!Traci!Shirley! BG!James!A.!Blankenhorn! Mrs.!Natalie!A.!Schoellhorn! COL!Jon!R.!Drushal! Mrs.!Kay!Hilburgh! ! Hall of Fame !Harold!C.!Kinne,!Jr.!was!born!28!December!1924!in!Pawtucket,! Rhode! Island.! He! enlisted! in! the! Army! in! 1943j! After! attending! Officer! Candidate!School!with!the!!Destroyer!Branch,!he!transferred!first!to! the!Infantry!and!then!to!the!Chemical!Corps!in!1949.!Col!Kinne!served!on! the!Manhattan!Project!as!a!Nuclear!Effects!Engineer.!During!the!Vietnam! War! he! served! as! the! US! Chemical! Corps! R&D! Command! Chief,! Chemical! Operations! Division,! HQ! MACV,! including! specific! staff! supervision!over!chemical!operations!throughout!Southeast!Asia.!He!also! served! in! the! Office! of! the! Secretary! of! Defense! Advanced! Research! Projects!Agency.!COL!Kinne!had!a!Bachelor!of!Science!in!Chemistry!from! Brown! University,! Master! of! Science! in! Physics! from! the! US! Naval! Postgraduate! School,! a! Master! of! Business! Administration! from! George! Washington! University! and! Doctor! of! Philosophy! from! the! University! of! ,! .! His! awards! include! the! Bronze! Star,! Aircraft! Crewman! Badge,! Combat! Infantry% Badge,! Legion! of! Merit! with! Oak! Leaf! Cluster,! World! War! II! Victory! Medal,! United! Nations! Service! Medal! (Korea)! and! Vietnam!Service!Medal.!COL!(R)!Kinne!passed!away!in!March!of!2016.!

!!!!!!!! 9! ! ! Lieutenant!Colonel!William!J.!Cribb,!Jr.!Enlisted!in!1942!in!the!Chemical! Warfare!Servicej!commissioned!2LT!following!OCS!and!served!with!the! 5th! CM! Mortar! CO! and! the! 109th! CM! Processing! CO.! As! part! of! the! occupation!forces!in!,!LT!Cribb!served!as!platoon!leader,!executive! officer! and! Company! Commander! 82nd! CM! Mortar! BN.! In! 1950,! it! was! mandatory!that!Chemical!Corps!officers!serve!one!year!in!a!combat!arms! branch.! With! the! 29th! IN,! in! Korea,! LT! Cribb! led! his! unit! to! a! vantage! point!where!they!could!effectively!fire!on!the!enemy,!divert!fire!and!cover! the! withdrawal! of! the! harassed! company.! LT! Cribb! maintained! this! position! so! that! some! 300! men! could! extricate! themselves! from! the! hazardous! position.! Less! than! a! month! later,! LT! Cribb! again! displayed! gallantry! as! he! skillfully! adjusted! mortar! fire! and! was! instrumental! in! wiping! out! two! hostile! mortar! positions.! He! served! the! remainder! of! his! career! with! the! Chemical! Corps,! his! last! assignment! was! Instructor,! Assistant! Chief! and! Chief! of! the! Department! of! Military! Science! and! Tactics,!Ft.!McClellan.!His!awards!include!the!Silver!Star!with!Oak!Leaf! Cluster,! Bronze! Star! and! Purple! Heart! with! 7! Oak! Leaf! Clusters.! He! obtained! a! Bachelor! of! Science! and! Masters! in! Industrial! Management! from!the!University!of!Maryland.!LTC!Cribb!retired!from!the!Chemical!Corps!in!1964!and!passed!away!in! 1973.! % % % Distinguished%Member%of%the%Corps% ! % Command%Sergeant%Major%(R)%Donald%Moten!was!born!into!an!Army! family! in! Santa! Barbara! ! and! entered! service! in! 1981.! After! receiving!his!Bachelor!of!Science!in!Economics!from!the!University!of! Oregon,!PFC!Moten!entered!active!service!as!an!Infantryman.!He!later! received! his! Master! of! Arts! Degree! from! Webster! University! while! assigned! to! the! Sergeant! Major’s! Academy.! Among! his! unique! assignments! were:! SGM! US! Forces! Korea! Material! Support! Centerj! CSM!Technical!Escort!Unitj!and!CSM!for!Guardian!Brigade!(Now!20th! CBRNE)! As! CSM! for! the! 48th! CM! BDE,! SGM! Moten! established! the! first! ever! Active! component! MTOE! Chemical! Brigade! in! the! history! of! the!US!Army.!He!now!serves!as!Division!Manager,!Veterans!Corps!of! America.! In! this! capacity! he! provides! contract! support! to! the! Joint! Program! Manager;CBRNE! Analytics! and! Response! Systems! Product! Manager! for! the! Defense! CBRNE! Response! Force! by! overseeing! all! the!equipping,!fielding!and!maintenance!of!the!equipment!for!DCRF!and! C2CRE!!B!Forces.!He!also!devotes!a!great!deal!of!time!and!financial! resources!to!the!Boys!and!Girls!Club!of!Santa!Barbara,!California.!His!awards!include!the!Legion!of!Merit! with!Oak!Leaf!Cluster,!Meritorious!Service!Medal!with!five!Oak!Leaf!Clusters,!Army!Achievement!Medal! with!five!Oak!Leaf!Clusters!and!the!Joint!Meritorious!Unit!Award.!

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large;scale!exercises!with!both!US! and!German!forces!in!preparation! for!potential!chemical!attacks!by!the! Soviets.!In!1987!it!adopted!the! motto!“Defenders!of!the!Corps”! which!will!be!carried!by!the!newly! activated!company!at!Fort!Carson.! In!1990!came!Operation!Steel!Box,! also!known!as!Golden!Python,! which!was!the!largest!operation!in! the!company’s!history.!More!than! 100,000!chemical!munitions!were! removed!from!Germany!and! transported!to!the!Pacific!for! destruction.!The!company!received! The!10th!Hazard!Response! .!The!company! an!Army!Superior!Unit!Citation!for! Company!(HRC)!was!activated! upgraded!every!flamethrower!in!the! its!service!in!this!operation.!! during!a!ceremony!at!Fort!Carson,! Southwest!Pacific!Theater.! CO!on!14!April!2016.!Its!mission!is! Col.!Christopher!J.!Cox.! th to!respond!to!chemical,!biological,! After!World!War!II!the!unit!was! Commander!of!the!48 !Chemical! radiological!and!nuclear!(CBRN)! deactivated!and!reactivated!several! Brigade!stated!“This!unit’s! threats,!both!domestic!and!abroad.! times!until!to!January!1968!when!it! reactivation!demonstrates!our! was!reactivated!as!the!10th! Army’s!commitment!to!attacking!the! !Caitlin!Corcoran!will! Chemical!Platoon!for!service!in! menace!of!chemical,!biological,! command!the!company!with!an! Vietnam.!The!unit!twice!received! radiological!and!nuclear!hazards! initial!strength!of!30!that!will!grow! the!Republic!of!Vietnam!Cross!of! presented!to!the!homeland,!to!our! eventually!to!100.!Corcoran! Gallantry!with!palm!device!and!also! deployed!forces!and!to!our!allies! previously!commanded!the!21st! the!Republic!of!Vietnam!Civil!Action! and!international!partners.”!Cox! Chemical!Company!at!Fort!Bragg,! Honor!Medal.!The!unit!participated! said,!“The!guidon!at!the!head!of!the! North!Carolina.!! in!10!combat!campaigns.!Its! formation!recalls!a!unit!that!spent! missions!included!ground!and! 54!months!deployed!to!the!Pacific! The!10th!Chemical!Company!was! aerial!defoliation,!flame!drops! during!World!War!II,!43!months! originally!constituted!in!1938!and! against!active!enemy!positions,!and! deployed!in!Vietnam!and!a! activated!in!1940!at!Edgewood! large;scale!drops!of!CS!gas!to!deny! company!at!Kaiserslautern,! Arsenal,!Maryland.!The!company! the!enemy!access!to!important! Germany,!that!prepared!to!face! was!reorganized!and!re;designated! terrain.! overwhelming!odds!against!an! several!times!during!World!War!II,! adversary!capable!of!deploying! during!54!months!of!service!in!the! Deactivated!in!1972,!the!unit!was! massive!amounts!of!CBRN! Pacific.!Among!its!achievements! reactivated!16!September!1980!in! weapons.”!! was!identifying,!analyzing!and! Germany!as!the!10th!Chemical! developing!solutions!for!problems! Detachment.!As!a!heavy!decon! ! with!the!M1A1!portable! company!it!drilled!constantly!in! !

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With America's entry into children. In an effort to was judged to be World War II, the Chemical encourage children to wear negligible, and production Warfare Service the mask, one was ordered to cease. The (predecessor to today's designed to look like the original hand-made Chemical Corps) was tasked champion of Walt Disney prototype has been part of to assist with the Studio, Mickey Mouse. the Museum's collection nation's civilian defense Around 1,000 were since the end of World program. Part of the manufactured by the Sun War II, while the production assistance provided was the Rubber Company before the version of the mask was production and distribution of threat donated in 2003 by civilian gas masks, for both of a chemical attack against LTC(R) Robert Walk. adults and the continental United States ! ! Kip!Lindberg,!Director! ! U.S.!Army!Chemical! ! Corps!Museum! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! "Meeting Cropped" is of ! ! the 7 January 1942 ! ! meeting with Walt Disney ! (center), Major General “Avery, Charlie McCarthy and William Porter (right) Chief Edgar Bergen" show the of the 1942 visit of Bergen and Service, and Colonel McCarty to Edgewood George Fisher, Chief of Arsenal, Maryland. Brigadier the Civil Defense Division, General Ray L. Avery (left) CWS. Disney is showing was Commandant of the off his Studio's proposed ! Chemical Warfare School at design of the Mickey ! Edgewood. Mouse ! ! gas mask. ! !! "Prototype" and "Production" show two masks in our collection; the hand-made prototype used to design the model, and the production mask manufactured by the Sun Rubber Company.! ! ! ! !

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From the Chemical Past ! ! as!the!use!of!riot!control!agents,! and!third,!return!to!Fort!McClellan.! ! the!use!of!!and!! The!two!requirements!for!the!new! ! made!the!Corps!a!soft!target!when! location!of!the!Chemical!Corps! ! the!Army!was!directed!to!reduce! would!be!the!need!to!have!an!area! ! its!strength!by!1/3.!Furthermore,! large!enough!for!mass!scaled! ! the!lack!of!an!actual!use!of! smoke!training!missions!and! ! chemical!or!biological!agents! facilities!to!train!with!toxic! ! against!US!forces!and!the! chemical!agents.!Those!two!factors! 14!December!1979!may!be!the! perceived!lack!of!a!concrete!threat! led!to!the!announcement!in! second!most!important!date!in! from!any!Communist!Bloc! December,!1979!that!the!Chemical! Chemical!Corps!history.!After!the! countries!weakened!the!argument! Corps!would!once!again!call!Fort! official!establishment!of!its! for!continuation!of!our!own! McClellan!home.!The!Fort! precursor,!the!Chemical!Warfare! chemical/biological!warfare! McClellan!News,!30!November! Service,!the!Chemical!Corps!was! program.!Finally,!the!strong! 1979,!stated!that!the!“major$ saved!from!disestablishment!with! nuclear!capability!of!the!United! objective$of$the$Chemical$School$is$ the!announcement!that!the!Corps! States!overshadowed!the!need!for! to$provide$training$directed$ would!return!to!Fort!McClellan,! other!types!of!armaments.!!! towards$detection,$identification,$ Alabama!after!a!six!year!absence.!! Ironically,!a!war!that!neither!the! and$protection$against$the$effects$ Many!factors!went!into!the! Soviet!Union!nor!the!United!States! of$nuclear,$biological$and$chemical$ decision!to!disband!the!Chemical! were!directly!involved!in!(The!Yom! weapons$(NBC),$and$ Corps.!First,!many!in!the!US!Army! Kippur!War!of!1973),!put!a!halt!to! decontamination$measures$should$ felt!the!technical!expertise!of!the! disestablishment!talk!and!quickly! personnel$or$equipment$be$ Chemical!Corps!alienated!it!from! led!to!a!resurgence!in!chemical!and! exposed$to$such$weapons.”$Today,! the!combat!arms!branches.! biological!research;!but!more! the!Chemical,!Biological,! General!Creighton!Abrams,!Chief!of! importantly,!a!realization!that!the! Radiological!and!Nuclear!School! Staff!of!the!Army!had!said!to!MG! country!and!the!Army!needed!the! continues!this!mission!and!evolves! (RET)!Gerald!Watson:!“…the$ Chemical!Corps!and!its!school.!But! to!meet!future!challenges.! combat$arms$were$the$ones$that$ where!should!the!“new”!Chemical! had$to$live$and$die$on$the$ Corps!call!home?!Three!locations! battlefield,$and$it$was$their$ were!considered!with!two!key! responsibility$–$not$some$ factors!determining!the!decision.!! technician’s$responsibility8to$make$ The!first!obvious!choice!was!to! sure$they$had$defensive$capability$ remain!at!Aberdeen!Proving! against$CBW$agents.”!Also,!the! Ground!(its!temporary!home!with! public!hostility!toward!Chemical! the!Ordnance!Corps);!the!second! Proposed!design!for!Sibert! Corps!operations!in!Vietnam!such! was!a!combat!arms!post!such!as! Hall,!Ft.!McClellan,! Fort!Benning,!Fort!Sill!or!Fort!Knox! circa!1979! For!more!information:! Mauroni,!Albert!J.!America’s!Struggle!with!ChemicalbBiological!Warfare.!!! ! Christy(Lindberg(( Historian,(USACBRNS(( !

!!!!!!!13! ! ! “Dragons%in%the%Box”% Documentary%Video%Records%DCRF%Rotation%at%JRTC% ! In!a!major!domestic!CBRN!incident,!countless!lives!would!be!saved! by!the!Defense!CBRN!Response!Force!(DCRF.)!This!Department! of!Defense!resource!stands!ready!to!provide!reconnaissance,!site! assessment,!search!and!rescue,!remediation!and!decontamination.! Mission!capabilities!were!tested!in!March!2016!during!Rotation!16; 05!at!the!Joint!Readiness!Training!Center!(JRTC)!at!Fort!Polk,! Louisiana.!The!exercise!simulated!a!massive!loss!of!containment!at! a!theoretical!nuclear!power!plant!in!Fullerton,!Louisiana.!The!“hot! zone”!encompassed!nearly!one!hundred!square!miles!while! fatalities,!injuries!and!contaminated!personnel!numbered!in!the! thousands.! ! The!challenges!of!this!JRTC!rotation,!the!effectiveness!of!the! training,!and!the!capabilities!of!the!forces!involved!are!captured!in!a!documentary!video!titled!“Dragons! in!the!Box.”!The!film!relates!the!experiences!of!CBRN!soldiers!and!company!leaders!tasked!with!the! many!interlocking!missions!that!collectively!make!up!a!successful!DCRF!execution.!The!focus!is!on!the! 172nd!Chemical!Company!“Gladiators”!from!Fort!Riley!Kansas,!the!21st!Chemical!Company! “Blackjacks”!of!Fort!Bragg,!North!Carolina!and!the!181st!Chemical!Company!“Double!Dragons,”!of!Fort! Hood,!Texas.!The!21st!and!181st!are!both!part!of!the!2nd!Chemical!Battalion!at!Fort!Hood!;!the!“Red! Dragons.”!These!companies!are!presented!as!representative!of!all!Dragon!Soldiers,!regardless!of!unit,! who!participate!in!DCRF!missions.! ! The!video!was!conceived!by!LTC!W!Maria!Bochat,!commander!of!the!2nd!Chemical!Battalion,!in! collaboration!with!Walter!J!Eldredge,!a!military!historian!who!focuses!on!the!Chemical!Corps!and! particularly!the!history!of!the!Red!Dragons.!Bochat!stated,!““The!purpose!is!to!create!pride!of! performance!among!Dragon!Soldiers!and!to!educate!family!members!and!other!interested!parties! about!the!nature!of!the!CBRN!Regiment!and!specifically!one!of!its!missions;DCRF.!We!hope!it!not!only! shares!our!narrative!but!also!inspires!others!to!serve!in!the!same!capacity.”!The!video!was!produced,! filmed,!written!and!edited!by!Eldredge!who!plans!to!submit!it!to!several!documentary!film!festivals! around!the!country.!“Dragons!in!the!Box”!can!be!viewed!on!Youtube!at! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSr5qGC5es7KyYVWi9r1Vlg]!.! ! Last Role Call ! !!!!!!!!!!!!! ! COL (R) David R. Moss: 27 May 2016 !!!!!!!!!!! !!! ! LTC (R) Jacqueline Simchick: 8 February 2016 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! SFC (R) Dale W. Chapman: 28 July 2015 !

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