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EXPANDING JOINT AND INTERAGENCY COOPERATION COMMANDER’S CORNER BG Antonio Mr. Scott Munera A. White Commandant Joint Program U.S. Army Chemical, Manager for Biological, Information Systems Radiological and JPEO-CBRND Nuclear School Aberdeen, MD

LTG Jeffrey S. Buchanan 7th WMD-CST n Experimentation Directorate Commanding General U.S. Army North/Fifth Army Disaster Tactical Training n Senior Army Commander Nuclear Disablement Teams n HAZMAT Joint Base San Antonio, TX

SECURITY & BORDER AND CST/CBRNE Q3 2018

MULTI-LEVEL COORDINATION FOR MULTI-THREAT PREPAREDNESS The 7th Weapons of Mass Destruction- Civil Support Team (WMD-CST), Missouri National Guard, supports IED and WMD threat detection and defeat in coordination at national, state, and local response levels. By MAJ Lindsey Decker 4 Features Departments COMMANDER'S CORNER 2 Insights Facilitating Land Force and Cross-Agency National Security LTG Jeffrey S. Buchanan Commanding General 21 Tech Update U.S. Army North/Fifth Army Senior Army Commander Advertisers Index/ 15 Joint Base San Antonio, TX 28 Calendar of Events

Cover: A group of Michigan LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE Soldiers from the 460th Chemical Company, A Century of Chemical Management and Defense 210th Military Police Battalion, practice chemical decontamination procedures during a BG Antonio Munera training lane at Camp Grayling, MI. Participants 30th Chief of Chemical received hands-on training and experience with CBRN equipment and procedures as Soldiers Commandant, U.S. Army Chemical from all three U.S. Army components joined Biological, Radiological and Nuclear School forces to train, assist and supervise Mexican 10 Army counterparts. (Official U.S. Army Reserve photo by SFC Brent C. Powell)

PG 6 PG 22 Increasing Predictability for Promoting Information Evaluation and Diffusion Enhanced Incident Preparedness CST & CBRNE spoke recently with the Joint Program Manager JPEO CBRND’s Experimentation Directorate is improving the for Information Systems (JPM-IS), JPEO-CBRND, regarding capabilities acquisition cycle to help free first responders to the criticality of measured, timely data in field operations. counter threats more quickly. Interview by Christian Sheehy By Richard Newton PG 13 PG 26 UNIT FOCUS Targeting an Ever Shifting Nuclear Threat Supporting Readiness through Expertise The U.S. Army’s 20th CBRNE Command National Technical The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity (CMA), Aberdeen Nuclear Forensics mission is led by Nuclear Disablement Proving Ground, MD, safely stores and disposes of chemical Teams responsible for neutralizing post-initial incident hazards. warfare materiel. By CPT Ivan Cho By Karen Jolley Nikol PG 18 Connectivity Driving Effective Incident Response FOLLOW US ON @tacticaldefensemedia The Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS), U.S. Northern SOCIAL MEDIA Command (USNORTHCOM), performs the vital task of @tacdefmedia revitalizing existing communications technology to sustain response readiness for a complex catastrophic crisis. Tactical Defense Media By MG William A. Hall

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and As challenges surrounding national, state, and local incident and disaster persist, the preparation of men and women tasked with ensuring clear communication is paramount. From the halls of higher command, such as the North American Aerospace Defense ISSN: 2154-4476 Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), to critical connectivity linking state civil support teams to emergency first responders, the need for clarity in Published by Tactical Defense Media, Inc. integrated communications remains a top response priority. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction without permission is strictly forbidden. ©2018 The Q3 2018 issue of Security & Border and CST/CBRNE sheds light on relationships necessary to national sec