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Rights All R Rightseserved R. eserved. +1 (978) 663-3660 ext. 1308 • [email protected] • www.bruker.com/detection Defense CBRNE innovation with integrity 1211-973.jb08 BRU_AD_SCION CST 8.375x10.875.indd 1 12/22/11 2:33 PM CST & CBRNE Source Book Q1 2012 Features Command Profile World Renown, Far From Town Ensuring Mission U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground trains expert personnel in chem/bio Readiness Day and Night defense, in areas such as protective clothing, gas masks, and chem CST & CBRNE interviewed MG David S. 3 and bio agent detection. 22 Baldwin, The Adjutant General, Military By Al Vogel Department of the California National Guard as he leads efforts to ensure full 71st CST: Security through Preparedness force readiness. The Iowa National Guard 71st Civil Support Team Body Temp Regulation is taking readiness to a new level. 6 By Pvt. Zachary Zuber Max Hydration U.S. Army individual soldier hydration requirements are met through CBRN Making Sense of the Marketplace 26 technology. ECBC: Chemical Detection Gets A Boost U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) Cool Crew 16 Survey is enhancing CBR bio-surveillance. A liquid-cooling circulation system By Matthew Caples, Ph.D. and Peter Emanuel, Ph.D. uses vapor compression refrigeration technology to keep garments cool. By Kevin Hunter Industry Partner Chem Analysis: Reducing the Unknowns Bruker Detection Corporation is removing the variables in modern-day 18 Special Section chem detection. NGB Joint Domestic Ops Equipment By Bob Kibler The latest equipment and technology Defeating the Improvised Threat used by civilian and military first Alchemists, Chemists, and Terrorists all share something in common: responders at the scene of national 29 the cause and effect behind the deadly concoction of chemicals that is CBRNE, HAZMAT and High-yield 20 the homemade bomb. Explosive events often resulting in By John Avolio challenging rescue and recovery operations. By Daniel Goldstein Military Perspective Departments COL Brett A. Barraclough 2 Insights Joint Program Manager 14 BizWatch U.S. Army Guardian Joint Program Executive 15 TechUpdate 11 Office-Chem Bio Defense 36 Ad Index/ Calender of Events www.tacticaldefensemedia.com CST & CBRNE Q1 2012 | 1 Insights As the presidential election year 2012 moves through its second month, the nation faces new anxieties regarding that a transition of power may expose vulnerabilities to attack on a mass casualty scale. To quell these fears, the communities of the Army and Air National Guard, CBRN first Responders, Civil Support Teams, and local EMS, Police and CST&CBRNE ISSN: 2154-4476 Fire personnel methodically execute the training that they, hope they’ll never have to use. is published quarterly by Tactical Defense Media, Inc. In this, the Q1 2012 Issue of CST & CBRNE Source Book, explores Joint Domestic All Rights Reserved. Reproduction without Operations and its current protective and procedural requirements. In the Special permission is strictly forbidden. ©2012 Section, the latest in a long evolutionary line of HAZMAT and CBRN attack response materiel is detailed and categorized according to purpose and present-day practicality. CST&CBRNE is free to members of the U.S. military, From HAZMAT to has been, the methods by which the 71st CST of the Iowa National employees of the U.S. government, Guard prepares for potential CBRN and WMD attack on the national, state and local first responders, EMS personnel, and levels, through training today embrace the concept of incident readiness through non-U.S. foreign service based in the U.S. enhanced team interaction. Mailing Address Tactical Defense Media, Inc. In an exclusive to CST & CBRNE, COL Brett A. Barraclough Program Manager, U.S. Leisure World Plaza Army Guardian Program discusses the Guardian’s work with the Joint PMs under the PO Box 12115 JPEO-CBD as they directly support all-hazard preparedness, protection, response, and Silver Spring, MD 20908-0115 USA recovery. Programs impacting Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Response Units are Telephone: (301) 974-9792 focused on the performance of CBRN field analytics and provision of mobile comms to Fax: (443) 637-3714 support consequence management ops. www.TacticalDefenseMedia.com Moving westward to the Republic of California, CST & CBRNE pays a visit to the Office of Quarterly Publications the Adjutant General, California Military Department, MG David S. Baldwin, in this Issue’s Commander’s Corner Q&A. In the exclusive to CST, MG Baldwin discusses where the Department has been, where it’s going and the challenges it will likely face getting there. From a leader of people to a leader in the R&D behind the effects on the human body of prolonged exposure to chem-bio attack, the Army’s Chem Bio Center at Edgewood is using the latest in survey testing to enhance techniques in chem-bio surveillance. DoD This Issue’s Command Profile profiles Army Dugway Proving Grounds and its expertise Bi-Monthly Publication in chem/bio defense providing testing and pushing ultimate enhancements to such items as protective clothing, gas masks and chem-bio detection tools. Oh, and be sure DoD not to miss the Industry Partner featuring Bruker Detection and their efforts to take the International guesswork out of chemical analysis, so critical to the rapid determination of proper threat Security & Border Protection classification and response. Coming 2012 Feel free to contact me with questions or comments. Best Regards, Daniel Goldstein Editor [email protected] 301-974-9794 Special Sections Meet the Editor Dan Goldstein is an experienced multimedia journalist who has written for Bloomberg News and the Center for Investigative Reporting. He was a firefighter and emergency medical technician with Montgomery County, MD for more than a decade. He lives in Frederick, Maryland with his wife and five-year old son. 2 | CST & CBRNE Q1 2012 www.tacticaldefensemedia.com Command Profile Remotely-located, U.S. Army Dugway Proving This remoteness and 70 years of chem/bio expertise Ground trains expert personnel in chem/bio make it unique in the U.S. and nearly unmatched in the defense, in areas such as protective clothing, world. When not instructing, Dugway’s experts are testing chem/bio defenses, or consulted by military, civilian and gas masks, and chem-bio agent detection. private enterprise. By Al Vogel, Dugway PG Public Affairs DUGWAY’S ATTRIBUTES Since 1942, U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground’s primary Dugway’s remoteness remains a key attraction, offering mission has been to test items, and train personnel, in the wide open spaces for exercises and scenarios, anonymity chemical and biological warfare arena. Dugway’s expertise and security. in chem/bio defense is recognized around the world. Here, not only are defenses such as protective clothing, gas masks Recently refurbished, Dugway’s Michael Army Airfield and detectors tested, but personnel learn to recognize and offers one 11,000-foot runway and a 9,000-foot taxiway as deal with chem/bio agents. a secondary runway. A drop zone for personnel or cargo is adjacent. The remote airfield allows units to enter and leave Dugway Proving Ground’s location, in the desert Dugway discretely, if necessary. of northwestern Utah, was specifically chosen for its remoteness, an attribute that remains 70 years later -- yet Dugway has no housing encroachment. The few ranches, it is only 85 highway miles from Salt Lake City International homes and the small Goshute Indian Reservation are miles Airport. from the airfield, testing and training areas. Dugway’s 1,300 square miles border the U.S. Air Force’s Many of the specialized units and individuals who 2,675 square-mile Utah Test & Training Range, used by all have responded to suspected or confirmed chemical or services for munitions and testing. Together, they offer 9,158 biological incidents throughout the world were trained at square miles of restricted airspace and plenty of “Room to Dugway Proving Ground. Some Dugway experts have been Boom.” consulted during these incidents. www.tacticaldefensemedia.com CST & CBRNE Q1 2012 | 3 Command Profile Coupled with Dugway’s excellence is the pride of “I’ve been doing this for 12 years now, including my time its employees, who are noted for their helpfulness and at Dugway,” she said. friendliness. Most of the training is taken by CST and Technical Escort “There’s a great sense of pride here, but also there’s Units (10 in 2011) and The Army Chemical School (five in pressure because you want to make sure that CST units are 2011). One unit was from the United Kingdom (Dugway has a trained correctly, and given the correct info for when they long history of teaching allies about chem/bio defense).