The Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Survey Teams find out information on an enemy target in order to defend the country against the threat of CBRN weapons and Weapons of Mass Destruction. The Army has drastically evolved in terms of the Chemical Corp. Today there are multiple units around the world that operate in Survey Teams. The two most popular units in the Chemical Corp are Technical Escort Units and Chemical Reconnaissance Detachments. There is much confusion about what the operations of these two units entail. This research paper will describe what they do as well as discuss the similarities and differences between the two. The Technical Escort Units primary mission is to prepare for rapid deployments with minimum to no notice anywhere in the world. They conduct technical escort missions immediately upon arrival. That means they must always be prepared and ready to go. The battalions conduct joint operations against many different CBRN hazards, weapons of mass destruction (WMD), toxic industrial chemicals (TIC) and toxic industrial materials (TIM) with military and civilians.( Technical Escort Battalion Operations, pgs 1-1) Fort Leonard Wood Army Base in Missouri teaches a four week course that military personnel can attend to be become knowledgeable and more profiting in CBRN Technical Operation.( CBRN Tech Escort Course comes to Fort Leonard Wood,http://www.army.mil/article/23052/CBRN_Tech_Escort_Course_comes) There are five different mission sets that the teams work in. They are Emergency Response, Remediation and Restoration, Technical Escort of materials, Technical Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear support to COCOMs and Homeland Security. Emergency Response is one of the primary m... ... middle of paper ... ... much faster work pace environment. The position required me to attend many military courses and I’ve conducted real live missions and gained important tactical skills from each experiences. I would encourage any Chemical Operation Specialist in the Army to be a part of these units at some point in their career. It stands to benefit them in their career and help them to become a better rounded soldier. Works Cited Headquarters, Department of the Army (29 August 2007), FM 3-11.20 Technical Escort Battalion Operations, pgs 1-1 thru 2-14 Headquarters, Department of the Army (31 August 2007), FM 3-05.132 Army Special Operations Forces Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Operations, Erickson, Carolyn (19 July 2009), CBRN Tech Escort Course comes to Fort Leonard Wood, http://www.army.mil/article/23052/CBRN_Tech_Escort_Course_comes_to_Fort_Leonard_Wood
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personnel and equipment they have and use to complete their missions. The Civil Support Team
The SPCC was initially designed to be conducted at Fort Lee, VA for 7.5 days; Fort Eustis, VA, for 1.5 days; Human Resource Command (active duty and United States Army Reserve officers) and National Guard Readiness Center (National Guard Bureau officers) for 1 day. Currently, the en...
During Desert Shield and Desert Storm, European Command (EUCOM) air defense units from 32d Air Defense Command deployed with the mission to provide security for the back door of Iraq from locations in Israel and Turkey. (Global Security) The threat the US and coalition forces faced was Sadaam Hussein’s chemical weapons arsenal. Intelligence suggested that Iraqi Forces filled both chemical and biological payloads to the Scud missiles. (Rostker) The concern was if a warhead would explode, it would release airborne agents on the US and coalition forces. US Commanders had additional concerns. Could Patriot engage the warheads successfully? Patriot capabilities were not for the purpose of the mi...
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I have organized this paper into five distinct sections; mission, task organization, capabilities, limitations, and finally the conclusion. After the reading and comprehension of this paper, you should have gained a basic understanding of the Special Forces (SF) Chemical Reconnaissance Detachments (CRD). The following paper is mixed with Unclassified (UCI) and For Official Use Only (FOUO) information. FOUO is annotated at the beginning of all For Official Use Only information, the rest of the paper is UCI. If you wish to share this information paper with others, please at a minimum; confirm identity of the person prior to providing (FM 380-5, 2000). For further handling instructions please refer to FM 380-5, or contact me, I will gladly answer all questions.
The Technical Escort Unit (TEU) now provides the Department of Defense and other federal agencies to include the Secret Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation with an immediate response capability for chemical and biological warfare material. Its mission is to provide a global response for escorting, packaging, detection, rendering-safe, disposing, sampling, analytics, and remediation missions. This does not only include chemical weapons for which it was originally created, but now incorporates biological weapons, state sponsored laboratories, small independent laboratories and small non-weaponized radioactive materials. Most recently, they have been task organized to assist Brigade Combat Teams (BCT) as a force multiplier; the objective of this is to give the Battle Field Commander instant on the ground intelligence regarding Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) hazards within their Area of Operations (AO). With this new mission with the BCT, the TEU is becoming an expeditionary force.
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TSC Ansbach. ACTO is Mr. Lafuentemasso. TSC Ansbach provided the incoming Aviation rotational unit POC, CW2 Khalijah 615 ASB, Ammunition Technician/Brigade Ammunition Officer, 1ACB, 1CD, Fort Hood, TX with the Home Station capabilities at Oberdachstetten and provided him with capabilities avilable in
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