Army Chemical Review presents professional information about Chemical Corps functions related to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, smoke, flame, and civil support operations.
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By Lieutenant Colonel Thomas A. Duncan II the Chemical Corps is concentrating on how to best support weapons of mass destruction counterforce; chemical, biologi- cal, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) defense; and CBRN consequence management. The force of the future will require that Chemical Corps Soldiers be more technically skilled so that they may confront a myriad of potential threats in an un- predictable world. W ,Q UHVSRQVH WR GHPDQGV IURP WKH ¿HOG WR PRGHUQL]H RXU courses and to ensure that initial military training is a ". . . rigorous, foundational learning experience that combines in- doctrination into the Army culture (values, character, and the Warrior Ethos) with the basic skills training, comprehensive ¿WQHVV DQG VSHFLDOL]HG &%51 IRXQGDWLRQDO VNLOOV DQG NQRZO- edge,"1 Colonel Vance P. Visser—Chief of Chemical and Commandant, U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear School (USACBRNS)—published the Chemical &RUSV; 5HJLPHQWDO &DPSDLJQ; 3ODQ IRU ¿VFDO \HDUV ± 2 During the same time frame, Major General Richard Longo—Deputy Commanding General for Initial Military Training, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command— ordered a review of all advanced individual training (AIT) and EDVLF RI¿FHU OHDGHU FRXUVHV WKURXJKRXW WKH $UP\ 2Q -XO\ 2011, Major General Longo concurred with Colonel Visser's SODQ WR PRGHUQL]H &%51 ' $,7 DQG PHHW WKH QHHGV RI operational CBRN brigades. After several months of updating lesson plans, certifying LQVWUXFWRUV DQG REWDLQLQJ QHZ HTXLSPHQW WKH WK &KHPL-; cal Battalion—in close coordination with the Directorate of Training and Leader Development, USACBRNS, and the Di- rectorate of Education and Training Execution, 3d Chemical Brigade—conducted a new CBRN AIT pilot course (Class IURP -DQXDU\ WR 0DUFK DW )RUW /HRQDUG :RRG Missouri. 12 ith the end of the war in Iraq and the ongoing reduction of combat power in Afghanistan, the Army is now focusing on the force of 2020 and Pilot Course Demographics the class was comprised of a representative sample of students, participants were selected through normal U.S. Army Train- ing and Doctrine Command acquisition processes. The per- centages of students from the various components (28 percent IURP WKH 5HJXODU $UP\ Sercent from the U.S. Army Re- VHUYH >86$5@ DQG SHUFHQW IURP WKH $UP\ 1DWLRQDO *XDUG >$51*@ JHQHUDOO\ UHÀHFWHG WKH $UP\ ZLGH Fomposition of the Chemical Corps.3 C 6HH )LJXUH At the start of the class, there were 81 Soldiers— LQFOXGLQJ PLOLWDU\ RFFXSDWLRQDO VSHFLDOW\±WUDQVIHUV 026 7V ZKR DUH JHQHUDOO\ PRUH H[SHULHQFHG WKDQ WKH DYHU- DJH VWXGHQW :KLOH VXFK D ODUJH SHUFHQWDJH RI 026 7 SDUWLFL- pants was unplanned, their presence allowed an assessment of the ability to integrate the new training into the US$5 026 7 course conducted by the Total Army School System Battalion DW )RUW /HRQDUG :Rod. All Class 05-12 students were high school graduates, and VL[ RI WKHP SHUFHQW KDG FROOHJH GHJUHHV )LIWHHQ RI WKH students (18.5 percent) had Armed Services Vocational Apti- tude Battery (ASVAB) General Technical (GT) scores of more than 110. (The maximum possible GT score is 160; a GT score RI DW OHDVW TXDOL¿HV D 6ROGLHU IRU DQ\ MRE LQ WKH $UP\ Most of the Soldiers of Class 05-12 relied on their high school education and basic combat training and AIT coursework to meet the academic challenges of the pilot course. Pilot Structure and Course Flow A ll CBRN AIT classes are divided into two platoons that execute training on slightly different schedules, but ZLWK HVVHQWLDOO\ WKH VDPH FRXUVH ÀRZ 7KLV DUUDQJHPHQW Army Chemical Review BRN AIT Class 05-12 was LGHQWL¿HG DV WKH SLORW FRXUVH LQ -XO\ ²ZKHQ WKH FRPSRVLWLRQ RI WKH class was completely unknown. To help ensure that