("Training and Developing" continued from page 17) We will also conduct a second CBRN AIT pilot course
(AIT Class 12-12)—which will focus on hazmat operations and MCD certification—in June 2012. For this class, we will employ new techniques (a slower pace of instruction, instructor-facilitated study halls, and more hands-on training) and improve the organization of the hazmat operations block of instruction to increase student success rates. In addition, the 86$&%516 3HUVRQQHO 'HYHORSPHQW 2I¿FH ZLOO FRQWLQXH WR examine the possibility of raising GT and ST scores required for entry into the Chemical Corps.
While he continued to wear the stripes of an engineer sergeant, Sergeant First Class Jacobson adopted the collar disk of the Chemical Warfare Service (the precur- sor to the Chemical Corps) and the common cobalt blue and golden yellow shoulder insignia worn by early Dragon Soldiers.
Today's Dragon Soldiers should take the time to reach back into the past and learn about the stories of the Hell Fire Boys who started it all. As members of the chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) profession, we must remem- ber that it is our responsibility to uphold the reputation and KRQRU WKH VDFUL¿FHV RI WKRVH WUHQGVHWWHUV IURP ORQJ DJR $V we begin yet another period of dramatic transition, Soldiers OLNH 6LPRQ -DFREVRQ FDQ VHUYH DV JUHDW H[DPSOHV RI ÀH[LELOLW\ SURIHVVLRQDOLVP DQG VHOÀHVV VHUYLFH
Endnotes: 1
James Thayer Addison, The Story of the First Gas Regi-
ment, The Riverside Press, Boston and New York, 1919. 2
State Historical Society World War I Service Ques-
tionnaires, Division of Archives & Records Service, State of Utah, 1914–1918, , accessed on 22 March 2012.
References: Don Strack (compiler), "International Smelter at Tooele,"
27 May 2011, , accessed on 22 March 2012.
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Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Training (G-3); Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. He holds a bachelor's degree in English from The Citadel, South Carolina, and master's degrees in interna- tional relations from Troy State University (now Troy Univer- sity), Alabama, and strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.
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The improvements that were made to the CBRN AIT class were the result of 18 months of teamwork across the Chemi- FDO &RUSV; ,QSXW ZDV REWDLQHG IURP WKH ¿HOG DQG FRPELQHG with the expertise of course developers from the Directorate of Training and Leader Development and the Directorate of Education and Training Execution and subject matter experts from the 84th Chemical Battalion, as well as guidance and oversight from leaders of the USACBRNS and the 3d Chemi- cal Brigade. This joint effort served to modernize the CBRN AIT class and provide our Soldiers with the foundational train- ing necessary to set the conditions for unit training across the Chemical Corps.
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Ibid.
Chemical Corps Regimental Campaign Plan, U.S. Army Chemi- cal Corps, December 2010. 2
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An enlisted Soldier's entry into the Chemical Corps currently
requires an ASVAB ST score of 91; however, some of the Soldiers accepted into AIT Class 05-12 had ST scores of less than 91.
Lieutenant Colonel Duncan is the commander of the 84th Chemical Battalion. He holds a bachelor's degree in general studies with an emphasis in business and commu- nications from the University of Northern Iowa and mas- ter's degrees in environmental management from Web- ster University and security studies from Kansas State University.
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