Army Chemical Review

SUMMER 2015

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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before that. And we will continue to be the Chemical Corps until Congress decides to change our name. Although some of our missions have changed throughout the past 97 years, one mission has remained the same—the mission to protect the United States from the unconventional use of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats and hazards. Our Soldiers perform CBRN missions throughout the Army and joint force. Although they may wear the CBRN brassard, they do so as Soldiers of the Chemical Corps. Since the adoption of the Regimental System, no matter where our Soldiers serve—at USACBRNS, with the 4th CBRN Com- pany in Korea, with the 401st CBRN Company in Kuwait, or on staff duty with U.S. Africa Command—they are members of the Chemical Corps, protecting the force, wearing our dis- tinctive unit insignia, and adding to the proud history of the 1st Gas Regiment. AR 600-82, , 1 May 1986. National Defense Act of 1920, 4 June 1920. Public Law 607, 20 August 1946. Mr. Lindberg is the director of the U.S. 33 Summer 2015 U.S. Army Chemical Corps School in 1957 and then to the U.S. Army Chemical School in 1963. A fnal change in loca- tion to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, occurred in 1999; and a fnal change in name to the U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear School (USACBRNS) took place in October 2007. The new name the wide range of training and expertise offered to students of the Chemical Corps. In 1981, the Army Chief of Staff approved the concept of an Army-wide regimental system in which each Soldier maintains continuous identifcation with a single regiment and is supported by a personnel system that increases the Soldier's probability of serving recurring assignments with his or her regiment. Under Army Regulation (AR) 600-82, The , branches were to retain their corps titles while incorporating the spirit and intent of the Regimental System into their corps; that is, they were to provide for Soldier opportunity and professional develop- ment and for a historical affliation that was meaningful to the Soldier. As part of the implementation of the Regimen- tal System, the regimental crest of the 1st Gas Regiment— which consisted of the Green Dragon and the gas-wrecked and shot-marked tree trunk—was selected as the distin- guished unit insignia of the Chemical Corps. We are the Chemical Corps. We have been the Chemical Corps since 1946, although we existed under other names By Master Sergeant Charles E. Hall T he chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) brassard, which replaced the antiquated GAS brassard, was frst authorized for wear on 11 August 2008. According to Department of the Army (DA) Pamphlet (Pam) 670-1, Guide to the Wear and Insignia, "Brassards are authorized for wear only while ac- tively engaged in the duty associated with the brassard and identifcation of personnel is required, such as feld operations and event response." 1 Brigadier General Maria R. Gervias, Chief of Chemical, has indicated that enlisted Career Manage- ment Field 74 (chemical operations specialist) Soldiers or offcers/warrant offcers within Army Branch 74 (CBRN offcer) must be serving a 74-coded billet and be directly involved in CBRN operations by being engaged in the planning, assessing, characterizing, advising, and mitigating of CBRN threats and hazards inside or outside the continental United States to be authorized wear of the CBRN brassard. Some have interpreted this guidance to mean that any 74-series Soldier serving in a 74-series billet is authorized to wear the CBRN brassard on his or her service uniform at all times. This is not the intent of the Chief of Chemical. The Chief of Chemical intends for the CBRN brassard to serve as a means to immediately identify CBRN Soldiers who are actively providing specialized technical expertise during emergencies or CBRN-specifc training or operations. For Soldiers to wear the CBRN brassard, they must be operationally engaged in a mission that requires them to currently pro- vide CBRN technical expertise within or outside the continental United States or to be immediately on call to provide the expertise. Commanders may retain For example, the CBRN brassard may be worn for local ceremonies when appropri- ate. Endnote: 1 DA Pam 670-1, , 10 April 2015.

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