Army Chemical Review

WINTER 2016

Army Chemical Review presents professional information about Chemical Corps functions related to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, smoke, flame, and civil support operations.

Issue link: https://chemical.epubxp.com/i/759309

Contents of this Issue

Navigation

Page 4 of 63

Winter 2016 3 planning effort that develops a road map for Army capability development and modernization. SPAR is a new forum that will combine Army Long-Range Investment Requirements Analysis (LIRA) and the Capabilities Portfolio Review process. The objective of SPAR is to provide portfolio priorities and cross-portfolio options to align efforts and priorities and ensure that our Soldiers receive the right capabilities in a timeframe that makes them useful on the battlefield and within budget. In addition to reviewing Army equities, the Army, as the executive agent for the Chemical and Biological Defense Program, will evaluate joint capabilities in the SPAR. In total, the effort should allow us to inform our senior leaders of the most critical CBRN and CWMD capabilities to support the future force. y (M) The joint project manager for nuclear, biological, and chemical contamination avoidance is planning an NBCRV sensor upgrade to address obsolescence issues, correct reliability and performance issues, and potentially integrate new technologies with a proposed fielding in fiscal year 2024. The upgrade will include updating the platform with the next generation of chemical detector increment systems, updating radiological/nuclear sensors, implementing engineering changes, and replacing the automatic chemical agent detector alarm in the interim. y (L) To prepare junior leaders for this BCT environment, the top one or two lieutenants from each Basic Officer Leader's Course with a follow-on assignment to a maneuver battalion will participate in a right-seat ride at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, before reporting to their new unit. The Directorate of Training and Leader Development is currently working with the Mission Command Training Program to update exercise products to re ect current CWMD doctrine, rules of allocation, and scenario/inject builds to re ect the current operating environment. y (L) The Regiment is working closely with Tufts University, Medford, Maine, and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, to establish dedicated fellowships for CBRN officers. Once established, two officers in the rank of captain or major will be chosen to participate in the CBRN fellowships at these schools. The course of study will center on diplomacy, counter- proliferation, and the development of enterprise-based solutions to complex problems. The program begins its pilot year in the fall of 2017, and selection is ongoing. Interested officers should contact their U.S. Army Human Resources Command assignments officer for more information. y (Pe sonnel, D, M) USACBRNS is currently guiding, facilitating, and integrating learning for Army missions in support of homeland defense and defense support to civil authorities (DSCA) requirements. These efforts support required capabilities integration into capability development across all functions of support to homeland operations and lead capability development of the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence equities within homeland operations. We have partnerships with the operating and generating forces to best address critical homeland defense and DSCA challenges and enhance the operating force ability to perform the mission. Some of the major initiatives in support of Army Warfighting Challenge No. 6 (Homeland Defense Operations) are defining the operating environment, theater security cooperation, leader development, and training capabilities that support homeland defense and DSCA; leveraging cyberspace information collection and analytics, network authentication, and interoperability of systems; providing a common operational picture; and using intelligence capabilities in homeland defense and DSCA operations, ballistic missile defense, medical policy impediments, and resourcing constraints. These are ongoing efforts that are integrated within the capabilities needs analysis framework. y (F) The toxic training transformation initiative of the Chemical Defense Training Facility is being undertaken for the sole purpose of expanding and enhancing the quality of CWMD training for U.S. and allied operational forces and joint/ multinational institutional training programs. This transformation initiative involves the creation of training scenarios within our existing training facility through the use of props, technology, special effects, and live toxic hazards. The vision of the training transformation is to deliver the most robust, realistic, and rigorous CWMD training conceivable. The range of hazards will expand from the chemical warfare material currently in use (sarin, or GB, nerve agent and venomous agent X [XV]) to include select biosafety Level 2 biological materials and a select list of toxic industrial chemical and toxic industrial material hazards. y (Policy) I was honored to represent the USACBRNS at the 11th CBRN International Commandant and Commanders Conference (ICCC), held in the United Kingdom. Participating nations included the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Poland, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. The focus of the ICCC discussions was on current and future decontamination capabilities. While in the United Kingdom, I met with Brigadier Ian Gibb, British Army Staff, Head of Combat Capability at the Army Headquarters in Anover. I offered support during the United Kingdom transition of lead service for CBRN from the Royal Air Force to the British Army, to include training course seats and doctrinal and training subject matter expert exchanges. These initiatives are in keeping with my strategic vision of providing our Nation with trained and ready Dragon Soldiers to serve as America's CBRN counterforce—world leader in countering weapons of mass destruction defense, guarding the force, and protecting the homeland. My promise to the Regiment's past and present members: The Regiment's excellent reputation is well-known, and together we will continue that fine tradition by preparing ourselves to meet any challenge our Nation requires of us. I am immensely proud and honored to be your commandant. ATP 3-90.40, , to be published. Elementis regamus proelium!

Articles in this issue

Archives of this issue

view archives of Army Chemical Review - WINTER 2016