CML Army Chemical Review articles from January 1 2006

CML Army Chemical Review archives from January 1 2006

Chief of Chemical.
January 1, 2006... 2005 was a very busy and challenging year for the US Army Chemical Corps and Chemical School/As the Corps transforms, our biggest challenges lie ahead--in 2006 and beyond. We must now focus on continuing to meet the expanding and changing...

Regimental Command Sergeant Major.
January 1, 2006... The theme for this issue--"The Chemical Corps. Expanding the Boundaries of the CBRN Battlefield"--is timely and relevant for every Dragon Soldier. It should be obvious that we, as a Corps of dedicated professionals, are expanding what we do and...

Army and Chemical Corps transformation.
January 1, 2006... During peacetime, change within the Army is generally slow and deliberate--conducted at a pace supported by limited resources. In wartime, however, change must occur more rapidly. Operational forces must be quickly strengthened, and the best...

The Chemical Corps in action: meeting the challenges of the contemporary operational environment.(CCRA 2005 Writing Contest 1st)
January 1, 2006... After the attacks of 11 September 2001 and the insurgency in Iraq, the Chemical Corps had to adapt to the rapidly changing threats, hazards, and challenges posed by contemporary warfare. The legacy force of the Chemical Corps prepared for...

Site exploitation and the Chemical Corps' future.(CCRA 2005 Writing Contest 2d)
January 1, 2006... The perceived relevance of the Chemical Corps continues to decline as more conflicts are fought without encountering significant chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats on the battlefield. The threat of a large-scale CBRN...

Regimental Week agenda.(CCRA 2005 Writing Contest 2d)
January 1, 2006... Regimental Week Agenda The Chemical Corps Regimental Week and the Joint CBRN Conference and Exhibition (formerly the Worldwide Chemical Conference) will be held at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, 25-29 June 2006. For more information and...

The Chemical Corps' expanding roles.(CCRA 2005 Writing Contest 3d)
January 1, 2006... The traditional Army chemical specialist strives to develop his or her unit capability to protect himself against an adversarial nation's use of nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) weapons on the battlefield. Up until about 2001, the...

A glimpse into the future: the artful planning and use of CBRN information.
January 1, 2006... The Chemical Corps is on the verge of attaining new capabilities that are dramatically different from the capabilities of the past--especially in the area of contamination avoidance. These new capabilities are the result of recent advances,...

Radiological operations on the modern battlefield.
January 1, 2006... Chemical Soldiers must deal with chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats on the battlefield, regardless of their level of training and experience with these hazards. Radiation sources have been encountered during every...

Retorts and dragons: the creation of chemical branch insignia.
January 1, 2006... When the United States entered World War I, it found itself woefully unprepared for the experience. Twelve other nations, including Portugal, could field more combatants than the small, peacetime American Army. The US military had only a...

Iron fury exercise tests NCO knowledge.
January 1, 2006... Planning stability operations while fighting insurgents and handling a barrage of media inquiries may be routine to senior military officials, but for those completing the Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Course (ANCOC) at Fort Leonard Wood,...

A modest proposal: shatter the retorts, defuse the bomb, and stabilize the atom!
January 1, 2006... The Army is changing! Individual capabilities must be such that Soldiers maximize their value-added contributions to the Army. At a time when Soldiers are required to do more with less, chemical Soldiers are limited by what they are trained and...

Transforming decontamination doctrine: the value-added effect of decontamination operations.
January 1, 2006... Transformation: The purposeful change of current procedures to meet new challenges and increase the value-added effect to the customer. Decontamination operations have not changed much over the past 20 years. When I entered the Chemical...

US Army Chemical School: Directorate of Training and Training Development Doctrine Development Division.(Doctrine Update)(Calendar)
January 1, 2006... US Army Chemical School Directorate of Training and Training Development Doctrine Development Division Publication Number Title Date Description Current Publications FM 3-11 ...

Nerve gas: America's fifteen-year struggle for modern chemical weapons.
January 1, 2006... Chemical retaliatory plans during World War II called for using mustard gas (H) and phosgene (CG) aerial bombs (the most successful chemical agents used during World War I). Though scientists had discovered many new agents, these agents were...

Cutting edge techniques for conducting chemical lane training exercises.
January 1, 2006... As a senior NCO, I have seen a variety of approaches to unit chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) training. There are some good ideas out there, but there are also some not-so-good ideas. A challenge that all chemical trainers...

Inculcating the warrior ethos.
January 1, 2006... The Army is currently fighting a war against terror that has led to conflicts in both Afghanistan and Iraq. This contemporary operational environment (COE) is far different than any ever seen before. Although in recent years the Army has...

Soldier deploys to Pakistan for Earthquake Relief mission.
January 1, 2006... Outside the City of Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, a Soldier from the 22d Signal Brigade was asleep inside his vehicle, awaiting daylight so that he could help construct tents to house Soldiers from a unit he deployed to support. Staff Sergeant Syed...

Museum director retires.
January 1, 2006... Mr. H. Dale Durham, Director of the US Army Chemical Corps Museum, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, retired recently after 43 years of federal service. He served as the museum director from May 2001 to December 2005. Mr. Durham served in the...

Directorate of environmental integration provides support to the war effort.
January 1, 2006... Disposing of used oil is a significant problem for a deployed Army. Estimates from the field show that the Army is generating 20,000 to 30,000 gallons of oil per week in Iraq. And the problem is exacerbated by the elimination of the Army Oil...

Footprints of Heroes: From the American Revolution to the War in Iraq.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... Footprints of Heroes: From the American Revolution to the War in Iraq, Robert Skimin, Prometheus Books, Amherst, New York, 2005. "The word hero became practically a dirty word during and after the Vietnam conflict. The same was true for...

Biological Weapons: From the Invention of State-Sponsored Programs to Contemporary Bioterrorism.
January 1, 2006... Biological Weapons: From the Invention of State-Sponsored Programs to Contemporary Bioterrorism, Dr. Jeanne Guillemin, Columbia University Press, 2005. Dr. Jeanne Guillemin (author of Anthrax, the 1999 book that dealt with the 1979...

Dew of Death: The Story of Lewisite, America's World War I Weapon of Mass Destruction.
January 1, 2006... Dew of Death: The Story of Lewisite, America's Worm War I Weapon of Mass Destruction, Joel Vilensky, Indiana University Press, 2005. Some historians believe that the Manhattan Project during World War II was without precedent. During World...

Wash rack operations: the use of unit decontamination assets to enhance vehicle PMCS.
January 1, 2006... Near the end of December 2003, as the Soldiers of the Army's first Stryker Brigade began preparing for movement to their new area of operations in Iraq, the Dragon Soldiers from two battalions in the 3d Brigade, 2d Infantry Division, were...