US Army unit commands NATO CBRNE Task Force

Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Chemical Corps and Explosive Ordnance Disposal troops from the 68th Chemical Company joined eight other NATO nations during Exercise Precise Response at Canadian Forces Base Suffield in Alberta, Canada.  

SUFFIELD, AB, CANADA

09.01.2015

Story by Walter Ham  

20th CBRNE Command

SUFFIELD, Canada - A chemical company from 20th CBRNE Command (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives) led a NATO CBRNE Task Force during Exercise Precise Response.

Soldiers from the 68th Chemical Company joined eight other NATO nations during the three-week multinational exercise at Canadian Forces Base Suffield in Alberta, Canada.

American Soldiers trained with troops from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom during the exercise.

Part of the 22nd Chemical Battalion, 48th Chemical Brigade, 20th CBRNE Command, the 68th Chemical Company is stationed on Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Based on 19 posts in 16 states, the 20th CBRNE Command is the U.S. Defense Department's only multifunctional formation that combats CBRNE threats around the world.

Inside the cordon and outside the wire, 20th CBRNE Command works with joint, interagency and allied partners to combat the world's most dangerous weapons.

Solders from the 68th Chemical Company are capable of handling a wide variety of high-stakes missions, including initial sampling, limited decontamination, packaging, escorting, detection, munitions assessment, explosive threat mitigation and contaminated sensitive site exploitation.

The 68th Chemical Company includes both U.S. Army Chemical Corps and Explosive Ordnance Disposal troops.

"NATO CBRNE Exercise Precise Response provided the exceptional ability for CBRNE Soldiers to execute training in an open air live agent environment," said Maj. Joseph L. Miller, the commander of the 68th Chemical Company.

A native of Littleton, Colorado, who has deployed to Iraq twice, Miller said the training exercise increased the confidence of his Soldiers.

"This confidence bolsters Soldier readiness knowing that if the nation calls upon us to perform our directed mission, that we can accomplish that mission with technical expertise and confidence," said Miller.

• Date Taken: 09.01.2015
• Date Posted: 09.01.2015 16:32
• Story ID: 174913
• Location: SUFFIELD, AB, CA
• Hometown: LITTLETON, CO, US