20th CBRNE UMTs work with USAMRICD to increase CBRN Readiness

Courtesy Photo | Unit ministry teams from across the 20th CBRNE Command footprint gathered at Aberdeen Proving Ground over five days in late November to take part in a Field Management of Chemical and Biological Casualties (FMCBC) Course conducted by personnel from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD). Pictured in the group photo (from L to R front row) are Chaplain (Maj.) Bill Breckenridge, 52nd Ordnance Group, Fort Campbell, Ky. ; Sgt. Whittney Garrard, religious affairs specialist, 192nd Ord. Battalion, Ft. Bragg, N.C.; Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Bart Herndon, 20th CBRNE Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.; Chaplain (Capt.) Heeja Han, 184th Ord. Bn., Ft. Campbell, Ky.; Staff Sgt. Kembrya Brooks, senior religious affairs specialist, 52nd Ord. Grp., Ft. Campbell, Ky.; SPC Jennifer Pelkey, religious affairs specialist, and Chaplain (Capt.) Nikki Reeves, 110th Chemical Bn., Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Pictured in the group photo (from L to R back row) are Spc. Ryan Owens, religious affairs specialist, 192nd Ord. Bn., Ft. Bragg, N.C.; Sgt. Carl Crittenden, religious affairs specialist, 184th Ord. Bn., Ft. Campbell, Ky.; Chaplain (Maj.) Cliff Neuman, 71st Ord. Grp., Ft. Carson, Colo.; Chaplain (Maj.) Doug Inman, 2nd Chem. Bn., Ft. Hood, Texas; Chaplain (Maj.) Glen Wurdeman, 242nd Ord. Bn., Ft. Carson, Colo.; Chaplain (Maj.) Scott Dennis, 48th Chem. Brigade, Ft. Hood, Texas; CH (CPT) Scott Lovejoy, 22nd Chem. Bn., Fort Bliss, Texas; and Sgt. Kenandelm Clement, religious affairs specialist, 3rd Ord. Bn., Joint Base Lewis-McChord. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)  

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD, UNITED STATES

11.16.2017

Courtesy Story

20th CBRNE Command

Story by Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Bart Herndon, 20th CBRNE Command Chaplain

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – Unit ministry teams from across the 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command footprint gathered at Aberdeen Proving Ground over five days in late November to take part in a Field Management of Chemical and Biological Casualties (FMCBC) Course conducted by personnel from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD).

The FMCBC Course provides familiarization with the principles, management, and treatment of acute chemical/biological warfare injuries in an operational environment. The UMTs practiced principles of personal protection, agent detection, triage, emergency treatment and decontamination of chemical casualties.

Thirteen Chaplains and Thirteen Religious Affairs Specialists received the first echelon management of chemical and biological agent casualties training in order to understand how to effectively provide religious support within contaminated areas of operations.
After the FMCBC classes concluded for the day, the UMTs gathered for “hot-wash” discussions focused on applying what was learned to safely providing religious support to contaminated patients going through the decontamination process.

"Our call to nurture the living, care for the wounded, and honor the fallen does not stop simply because we are operating in a contaminated area,” said Chaplain (Capt.) Scott Lovejoy, 22nd Chemical Battalion chaplain. “The course challenged unit ministry teams within the 20th CBRNE Command to be adaptive and to think critically about what Soldier ministry and casualty care looks like in an active CBRN environment."

• Date Taken: 11.16.2017
• Date Posted: 05.30.2018 11:15
• Story ID: 278794
• Location: ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD, US
• Hometown: ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD, US
• Hometown: FORT BLISS, TX, US
• Hometown: FORT CAMPBELL, KY, US
• Hometown: FORT CARSON, CO, US
• Hometown: FORT CAVAZOS, TX, US
• Hometown: FORT JACKSON, SC, US
• Hometown: FORT LIBERTY, NC, US
• Hometown: JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA, US