Story by Jerilyn Coleman | U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center | 08.11.2022
Engineers at the U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) used their expertise in obscurant technologies to assist the U.S. Marine Corps in the mission to test obscurants to see how well they can protect against overhead attack....
Story by Janell Ford | Garrison Public Affairs | 10.02.2020
Fort Irwin soldiers, residents and employees began feeling the effects of historic southern California wildfires in September 2020, as the flames and smoke entered the National Training Center and Fort Irwin, even though the installation is more than hour from the nearest wildfire. More than 19,000 firefighters battled more than 8,000 wildfires burning across nearly four million acres in the......
Story by Shawn Nesaw | U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center | 11.20.2019
Experts in the CCDC Chemical Biological Center’s Smoke & Target Defeat Branch are working to make their assessments the standard for how all smoke and obscuration testing is completed, and discussions have begun on developing a NATO Standardization Agreement which defines processes, procedures, terms, and conditions for common military and technical procedures and equipment between the......
Story by Eric Pilgrim | Fort Knox | 10.02.2019
Coming off the heels of arguably the wettest year in recorded history, central Kentuckians are now enduring some of the hottest, driest weather. Amid this drought, some people unfamiliar with the concerns those from a drier climate experience may not fully realize how dangerous such conditions can be, according to fire officials....
Story by Christophe Morel | U.S. Army Garrison Benelux | 09.26.2019
Chièvres, Belgium -- After Flanders and Wallonia, Brussels has now officially implemented the ban on smoking in a car where a minor child is present. As a result, smoking in a car with a child under 16 has been forbidden throughout the territory of Belgium since August 2019....
Story by Eric Pilgrim | Fort Knox | 09.05.2019
The nation’s leading health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Federal Drug Administration have taken notice to what many are describing as a growing epidemic of vaping-related deaths and illnesses. One death involved an unidentified Oregon resident, who was rushed to the hospital with acute respiratory illness. After his death, health officials said they suspected the illness......
Story by Airman 1st Class Sarah Dowe | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 08.28.2019
The black smoke swirled around the young fireman as he helped fight the growing flames that threatened to consume the home. Through the rolling darkness that consumed him, a hand passed back what looked like a dirty rag. This was 15-year-old Jeffrey Barbour’s first experience in a burning building after joining the Hampton Fire Department on July 10, 1972, following a long line of......
Story by Airman 1st Class Sarah Dowe | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 08.28.2019
The black smoke swirled around the young fireman as he helped fight the growing flames that threatened to consume the home. Through the rolling darkness that consumed him, a hand passed back what looked like a dirty rag. This was 15-year-old Jeffery Barbour’s first experience in a burning building after joining the Hampton Fire Department on July 10, 1972, following a long line of......
