United States Army CBRN School

The United States Army CBRN School (USACBRNS), located at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, is the primary American training school specializing in military Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) defense. Until 2008, it was known as the United States Army Chemical School.

U.S. Army Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear School (USACBRNS)
Active1918 – present
CountryUnited States
BranchU.S. Army
TypeTRADOC
Garrison/HQFort Leonard Wood
Motto(s)Elementis regamus proelium (Let Us Rule the Battle by Means of the Elements or We rule the battle through the elements)
ColorsCobalt Blue and Gold
Mascot(s)Dragon
Commanders
31st Chief of Chemical/ CommandantColonel (Promotable) Daryl O. Hood
Regimental Chief Warrant OfficerChief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Lockwood
Regimental Command Sergeant MajorCommand Sergeant Major Henney Hodgkins
Notable
commanders		LTG Thomas W. Spoehr, LTG Leslie Smith, MG Peggy Combs, MG Maria Gervais, BG James Bonner

Training Facilities
Seal of the U.S. Army Chemical Corp

In accordance with U.S. Federal Law, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri is designated the central location for all of the Department of Defense's CBRN Operations Training and home to the Chemical Corps Regiment. It was moved from Fort McClellan Alabama after the base was closed by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) in 1999.

The Army CBRN School provides numerous courses for officers, Non-commissioned Officers and Initial Entry Soldiers. Numerous international officers also send students to train at the CBRN School. Additionally, the US Air Force, US Navy, US Coast Guard and US Marine Corps all also maintain training elements at Fort Leonard Wood who, in partnerships with the Army CBRN School, train their personnel in CBRN operations.

Fort Leonard Wood and the Army CBRN School also have facilities in which to conduct training, such as the Chemical Defense Training Facility (or CDTF) where military students from across the globe train and become familiar with actual nerve agents in realistic scenarios, and also conduct training with radiological isotopes and inert biological agents. The Edwin R. Bradley Radiological Teaching Laboratories is one of the very few radiological teaching laboratories licensed by the NRC in the Department of Defense. It provides a variety of training in radiological and nuclear defense under the supervision of credentialed scientists.

The newest facility at the CBRN School is the Lieutenant Joseph Terry CBRN Training Facility. Opened in November 2007, The 1LT Joseph Terry Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) Responder Training Facility occupies approximately 22.5 acres (91,000 m2) and provides a state-of-the-art CBRN Responder Training Campus for Inter-Service and other Agencies as requested. The US Army CBRN School is the lead for all DOD CBRN Response Training. This facility provides unmatched training opportunities in the fields of CBRN Consequence Management, Hazardous Materials Incident Response, Realistic training venues and other CBRN Response arenas as required. The CBRN School also provides training in Sensitive Site Assessment and Exploitation.

In addition to training, the CBRN School also develops doctrine for Operations, researches and develops materiel requirements, and conducts joint service experimentation as the Joint Combat Developer for the Department of Defense's Chemical and Biological Defense Program.

Official name change

On 11 January 2008, The U.S. Army Chemical School was renamed as The U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear School (USACBRNS). The name change was to encompass, in the title of the school, the wide range of training and expertise maintained by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps.

Command

As of November 13, 2020, the Commandant of the U.S. Army CBRN School is Brigadier General Daryl O. Hood United States Army CBRN School. The Assistant Commandant is Colonel Sean G. Kirschner. The Regimental Command Sergeant Major is RCSM Christopher Williams. The Regimental Chief Warrant Officer, is CCWO Robert A. Lockwood.[1]

Former Commandants and Chiefs of Chemical
Name Photo Term Began Term Ended Y M D Reason
Director of Chemical Warfare Service
- MG William L. Sibert 17 May, 1918 1 Mar, 1920 1 9 14 Resigned 1884 (USMA)
Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service
1. MG Amos A. Fries 1 Jul, 1920
(16 Jul, 1920)		 27 Mar, 1929 8 8 12 Relieved 1898 (USMA)
2. MG Harry L. Gilchrist 28 Mar, 1929 27 Mar, 1933 4 - - Relieved 1900
3. MG Claude E. Brigham 9 May, 1933
(24 May, 1933)		 23 May, 1937 4 - - Relieved 1901 (USMA)
4. MG Walter C. Baker 24 May, 1937 30 Apr, 1941 3 11 7 Retired 1901
5. MG William N. Porter 31 May, 1941 30 May, 1945 4 - - Relieved 1910
* MG William N. Porter 31 May, 1945 10 Nov, 1945 - 5 11 - -
* BG Alden H. Waitt 10 Nov, 1945 29 Nov, 1945 - - 20 - -
6. MG Alden H. Waitt 29 Nov, 1945 20 Aug, 1946 - 8 23 Retired 1920
Chief of the Chemical Corps
6. MG Alden H. Waitt 20 Aug, 1946 30 Sept, 1949 3 1 11 Retired 1920
7. MG Anthony C. McAuliffe 1 Oct, 1949 1950 Relieved 1919 (USMA)
Chief Chemical Officer
7. MG Anthony C. McAuliffe 1950 31 Jul, 1951 Relieved 1919 (USMA)
8. MG Egbert F. Bullene 25 Aug, 1951 31 Mar, 1954 2 6 25 Retired 1917 (USNA)
9. MG William M. Creasy 7 May, 1954 31 Aug, 1958 4 3 25 Retired 1926 (USMA)
10. MG Marshall Stubbs 1 Sept, 1958 31 Jul, 1962 3 11 - Relieved 1929 (USMA)
Chief of Chemical
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24. BG Thomas W. Spoehr 29 Jun, 2006
25. BG Leslie C. Smith 10 Aug, 2010 1983 (ROTC)
26. COL Vance P. Visser 10 Aug, 2010 24 Aug, 2012 1984 (ROTC)
27. BG Peggy C. Combs 7 Sept, 2012 5 June, 2014 1985 (ROTC)
28. BG Maria R. Gervais 5 June, 2014 26 May, 2016 1987 (ROTC)
29. BG James E. Bonner 26 May, 2016 6 July, 2017 1988 (ROTC)
30. BG Antonio (Andy) Munera 29 June, 2017 25 April, 2019 1991 (ROTC)
31. BG Daryl O. Hood 25 April, 2019 Present 1991 (ROTC)

See also

References
  1. U.S. Army CBRN School web site. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
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