The company is assigned to the 83rd
chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear
battalion, 48th chemical brigade and 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives, (CBRNE) command as part of the
u.s department of defense's premier all
hazards formation, soldiers and civilians
from the Aberdeen proving ground. Maryland headquartered 20th CBRNE command deploy from 19 bases in 16
states to take on the world's most
dangerous hazards and threats.
Known as dragon soldiers cbrn
specialists from the 92nd chemical
company provided support to second
brigade engineer battalion during joint
training events and certified the
battalion's nuclear, biological and
chemical reconnaissance vehicle platoon. Staff Sergeant Patrick A Allen the 92nd
chemical company's reconnaissance
platoon sergeant, served as observer
coach and trainer for the nbcrv platoon
certification.
Following the certification the platoon
has three crews ready to operate
independently during mounted cbrn
missions. The certification was part of the
company's ongoing mission to support the
combat brigade.
Our mission is to provide support for
the counter weapons of mass destruction
operations throughout the Peninsula and
to provide CBRN reconnaissance, surveillance and decontamination support
during unified land operations to the
rotational armored brigade combat team, said Captain Mark J Evans the commander
of the 92nd chemical company.
According to evans the highlight of the
deployment so far has been the company's
participation in exercise warrior
bulldog strike from september 24 through
october 3rd with armoured units from the
1st battalion, 67th regiment in 1st
battalion, 77th regiment. The 92nd chemical company's first and
second Platoon supported a combined arms
breach and the third Platoon
participated in a wet gap crossing
during the exercise.
The third platoon was able to work not
only with the armor company but also the
engineers and a republic of korea army
cbrne response team. Said Evans a 15-year
u.s army veteran from Rochester Indiana
who was previously stationed on cadena
air base in japan. The engineers spent time working with
our platoon in order to use their
digging assets to improve our
decontamination site and dig sumps for
our runoff water.
"The CBRN specialists also helped to keep
troops from the combat brigade in the
fight following a simulated chemical
attack. During the breach first Platoon provided
chemical reconnaissance of a simulated
chemical attack and reconnaissance of a
suspected wmd facility," said Evans.
Second Platoon provided decontamination
of the armor unit that was hit with the
chemical attack. Evans said soldiers from the 92nd
chemical company are contributing to
security on the korean peninsula and
stability in northeast asia by helping
u.s and south korean troops to stay
ready to fight tonight.
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