The United States Army CBRN School (USACBRNS), located at

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, is a 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.

Training Facilities

In accordance with

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, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri is designated the central location for all of the

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's CBRN Operations Training and home to the

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Regiment. It was moved from

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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

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and

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are 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 have facilities, in which to conduct training, such as Chemical Defense Training Facility (or CDTF) where military students from across the globe train and become familiar with

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in realistic scenarios, and conduct training with radiological isotopes and inert

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. The Edwin R. Bradley Radiological Teaching Laboratories is one of the 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

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. Opened in November 2007, the 1LT Joseph Terry Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) Responder Training Facility occupies approximately 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 4 June 2021, the

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of the U.S. Army CBRN School is

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Dale S. Crockett United States Army CBRN School. The Assistant Commandant is Colonel Sedrick L. Jacks. The Regimental

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is CSM Raymond P. Quitugua Jr.. The Regimental

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is CW3 Humphrey B. Hills.U.S. Army CBRN School web site
Retrieved 13 November 2020.

Former Commandants and Chiefs of Chemical

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